Miniature Painting Handle

Miniature Painting Handle

I've been painting minis for more years than I care to admit (especially given how bad I still am at it) and have used a lot of painting handles. I bought a lot, gotten a few as con swag, and backed even more on Kickstarter. All of them have been great and had all sorts of options for customization and other gimmicks but I came to the conclusion that I just wanted something dead simple, so I came up with this.

It's a contoured handle with a threaded hole in the top that allows you to screw a platform of varying size snugly into it. That's it. No magnets. No additional hardware. No moving parts or rubber bands. Just print 2 parts with no supports required and go. (Bring you own adhesive to hold the mini to the platform).

I designed this a few years ago - teaching myself FreeCAD in the process - and have refined and added to it over the years. I have been painting using these handles exclusively in that time.

I hope you get as much use out of this design as I have!

Accessories:

Handle toppers:

• 30mm round
• 40mm round
• 60mm round

Storage - Gridfinity:

• 2x1 bin - holds 8 x 30mm toppers
• 2x1 bin - holds 6 x 40mm toppers
• 2x2 bin - holds 1 x 60mm topper

Recommended Slicer Settings:

Pretty much any settings and most materials will do, but I really like these for the paint handle. It gets a nice grippy texture and looks great:

• 0.2mm layers
• 0.4mm nozzle (0.6mm works too)
• Seam position - Random
• Fuzzy skin - Outside walls
• Fuzzy skin thickness - 0.2mm
• Fuzzy skin point distance - 0.2mm

For the round toppers, just make sure they're upside down (how the file is oriented) and you're good to go!

Future Plans (Tentative):

• Handle storage (the handles have holes in the bottom for a reason)
  • Gridfinity compatible
  • Wall-mounted - Multiboard/HSW
  • Modular paint racks like Painter's Fortress
• Small part attachment