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Games Workshop Warhammer 40K Citadel Painting Handle

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Product Dimensions 2 x 2 x 3 inches
Item Weight 0.01 ounces
ASIN B077DMTJ2V
Item model number 99239999095061
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4.7 out of 5 stars 3,645 ratings

4.7 out of 5 stars
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer No
Manufacturer GAMES WORKSHOP

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Making it much, much easier to hold your miniatures securely while painting them and allowing you to find the perfect angle to access the fiddly bits, all while avoiding the inevitable hand cramps that come when holding a base for a long time, the Citadel Painting Handle has been designed for painters, by painters. Want to make it super easy to tell which of your handles is holding that special character model? Boom! The handle itself features a spring-loaded clamp mechanism, which locks tightly onto 25mm, 32mm and 40mm round bases, as well as fitting 60x35mm oval bases. Grasping the sturdy plastic handle rather than the base or miniature you're painting means fewer mistakes from careless fingers and will help you improve your painting all round!

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    Customers find the painting handle makes miniatures easier to paint and appreciate its functionality, with one noting it works well on various bases. The grip is secure and easy to hold, and customers consider it worth the price, with one mentioning it's particularly useful for 25mm and 32mm bases. While the hold size receives mixed feedback, with some saying it's large enough while others find it too small for larger models, customers praise its durability, with one noting it stands up to airbrushing.

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    78 customers mention "Ease of painting"78 positive0 negative

    Customers find the painting handle makes the process easier and more enjoyable, with one customer noting it helps reach difficult areas for detailed work.

    "...in, from amazon, this holder with the miniature, and you can paint tiny details with ease...." Read more

    "...Great little tool to have. It just makes painting that much fun!" Read more

    "Made painting my miniatures 10x easier then trying to hold it with my fingertips, keeps my from accidently smudging paint and less of a cleanup when..." Read more

    "...now in my past, I'm really happy with how this product bettered my mini painting experience. My mini looks pretty good too!" Read more

    73 customers mention "Value for money"65 positive8 negative

    Customers find the painting handle to be good value for money, describing it as top notch and noting that it works well for its price point.

    "...this is an easy to recommend $10 for folks who want to paint miniatures. 5 stars from us." Read more

    "...It looked kinda useful and the price was rather low for a Citadel product (who infamously gouge you every chance they get)...little did I realize..." Read more

    "...Believe me, this is probably the best money I've spent on anything related to Warhammer...." Read more

    "...For $10, I think it was a worthwhile investment (that is the same price GW charges)...." Read more

    70 customers mention "Functionality"67 positive3 negative

    Customers find that the painting handle works fantastically and is very useful, with one customer noting it performs well on a wide variety of bases and another mentioning its effectiveness with 25mm and 32mm bases.

    "...works great. the photo could feel you though on size. this holder is like 2" by 1" - i have bigger miniature than this thing haha...." Read more

    "...This solved both issues and it just works great. The handle is ergonomic and the grip is plenty tight...." Read more

    "I just tried this for the first time today, and it worked okay...." Read more

    "It’s not even the same paint handle as shown in the picture. Works the same you just don’t get to work with as many sizes for figures." Read more

    55 customers mention "Grip"44 positive11 negative

    Customers appreciate the grip of the painting handle, noting that it holds models tightly and securely while being easy to hold and pivot.

    "...the holder here has a spring like mechanism and grabs them and holds them. this is an easy to recommend $10 for folks who want to paint miniatures...." Read more

    "Delivery was fast. Sealed/New Condition. Panting handles fells good in your hand.( Not heavy and also not huge. ( just right)...." Read more

    "...This solved both issues and it just works great. The handle is ergonomic and the grip is plenty tight...." Read more

    "...Not to mention less shakieness when painting because of a good grip...." Read more

    32 customers mention "Utility"32 positive0 negative

    Customers find the painting handle super useful and handy, with one mentioning it's particularly helpful while building miniatures.

    "...Great little tool to have. It just makes painting that much fun!" Read more

    "Honestly, I bought this on a whim. It looked kinda useful and the price was rather low for a Citadel product..." Read more

    "While this is very handy and I really do love it when painting my minis there is just one thing I don't like...." Read more

    "...I know it's Citadel but still. You don't need it, but it's useful for certain times during the painting process." Read more

    26 customers mention "Durability"22 positive4 negative

    Customers find the painting handle durable and well-built, with one customer noting that it stands up to airbrushing and another mentioning that the springs for holding mini bases are strong.

