The less-than-brilliant modelling club

[Basin is BACK]

No. 94: don't eat at the table

The exact opposite to no. 18 (washing paint brushes in teacup), I dipped a biscuit in my brush water.

[von Lucky]

Did it taste special?

No. 95: Sneezing into the tub of flock.

Did this a few weeks ago. Lucky it was just easy to pick up the miniatures and vacuum the desk.

[Modhail]

"Matt black varnish." Not saying anything more... 

[Basin is BACK]

Did it taste special?

Worryingly, no. I realised my mistake as it was colder than usual...

[Hammers]

Such a feast of recognition!   A majority, of these I've either done myself or have witnessed happening at the club... The two below are all mine, though.

#87 Accidental precision dremelling
I was using a Dremel with a saw wheel (note: not a grinding wheel, an actual miniature circular sawblade) to cut off a significant portion of a (metal) miniature. Apparently there was some impurity in the metal the saw caught on as it suddenly yanked itself away from the miniature. Right across the back of my finger! I had cut diagonally across my fingernail. Immediately shut off the Dremel and looked at the neat little saw cut, waiting for the pain and gushing of blood to start, the other hand scrabbling for a towel to catch the inevitable red stuff. Found the towel after a few seconds, but no pain or blood, yet. Must be adrenaline-induced time dilation, I thought. So I waited a bit longer...still nothing. That's odd, I thought, and inspected the wound more closely. Apparently I'd managed to cut precisely through the nail itself, without actually damaging the (blood and nerve rich) nailbed beneath!
Typing this, I still get sweaty hands thinking back...

#88 Secondhand Dremel burns
You know how metal gets hot as you grind it? I had never noticed it before, as the old pewter models cut quite rapidly and I was new to the art of the Dremel. Then came along my first "white metal" figure. Held it firmly in my hand (clamps would damage the details, you know?) and started grinding. Gee, this took a while, that white metal is tough. And my fingers are starting to sting from the vibration. Huh, that feels odd? Ow, hot, hot, hot! And I reflexively let go. That's how I ended up with tiny little burns on my fingers and my right foot...

After the above two incidents, I became religious about wearing protective gloves around my Dremel... And shoes.

Oh, and 76b: After removing said slice (in my case, from the tip of my right middle finger), looking for the cut-off part of the miniature before looking for the cut-off part of self... Both with the intent of re-attachment.

Dremels must be among the most dangerous implements to hobbyists. I am sure my eventual demise will be because of my inexpert use of the fucking thing.

[Hammers]

I had forgotten about thus thread. So to revive one year later...

 #96 Too absentminded to clean workplace between deburring and painting figures depsite fucking years of experience

As a result you end up with miniatures, especially your sailors and tankers in black uniforms, insted look like little Liberaces.

[Dr Mathias]

Amusing thread. Oddly enough, as I was reading this I discovered

#97 the paintbrush I just spent five minutes looking for was tucked behind my ear.

[Johnno]

#98 Priming Reaper Bones

I didn't believe that you could paint them straight away and I used a cheap aerosol spray.
They were tacky for months.

[nic-e]

A new one today.

Coke on one side, super glue on the other, and keep it consistent.

Superglue as it turns out, tastes vile.

[carlos marighela]

I never model when coked up. Come on, modelling is definitely a  chill out, take your time kind of activity. Besides there's always the prospect I might mistakenly snort some baking powder that I using for winter scenics.

Find the right drugs to complemennt your pastimes, that's the key to success*


* that's key in a figurative sense, not a kilo btw.

[zorg]

#100 Not using enough hardening agent with resin

So I had constructed a pretty cool cardboard storage box, I had mixed the resin with iron powder, and then I put in much too little hardening agent. Applied the improperly mixed resin to the box. Result: the box is covered in sticky black stuff, which neither cures nor can be scraped off. Not what I was after.

[Dr Mathias]

Ahh, resin. Just a couple days ago I got distracted by someone as I was measuring parts A and B, and only poured B into the mold. Put it in the pressure pot and then noticed the cup of Part A... pretty sure that wasn't going to cure

[Reed]

#101 Putting your last painted figure with magnetised base in a metal box that then slips from your hands

A metal box which contained several multi-part metal miniatures. Absolute carnage.

[von Lucky]

Ay ay ay!

[Bergil]

#102 - Hospitalising yourself.

When cutting wire for use in sculpting, don't leave it laying around so that it punctures your arm and begins sliding through flesh and scraping against bone.