Bottle Cap Priming/painting Station for Miniatures (and gel nails)

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I liked the design of the original but I've started using bottle caps primarily as I have a hobby holder and working on a design similar to it which is remixed from something else. I found a couple of issues with this design, the first was I was using bottle caps, not pill bottles, the second is you can hold this upside down while priming when using an airbrush and you don't have to worry if your pill bottle is not same size. Those using a spray can may not have any problems at all with the original and I found my first test run went well with a spray can. Well, the first one may not be a problem with the design just didn't fit my needs. I posted two versions, the one marked taller is the one in the pictures. The one marked as shorter I was toying around with making the base a little thinner and I shortened the pillars a few mm. Shortened print time by about an hour. This could also be used as a painting station but I have used it for priming and drying the miniatures. I printed at .3 with 40% infill as I wanted to make sure it was solid, I've found the bottle cap ends can be really fragile. I am going to do a test with 20% infill to see how it makes a difference. Another thing, you shouldn't need to tighten the bottle cap like you would a bottle of water or pop this will likely break the top over time. Just a few twists and you should be good. January 2nd, 2020 update Some of my squads have 7 troops in it so I decided to make an 8 column version so I can put the whole set at once. See my painting handle remix here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3864129 Recently came across another use for this in the form of painting fake nails, just attach a little bit of funtak to bottom of nail and stick on bottle cap then paint. Great for doing your own nails and then just stick them on your fingers later. So I went ahead and made something specifically for painting nails, you can see it here https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4081194