| von Schwartz | 03 Nov 2019 7:21 p.m. PST |
Just got some FK 15s, horse and rider separate castings, who'd a thunk it? Good and bad, the good, the castings are really clean, the bad, the castings are really clean. No sprue to hang onto while painting the riders. Do I just give up and reconcile myself to repainting the boots twice before mounting or is there something to mount them on that will hold them during painting. I was thinking of drilling a small hole in their…uh…bottoms…and sticking a toothpick up there to hold them, hence the title of this post. Any better ideas. |
| Thresher01 | 03 Nov 2019 7:24 p.m. PST |
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| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 03 Nov 2019 8:12 p.m. PST |
I am forever drilling holes up the bums of cavalry riders and my wife is always aghast about it. |
| grenadier corporal | 03 Nov 2019 11:41 p.m. PST |
Your mentioned idea seems to me the best one I've ecountered so far.
Impaling the riders that way won't make you to a Rumanian Vlad … |
| Trierarch | 03 Nov 2019 11:46 p.m. PST |
There are only about three options: Glue them to the horses, this does require more care when painting the horses. Stick something up them for a handle (ouch), I've recently done this for some Sipahi. mount them on some dowel as a painting stick, either individually or several per stick. Cheers
David |
Raynman  | 03 Nov 2019 11:48 p.m. PST |
Take a tongue depressor or Popsicle stick, glue them to the thin side edge. You can get a number of riders on each one. |
 Wolfshanza | 04 Nov 2019 12:01 a.m. PST |
I drill holes and put them on bamboo skewers (from the dollar store).Seems to work pretty well. |
| robert piepenbrink | 04 Nov 2019 7:10 a.m. PST |
I'd go with straddling a bamboo skewer, but I wouldn't drill holes--and didn't back when I did 15mm. Run a thin bead of while glue down the skewer and glue about 12 riders to it. Then prime and paint. What you can't reach will be covered by the horse. |
| 79thPA | 04 Nov 2019 7:55 a.m. PST |
I always glue the rider to the horse before painting. |
| ZULUPAUL | 04 Nov 2019 8:14 a.m. PST |
I've seen a friend use a piece of 90 degree corner molding & glue on with white glue the riders. It worked for him with true 25s should work with 15s using a thinner stock.The advantage is the stick stands on it's own. |
| Swampster | 04 Nov 2019 11:51 a.m. PST |
I very rarely glue riders to horses or put them on anything else before mounting and don't have an issue with paint rubbing off.
If you get a problem and don't want to put them on the horses, paint everything except the boots and then do those when you have put them on the horses. |
| von Schwartz | 06 Nov 2019 8:59 a.m. PST |
Wow, is this where that post ended up? I thought I was posting it to the Painting Boards!! Couldn't find the darn thing for a couple days. I though Bill was paying me back for some impolitic comments. (smile) Of course, pretty much all of my comments are impolitic! |
| von Schwartz | 06 Nov 2019 9:01 a.m. PST |
Thank you all, some really good ideas. It just occurred to me, if I impale them on bamboo skewers or whatever, I could then stick the other end into a Styrofoam block to keep them clean! |
| von Schwartz | 06 Nov 2019 9:03 a.m. PST |
Thresher01
Bugged again! Luckily I just bought a fresh can of RAID! |
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