The less-than-brilliant modelling club

[forcecommander]

I'm having trouble picturing what the tea leaf basing will look like, anyone have a handy pic?

[von Lucky]

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=tea+leaf+basing&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4lODI39HWAhWMfrwKHRiXB3gQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=948

[forcecommander]

  some days I amaze myself with my lack of common sense... but anyway, thanks for that! That's a really cool effect.

[von Lucky]

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.

[zemjw]

It may be worth considering constructing the device I described a few pages back - http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=87581.msg1113442#msg1113442

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

[Wyrmalla]

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. 

[von Lucky]

zemjw - hah, it's a tallboy glass. I guess a shorter, fatter glass will solve this to a large extent.

[Bergil]

Getting a 3 inch piece of thin wire used for creating armatures buried deep within my arm.

Required surgery :/

Morphine was good.

[Billchuck]

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.

[von Lucky]

Gee-zus!

[Dr Mathias]

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.

[Pijlie]

9 out of 10 doctors recommend not doing that.

Doctor nr 10 is a wargamer himself.....

[Shahbahraz]

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'

[Rich H]

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...

[Cacique Caribe]

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.