Re: Painting FT models

G'day Derk,

 >Do you mount them on the stands and paint
 >them while so mounted?

Sort of. The little guys (or any ones really) which will sit easily on a

stand without fear of falling over or having to mangle the hole to get
it 
to sit are plonked on their stands while drying. Everything else rests
(wet 
side up) on old nappies or other suitable soft cloth. As for the
painting I 
do actually hold them in my hand (as I do with all figs I paint). You
only 
paint a bit at a time and make sure its VERY dry before you paint the
other 
bit (because you're going to be holding the painted bit... so make sure 
your hands are dry, even if paint splattered). Its always worked for
me... 
that way I can get the shaking of my figure holding hand to match the 
shaking of my brush hand for the fine detail bits ;)

 >But holding the model itself during painting would
 >only result in a lot of metal showing through, I'm afraid.

Like I said, not if you let it dry first (and assuming you've got an 
undercoat on it).

 >how do you transport them?

In Australia they sell large boxes of eggs (say for 30+ eggs), when you 
pull out the inner egg holders the actual box is wonderful for figures.
Put 
the figures in then dump a heap of those "nuggets" that packers or book 
transporters use so the figures can't jostle about (going to a book
seller 
and asking for his "unwanted mass of packers" usually means you can get
it 
for free). We also mount our stands on balsa so rectangles the same
width 
and length as the mini (or stand, which ever is greater) and this stops 
jostling too. Works a charm and its cheap.

Cheers

Beth

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