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kronk wrote:There is an entire thread on this here.

Fortunately, I've only broken my own models.

yes, but that thread is locked and even if it wasn't, someone would have a spasm over "thread necro".

Therefore it's time for a new thread since someone wants to discuss the subject.

You're welcome!

on topic: My mom managed to spill a case of Maruader Dark Elves back in the 90's. Never did find all of the crossbows.

My worst breakage was when the basement ceiling collapsed on my Marines' section of the shelf, and nearly the whole of my 3rd Company was crushed, though many were found intact, most of my characters, who employed pewter bits, were broken.


The most complete breakage I've seen? Just this wekend. When I was asleep, my cat jumped up on the gaming table, trampled all the terrain in a straight run down the middle, and then jumped up onto my Marine shelf (My Guardsmen have yet to actually suffer ) and knocked oFF about 10 units and a Rhino. The rest were cleared in a 'cat's arse' sized circle. I wasn't mad, because this time there was only one pewter marine down. Everything else was plastic. But the Rhino was pretty much broken down into it's components

BOSS_PIMPALOTZ wrote:
When your asleep a good nights painting done your mind is as numb as anything (Long nights and days without work back in 2005-2007) Your Space marines arrayed proudly under the lower shelf you stacked with magazines thinking "Yes that brittle plywood shelf will hold 200 odd issues of SFX" you awake! to a loud crash to find your pride and joy 2000pts crushed under the Uk's leading sci-fi mag and a plywood shelf that didnt hold.....

yes I know broken Minatures well.

I feel your pain.

Had a very similar event. I had a built in bookshelf in my apartment where I stored a number of my painted minis. Warmachine on one shelf, WHFB on another, various display minis on another, etc. Not a lot of weight on any particular one- I think the heaviest had 2 Khador juggernauts and a few metal minis. One night, at 3 am, I hear a crashing sound and a noise like breaking glass. I immediately think, "break in" and grab a club I keep near my bed and a flashlight from the wall. No break in. Hrm... maybe kitchen glasses. Peek in there- nothing. Oh well, it's late and I go back to sleep.

The next morning, I walk into the living room and see the mess. A shelf support tab had somehow slid out and the shelf collapsed and landed on the one below it, crushing and dropping miniatures in the process. I felt like someone kicked me in the stomach. Prize winning minis lay in pieces, paint sheared from metal and parts everywhere.

I eventually got most of the stuff back together- some I even got offers on and sold. Some I can't even look at and went into a box that, maybe, one day I can start over on.

Another time a friend of mine was admiring some finely painted Hordes Trollbloods and wanting to purchase them. He proceeded to drop an axer and, in the unsuccessful attempt at trying to catch it, hooked an impaler on his sleeve and took it down to the hard floor, too. Some bening and repainting was needed. He now owns that entire force, howver. Continuing his trend some repair work was done to it after he dropped several of the models in transit while entering a door!

belial wrote:My current girlfriend tripped whilst hovering my hobby room. She fell into my shelving unit where I keep all my models bringing the whole lot down. The final body count:
3000pt space marine army destroyed
1500pts Tyranids crushed
6000pts of Eldar in pieces
10000pts chaos in pieces
1 broken Titan
2 cracked ribs

and one very upset girlfriend who spent the whole day crying and even packed her stuff expecting me to kick her out.
I got home from work saw the devastation and laughed.

Dude Im not sure weither thats love or sadism but i like it

BOSS_PIMPALOTZ wrote:

belial wrote:My current girlfriend tripped whilst hovering my hobby room. She fell into my shelving unit where I keep all my models bringing the whole lot down. The final body count:
3000pt space marine army destroyed
1500pts Tyranids crushed
6000pts of Eldar in pieces
10000pts chaos in pieces
1 broken Titan
2 cracked ribs

and one very upset girlfriend who spent the whole day crying and even packed her stuff expecting me to kick her out.
I got home from work saw the devastation and laughed.

Dude Im not sure weither thats love or sadism but i like it

She broke two ribs. It's a fair trade

One night, I'd come back from the FLGS and had the vehicles for my Marine army sitting on the table in our den. My wife started to unclutter the table and knocked said box off of the table.

A few bits fell off the Land Raider, but my (recently completed) Whirlwind's missile launcher fell to pieces. The crash was really not a good sound to hear.