Cosplay Injuries, Accidents, and Damage

[Anonymous No.9268560]

Painful stories while crafting, property damage you've caused with tools, let's lick our hot glue burns together.

> Working with Instamorph
> Needs boiling hot water to soften
> Knocked boiling hot water over myself and on my laptop, completely destroying it

> Sewn through fingernail

> Sliced a gash open in my arm with utility knife
> Had insulation foam dust get in the wound

[Anonymous No.9268584]

>Shaping foam with box cutter
>Have bad habit to cut toward myself
>Foam slips
>Stab myself on the stomach
>Luckily the blade was short and it wasn't deep cut

>Be hemming
>Fabric is badly under the foot
>Without thinking start adjusting it while machine is still going
>Sew through my finger

>Sew something
>Get needle right under my nail

[Anonymous No.9268661]

>couple of years ago
>at the sewing machine
>lean over to grab scissors
>the underside of my boob brushes over pin cushion
>slight pinching sensation, thought the pin cushion just grazed me
>take off bra for the day and noticed little pimple under my boob
>again didn't think anything of it since I've had acne their before
>two days later
>boob feels warmer than normal but I didn't see any redness. Pimple is slightly bigger.
>week later pimple is gone but my boob is still hot
>three days later I awake to the underside of my boob wet
>lift it up and there is brown pus oozing out of it
>go to the doctor
>mrsa infection deep in my boob
>doctor asked if I was punctured by anything
>suddenly dawns on me that that must have punctured my boob on a sewing pin

Pic related. My skin started to fall off but they got the infection under control. Always watch where you place your titties.

[Anonymous No.9268683]

>drop iron directly on arm, have to go to the hospital for a second degree burn, still have the scar 7 years later
>slice open thighs multiple times with blade from working while sitting down
>cut the skin between my thumb and index with a blade
>accidentally drop scissors and "catch" them by shoving them a good cm into my hand, probably shouldve gotten stitches but didnt
>the usual stepping on pins & hot glue burns
>bad habit of accidentally pressing the underside of my wrist against my still hot heat gun when reaching to get things by accident
>melt part of a rug by accident with the heat gun, it's not our rug and i still have yet to attempt to fix it
>accidentally put a hot iron against a different rugged floor face down (thankfully our rug this time), iron imprint in floor now
>twice

also for the bigger thrill seekers (please be safe with wood guys, i have a pro mentor me but mistakes and machine fuck ups still happen sometimes)
>turning wood on lathe
>it flies off and cracks me in the mouth, splits my lip, thankfully teeth/gums were fine
>turning something else on lathe
>it flies off thankfully in the other direction and cracks a window

i havent had any sewing machine needles break/go through my fingers yet but im sure the day will come

[Anonymous No.9268735]

>cosplaying apollo justice
>first time getting a lace front wgi
>arda didn't give me any wig size options
>stretch out the wig as much as possible
>work really hard to make sure the wig doesn't look like shit like 99% of other apollo cosplays i see
>wig tightens up again somehow after i'm done styling it
>gives me such a severe headache that i black out
>mfw i only wore my cosplay for about 3-4 hours before i had to take it off for safety reasons

[Anonymous No.9268751]

>at con, sharing room with other cosplayers
>morning of con, some girl fixing up her cosplay
>ok whatever, finish getting ready
>take a step
>searing pain
>plugged in hot glue gun in the middle of the floor
>fuck this bitch

[Anonymous No.9268759]

>>9268751
holy fuck do i know that feeling

>share a room for a con
>roommate says they're going to stay up to finish part of a prop
>ok no problem
>roll over and fall asleep
>wake up about 2~ hours later and blindly reach for my phone
>HORRIBLE PAIN
>i grabbed part of the glue gun they had plugged in on the side table
>they apologize like crazy
>understand it was just an accident but pissed that i still have a scar on my palm

[Anonymous No.9268781]

>>9268683
Do you wear a facemask now when on the lathe?

[Anonymous No.9268790]

>>9268661
>>mrsa infection deep in my boob

[Anonymous No.9268835]

>Working with paper clay
>Paper clay finishes drying, time to make it smooth so it doesn't look like shit
>Start out with roughest grain sandpaper, sanding away, listening to music
>Get a little too into the music, close my eyes, kinda dance along
>Distractedly sand off all the skin on my left palm

Fun times. That was also my first cosplay so it looked like shit anyway, rip

[Anonymous No.9268843]

>10 months ago
>hot gluing eva foam pieces
>foam piece slips out of my hands
>lands glue-first on my left hand
>quickly pull it off of my hand without thinking
>a thin inch-long strip of skin is now gone

you can still just barely make out the scar

[Anonymous No.9268850]

>bad habit of sewing with fingers too close to the needle and with back arched so my face is really close to the machine as well
>accidentally sew through finger
>knee-jerk react by pulling my hand away
>the needle is stuck to my finger so the machine is also harshly pulled towards me
>get hit by machine in the face

[Anonymous No.9268936]

cut my finger setting up my AA table. Connectors are the worst.

