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So about 2 weeks ago I was doing some finishing touch-ups on my carnifex with 2 sets of scything talons. Wasnt really paying attention, kinda watching some tv when my cat swatted the fex of my desk and proceeded to land talon first on the top of my foot. I must have failed my armor save that night as it put a pretty substantial hole near my ankle. Better a small injury than the fex smashing on the hardwood floor I guess. I had to put my cat in the trash compactor for that one, luckily she still has 6 lives left.

So whats the worst injury you have substained during a modeling or gaming session?

I was trimming something and my attention failed me for a moment and all of a sudden I found my knife jammed into the flesh of my hand between thumb and forefinger. I now have a very short, straight scar there

(I'm thinking knife wounds will feature large here)

I poked the top of my eye (just under the eyebrow) when checking line of sight once. Bled a good amount before it stopped. Im just glad my eyeball was spared.

People in my FLGS know I will never lower my head to the field level now, lasers only.

Double Posts, I luvs them like a teenage goth luvs Edward Cullen!

Other people's similar tales.

Flinty wrote:I was trimming something and my attention failed me for a moment and all of a sudden I found my knife jammed into the flesh of my hand between thumb and forefinger. I now have a very short, straight scar there

(I'm thinking knife wounds will feature large here)

Oh yes, I have sliced my fingers more time than I care to remember. Using modelling knives under the supervision of adults is all very well, but what if you are an adult?

I was cutting with a pair of clippers and the blade snapped on one of the arms, it ended up embedded 1cm into my leg.
Talk about Penetrating Hit...

Did you know that Xacto blades make a tight fit between your fingertip and the tip of the bone? It's almost like they were designed to go there... like a fashion accessory.

Mine would also have to do with a falling carnifex, especially since it was the old metal kind that fell off my work table and attacked my left leg, impailing it's grinning self to me. Not a good time. I quite playing nids then!

knifing wound, almost sliced off the end of my thumb. (note: cut AWAY from yourself)

My friend fell on a cities of death thing, with his hand. (with the pointy bits) It stayed in hand. (It was pretty gross having a building stick out of someguys hand)

New one for me, I was getting ready for a Fantasy tourney. Had all of my Saurus Warriors (w/ spears) in a tote and as I proceeded to reach my hand into the tote, I stabbed one of the PLASTIC spears into the tip of my thumb. Pulled my hand out w/ spear still in my thumb.

Bled for a while and got alot of flak for stabbing myself on my PLASTIC models.

I had a high speed carbide cutting tool in my Dremel get away from me once. Gouged a hole all the way through my thumbnail & into the meat. It didn't leave a permanent mark but it sure did smart for a few weeks!

It's been a while since I've noticeably injured myself, but it was probably a stab in the hand with an X-acto knife due to losing control while trimming parts. I did that with alarming frequency when I was starting off.

Does one of the Perry brothers losing his hand reenacting count as a "gaming" injury? That would clearly win the thread if it did.

I was putting together some Khorne Bezerkers and sliced my thumb a little bit while shaving some mold lines off. Then I thought to myself, "What's more manly than Zerkers?" That's right, Bezkerers with real blood on them.

Unsanitary? sure. Awesome? absolutely.

My left thum is in an almost constant state of shreddedness from modelling knife attrition. To be honest I'm amazed I still have any fingerprint left on that digit!

I was cutting an old plastic marine in half with a rotary blade on a dremel. The marine was pulled out of my hand when the blade bit and the saw blade jumped onto the back of my thumb and rode up to my wrist.

Cleaning up some Bloodletters, knife slipped and jabbed me. Pulled it out, but it didn't hurt much (just a sting) and didn't seem to have done any real damage. Carried on.

Few minutes later, my brother walks in and asks why I've started painting when they aren't fully assembled, or for that matter uncoated. It was only then that I realised I'd got a vein or artery or something and blood was everywhere (I tend to have tunnel vision whilst working)

Noble713 wrote:It's been a while since I've noticeably injured myself, but it was probably a stab in the hand with an X-acto knife due to losing control while trimming parts. I did that with alarming frequency when I was starting off.

Does one of the Perry brothers losing his hand reenacting count as a "gaming" injury? That would clearly win the thread if it did.

Years ago, when I saw the 'bucktooth beaver' eldar scorpions when they were brand new- I turned to my buddies at hte store and said:

"God, these figs are awful, I might be able to better with one hand."

Reply "Thats really f&%*ed up."


It wasnt til like 3 years later when I saw a pic of the Perry brothers I put it together and felt like a turd dispenser.


And to keep it on topic- while trimming marines off sprues, I sneezed. Like the mother of all sneezes that scattered lil grenade bits and purity seals off the table.

