You know you've been modeling too much when...

[Zincite]

When you slice yourself open with a hobby knife but the fine layer of superglue that coats you from the elbows down seals the wound before any blood can come out.

And then you note the Larraman organ is working particularly well today.

 

... When the Glue is always gone.

 

... When you notice that you've just cut up several good models to make a Chaos Dreadnought, despite the fact you didn't actually want a Chaos Dreadnought.

 

... When people look at you funny because you told them you'd like a new razor saw for your birthday.

 

... When your idea of luxury consists of a cup of tea, a bowl of crunchy snacks, and a box full of little plastic pieces.

[red_starrise]

Ok, I've got another one that came up just last night:

 

When you & your wife are discussing finances & she brings up the cost of your hobby you bring up the cost of food as a direct parallel.

 

Oh and for my new job I got fingerprinted electronically & while looking at the prints I realized: there's no way those are an exact match to the ones I had on file for my wild & rowdy teenage years lol, SOOO many hobby knife scars on the fingertips...

[cathar the great]

When you slice yourself open with a hobby knife but the fine layer of superglue that coats you from the elbows down seals the wound before any blood can come out.

And then you note the Larraman organ is working particularly well today.

 

Priceless. May I put this in my sig?

[Warsmith Aznable]

@Cathar the Great - I have no objection.

[meatpole]

You know you've been modeling too much when....

-the next day a co-worker asks " is that a small gun glued to the back of your arm?"

-when the phone keeps ringing and you think " how can I make a real Bolter"

-when your 1 year old walks around with two freshly glued space marines in his hands........for the night.

-when your 3 year old calls your terminators by name and also calls them hers

-when you have cut yourself so bad you can not work or hunt until the stiches get removed and your pinky finger go numb to the touch now

[Sgt. Tiberus Satio]

-when your 1 year old walks around with two freshly glued space marines in his hands........for the night.

-when your 3 year old calls your terminators by name and also calls them hers

-when you have cut yourself so bad you can not work or hunt until the stiches get removed and your pinky finger go numb to the touch now

 

 

First to the injury.....ouch...you need to use welders gloves or stiching thimbles. :P

 

You know you've been modeling to much when...

 

...you piece out blueprints to build your child a space marine outfit.

...your son calls you brother captain and refers to his models as your squad.

...your son takes models to class to recruit more Ultramarines during Show and tell.

...your son thinks the word "Rhino" is the metal beast Ultramarines ride in, instead of the mammal in the zoo.

...you buy or trade for bits to just add "more spikes".

...when told "take a break" registers to move to the next model on the line.

...when your hand has more cuts in it than an ice sculpture.

[Zincite]

Priceless. May I put this in my sig?

If it requires my acceptance, then I've no objection either.

 

Thought of some more. We've had some good threads like this over time, but this one is really making me laugh.

 

... When you can get a strange sense of happiness from a new roll of kitchen towel and a fresh yogurt pot of water.

 

... When you manage to chew a nail off your fingure in one piece, and then start to wonder what use it could be in a conversion.

[Elric the Silvercoat]

... When you manage to chew a nail off your fingure in one piece, and then start to wonder what use it could be in a conversion.

:P :lol: :blink:

[Brother Immolator]

-When you are single for a long time and stare at different girls and wish they could come as bits to take the best and combine them to create the ultimate model!

-When you try to build an army,but you have so many ideas for conversions that you end up with a number of converted models that cant be used as a coherent force.

-When you return to your apartment and check the bits boxes first and then everything else.

-when you post a sticker:Mom get the hellouta here to your bits box.

-When the new leds your dad ordered outa e-bay arrive today and you start making plans on how to use them as lights for your 40k vehicles...even though you own just one rhino which is not even assembled.

 

True stories...The last happened today a few hours ago.

[Sgt. Tiberus Satio]

-When you are single for a long time and stare at different girls and wish they could come as bits to take the best and combine them to create the ultimate model!

 

True stories...The last happened today a few hours ago.

 

 

Need to get out from the basement and stop putting lotion on the skin... =P (kidding)

[Warsmith Aznable]

-the next day a co-worker asks " is that a small gun glued to the back of your arm?"

 

I can completely see this happening! ;) ;) :lol:

[Zincite]

... When you manage to chew a nail off your fingure in one piece, and then start to wonder what use it could be in a conversion.

:whistling: :whistling: :blink:

Yes.

[cathar the great]

...you find yourself digging through the dustbags of your vacuum for that one Bolter variant you knew you had but can't find anymore.

 

Happened today. Found it under a chair an hour later -.-

[Brother Excedis]

When your girlfriend calls and the first thing out of her mouth is "Sorry to interrupt your work, hope you didn't cut yourself. Now what are you working on this time?"

[The_son_of_Dorn]

when your so desperate to style your own individual chapter you have taken your own prized chess pieces apart to mold into a crown/bolter pieces >_>

[Lestat]

- you acquire wooden fruit boxes from work as a very cheap (read: FREE) source of balsa wood.

 

- you carry out your work while constantly thinking about the conversion you are working on.

 

- you drop a bit you are trying to glue to a model and spend an hour scrabbling around on the floor trying to find it. You later find said bit somehow glued to the back of your trouser leg.

 

- you carefully consider the colour of your new carpet for the ease of spotting grey bitz against when dropped.

 

- you have several punture wounds to your feet after treading on dropped bitz.

 

- you acquire the plastic middles of till rolls from work as handy bitz for scenery (they make great pipes for 40k).

 

 

All true stories :D

[Jamafore]

- you acquire the plastic middles of till rolls from work as handy bitz for scenery (they make great pipes for 40k).

 

 

All true stories B)

 

 

I will have to remember that one.

[IronKobra]

- you acquire the plastic middles of till rolls from work as handy bitz for scenery (they make great pipes for 40k).

 

 

All true stories :D

 

 

I will have to remember that one.

 

I have been coveting those precious tubes for months now :D

[grandmaster lisander]

-You get chased off by employees while scavenge behind super markets for wooden box, card board boxes egg cartons etc. for terrain material.

 

- Your wife punishes you by hiding your bitz.

 

- While at work you sketch out ideas for that new model you’re going to build.

 

- The "Hot topic" for you and your friends is the newsiest conversion you just built

 

- Your significant other has become an expert at suturing your various lacerations from modeling knifes.

 

- You use super glue to repair everything.

[Sgt. Tiberus Satio]

- You use super glue to repair everything.

 

The hobbiests answer to the repairmans duct tape. :tu:

[mactire]

- you start lunch at 11 at your desk so that your lunch hour is free for painting.

 

- when you start putting pieces of stone/slate in your pockets when your outside.

 

- when your lotto winning dream consists of opening your own store so you can order the sets you need.

 

:wacko: :eek <_< :cry:

[Lestat]

- you go to the pet store - even though you don't have a pet - just to spend time browsing the aquarium section for interesting bits of scenery.

 

- you weigh up the pros and cons of using your mums collection of relatively expensive miniature houses as stand in scenery.

 

- your friends new pet puppy goes on the rampage through your models and the first thing you shout is "BRING DOWN THE BIO-TITAN! CONCENTRATE FIRE ON THAT MONSTROSITY!"

[Zincite]

- you go to the pet store - even though you don't have a pet - just to spend time browsing the aquarium section for interesting bits of scenery.

Guilty. It's even more embarrassing when your pet should actually have that rock hide, but you use it as scenery instead.

[winterdyne]

-when you put the old stop-motion Fireman Sam on for your 2 year old, and you recognise the (particular) brass etch they use for leaves on trees.

[Elric the Silvercoat]

....your wife tells you "No they are my Eldar."