25mm Round Base Miniature Holder for Painting

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I wanted to develop my skills as a miniature painter so decided to start using a holder. I didn't like the idea of sticking the mini to a pill bottle as I was sure it would drop off and get damaged at some point, and the designs I saw on Thingiverse needed rubber bands, screws or bolts that I didn't have. So I came up with this need-no-extras compression fit design over a few iterations on Tinkercad. It clamps tightly on a 25mm round base similar to what was, and presumably still is, used by Games Workshop. I super-glued five 3mm diameter x 3mm tall cylinder magnets into the holes in each clamp half, but as the handle holds the two halves together they're not essential. Only the finger-lever part needs to be printed with supports, though you might be able to get away without supports if you change the orientation and aren't fussed by the smoothness of the finish.