{"id":5379,"date":"2018-07-13T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2018-07-13T00:15:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T06:15:46","slug":"handling-minis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=5379","title":{"rendered":"Handling Minis"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been looking for a better way to hold my minis as I paint them and some time ago, I saw that Games Workshop makes a miniatures “handle.” When I was looking for them six months ago, they were all sold out but they finally came back in stock and picked one up to see how I liked it.<\/p>\n

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I decided to run a few quick tests to see how well it works.<\/p>\n

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First up, I grabbed a mini with probably the smallest base I have in my collection: a Descent mini.\u00a0 This minis base measures in a micro 19mm and is likely pushing the limits on how small the handle can hold without having to rig up something extra.<\/p>\n

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Next we have a standard 25mm base on a Warlord Games’ Test of Honour figure. I’m messing with the angle a bit because the mini is metal and a bit heavier than an of the normal plastic or resin minis.\u00a0 The handle holds the miniature secure and I can be rough with it without it wanting to fall out.<\/p>\n

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Next we have a larger base from GW’s Shadespire game. This base is 32mm and it works pretty well but I also did a quick test of the other Shadespire figure base which is 39mm and it also works, albeit it seems like that size is at the extreme edge of the handle’s capacity.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, I grabbed a non-round base to test how it fairs and this square 25mm base worked fine as well. If I really mess with it, I can get the base to slip into another position but it never felt like it was at risk to falling out.<\/p>\n

Overall, I think the Citadel Handle is great at what it does.\u00a0 It feels comfortable and stable and will be a great improvement over trying to hold the mini still by its base alone.\u00a0 They run $8 MSRP and are well worth it.\u00a0 I may even decide to pick up another couple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been looking for a better way to hold my minis as I paint them and some time ago, I saw that Games Workshop makes a miniatures “handle.” When I was looking for them six months ago, they were all sold out but they finally came back in stock and picked one up to see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10,11],"tags":[646,89],"class_list":["post-5379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-resources","category-reviews","tag-citadel","tag-games-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5381,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379\/revisions\/5381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}