Some things you only learn with pain

[exilesjjb]

Well I have just had a mare:redface: I have been painting a marine (thankfully only practice) and having finished and varnished it i wanted to take it off the cork I use for painting it on. Now it put up a fight and I must have gripped to hard because I suceeded in stripping the paint of many parts of the modal:flame:.
Things I have learnt
1. I need an easy way of sticking/removing figures from the cork after painting (glue not a good option)
2. Patience is not just a virtue it is necessary
3. give things time to dry before messing with them
4. I am a prat

 

[ScottRadom]

I use wooden blocks and attach the fig to them with a little glue from a hot glue gun (Set on low) and then put the fi gin the fridge for a couple hours and pop it off once the glue is cold. Works super easy.

 

[nick232]

i use a base duck taped to the cork, so then the mini is just slotted in to the base!

 

[Sand Rat]

I use plastic water bottle/coke bottle tops and blue-tac -

Even have a couple with holes drilled in them to allow pins to enter the bottle cap.

 

[Dragonsreach]

I usually pin the model on a Spare (I\'ve bleedin hundreds) 28mm Slottabase and then glue it to my holder (32mm plastic tube with Demi-john cork glued to the top).
Don\'t mind scraggin the base as it\'s a spare.

But I sympathise with you exilesjjb, northing more annoying than bolloxing up a figure you spent ages on.

 

[Necroghast]

Yes if you pin it to the cork, you can just snip the pin with some clippers and use the pin to stick it more firmly to its final base.

 

[exilesjjb]

Cheers guys good info

@DR cheers I think if it has been one of my GD entries I would have kicked my own ass as it was I decided it gives me a chance to practice stripping a figure

 

[Scherdy]

On a similar note, my wife found an eldar guardian arm in our couch today, handing it to me and saying \"did you just paint an arm separately?\"

My lesson: my dog has NOT outgrown stealing things off the table when she is home alone. The guardian himself is still MIA and all I\'m hoping for is that this doesn\'t involve a trip to the vet if our dog ate it.

And just a week or so ago I had been thinking, \" I should put those figs into a drawer or something but Nova (our dog) doesn\'t seem to be grabbing things of ours and running into the yard anymore so that we\'ll chase her.\"

Also, I won\'t be doing \"search and rescue\" for the missing portion of the figure. It will remain in whatever form it was deposited. ossessed:ossessed:

 

[Chrome]

Originally posted by nick232
i use a base duck taped to the cork,

Now, I just have to ask, how do you get the duck to sit still enough???

 

[cyberakuma]

Originally posted by Scherdy
On a similar note, my wife found an eldar guardian arm in our couch today, handing it to me and saying \"did you just paint an arm separately?\"

My lesson: my dog has NOT outgrown stealing things off the table when she is home alone. The guardian himself is still MIA and all I\'m hoping for is that this doesn\'t involve a trip to the vet if our dog ate it.

And just a week or so ago I had been thinking, \" I should put those figs into a drawer or something but Nova (our dog) doesn\'t seem to be grabbing things of ours and running into the yard anymore so that we\'ll chase her.\"

Also, I won\'t be doing \"search and rescue\" for the missing portion of the figure. It will remain in whatever form it was deposited. ossessed:ossessed:

if it involves a trip to the vet be thankful it wasn\'t dark eldar or chaos your dog stole

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by exilesjjb
Now it put up a fight and I must have gripped to hard because I suceeded in stripping the paint of many parts of the modal:flame:.

Out of curiosity, was the mini primed?

Originally posted by exilesjjb
1. I need an easy way of sticking/removing figures from the cork after painting (glue not a good option)

Try a hand-held vice of one type or another instead of using a cork. You can make a decent one that will grip a slotta tab or two wires in the mini\'s feet for very little effort and expense.

If you drill only one foot for a mounting wire a pin vice makes an acceptable holder too.

Einion

 

[exilesjjb]

Originally posted by Einion
Out of curiosity, was the mini primed?

Yes it was primed I think the varnish had not dryed fully and that with my heavy handed efforts sratched/ smeared the paint on many edges you live and learn.
I am coming up with new holding devices as we speak.
Another thing I am starting to learn is that the base is easier to complete without the figure stuck to itlol

I find in some ways I am still fighting my get it painted and on the table approach of old with my new enjoy the process take your time approach.

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by exilesjjb
I find in some ways I am still fighting my get it painted and on the table approach of old with my new enjoy the process take your time approach.

I think most of us have been through that. It can be hard, I still get it sometimes!

With regard to holders, this previous thread might be of help:
What do you use to hold your minis?

The business end of the clamps I made are these plastic corner clips for assembling cheap cabinetry; I don\'t know what they\'re called but you might recognise them as they\'re widely available in DIY places:

They\'re mounted on a stout bit of round wood, cut-down broom handle I think (32mm diameter).

Einion

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by Einion
If you drill only one foot for a mounting wire a pin vice makes an acceptable holder too.

Tried that in the past, but found the smaller diameter of the pin vice uncomfortable to hold for a protracted period, hence the home made Tube & Cork contraption.

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Tried that in the past, but found the smaller diameter of the pin vice uncomfortable to hold for a protracted period...

Agreed. Some have much sharper edges to the grooves down the length of the handle too, and the hold can actually get quite painful after a couple of hours.

Einion

 

[AegisD]

How come you guys do this? I usually just hold mine by the base with clean hands, or the base and head with one finger each, and it comes out fine... Of course, I don\'t paint golden daemon level stuff or use pigments either...

Is there and advantage to this approach?

 

[ScottRadom]

Originally posted by AegisD
How come you guys do this? I usually just hold mine by the base with clean hands, or the base and head with one finger each, and it comes out fine... Of course, I don\'t paint golden daemon level stuff or use pigments either...

Is there and advantage to this approach?

For me it\'s a couple of things, comfort, stability, and actually damaging the model itself.

By damaging I mean knocking paint off some areas from resting the model on something, or jut getting careless. It doesn\'t happen when I have the fig mounted on something else.

 

[nick232]

Originally posted by Chrome

Originally posted by nick232
i use a base duct taped to the cork,

Now, I just have to ask, how do you get the duck to sit still enough???

 

[AegisD]

Originally posted by ScottRadom

Originally posted by AegisD
How come you guys do this? I usually just hold mine by the base with clean hands, or the base and head with one finger each, and it comes out fine... Of course, I don\'t paint golden daemon level stuff or use pigments either...

Is there and advantage to this approach?

For me it\'s a couple of things, comfort, stability, and actually damaging the model itself.

By damaging I mean knocking paint off some areas from resting the model on something, or jut getting careless. It doesn\'t happen when I have the fig mounted on something else.

I see. Well, I\'ve only managed to wipe paint onto an area once, but I suppose I could try this out anyway. Holding the mini itself can get tiresome after a while.

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by AegisD
How come you guys do this? I usually just hold mine by the base with clean hands, or the base and head with one finger each, and it comes out fine... Of course, I don\'t paint golden daemon level stuff or use pigments either...

Is there and advantage to this approach?

The main reasons I can think of are:
far less risk of dropping due to momentary butterfingers;
comfort when painting for more than an hour or two;
easier holding, especially at awkward angles, for long periods;
improved steadiness;
to prevent rubbing the paintwork with bare skin (risk of rub-off, shiny spots, poor adhesion for later paint).

Einion