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This is what happens when little children are left unattended near my prized possesions.
My lil cousins thought it was a "toy" and so they began to play "war" with it

It doesn't look super-terribly-destroyed (at least from your pics). Children should be seen, not heard, and surely not allowed to touch things with their sticky hands.

(sniffle)...oh god!!! The Horror!

That's a bummer. But to be fair, it was kind of your fault. Don't leave your stuff lying around, especially near kids.

Well, this is why I have a No Child Policy in my games room. It was implemented after I heard a giggle and a sudden crash that I knew in my soul could only be my freshly bought and assembled Vanquisher from Forgeworld...

Thank goodness they didn't get the Thunderhawk my friend had ordered and was being stashed at my place.

I am sorry fo your loss. My greatest thoughts are with you during this difficult time.

The OC-D

Yes, these things happen. There is a certain Ork Tank Commander in Looted Russ (General McOrkthur) who shall be forever be one finger less and with a loose turret after hearing the famous words "Catch, Daddy!"

I did not, it turns out, catch.

Oh well, big woop.

Yes the best advice is don't leave stuff out when there's kids around. If you have no choice, then set aside some models you don't care as much about and let them just play with those. Then explain that models are not toys and they break when you play with them.

I let my 4 yo nephew play with my old metal dread and some 2nd edition plastic marines and that keeps him occupied for a good 2 hours. I'd rather do that than watch Wall-E 17 times in a row

Ok, I was this close to alerting the moderators to this thread, as pictures as horrifying as this should not be posted on the internet, where delicate souls can see them.

However, in the vein of "when life gives you skulls, make a skull throne", You now have some awesome pieces to start a rocking conversion project!

Also, rather than sacrificing your cousins to Khorne (an acceptable reaction IMHO), I recommend getting them involved in 40k, getting them addicted to incredibly expensive models, waiting till they proudly show you their painted model - and then unleashing your children/spawn/cultists on them!

Admittedly that may take time, and is incredibly convoluted, but Tzeentch would be proud!!!

darkkt wrote:Ok, I was this close to alerting the moderators to this thread, as pictures as horrifying as this should not be posted on the internet, where delicate souls can see them.

However, in the vein of "when life gives you skulls, make a skull throne", You now have some awesome pieces to start a rocking conversion project!

Also, rather than sacrificing your cousins to Khorne (an acceptable reaction IMHO), I recommend getting them involved in 40k, getting them addicted to incredibly expensive models, waiting till they proudly show you their painted model - and then unleashing your children/spawn/cultists on them!

Admittedly that may take time, and is incredibly convoluted, but Tzeentch would be proud!!!

You worry me. You really do.

Also, if you want to do anything mean, I live in Gwar!'s house.

Necros wrote:I let my 4 yo nephew play with my old metal dread and some 2nd edition plastic marines and that keeps him occupied for a good 2 hours. I'd rather do that than watch Wall-E 17 times in a row

How do you manage to watch Wall-E 17 times in two hours?

Looks like his army mans beat your army mans

Bookwrack wrote:

Necros wrote:I let my 4 yo nephew play with my old metal dread and some 2nd edition plastic marines and that keeps him occupied for a good 2 hours. I'd rather do that than watch Wall-E 17 times in a row

How do you manage to watch Wall-E 17 times in two hours?

Easy, you just put it in FF, and let the kid fill in the words... It's not like it had a lot of important dialogue or anything.

You have my sympathies. This almost happened to me a couple months ago. My great niece had one of my falcons

Proof that even tiny children think the chaos codex blows...

One day i will sacrafice those kids to khorne in order to boost my armies morale!

All I can say is that you're lucky it wasn't painted! That would just turn this tragedy into a full on rain of tears.

Get the kids some army men, and explain the difference between Warhammer and the green plastic guys you get in a bag for 99 cents. They're the gateway drug that led to my addiction in the miniatures gaming hobby, and hopefully they can do the same for these kids.

Why sacrafice them in the future you may able to indoctrinate them into 40K.

My nephew got a hold of some of my bikes while I was staying with my brother for a little while. I never did find my missing power fist...Needless to say I learned a valuable lesson and now my army transport stays stashed away in my car when I visit.