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n0t_u wrote:What else is there to do but hope you can find it somewhere? If not you'd have to start from scratch and a fair few probably wouldn't if the army was a reasonable size.

Well, you can eventually find it at ebay sold in pieces. I'd watch out for it.

All that will be left of that fool would be a pile of ashes.

Yes, that is all that will be left AFTER HIS ETERNAL TORTURE IN DA WARP!!!!!!!

DreadlordME! wrote:Yes, that is all that will be left AFTER HIS ETERNAL TORTURE IN DA WARP!!!!!!!

I can't trust in the warp, I depend on an empty rented warehouse far from earshot, rusty nails, pliers, a car battery, and small metal rings/needles/wire along with a hacksaw, a mop, and black trash bags along with a Chinese resturant /hot dog vendor that won't ask any questions.

Holy ****

This is terrible and made me actually insure my entire collection the other day... do not care about paying a little extra knowing that they are safe.

Id set a trap and bait it then if he came around and tryed to lift my bait id beat him senseless with a Rubber arm i have in my trunk... dont ask.

Well for my friends sake I'd post pictures of the army on all the forum sites for 40k and all trading sites and say stolen and tell if seen. report to police, then hope you find out who it is, then bash the feth out of them.

Maybe the thief thought it was something valuable, nicked it and then was like, "WTF?!", and dumped it. It might be worthwhile for you to have a look in the vicinity of where the car was parked.

Kill them with FIRE

Banzaimash wrote:Maybe the thief thought it was something valuable, nicked it and then was like, "WTF?!", and dumped it. It might be worthwhile for you to have a look in the vicinity of where the car was parked.

you know what would REALLY hurt? If you just find your case in a dumpster, walk towards it to pull it out......... and the guy driving the bin lorry pics it up, flings into the rear of his vehicle and the last you hear of your beautifully painted army is a sickening crunsh as it disappears in the grinding mecanism. Ouch, It hurts even THINKING about it.......

MrMerlin wrote:

Banzaimash wrote:Maybe the thief thought it was something valuable, nicked it and then was like, "WTF?!", and dumped it. It might be worthwhile for you to have a look in the vicinity of where the car was parked.

you know what would REALLY hurt? If you just find your case in a dumpster, walk towards it to pull it out......... and the guy driving the bin lorry pics it up, flings into the rear of his vehicle and the last you hear of your beautifully painted army is a sickening crunsh as it disappears in the grinding mecanism. Ouch, It hurts even THINKING about it.......

.......the whole disturbance in the force line from Obi-Wan comes to mind right here

Rottooth wrote:I've often stepped away from my models in a gaming store with no problem. Guess I been lucky. I naively figured that there was an unspoken code of honor or something that you don't mess with someone else's minis. But, the dishonorable are everywhere. This is an unfortunate reminder of that.

But the typical gamer isn't really a desparado that would steal models, although the Eternal Warriors podcast reported that some (Valuable) MTG cards were stolen at the most recent Gen Con. But I bet in this case the car was probably broken into for the case the models were in as an above poster said.

killykavekommando wrote:I'd exercise my inner Kommissar on that bastard.

Yeah, or just give him a taste of yer Slugga (or bolt-pistol).
That really stinks, I have had my orkz broken upon every visit to a hobby store, but never had I needed to face theft. I agree that the guy thought it was a gun or the like, but really? Taking miniatures? What kind lowlife would do that?

I wonder if he he targeted, I mean, who would steal a toy soldier army if they didn't know what it was.

moom241 wrote:I once came back to a hobby table to find my sentinel broken off at the legs. No one said they saw anything.

I know the feeling. In my first ever game (at a school lunchtime club) half my models ended up smashed... I left to get a sandwhich and return to find all the models, both mine and my opponents, piled in a stack in the center of the table. The room was deserted.

Da Kommizzar wrote:

killykavekommando wrote:I'd exercise my inner Kommissar on that bastard.

Yeah, or just give him a taste of yer Slugga (or bolt-pistol).
That really stinks, I have had my orkz broken upon every visit to a hobby store, but never had I needed to face theft. I agree that the guy thought it was a gun or the like, but really? Taking miniatures? What kind lowlife would do that?

Or, taze him in the gonads. That'll leave a mark.
Some a-hole shot my tau with a Nerf gun one game, so I just packed up and left the room without a word.

killykavekommando wrote:

Da Kommizzar wrote:

killykavekommando wrote:I'd exercise my inner Kommissar on that bastard.

Yeah, or just give him a taste of yer Slugga (or bolt-pistol).
That really stinks, I have had my orkz broken upon every visit to a hobby store, but never had I needed to face theft. I agree that the guy thought it was a gun or the like, but really? Taking miniatures? What kind lowlife would do that?

Or, taze him in the gonads. That'll leave a mark.
Some a-hole shot my tau with a Nerf gun one game, so I just packed up and left the room without a word.

Is smacking someone with a .45 magazine considered assault with a deadly weapon?

Some :censored: nicked my vindicators. All three of them.

4oursword wrote:Some :censored: nicked my vindicators. All three of them.

From a game store? Thats foul!

