Miniature Painting Handle
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€1.70 – €2.08 net (excluding VAT)
For file: Paint Grip-Handle_0.4n_0.2mm_PLA_COREONE_1h44m.bgcode
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- Weight reported by the author
- 27 g
- Print time reported by the author
- 1.73 hr
- Source material
- PLA
- Estimate material
- PLA
- Estimate printer
- Bambu Lab P1S - 0.4 nozzle
- Estimate process
- 0.20mm Standard
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Simple contoured painting handle with simple accessories.
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Model information
- Source
- Printables
- Category
- Miniature Gaming Accessories
- License
- Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — Share Alike
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