Sunday 25 November 2012

Please don't try this at home


This afternoon there was a brief break in the rain, so I decided to prep some miniatures.  After washing to de-grease, I popped them in the oven to quickly dry them so I could prime; I think I may have left them in there just a few minutes too long!  :-)

Luckily the other 2 dozen survived, it could have been far, far worse. 

26 comments:

Craig said...

Oops

Piotr Henryk Nowacki said...

I shouldn't laugh but this is pretty funny! I just dry my stuff under a lamp.

I had a mishap myself, after assembling my plastic models I decided for the first time to use white undercoat. The Tamiya white spray I used however was awful and the final effects were similar to dipping the figures in white acrylic paint- the models could not be saved:/

BigRedBat said...

:) Next time I'll try a lamp, too!

Scottswargaming said...

Thank God you hadn't put them in the microwave! ;-)

Christopher(aka Axebreaker) said...

I imagine a few choice words left your lips after popping them out.

Christopher

kaeyous said...

lol!

Jason said...

Oh noooo! A post-Vesuvius Pompeii Army!

BigRedBat said...

Christopher- howl of anguish , followed by a few choice expletives, and then a hiss of steam as I plunged the sizzling miniatures into a bowl of washing up.

But it could have been far worse!

Millsy said...

Yikes! Can they be "casualties" on the table top too?

Counterpane said...

Do you have any large flying models that need their base weighting? Someone I know (who was it?) used melted figures to counterbalance a giant red bat....

BigRedBat said...

Interesting Richard, maybe I can build or cast them into something...

Dalauppror said...

Aaaahhh, that hurt.

Sorry to see nice minis so ...flat...

God to hear that some of them survived the sunbath.

Best regards Michael

Broeders said...

Oopsy! I do all my drying on the radiator. The microvave would be a short but spectacular way to go!

BigLee said...

Oooo that hurts. I did this years ago (actually about 20 years ago!) with a Ral Partha Dragon. I used an epoxy glue to join the wings to the body and decided to speed the curing process in the oven, then got distracted and, well...you can imagine the mess.

fireymonkeyboy said...

That's rough. Not much to be done to fix it, I suppose?

Alexander Man said...

That´s a bugger! You can still use them as Chaos Hoplites...

Michael Awdry said...

Ooops! I don't think you wanted to do that!

BigRedBat said...

Thanks for expressions of sympathy chaps. I might even be able to salvage a couple of them...

Cheers, Simon

Paul´s Bods said...

"...and just pop em in the oven at gas mark 4 for 20 minutes until slightly brown on top" OOOOPS!
Did something similar trying to weld a one off figs a couple of years ago...I was quite suprised at how little heat it takes to melt a figs head.
Cheers
paul

BigRedBat said...

Me, too Paul! Never appreciated that ovens got that hot. Doh.

PatG said...

My condolences on your loss.

PaintPig said...

Oooer! Not noice, not noice at all.

Tarty said...

Whoops !

BigRedBat said...

Thanks all! I am going to try to salvage a couple of them...

AJ (Allan) Wright said...

When I do this I put the oven on minimum temperature (200 degrees F) and crack the door open with a wood wedge to get good air circulation.

I'm wondering what alloy these are made from because pure lead is 621 degrees F which should be pretty safe in most cooking ovens.

legatus hedlius said...

Ooh nasty! They look like they had a Star Trek transporter beam accident!