Author Topic: broken thumb (Read 1717 times)

Medved · « **on:** July 06, 2006, 03:40:22 PM »

i've just gone and broken my thumb

(on my painting hand) and i'm not happy. I have a fracture just as it joins the hand........and i was just beginning to get back into the swing of painting again.........curses!

can i have some sympathy please?

fear_the_squirrels · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2006, 04:08:46 PM »

Sympathy would depend on how you broke it

-TOC

Avicenna · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2006, 04:10:19 PM »

i could suggest something, but i'd get booted over to frothers...

fear_the_squirrels · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2006, 04:11:39 PM »

Quote from: Avicenna on July 06, 2006, 04:10:19 PM

i could suggest something, but i'd get booted over to frothers...

See, you'd get no sympathy for breaking a thumb THAT way...

-TOC

Medved · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2006, 04:21:11 PM »

well i was screwing into something at the time.............

yes i was using a powerdrill to tighten up some bolts that hold a very heavy cupboard against a wall (anti fall over device)

the bit slipped, the drill bit into the bolt and spun very quickly into my thumb............lots of swear words later and some relocation of my thumb..........it is now broke.

i can't even do any of what peter is thinking about either now!

Pockets · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2006, 04:21:50 PM »

Darn...

Sorry to hear you're laid up n out of the painting loop

I'll paint a hellbeast for you tonight

Pockets

Lady_Kei · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2006, 04:34:21 PM »

hope your thumb gets better... just don't go straining it any more!

Buggrit · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2006, 05:54:48 PM »

Would it be mean to point and laugh?

Rays Bat · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2006, 06:24:55 PM »

There's a certain Black Hawk Down quote I feel compelled to reenact.

Wristaction · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2006, 06:51:58 PM »

Can't beat good old DIY (don't injure yourself) keeps the hospitals open.

Any excuse to get out of painting, thats why you have a spare hand.

Cut your ear off instead leaves your hands free for painting, thats what Van Gogh did.

Joking aside, thats a kick in the

just when you were ready to paint too.

Rays Bat · « **Reply #10 on:** July 06, 2006, 06:54:33 PM »

Does this take you out of the competition for the diorama?

Soon...soon I'll force more injuries on the rest of the competition and the prize will be mine...all mine!

Lonewolf · « **Reply #11 on:** July 07, 2006, 06:05:07 AM »

Ouch!

Commiserations mate i know how annoying it is not to be able to paint when your on a roll

Quote from: Medved on July 06, 2006, 04:21:11 PM

i can't even do any of what peter is thinking about either now!

thats why god gave you 2 hands isnt it?!?!

Sonny · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2006, 08:02:58 AM »

Don´t get discouraged!
Heres a list of thing to do:

-Practise ambidexterity.
-Dip minis in TCR.
-Superglue a selection of brushes to your remaining four fingers.
-Get an airbrush (for left hand applications).
-Spend time with your family

-Start planning for 2007´s GD entries.
-Use minis as canvases for abstract experiments with colour.
-Apply basecoats in oil paint (with left hand), the minis will be ready for highlights by the time your hand has healed enough.
-Go on vacation

fatgoblin · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2006, 08:32:23 AM »

argghh, that sucks big time. hope you get better real soon!

Avicenna · « **Reply #14 on:** July 07, 2006, 09:10:30 AM »

How broken is it?

I broke my thumb once, but I couldnt work out what was more painful - the broken thumb or the dislocated shoulder that i did at the same time

Redfink · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2006, 10:12:55 AM »

Hope your thumb gets better soon! Try to think positive -it´s too hot to paint anyway!

Greets,
Oli

Rays Bat · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2006, 10:54:03 AM »

* Ray's Bat gives Medved a big thumbs up.

Aren't you going to return the favour?

Avicenna · « **Reply #17 on:** July 07, 2006, 11:07:47 AM »

hmmm thats not his thumb!

Wristaction · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2006, 11:09:45 AM »

Same hand but not his thumb.

Lady_Kei · « **Reply #19 on:** July 07, 2006, 03:15:35 PM »

Quote from: Ray's Bat on July 07, 2006, 10:54:03 AM

* Ray's Bat gives Medved a big thumbs up.

Aren't you going to return the favour?

how about i break your thumb first, THEN medved returnd the favour?

Vermis · « **Reply #20 on:** July 07, 2006, 05:35:37 PM »

For shame, you lot. Some of you.

I've never broken anything, much less a thumb. But I wouldn't like to. You have my sympathy, Medved.

gi6ers · « **Reply #21 on:** July 07, 2006, 05:45:07 PM »

Sorry to hear it mate, nothing hurts like broken bones....apart from paper cuts.

Klute · « **Reply #22 on:** July 07, 2006, 05:54:37 PM »

How about a fresh Exacto blade across the top of the thumb. Only the nail stopped it going to the bone.

At least there was some superglue handy.

Lady_Kei · « **Reply #23 on:** July 07, 2006, 06:30:05 PM »

ooooooowch.

Ben Brownlie · « **Reply #24 on:** July 12, 2006, 09:22:08 PM »

Quote from: Buggrit on July 06, 2006, 05:54:48 PM

Would it be mean to point and laugh?

Yes

Oh, sorry - you said mean

I thought you said encouraged

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