The Citadel Colour Sub-Assembly Holder is a painting and assembly tool with articulated arms and clips for holding individual model components during painting. Sub-assembly is the practice of painting model parts separately before final assembly - painting interior surfaces, recessed areas, and hidden details that would be inaccessible once the model is glued together, then assembling the painted components at the end of the painting process.
The Sub-Assembly Holder clamps individual model components - weapon arms, capes, torsos, legs, heads - in its articulated clips, holding them at the angle and orientation required to paint specific areas without repositioning the piece by hand every time. Sub-assembly is particularly important for large, complex models with interior cockpits, seated pilots, layered armour plates, and deeply recessed areas: Space Marine Dreadnoughts, Knights, tanks with open hatches, and multi-figure dioramas all benefit from sub-assembly painting. The holder keeps pieces separated and accessible during the painting phase and prevents finished painted parts from being handled, scratched, or contaminated by body oils before final assembly. Compatible with a full range of Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar kit scales.
Citadel Colour Sub-Assembly Holder - an articulated clip tool for holding model parts separately during sub-assembly painting.
