I am posting up a layout plan that is in the early stages of developement.  The room I have is in the basement and is currently used to store household stuff, mostly stuff we boxed up and moved from our previous house 1.5 years ago.  I have to do some wiring, lighting and sheetrock, along with going through and removing some stuff before I can start building a railroad.  In the meantime I am starting some planning, while I sort out and make room. 

I'm looking at painting my own figurines for HO and N scale. Buy the bag of unpainted figurines for cheap and then paint accordingly. I need to change some arm and leg positions of some to reflect the scene they will be in. Like sitting or arms in the air (volley ball game). what is the best and safest way to achieve this? Heat them with a low temp soldering iron? Hot air gun? Blow dryer? Warm water?

what have you guys done to reposition your people into the positions you need them in?

Suggestions?

I'm about to start a second layout, a German themed layout in H0 that will fill the space next to the G&AM.