What do you hold a mini with when painting?

[redben]

I've just been holding the mini itself but I'm sure there must be a better way to do it.

[hippieshopper]

That's what I do too, I don't really know of any other way, but it works well enough for me

[redben]

I find I rub the paint off a little and it's very fiddly.

[Radium]

As I usually glue the model to it's base before priming/painting, I just hold the base while painting.

[Mister Monkey]

I have an old paint pot with a wad of blu tack on and just stick it to that, works well for average size models

[the imp]

I used to grip the bases with the tips of my fingers, but after years of cramped hands and dropping figures I switched over to a large pill bottle with a wad of fun-tac on the bottom. So far it's working out pretty well.

[jeffb007]

+1 for an old paint pot and blue/white tack. It's a good use for the old GW pots, yet another downside to the new ones.

[osoi]

Usually I just holdthe base that the model has been mounted to, its worked for me all these years so far...

[McKB]

What I do:
- cut the tab between the mini's feet
- pin one foot with 1cm sticking out of the mini
- put it on top of a cork

[Mako]

I pin the foot (or whatever will be touching the base) nd grip it in an old pin vice that has a flat end, so I can stand it up when I'm not painting it.