painting handles

Hi, I'm currently either using Blu-Tac to stick the base of a miniature to a spray can lid or glueing small parts (riders, shields etc) to the top of a nail in a piece of wood to create some form of holder. I'm then carefully prying off the model after painting, cleaning up and doing any extra...

Okay, I don't like to glue my minis onto a base unless it's kinda the LAST stage. This stops any run off (if you can call it that) of whatever you put on your base onto your figure. Sometimes you kinda do want a bit to transfer to your figure to show mud, or dust or something, but other times...