Not quite... From a cupboard at my school.

Wardragoon wrote:

killykavekommando wrote:

Da Kommizzar wrote:

killykavekommando wrote:I'd exercise my inner Kommissar on that bastard.

Yeah, or just give him a taste of yer Slugga (or bolt-pistol).
That really stinks, I have had my orkz broken upon every visit to a hobby store, but never had I needed to face theft. I agree that the guy thought it was a gun or the like, but really? Taking miniatures? What kind lowlife would do that?

Or, taze him in the gonads. That'll leave a mark.
Some a-hole shot my tau with a Nerf gun one game, so I just packed up and left the room without a word.

Is smacking someone with a .45 magazine considered assault with a deadly weapon?

Only if the mag is attached to a gun.

To the OP: find him and dirty sanchez him with a chainsaw covered in feces.

@4oursword: Ouch, that hurts...though at a school, it is not too much of a shocker, Most school's have those sort of people. Sorry for you though....

To the OP: find him and dirty sanchez him with a chainsaw covered in feces

wouldn't the chainsaw end up covered in feces anyway if you did that?

I accidentally stole an army once. No kidding.

Was in our local GW on a very busy morning and needed a new case. I play IG and only had a small case so decided to get a big one. Of course there's all the cases with people's names on them and mainly they're close to the ones for sale cos it's most out of the way. So I grab an unmarked case sitting with all the cases for sale, no markings, looks brand new.

Carry it around the store for a while, chat to the guys as they ring it through on the register, pay for it and head out. Spend a bit of time in the shopping centre, then stop off on our way home at a few other shops. Been a long day so far and have to go to an 18th birthday that night so get home and dump the new case to go watch some Invader Zim.

Just about to jump in the shower and start getting ready when I have a quick look at facebook. And there on our GW's store FB is an urgent message asking if anyone has picked up this guy's army cos it's gone walk about.

I'm like "pfft, as if, my case is brand new" but you check these things anyway on the offchance. OMG. There's a red Tau army in my 'brand new case'. Even though the store was meant to have shut a couple minutes ago, luckily the boys are still there.

Turns out they thought it was stolen, had security scouring the shopping centre (a lot of the security guards where the GW stores are also play) and the guy whose army it was is the kinda guy that will give you the shirt off his back and always trying to help everyone out. They were all devastated someone would steal his army.

So we arrange to take it in when we're next going into the store cos the owner wasn't going to be in until the following Saturday anyway.

I kept them up to date with the adventures of what the red Tau army were getting up to during the week, like getting into fights with the IG for snickering at bits from the primer, the unpainted armies getting jealous cos here's a new army that's painted, etc.

To this day we tease the feth out of the boys in the store and demand they provide a free army when selling cases.

So really, I've stolen an army right out of the store!

I really, really hope that guy marks his case now....

People will probably think I'm a paranoid lunatic but am I the only one thinking that roving deathsquads are the only way to both reduce Crime rate and, in certain parts of the world, increase IQ's to more than that of the average whelk?

After painting a mural for DakkaDakka (on the east side of the river) I was paid in product.

I grabbed all kinds of models I never thought I'd buy on my own.

Undead Dragon, Wood Elf Dragon, Skaven Doombell, Warp Lightning Cannon, and all kinds of other odd kits.

I openned half of them at a friends house and left the rest in my car. I came out of work that night to see I foolishly hadn't locked my doors.

My models were missing. And my CDs. Weird Al CDs....

Yet the other case of CDs belonging to my sister (Dr.Dre, Eminem and the like) were left untouched.

The difference between me and the OPs friend...

I was stupid enough to leave my car unlocked but the models were new and unpainted.

If someone stole my miniatures, I'd probably torture them by NOT sexually assaulting them.

I wouldn't do anything to them.

On the other hand, right now I play only at home, and my minis never leave the house except to be taken out to the front to be primed. I've considered going to the local GW to find a game on their 40k night, but I end up thinking, "What if my army gets stolen?" or, "What if my minis get damaged?" and changing my mind.

On the other OTHER hand, we've accidentally left the garage door open for hours on end, even overnight on occasion, and nothing ever gets stolen. I'm fortunate to live in a relatively low-crime area. Which isn't to say crime doesn't happen at all here, there have been thefts and vandalism and stuff, and even the occasional murder - including a moving gun battle between gang members in two cars driving at high speed down a residential road - but around here, the cops are usually so bored that they get criticized for handing out too many traffic tickets.

Anyways, I wouldn't sexually assault anyone who stole my miniatures. My theory is that everyone wants hugs. By not hugging them, it's the worst torture of all.

[In case it wasn't clear, where I live, hugging people against their will is sexual assault. At least to the best of my knowledge.]

If someone stole my army, I'd terrorize them for a year. You know, slashing the tires on their car, spray painting on their house, breaking into it and thrashing stuff while they're on vacation and that sort of thing. I obviously wouldn't assault or kill 'em, but I'd make sure they suffered.

sudojoe wrote:

To the OP: find him and dirty sanchez him with a chainsaw covered in feces

wouldn't the chainsaw end up covered in feces anyway if you did that?

True that.