    "...to be honest, I was a bit surprised with how light it was and how cheap it felt...." Read more

    "...These are fantastic, stand up to airbrushing, priming, painting and most anything else you need them to handle. Awesome product." Read more

    "Seems pretty durable but I feel like it's way too pricey for what it is. I know it's Citadel but still...." Read more

    "...Has been able to hold all the minis I placed in it securely while I'm painting...." Read more

    26 customers mention "Paintability"26 positive0 negative

    Customers find the painting handle excellent for miniatures, with one mentioning it allows painting closely under a lamp.

    "...angle the mini to reach difficult areas to paint in detail and fully paint my mini...." Read more

    "...This also allowed me to paint closely under a lamp for a better view which I found useful." Read more

    "...These are fantastic, stand up to airbrushing, priming, painting and most anything else you need them to handle. Awesome product." Read more

    "Absolutely great for miniature painting. Makes it easy to hold miniature at all sorts of different angles to get to toughest corners...." Read more

    70 customers mention "Hold size"47 positive23 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the handle's size, with some finding it large enough to hold all miniatures and easier for big hands, while others note it's too small for large ones and doesn't accommodate larger models.

    "...Panting handles fells good in your hand.( Not heavy and also not huge. ( just right). Also you can set it down and it will stand up upright...." Read more

    "...side of the clamp tended to flex out a bit at the top, but my mini didn't go anywhere and it returned to normal for the next, smaller based mini...." Read more

    "...the photo looks like it's 6" tall or something, it's not. it's very small. but it does the job it was made for...." Read more

    "This tool has been very useful holding miniatures while painting...." Read more

    Can paint bigger models with hack!
    5 out of 5 stars
    Can paint bigger models with hack!
    Bought this for my boyfriend's birthday, was pretty bummed the next models that he was painting were bigger than what fit into this handle. We were playing around with this, found that the clamp is just attached by a tripod screw. I had a tripod mount for my phone and we attached it to the handle, and voila! He can now paint the bigger models with this handle. What you want is Phone Mount with Tripod Screw. I don't feel comfortable recommending one from amazon because mine is old and isn't from amazon, so I can't speak to quality. But have it be flat on the bottom with the tripod screw like the one in the picture, and look for one with padding around the clamp part.
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    Top reviews from the United States

    • Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2020
      we used it for board game miniatures, gloomhaven, fallout, dark souls, etc. works great. the photo could feel you though on size. this holder is like 2" by 1" - i have bigger miniature than this thing haha. the photo looks like it's 6" tall or something, it's not. it's very small. but it does the job it was made for. we have a stand alone 3x magnifying lamp with led built in, from amazon, this holder with the miniature, and you can paint tiny details with ease. i am not sure what the top review is talking about with beveled or curved pieces. the game pieces we used are all flat circle bottom, like 1" circles maybe? they work fine in this. much easier than holding them or having them sit on a flat surface. they don't move around or spin. the holder here has a spring like mechanism and grabs them and holds them. this is an easy to recommend $10 for folks who want to paint miniatures. 5 stars from us.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2019
      Delivery was fast. Sealed/New Condition. Panting handles fells good in your hand.( Not heavy and also not huge. ( just right). Also you can set it down and it will stand up upright. As an option the top portions of the panting handle can also be unscrewed from the actual handle. Great little tool to have. It just makes painting that much fun!
    • Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2020
      This thing is great. When I first started out I was using the cork + sticky tack method like a lot of people, but sometimes it can be hard to get off, and often I'll be painting multiple minis at once and want to quickly switch between them. This solved both issues and it just works great. The handle is ergonomic and the grip is plenty tight. I have been painting a variety of minis with different kinds of bases and the different notches allowed all of them to fit, one way or another. The only exception is a couple of really, really large minis that are just too big to fit even with it pulled apart as wide as possible - but they sell another, larger handle specifically for that, and if the springs had any more give they wouldn't hold the smaller ones properly, so I can give it a pass there.

