'nutha thing I don't like

[Hertsblue]

Scrabbling around on the floor for the little blighter that Fosbury Flopped out of my hand as I tried to fix him to the painting sprue. 

(I swear they do it deliberately - and it's always one I don't have a spare for.)

[Nirnman]

Scrabbling around on the floor for the little blighter that Fosbury Flopped out of my hand as I tried to fix him to the painting sprue.  Angry

(I swear they do it deliberately - and it's always one I don't have a spare for.)


know exactly how you feel it happens to me all the time especially when it's the last figure of a unit and there are no spares!!!

[Subedai]

Painful areas on the ball of my thumb and first finger from holding figures with sharp bits while trying to file the bases flat.

[get2grips]

Painful areas on the ball of my thumb and first finger from holding figures with sharp bits while trying to file the bases flat.

Oh dear Lord yes...I HATE that; it's ANGRY pain!

[Techno]

Before......(Old method)

Fixing some sort of weapon (with tiniest bit of green stuff) on to part of the model.....Prior to putting the 'formers' for the arms in place...(The arms then helping to hold the original piece in place more securely)

Then......Balancing the model carefully so that the weapon stays where I want it to stay while the putty sets.
THEN..... finding the model has moved before the putty has set, and the weapon 'points' in completely the wrong direction...so it's back to square one.......

Got around that now by using Instant Putty, and simply holding the piece in place with my fingers for a few minutes.

Not nearly so much bad language at Techno Towers since I started using that method.
Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

I should add: finding the superglue has bonded a spear to my thumb, not to the figure I was doing up. And noticing after mounting that I've splashed a tiny dot of bright red pigment somewhere inaccessible.

[FierceKitty]

And trying to paint the base around a crowded element of horde troops with twelve figures on it.

[FierceKitty]

Not to mention figures that fall over into the resin while I'm waiting for the base to dry.

[FierceKitty]

AND ALSO that little bit of inadaquately mixed glue that won't set.... Oh, I'm going to bed!

[Subedai]

Finding out that the base of the figure wasn't quite as filed flat as you thought it was.and only noticing AFTER the little chap is on the lean once the glue has set on a 12 figure base!

[Subedai]

Your favourite wood brown colour has run out and you haven't got another bottle.

Gluing fingers together with superglue is not recommended, especially if you don't have any release agent. It's comical as a spectator but not otherwise.

Knowing that you've already seen a reference somewhere in the book you are reading but can you find it? Can you ****.

Bent spears or lances on figures that only look like scaled down corkscrews when you try to straighten them out.

Those little bits between the legs on a certain manufacturers horses that are awkward to get to to cut off. (no names, no pack drill). 

[Womble67]

I often cut my fingers mainly my thumb tho, when cleaning flash of figures. Also stick my fingers together with supper glue.

Take care

Andy

[mollinary]

supper glue

Supper Glue - mmmmmmm , Tasty!      

Mollinary

[Hertsblue]

Finding out that the base of the figure wasn't quite as filed flat as you thought it was.and only noticing AFTER the little chap is on the lean once the glue has set on a 12 figure base!

Or, on two-part cavalry figures finding that the rider has a thirty degree list to port or starboard and the Araldite is solid. 

[Womble67]

Supper Glue - mmmmmmm , Tasty!      

Mollinary

Oops that's just like me always making mistakes 

take care

andy