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Offline Heldrak

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Ack!
« on: 28 November 2010, 04:01:51 PM »
Sliced myself good and proper attempting to cut a Heroclix Mr. Fantastic figure free from his clicky base, requiring a trip to the emergency room and four stitches  :o

Behold the terror that is... FRANKENTHUMB!

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Re: Ack!
« Reply #1 on: 28 November 2010, 04:03:18 PM »
Ouch!  Why the splint?  Cut tendon?

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Offline Heldrak

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Re: Ack!
« Reply #2 on: 28 November 2010, 04:06:37 PM »
Nah, tendons OK (fortunately). The splint is just there to keep it immobile and help keep the cut from reopening. I actually get to take it off today.

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Re: Ack!
« Reply #3 on: 28 November 2010, 06:01:08 PM »
We've all had our run ins with the hobby knife.

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Re: Ack!
« Reply #4 on: 28 November 2010, 06:22:02 PM »
Medical superglue is expensive...
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Re: Ack!
« Reply #5 on: 28 November 2010, 07:01:19 PM »
Medical superglue is expensive...

That's why I use cheap super glue to attach myself to figures they act both as a anti-slip guards and as a splint when you finally do slice your finger off. Very hard to pick your nose however!!

Offline Chairface

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Re: Ack!
« Reply #6 on: 28 November 2010, 07:01:50 PM »
Heal quickly my friend

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Re: Ack!
« Reply #7 on: 28 November 2010, 07:17:05 PM »
An impressive wound.

Hope you heal quickly, as painting and modelling (not to mention typing) with that on must suck!
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Re: Ack!
« Reply #8 on: 28 November 2010, 09:02:07 PM »
Ouch! I feel your pain and have felt it repeatedly building architectural models! :) I remember once I was using a cutting ruler and a scalpel cutting a 4mm thick cardboard. The scalpel jumped onto the metal edge of the ruler and onto my index finger slicing through it length-wise. For a while I was a 10 fingered man with 11 fingernails... Fun for the entire family.

Hope it mends well, Heldrak!

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Re: Ack!
« Reply #9 on: 28 November 2010, 09:07:44 PM »
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Re: Ack!
« Reply #10 on: 29 November 2010, 08:08:13 AM »
That Which Doesn't Kill Us Makes us Stronger.

Still bloody hurts though  lol

I got a plastic one that encompassed the whole thumb when I did mine. Four stitches is quite impressive though. I hope it mends well  :)

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Re: Ack!
« Reply #11 on: 29 November 2010, 09:09:10 AM »
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I just took a bunch of them off bases too only a slight stab i got off lucky
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Re: Ack!
« Reply #12 on: 29 November 2010, 09:28:17 AM »
I use clippers to gt mine off bases..............  8)
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Re: Ack!
« Reply #13 on: 29 November 2010, 09:49:31 AM »
Ouch!

Much, much easier to do: Put them in the freezer overnight. The next day, they will snap off quite easily. Something to do with the chemical properties of the glue they use. Has never failed for me.

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Re: Ack!
« Reply #14 on: 29 November 2010, 10:25:36 AM »
OMG!  lol
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