Locking vertices/faces/edges in xyz space?

Hi
Is it possible to paint with vertex colours and then lock those painted vertices into xyz space in order to modify the vertices around the locked vertices? I’m asking cuz blender’s sculpt mode currently lacks a masking system and this is the best I can come up with.
Thanks
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hi, so this seems to have stumped people. can anyone offer suggestions?

can you explain? a lot of people havnt use sculpt mode since its not in Blender/CVS

also, this is more of a suggestion to Nick, so maybe email him direct,

This is also nothing to do with python so Im not sure whuy your posting here

thanks idman, well seeing that I know jack squat about python I thought this might be the best place to post this but i’ll move it and see what nicholas bishop says