      There is another review that says it only works on minis with beveled/slanted bases, but I am unsure how they came to this conclusion. It isn't supposed to go over the base, it just presses against the sides. All of my minis have flat sided bases and it has held them plenty tight.
    • Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2019
      Made painting my miniatures 10x easier then trying to hold it with my fingertips, keeps my from accidently smudging paint and less of a cleanup when I'm done. Not to mention less shakieness when painting because of a good grip. My only complaint is that it doesnt fit larger based minis and I know theres another handle for that but with how basic the mechanics are in the handle I feel both could have been integrated into one handle.
    • Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2019
      Honestly, I bought this on a whim. It looked kinda useful and the price was rather low for a Citadel product (who infamously gouge you every chance they get)...little did I realize how useful this thing would be!

      For years I had just simply held minis by their base and painted them up. There was nothing wrong with this aside from the occasional “paint-fingers” and some lite hand stress but using this makes it a lot easier to hold onto your model as you work and get at all different kinds of angles without cramping you up or getting paint on yourself.

      A nice feature is that this works with a wide range of minis - not just ones from Games Workshop. The adjustability of it has allowed me to use it for not only minis from Age of Sigmar, 40k, and LOTR but ones from Star Wars Legion, Imperial Assault, Zombicide, and Warlord Games’ Bolt Action and Hail Caesar games.

      I’d say the only downside to this thing is that it can make getting to their hard to reach places on the lower half of the mini challenging, but that’s an easy fix to get take it out and do it by hand.

      The low price, comfort, and usefulness of this product make it a must have for anyone who paints minis!!!
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    • Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2020
      I've painted several minis in the past and never really was able to put into the detail work I wanted to. With the extra control the handle gave me I was able to angle the mini to reach difficult areas to paint in detail and fully paint my mini. Patchy painted minis are now in my past, I'm really happy with how this product bettered my mini painting experience. My mini looks pretty good too!
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      5.0 out of 5 stars
      Makes precision so much easier!

      Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2020
      I've painted several minis in the past and never really was able to put into the detail work I wanted to. With the extra control the handle gave me I was able to angle the mini to reach difficult areas to paint in detail and fully paint my mini. Patchy painted minis are now in my past, I'm really happy with how this product bettered my mini painting experience. My mini looks pretty good too!
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    • Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019
      I saw a lot of folks making fun of this gadget while I was doing research on essential gear for those getting into the mini painting hobby, and took a chance on this. Believe me, this is probably the best money I've spent on anything related to Warhammer. It makes it so easy to reach tough spots and to maintain control when painting large areas or doing delicate detail work. It can take some getting used to loading the minis in and out of the clamps, especially if you use 32mm bases, but nothing a little practice won't solve. I did notice that when loading the larger figures, the side of the clamp tended to flex out a bit at the top, but my mini didn't go anywhere and it returned to normal for the next, smaller based mini. Only had it for a few weeks and maybe ~20 minis worth of painting, will update if it falls apart in the near future.

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    • Troy Mcfarlane
      4.0 out of 5 stars Great product
      Reviewed in Australia on October 27, 2019
      Great product
    • daigus
      5.0 out of 5 stars perfecto
      Reviewed in Spain on March 24, 2018
      Hace su función, buen articulo y muy cómodo para pintar. tiene para varios tamaños de peana y lo sujeta muy bien para que no se mueva ni lo mas minimo
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    • Solarion
      5.0 out of 5 stars Bon produit
      Reviewed in France on July 3, 2019
      Colis livré rapidement

      Cette poignée de peintre est vraiment très pratique, ne prend pas de place permet de peindre de manière précise les miniatures.
    • Giuseppe Giorico
      5.0 out of 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🚚
      Reviewed in Italy on May 14, 2019
      Prodotto di ottima fattura, utile e comodo per piccole miniature.
      5 stelle per il prodotto, 0 stelle e qualche maledizione lanciata al corriere che ha lanciato oltre il cancello il pacchetto rinvenuto successivamente nelle fauci del mio cane che lo ha utilizzato come giocattolo per diverse ore. Anche per lui un prodotto da 5 stelle.
    • Andy Comber
      5.0 out of 5 stars Reasonably priced for a robust tool
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2018
      Really useful tool for painting miniatures. The spring loaded mechanism holds the model firmly and easily. Although it’s true that you can make similar items cheaply, the quality and robustness of this holder really warrants the reasonable cost of this item. A bargain
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      Andy Comber
      5.0 out of 5 stars
      Reasonably priced for a robust tool

      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2018
      Really useful tool for painting miniatures. The spring loaded mechanism holds the model firmly and easily. Although it’s true that you can make similar items cheaply, the quality and robustness of this holder really warrants the reasonable cost of this item. A bargain
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