holding pieces when painting?

Makes sense. I usually just leave resin parts on their extra "sprue" or overpour or whatever their called, I just hold my parts with my hands. I also paint in stages, ie: flesh first while holding the clothes, then paint the clothes and hold the flesh, I like the control of the part in my hand when I brush paint.

When one color/area (like the flesh) drys I'll go ahead and paint the uniform and I'll hold it by the flesh etc. using darkroom gloves.

Darkroom gloves are great for handling painted parts/figures/vehicles and the like.

Do you hold it till it dries, or lay down wet paint?

I usually stick it to a piece of masking tape thats on the top of a bottle of paint or a can of spray paint or something like that and let the wet part hang off the edge

If there is some small side of the part that will be hidden from view, I will put a tiny drop of CA there, take a large toothpick (I use the flat ones about 4" long from craft store), dip it into CA Accelerator, and then hold it against the part. Stick it into a block of florist's foam to dry after painting. Then just twist the toothpick later to snap it off.

Sounds like a smarter version of my meathod - makes sense!

I have some long auto clamping tweezers that I use for some things and CuriousG's CA glue technique for others.  I guess it just depends on the exact shape of the part.