In the process of that sneeze I poked my boob with the exacto knife

I'd like to think thats a unique injury, but with all the man-boobs in the gaming community I think thats unlikey

Yup knife wounds, from scalpels, craft knifes and stanley knifes.
3 arm scars some fingerprint missing but still going....

the worst was the razor saw though thank god for fingernails,,,didnt stop bleeding for 2 hours

Goliath wrote:
Talk about Penetrating Hit...

That's what she said.

Anyway, when I was young (12ish) I was foolishly cutting towards myself and gouged a 1 inch chunk out of the top of my left middle finger. That and a broken heart....

Friend of mine got a dud pot of army painter and managed to actually poison himself from the fumes. He was fine after a week or so.

Sitting on a Goblin Spearman regiment.

Mistress of minis wrote:

Noble713 wrote:It's been a while since I've noticeably injured myself, but it was probably a stab in the hand with an X-acto knife due to losing control while trimming parts. I did that with alarming frequency when I was starting off.

Does one of the Perry brothers losing his hand reenacting count as a "gaming" injury? That would clearly win the thread if it did.

Years ago, when I saw the 'bucktooth beaver' eldar scorpions when they were brand new- I turned to my buddies at hte store and said:

"God, these figs are awful, I might be able to better with one hand."

Reply "Thats really f&%*ed up."


It wasnt til like 3 years later when I saw a pic of the Perry brothers I put it together and felt like a turd dispenser.


And to keep it on topic- while trimming marines off sprues, I sneezed. Like the mother of all sneezes that scattered lil grenade bits and purity seals off the table.

In the process of that sneeze I poked my boob with the exacto knife

I'd like to think thats a unique injury, but with all the man-boobs in the gaming community I think thats unlikey

HA! That made me laugh! Me and the wife see him regular, with and without arm, he is more then comfortable with it!

Must be pointed out he was re-enacting in france, we are MUCH safer over here :-)

Had any number of Knife Based Accidents, its become known as "Modellers Thumb" when you get all those little fine cuts when trimming lead figures.....

I once burned myself pretty bad when I picked up the wrong piece when I was casting stuff... note to self, white metal at about 200C burns like a B'Stard!

Knew a guy who lent on some 6mm pike men, only problem was the pikes were long sewing needles..... very nasty.

Not gaming related but I cut my hand up pretty bad when I messed up a sword disarm in a display, ended up in casualty still in armour with two mates, the nurse was busy tying away and asked me about the injury, I explained I cut myself on a sword, to which she looked up shocked into 3 guys in full medieval armour... her face was a picture! :-) Mine must have been a picture later however when the nurse stitching me up asked to cut the chainmail off... not at £400 a set your not!

Just sawed into my middle finger. All because I can't find my plastic clippers.

How will I game? :-(

This isn't model-related, but I managed to send my right arm through a solid glass window when I was five. Blood EVERYWHERE.

Rico, with a crippled digit.


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Vassakov wrote:Cleaning up some Bloodletters, knife slipped and jabbed me. Pulled it out, but it didn't hurt much (just a sting) and didn't seem to have done any real damage. Carried on.

Few minutes later, my brother walks in and asks why I've started painting when they aren't fully assembled, or for that matter uncoated. It was only then that I realised I'd got a vein or artery or something and blood was everywhere (I tend to have tunnel vision whilst working)

Of course that happened while you were working on Bloodletters.

I love irony.

Rico.

The way i cut plastic is weird.

My left finger acts as a guide line for where the xacto goes
and my left thumb pushes the blade while my right hand holds the blade handle.

Sometimes the piece slips and i cut my finger instead D:

I managed to get the old version of Archaon's sword 2/3s of the way up my thumbnail.

That hurt like a bitch pulling it out.

Nail never fell off, though. I was surprised.

You see these threads every now and then.

The one with the dude usisg flammable sprays in his Garage and igniting it is a particularly good one.

Mostly just Craft knife cuts for me..

Alot. Like.......30+.

I have the hands of Frankenstein......

But I may just be a bit of a Gimp with the blade skillz... y'know?

Mostly x-acto cuts. Too many to keep track of. Both my thumbs are "distinctive" from a print pov.

Worst hobby injury is probably standing on my soldering iron (and burning a nice 4" stretch of sole).

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Mistress of minis wrote:Years ago, when I saw the 'bucktooth beaver' eldar scorpions when they were brand new- I turned to my buddies at hte store and said:

"God, these figs are awful, I might be able to better with one hand."

Reply "Thats really f&%*ed up."

It wasnt til like 3 years later when I saw a pic of the Perry brothers I put it together and felt like a turd dispenser.

Wasn't it Gary Morely who perpetrated the Buck-toothed Beavers/Bunnies? Not the Perry twins? As far as i can tell the man has all four limbs fully functional, but only a passing notion of what constitutes human anatomy...