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**PraetorDave**

So earlier today, I was casually looking over my units, and I noticed I posed my sniper scouts heads a little poorly. Several poorly thought out minutes later, I was prying the heads off my poor marines with an xacto knife. One popped off, and to my horror sailed across the room. After about ten minutes of searching (including considering moving all the furniture on that side of the room), I located his head, sitting right next to my chair. Wow was I relieved.

Anyone else have similar stories of modelling blunders/lapses of intelligence? Any stories that didn't work out as well as mine?

**jdjamesdean@mail.com**

Reasons like this is why I'm glad I have a good supply or marine heads, arms, torsos, guns etc ...

**MechaEmperor7000**

I was cutting a power fist off of an AoBR terminator at the elbow (so it was a massively thick piece of plastic) and didnt realise I had the blade aimed at my hand until it was already 2/3 inches into my flesh. Then there was the time I got superglue on my hands after dropping a base, and instinctively wiped it on my leg while not wearing pants. Pulling your hand off your thigh is PAINFUL.

**Jubear**

I think anyone that searched my man cave would find a treasure trove of orks bits and gubbins I am always doing thesame thing as the OP.

**Kurgash**

I have light blue, teal carpeting in my roof and alot of open space under my desk. I once draped my robed arm across my desk trying to pick up a mini and a good 8-9 chaos marine backpacks fell all over. This was over a month ago, I'm still looking for 3.

**purplefood**

MechaEmperor7000 wrote:I was cutting a power fist off of an AoBR terminator at the elbow (so it was a massively thick piece of plastic) and didnt realise I had the blade aimed at my hand until it was already 2/3 inches into my flesh. Then there was the time I got superglue on my hands after dropping a base, and instinctively wiped it on my leg while not wearing pants. Pulling your hand off your thigh is PAINFUL.

You're lucky you weren't wearing trousers (I won't ask why) super glue sets fire to some clothes.

**MechaEmperor7000**

I also once sneezed while holding a tray of metal and plastic models. Hilarity ensued as bits of Bretonnian knights and chaos space marine went flying in every direction. thank god the windows were closed.

**Mad4Minis**

Around a week ago I was grinding a very small part with my dremel ( and holding it in my hand) and the bit grabbed and shot it across the garage...took several minutes of searching to find. At least I found it, my garage is pretty cluttered. Also a real good thing the bit didnt hit me...1500 rpm 12 flute cutting bit will mess up flesh fast.

**asimo77**

Nothing Major: I threw out the necron lord's gauss muzzle by accident, or maybe it just phased out.

And I clipped a wee bit off of the archon's back tassel thingy, it's just slightly shorter now.

**Lonecoon**

I cut through a sprue and straight through a tube of superglue. I went the pick it up and glued my entire hand to the table. This was a 1am so my wife was asleep, and I was stuck there until I braved up enough to cut my hand free. The acetone, of course, was out in the shed.

**Flaming_Spider**

Was assembling a brand new box of models, and knocked over the box I use to hold all the parts I haven't put onto models yet. 30+ weapon tips off the Gauss Flayer went flying to the floor. That, for those of you who don't know, is the smallest part of a Necron Warrior. I lost 30 of them on the floor. I now have 27 Warriors I can't field because I don't have their gun tips.

**Brother-Thunder**

I was cutting out the roof on one of my Vindicator sets so long ago. I was using a dull knife to do so, cutting in the direction I was sitting. I got through the plastic, but I pushed so hard that said dull knife also went through half my thumb.

I did the orkiest thing ever, though! I put on some disinfectant, slapped a bandaid on, and went back to building my vindi.

**Big Mek Dattrukk**

A WIP Scratch build Killa Kan I had was sitting on the dash of my car because i had just shown a freind. i forgot it was there, and took a turn a little to hard. i was still finding pieces a month later.

**-Loki-**

Not me, but a friend was building some miniatures and was holding the tube of super glue between his teeth for some reason.

He also bit through it. It took his mom a few hours to pick the glue from between his teeth with a pin so he could open his mouth again.

**Sha1emade**

Nothing in particular stands out. However I have more of my own blood on many of my models than I care to admit. I can paint eyes on a ratling just fine but when it comes to handling a exacto knife I'm a super clutz.

**Emperors Faithful**

Putting together my Valkryie/Vendetta.

It's a monster I tells ya!

**timetowaste85**

I know somebody who lost chunks of skin when gluing his Tomb King models together (yes, fantasy I know). He had a bunch of models that "still had flesh on their bones" from when they were alive

I personally have scars all over my hands from the Exacto knife, and I almost hit myself in the eye with a bit of super glue that flew off of a model's seam when I snapped the pieces together (torso to the legs of a fantasy giant-that was bad)

**Squigsquasher**

I was paint stripping a Lictor-which, I should add, I have accidentally cut the hoof stud off of

-and the head fell off of the bench. I was about to go Khornate (by which I mean SUPER ANGRY GRRR!!) when I found it.

Phew!

**Element206**

The one that most recently comes to mind is the little barrel piece that comes with a multi melta marine. God only knows why this has to be molded separately, at any rate, I was assembling my models at work, which I typically do, and took them home started primering and painting only to realize that this piece was missing. I combed my bits boxes about 15 times until I was dizzy. I never found it and best of luck to anyone who can find someone who's willing to sell just that part. The ironic thing is I was sitting at work looking at it, thinking to myself "i should glue this in place now before it gets lost."

**Gorskar.da.Lost**

I did manage to rip open my thumb whilst carelessly fething around with a conversion. I have since learned to be more careful with modelling knives.

**Mordoskul**

My painting table was flipped, sending both my Chaos and Eldar armies flying accross the room like painted shrapnel. After frantically searching, I found I could not find my Howling Banshee Exarch or my wraithlord's leg. I found them a few day later... inside a vacuum, luckily no damage was done.

**Brotherjulian**

I drop heads and arms and bits all the time. My basement floor is painted gray! I've spent lots of time crawling around with a flashlight.

**FUUUUDGE!**

Once,in mid-January,I was taking the arm off a warlock with an x-acto,and i misjudged how much force it took to take the arm off,and a nice red line about 1/2 inch deep was now apart of my ring finger,and the arm went FLYING,took me 2 hours (I really wanted that warlock) to sift through my mess of a living room to find the arm.

**Jaon**

I must admit that losing a piece there is nothing more frustrating.

Ive dont a couple stupid things. I turned one of the baneblade sponson heavy bolters in such a way that it snapped the join between the other bolter in its sponson. I had to buy a new set of sponsons ($44 bucks!)

When I was assembling my vendetta, I cut the thing between the 2 window braces, assuming it was sprue as it had no little nails on it like the rest of the braces did.

When I was assembling my land raider, I put way to much super glue on it and it ran down into the seem between the top and bottom front hatch. It glued the front closed.

I dont even want to talk about my injuries, or the amount of times ive come within inches of stabbing myself in the eye.

Whats worse is when you drop an unpainted bit on grey carpet, and it happens to be that essential bit that the building process cannot continue without. God do I get angry.

**Trickstick**

The worst thing i lost was a few IG frag grenades. took me ages under the desk with a lamp to find them.