PET-Bottle Ministand
Beginner | Rating: 8.17 Votes: 12
Views: 6785 | By: frakk2000  |
| Category: Painting Subcategory: Miscellaneous | Date: 2004-12-09 14:26:34 |
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I have seen a couple of stands here for painting mineatures, but I have found my own way to be both cheap and very effective.
You will need a bottle (Empty, but im sure you can manage that):
And some of this stuff:
(Reusable adhesive, used to hang up posters and stuff, I scraped off a lump from one of my old posters, it is still working like a charm to hold my minis)
You stick a ball of the Blu Tack, or whatever kind you get, on top of the bottle, and stick the mini onto the tack.
Kinda simple, but it works for me, and much less work than cutting and drilling holes for a "pro" stand 
-Frakk2000 |
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warpaint
16 February 08 |  |
Rating: 5
Am I alone in just holding the mini by the base? I genuinely don't see any advantage to this, but perhaps I just have dainty little fingers or something.
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Daeothar
04 March 06 |  |
Rating: 8
Spread the word! I use the same method, with some minor tweaks. I fill the bottle about halfway with kittylitter, to weigh it down. Also, I keep only 3 bottles around, prepped like that and about 10 to 15 bottlecaps, with slottabases superglued to their tops. Whenever I prepare a mini for painting, I either slot it in the base on one of the caps or I glue the tabless mini to the base. This way, I can easily switch minis, to suit my painting mood. It also works great for assembly line painting (3 at a time). Wrap some masking tape around the bottles though, especially when you have one around on your desk you actually drink from; kittylitter really doesn't do much to quench your thirst...
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Alucard123
07 February 05 |  |
Rating: 10
i use an old pepper container with uhu tac since istarted painting
the best thing is that you will not take of the new painted parts by rubbing them
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d coombes
30 December 04 |  |
Rating: 9
I like to use a small testors paint bottle, it fits conviently in the hand and its lid fits inside most plastic bases so you glue it lightly to to the inside bottom of the base/metal tab
As its glass its nice and heavy and therfore stable.
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DarkSoldier
28 December 04 |  |
Rating: 10
I use a similar method: Blu-Tack on the bottom of a film canister.
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spike 92
22 December 04 |  |
Rating: 9
nice method, straight forward and to the point
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Drake Farstrider
22 December 04 |  |
Rating: 9
This is very similar to what I do. I put a dab of glue on to the lid and then stick the base on it, I never keep the bottle. Does that work better than just a lid? Blue tab would probably work better though.
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airhead
21 December 04 |  |
Rating: 9
Neat idea. I use a drop of CA (super) glue instead of blue tack. Pops off easy at the end.
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supervike
21 December 04 |  |
Rating: 8
I use this method as well. The great thing is it is easily adjustable for every sized hand. (use a smaller or bigger bottle!) I also will sometimes fill the bottle half full of water, to make it more stable when I set it down. Cool tip!
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