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So, just set aside my newest model, the Ultraforge Greater War Daemon, who's gunna be a Bloodthirster/Skarbrand, and reached for my drink. I expected a refreshing sip of Newcastle ale, but instead I recoiled in horror with a mouthful of bitter paint water. In my distracted state I took a big swig from my brush-cleaning jar.

I can't have been the only person to make a this mistake. Please share yours, so I don't feel AS stupid

Never done it myself, because I don't eat or drink while painting.

Never done it because my drinking glasses and paint water cup are completely different sizes and it would be impossible to mistake one for the other.

Never taken a swig of paintwater (I use old spraycan lids), but I've stuck my paintbrush in my cup of coffee a few times.

I haven't done that to 40k minis, but I almost did it in a grade school art class...

Damn, so far it seems I'm all alone here.

Maybe from now on I shouldn't paint, drink, and watch a movie all together. I'll keep it to two things at once

Depends, does your drink taste like paint thinner?

If so, buy better drinks

 Melissia wrote:
Depends, does your drink taste like paint thinner?

If so, buy better drinks

Nah, I try to avoid tequila. It makes me do stupid things.

 Peregrine wrote:
Never done it because my drinking glasses and paint water cup are completely different sizes and it would be impossible to mistake one for the other.

Work like this and you won't make that mistake again.

I actually just did that about 3 hours ago I did not have anything disposable to clean my airbrush so I used a empty coke can so fast forward 30 mins I was assembling a couple models and I took a big drink of airbrush cleaner my wife even called poison control for me and then called me a dumbass.

Sounds like the one time I superglued my hand to the table.

 PhrycePhyre wrote:
Sounds like the one time I superglued my hand to the table.

I once managed to superglue a Farseer's head to my trousers and ended up walking round with it all day...

I was very happy once I discovered it though, I'd thought I'd lost it for good!

 -Loki- wrote:
Never done it myself, because I don't eat or drink while painting.

I've never done it either, because I generally move my paint water out of the way so that my drink is the only thing I can reach when eating at my desk.

Usually, though, as I'm left handed, I tend to put the paint water on the right hand side. So I CAN'T accidentally do anything with it. I have to put stuff down, get up and reach to get to it.

Once I ruined a Citadel Wash brush by dipping it water.... that I had just squirted superglue in. Shame, it was a great brush.