Possibly preaching to the converted...but here goes anyway.

[Subedai]

For 10mm I used to use strips of beading/hardboard and blobs from a glue gun to secure figures while painting. This has resulted in snapped ankles (the figures not mine), broken and scuffed finger nails (mine not the figures) and a hefty usage of glue sticks.
  A few weeks ago I was wandering through the Kids Toys and the DIY Section of the local Poundland when I had a bit of a St. Paul's moment. I made my purchase and rushed home to try out my plan and it worked. So now I'm a convert. (Clever use of words, eh?)
  Double sided clear sticky tape! It's the way forward. I cut along the middle down the length of the roll, cut to size and stick down one side on the piece of wood. Remove backing and press figures onto tape. You can use it two or three times depending on how wild you get when you undercoat and varnish.
   No wait time for the glue to dry before you can get started, just Stick and Go.
   I got three rolls for a £ (Der!), don't know how long each roll is but in 2 x 6" strips from each piece it'll last for ages.

[Hertsblue]

Interesting, Subedai. I've tried everything from Blu-Tack through Tacky Wax to PVA and they've all got their drawbacks. Might give that a go.

[FierceKitty]

Your idea sounds worth trying.

[fred.]

I've been using double sided tape on painting sticks for a while, it's great.

You can get thin tape as well ( about 5-6 mm) which saves having to cut it.

Personally I only use it once as I stick the figures to the stick before spraying them.

[Ithoriel]

Balsa strip and Cow Gum - aka Copydex - is what I use. Holds things firmly, peels away easily. Used if for years for figures from 2mm to 28mm without problems. Never damaged a figure as a result of using it in forty-odd years.

[fsn]

I use double sided tape. However, you do need a good brand. I used some really cheap stuff and everything blew off when I spray painted the undercoat.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Thats more likely the local atmosphere.

Wooden strips, blutac for 6mm vehicles, and UHU for 10mm Figures.

IanS

[Subedai]

I use double sided tape. However, you do need a good brand. I used some really cheap stuff and everything blew off when I spray painted the undercoat.

Well, that's your fault for spray undecoating.

I haven't used spray undercoat for donkeys because I found I spent just as much time getting into the figures 'important little places' with a brush afterwards that I gave up and went back to a slightly diluted undercoat applied with an old brush. 
Plus the fact, there is the psychological aspect. If you spray loads and loads of figures at a time the task of painting them seems -to me at least- quite daunting, so I undercoat a stick or a couple of sticks at a time and it makes the pile seem less. (Unless you can paint armies at a time like some clever git (gritted teeth) who managed to turn out TWO SYW armies in 24 hours.)

Thats more likely the local atmosphere.

Wooden strips, blutac for 6mm vehicles, and UHU for 10mm Figures.

IanS

I use UHU or equivalent to stick all my little chaps to their final bases. Works a treat and gives me another reason not to ever, ever re-base...if I ever needed more than one excuse not to re-base.

MickS

[Leman]

I use Copydex and lolly sticks. After varnishing the figures just peel off and the glue can be rolled off with a finger and dropped in the bin.

[Techno]

On the very rare occasions I get the paints out.....it's either Blu-Tak.....Or a bit of Greenstuff from my 'naff' Greenstuff pot.
If it's of any use to those of you that are having a go at doing some converting or sculpting....I always stick the 'dollies' to the cork with old G/S as it holds the base of the figure nice and firmly while I push the putty about. (You've probably noticed that from the Wips  )
Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

I've been using double sided tape for decades a while  I have six 1cm x 1cm sticks about 30cm long, lets me do reasonable size batches but not a daunting number

Being 1cm square gives me a good hold on the stick, it also lets me lie them on their side When I need to paint the 'important little places' it also gives space for some painting notes

See my first post http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,8883.0.html for a picture

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nowadays, I just stick mine on the bases!

[Zippee]

I use wooden batons (some kind of flatpack furniture packing off cut originally - I have 12 all about 13" long and an inch square)

Smear copydex along the surface, stick figures on, paint, peel and base

I'll note that my wooden batons have a veneered side that I use for gluing - the cut edges are raw and exceedingly porous so not good for glue

I've tried sticky tape - found it either not strong enough to be stable (especially for slightly wobbly bases) or far too strong (carpet grip) - OTOH though it is damned good for painting guns and such (I always leave them unbased to switch from limbered to deployed)

[kev1964]

Just a bit of bluetack stuck on top of a vallejo paint bottle for me, easy to hold and move about , my desk always looks messy though  , which you will all see tomorrow as i have just done 5 figs to show how i paint.


kev

[paulr]

Just a bit of bluetack stuck on top of a vallejo paint bottle for me, easy to hold and move about , my desk always looks messy though  , which you will all see tomorrow as i have just done 5 figs to show how i paint.


kev

Definitely looking forward to this Kev