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Offline forcecommander

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #240 on: October 01, 2017, 11:57:41 PM »
I'm having trouble picturing what the tea leaf basing will look like, anyone have a handy pic?

Offline von Lucky

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Offline forcecommander

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #242 on: October 02, 2017, 11:35:02 AM »
 o_o some days I amaze myself with my lack of common sense... but anyway, thanks for that! That's a really cool effect.

Offline von Lucky

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #243 on: November 06, 2018, 06:39:38 AM »
lol Yes we are

No. 20: tipping my dirty glass of water to clean my brush over.
Over the minis. Over the keyboard. Down behind the desk. Behind the book shelf. I had no idea how much water a glass can hold until this happened. Twice.

And again! It's amazing the area a glass of water can cover. But I was clever(?), unconsciously having built up a dam system with half completed terrain pieces and miniatures to contain the spill. lol

Offline zemjw

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #244 on: November 06, 2018, 09:27:46 AM »
It may be worth considering constructing the device I described a few pages back - http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=87581.msg1113442#msg1113442 lol

You can get cups and mugs that always stay upright, try searching for "untipable mug" ;D

Offline Wyrmalla

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #245 on: November 09, 2018, 07:07:19 PM »
116. Cutting bits off metal models whilst sitting besides a laptop.

"Plink", oh, that was a near miss - as a piece of metal flies away from under my blade past the laptop screen. "Plink", damn, that was close to. "Plink", Great, I finally cut this damn model's head off. Now where did it fly away to? Oh.

Phew, Gorilla Glass. :)

...Though finding out just what that screen could take only emboldened me to continue watching Youtube videos whilst modelling in future.  ::)

Offline von Lucky

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #246 on: November 09, 2018, 08:48:20 PM »
zemjw - hah, it's a tallboy glass. I guess a shorter, fatter glass will solve this to a large extent.

Offline Bergil

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #247 on: November 30, 2018, 10:53:47 PM »
Getting a 3 inch piece of thin wire used for creating armatures buried deep within my arm.

Required surgery :/

Morphine was good.

Offline Billchuck

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #248 on: December 01, 2018, 04:11:00 AM »
Getting a 3 inch piece of thin wire used for creating armatures buried deep within my arm.

Required surgery :/

Morphine was good.

9 out of 10 doctors recommend not doing that.

Offline von Lucky

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #249 on: December 01, 2018, 07:28:15 AM »
Gee-zus!

Offline Dr Mathias

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #250 on: December 10, 2018, 01:14:12 AM »
Getting a 3 inch piece of thin wire used for creating armatures buried deep within my arm.

Required surgery :/

Morphine was good.

Damn, must have been some force behind that.
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Offline Pijlie

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #251 on: December 10, 2018, 11:27:04 AM »
9 out of 10 doctors recommend not doing that.

Doctor nr 10 is a wargamer himself.....
I wish I were a glowworm
'cause glowworms 're never glum
How can you be grumpy
When the sun shines out yer bum?

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Offline Shahbahraz

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #252 on: October 10, 2020, 01:12:34 AM »
I suspect I am not alone in:
1. slicing large chunks out my fingers
2. dropping the knife into my foot
3. managing to accidentally spill the paint water over the power outlet causing the house fuseboard to trip.
4. Combining 2 & 3 to create
5. In the dark, slipping on my own blood..

Ok, maybe I am 'alone in the dark'
Wargaming since the dark ages...

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Offline Rich H

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #253 on: October 12, 2020, 09:58:19 PM »
My current habit:- dropping tiny black items onto a hard tiled black and silver floor.  Extra fun as the bits bounce a long way... 

Also recently:- topping up the final gloss varnish on a 1/2 scale bazooka rocket with white undercoat.

And for the hat trick:- dropping a newly varnished mini into a box of sawdust...

Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: The less-than-brilliant modelling club
« Reply #254 on: October 13, 2020, 03:21:16 PM »
I suspect I am not alone in:
1. slicing large chunks out my fingers
2. dropping the knife into my foot

LOL.  I’ve done both of those even while trying to do hobby stuff while away on vacation.  Other vacationers laughed every time I showed up to breakfast with a new bandage, but I still had a blast.

 

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