Odd tools for odd painting jobs!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

When it comes to painting I find certain tools getting used for certain jobs.
For example, I have a brown, Humbrol number 2 brush that only ever gets used for brushing excess flock off figures. It has never been used for painting, and it went missing this week (youngest daughter) and it didn't feel right, hmmm... Pass the pills FSN!

Anyone else have 'tools' that do odd jobs?

(wiats for various tool comments)

[FierceKitty]

i usually keep a pack of bamboo skewers for reaming, fine pointy work, etc. Also two bits of hardboard for rolling out home-made spears and staves.

[Hertsblue]

I have an old scalpel blade set into a length of dowel that I use for easing Polyfilla between figures on close-order bases. 

[fsn]

I have a pin mounted on a paint brush handle. Used to use it for bullet holes in Airfix kits. Now use it for poking things. 

[FierceKitty]

Like opps who roll too many 6s?

[Fenton]

I have a pin mounted on a paint brush handle. Used to use it for bullet holes in Airfix kits. Now use it for poking things. 

What do you poke with it?   

[petercooman]

I have a paintbrush handle cut in half with a little plastic star on it (cut it out a plastic toy from the child)

I use it to stamp stars on models. Originally i made it to stamp the stars on a LOTR gondor banner.

[ronan]

I use a porcupine pike for ages. Helpful to put some drops here or here. And to put a kind of polyfilla  between figs.

[FierceKitty]

I use a porcupine pike for ages. Helpful to put some drops here or here. And to put a kind of polyfilla  between figs.

Porcupine pikemen! There's a fantasy army to think about, for those who have a problem with reality.

[fsn]

What do you poke with it?   

Things that need poking.

[Ithoriel]

Biology pin (half-inched from school when I was about 13 or 14) mounted in a champagne cork. Heat the pin in the flame on the hob and use it to "sculpt" plastic or resin. Mostly used to make or enlarge holes for flying stands/ supporting pins/ etc; to add additional texture to hair or fur or, as above, to add bullet holes.

[Techno]

Syringe needles in different sizes 'blagged' form our horsey vet.....I take the point off them so they're basically tiny tubes
They make nice neat little circles in the putty when the putty's nearly set..

Different sized brass tubing....'sharpened' on the inside to make different sized 'pastry cutters' for helping make round shields etc.

My home made 'micro' dental tools for doing the 10 (&6) mm sculpting.....Basically large shaped needles knocked into shape and then ground down.....Fixed in pieces of dowel.
Ground down Swann Morton No.15 blade to make the 'halberd end' of a mini wax 5.....Held in some old handle. (Which i think was a small Xacto type knife .)

Ironically.....One of my old dental tools that I used to use a lot when I did 25/30 mm stuff was borrowed by the aforementioned horse vet to lever out a bit of broken tooth from one of the ponies last week......Actually used for something for what it was originally intended for......Sort of.
I hadn't used it for years.

Cheers - Phil

[Fenton]

Thinking about this I think I could be described as an 'odd tool' at times, as we all have our moments

[Techno]

I'll leave the reply to that to Gareth.
Cheers - Phil

[get2grips]

I'll leave the reply to that to Gareth.
Cheers - Phil