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When I lived in cambridge there was a little hole in the wall store (can't remember the name) in the corner there was a box with a sign, it said 1£ per handful....it was full of bits from all sorts of games so I offered the owner 20£ for the whole thing (it was a nice large box)!!! Still use those bits today.

when your kitchen counter has an engraved tactical arrow in it from the stencil you made for your rhino hatches.

 

when you've remodelled the same character 3 times rather than doing something usefull like finishing your army.

 

and when your bits box is a chest of drawers.

When you have armies that you will never use, but you made them for the modeling and painting challenge.

When you have miniatures that are older then your opponents.

When people complain that your miniatures don't follow the rules, (i.e. Old Terminators on normal round Slotta bases)

When people compliment you on your conversions, that in fact are regular miniatures that are 15 years old.

Oh I can think of a lot of anecdotes regarding old miniatures.

When, on the day you and your family go to buy a new car, you ask the car dealer if he has the same model of car in Scab Red and/or what they used for highlights. :cuss

I can imagine that conversation went down well...

  • 4 weeks later...

... when you hear a crash and swearing when shifting stuff around after decorating your room and your first thought is: "that better not be my bloody models" without any concern for the person moving them.

 

 

/Ventris.

... when you hear a crash and swearing when shifting stuff around after decorating your room and your first thought is: "that better not be my bloody models" without any concern for the person moving them.

 

 

/Ventris.

 

 

Guilty. Even worse, the 'other person' was my wife... :D

.....you quote Space Marine

 

If quoting the Khorne Berserkers from Dawn of War also counts, then I'm guilty, haha. :D

 

Whenever someone asks me to pass them something, I always respond with "You want That WORTHLESS TRINKET?"

 

EDIT:

I can imagine that conversation went down well...

 

"Nice colour, that car. What'd you use for the highlights?"

"Uh..."

"...Oh, sorry. In-joke. My brothers will find this anecdote very funny." ;)

....you go into the back garden and you can see the outline of overspray chaos black undercoat on the patio slabs.

 

This happened today, I counted 2 rhinos, 2 predator sponsons and a vindicator dozer blade. Think I may need to get the pressure washer out.

... When you regularly say things like "Emperor preserve us" when disgusted, and "By the Emperor" is your favorite exclamation

 

... When you look at models you did two years ago and think "Wow that needs improvement"

 

... When you don't have any models with paintjobs over two years precisely because of the above

 

... When you've used paint stripper more than fifteen times

 

... When you know how to DIY almost anything because you've done it with your models

Guilty. Even worse, the 'other person' was my wife...

Ooh, bet that didn't go down well. Glad it isn't just me then.

 

... When you regularly say things like "Emperor preserve us" when disgusted, and "By the Emperor" is your favorite exclamation

I keep finding myself saying 'Throne of Terra' a fair bit when I see some bad stuff...

 

"Nice colour, that car. What'd you use for the highlights?"

"Uh..."

"...Oh, sorry. In-joke. My brothers will find this anecdote very funny."

That is very funny, good job he didn't ask who your brothers were otherwise you'd have been there for a while.

 

 

/Ventris.

You know you've been modelling too long...

 

- When you spend a considerable portion of your student loan on a Space Marine Megaforce

- When you proceed to spend more time considering what you will do with this Megaforce than studying

- When you constantly remind your girlfriend that you have purchased said Megaforce and to not expect much attention for some time

- When your reaction to any form of misfortune makes you wish you could take a boltgun to it

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

 

-You can detect the odour of Games Workshop plastic glue halfway down the high street.

 

-When you start to connect words and phrases in general to 40k (e.g. Rhino)

 

Both happens to me regularly :lol:

  • 1 month later...
At least thats better than drinking the water in your pot. Good tip: GW paint flavoured water does not taste nice....

 

I don't find it terribly bad, myself. Honestly, I've disposed of water this way because a drain was not a convenient option at the time.

When you cut yourself, your first thought isn't "I should cover this" nope, its "where are those preheresy worldeaters, the blood effect wasn't real enough, the you have a sense of Deja Vu from Fulgrim.

 

Or when you're running for football, you run around screaming feel no pain!!! 4+

 

The best though, is when you see an accident and you go penetrating hit, that's why you pop smoke

You know you've ben modelling too much-

 

-When you have nearly severed the tendons in most of your fingers, and those precious opposable thumbs.

 

-^^Had to go to emergency room for "modelling" related injuries.^^

 

-^^Have nurses and secretaries give you funny looks when you fill out questionares on your hobbies (for doctors offices) and you list "modelling".^^

 

-You become a hoarder of bits, bobs, thingies, doo-hickies, scraps and just plain trash. Because of what if.

 

-You absoluetly can't get that idea out of your head.

 

-Freak way out when you lose a really special bit or model.

 

-Cry when you had a model that was coming out really well, and you ruined it.

 

-Get very angry because said model is ruined, and it was all your fault.

 

-Daydream constantly about 40k related stuff.

 

-Realize you have probably spent as much in these little plastic men, half of which are probaby cut up or gone, as half the value of your car.

 

-Feel like growling and biting at people (space wolf)

 

-You favorite phrase with your 40k playing friends is, "for thuh empruh!!!".

 

-All you want for Christmas is a real plasma cannon. Preferably mounted to your car........ "Please move traffic, you have 10 seconds. 10.... 9.... 8.... 7...."

 

 

===Edit=== Oh, I almost forgot. You have also been modelling too much when fingerprint scanners reject you unless you have a good coat of super glue on.

~ You've run out of plasticard and in desperation turn to old credit cards.

 

When you've run out of plasticard and in desperation turn to current credit cards

 

(It's no big deal, just call the bank and get a new one sent, right? Right.)

this thread is hilarious

i have some that are not as funny as alot of the previous ones but:

 

......when you spend an hour or so reading a thread on modelling to long(yes this one :D )

.....when playing video games(CoD) you go "for Russ!!" or "for the Emperor!!"

....when you look at your arch rivals for bits needed for a conversion(im SW and i need DA bits for a conversion)

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