[Anonymous No.9268940]

>using sewing machine at 4 am trying to finish things for katsucon
>sleepily sew straight through my finger
>nothing open, no bandaids, no one awake
>wrapped that shit in tissues and tape and kept sewing, god forbid i don't finish in time

luckily it healed remarkably fast in about 3 days

also
>katsucrunch 2 years later
>hand sewing for hours on end with shitty needles
>needle snaps
>can't find other half for a good hour
>blow nose
>ah, there's my needle
>it flew straight up my nose, thankfully not into lungs

[Anonymous No.9270849]

>>9268843
I know that feeling anon
>hot gluing details on cosplay
>using a glue that gets hotter than normal
>wearing shorts
>Giant glob of hot glue lands on my leg
>I immediately pick it up and end up burning my right hand and my leg
>leg and hand become swollen
>I still have a giant bruise on my upper leg
it's been 4 months and it's still here

[Anonymous No.9270855]

>hot glue gun
>gluing flowers on a headpiece
>I somehow manage to drop a big fresh hot glob of glue on my finger
>panic and whip the glue on my thigh like an idiot
>burned in two places now

The thigh burn turned out to be pretty small and no big deal. The burn on my finger though was worse than that and the wound swelled up and stayed like that for days.

[Anonymous No.9270856]

>hot glue gun
>gluing flowers on a headpiece
>I somehow manage to drop a big fresh hot glob of glue on my finger
>panic and wipe the glue on my thigh like an idiot
>burned in two places now

The thigh burn turned out to be pretty small and no big deal. The burn on my finger though was a bit worse than that and the wound swelled up and stayed like that for days.

[Anonymous No.9270858]

>sewing
>outlet is on the ground
>tip over cup of water over outlet with plugged in sewing machine
>panic and try to mop it off with a paper towel
>get electrocuted

[Anonymous No.9270863]

> accidentally oversource power in bonus room with hot glue gun
> power goes out
> that hgg no longer works
also
> be holding safety pin in mouth
> someone enters my room, startles me
> sharp inhale
> nearly ingest an open safety pin
and finally, the piece de resistance
> be me, working in costume shop
> be sewing on machine RLLY FAST bc i am speed demon
> hit the fabric wrong in a spot where it's doubled over
> needle shatters
> flinch when i feel it hit my face
> replace needle, attempt to look for needle shards, find all but 1, continue sewing
> eye starts feeling irritated
> look in mirror to check eye, pull down lower lid
> there's that missing piece of needle

[Anonymous No.9270909]

>night before con
>sitting on bed handsewing
>stand up
>CRIPPLING PAIN
>stepped on seam ripper
>punctured all the way to the handle
>bf pulls it out
>goes to the con and limps around in heels

[Anonymous No.9270912]

>Wear hooker boots a size too small for 12 hours, when I get home and take them off the pain is so intense I had to crawl everywhere for about 2 days after.

>Cut my finger cutting foam, formed a scar that is now numb.

[Anonymous No.9270996]

>>9270858
Mein sides

And mine are HUNDREDS of little burns and cuts cuz I am a piece of shit who never follows clean desk/safely advice

Also stepping on a drawing pin box and hedgehoging my foot

[Anonymous No.9271007]

I've spilled liquids three times today so I think it's not a good time to work on anything more complex/dangerous than typing up shit on my computer while my tea mug is a good distance away

I have a pimp scar on a finger from when I was a kiddo of 13 years or so and cut myself pretty badly when trying to cut a stick into a sword, so I guess that counts as propmaking

[Anonymous No.9271018]

>whilst constructing jewlery hot glue my fingers together
every time
sudsy dish soap in warm water does the trick but before then i was missing some finger tips

[Anonymous No.9271057]

>>9268735
It append to me because I have a big head + a lot of hair, try to put less wig caps, and try to find where is the little vein on your face that hurt you and try to put less pressions on it by moving the elastic of the wig cap

[Anonymous No.9271082]

>working on leather armor
>tried using mostly traditional methods but cheated a little
>needed to add Velcro to the closure side so it would stay a little more flush
> Velcro adhesive wont stick to rhe leather
>wait longer. Still doesnt stick.
> fuckthis.jpeg
>put hot gule on back of Velcro
>sit crosslegged on my bed when applying only wearing shorts.
>burn the very tip of my finger ever so slightly
>i drop the hot glue covered velcro and the weight of the glue make it fall glue side down.
>it finds my leg
>i dont remember running to the bathroom it hurt so much.
>Took off a huge layer or skin causing a seeping wound.
>Chinese urgent care doctor never heard of hot glue before. Clumsy cleaning process ensues.
>i end up wearing my greek styled armor with no greaves because i have to keep my wound bandaged and without pressure on it

>first time using spirit gum
>read instructions
>do test on arm. Works alright. A little itchy when i take it off.
>Lets do a real make-up test!
>apply spirit gum to my face to attach prosthetic
>IT WORKS and it looks pretty good
>after test it comes off pretty easy
>face still feels sticky
>use removal solution
>ow ow ow buring.
>try to clean the area with soap and water
>ow ow ow area is still sticky. Staring to seep
>go to urgent care. Informed i have a chemical burn.
>turns out I'm allergic
>i end up having to wear a cream that makes my face super shiny for 3 weeks and i end up doing a meh version of that cosplay because cant wear the prosthetics.

Leaning is a painful process.

[Anonymous No.9271087]

Not cosplay but lolita related. I was in a hurry in the morning, I had exam so I had to go to school. I decided to open a package with scissors and of course they slipped. I got a deep cut between my index and middle finger. It didn't hurt or look bad so I just decided to leave. When I had walked for awhile it started to hurt and I accidently pulled my fingers apart. The pain was awful. It was the exam from horrors because I kept moving the fingers while I was concentrating and I immediately taped my fingers together when I got home. The healing took forever and I still have a scar even though this was a few years ago.

[Anonymous No.9271110]

> babby's first leatherworking
> pressed for time, decide to crazy glue
> drop a big glob on my leather
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate#Reaction_with_cotton_and_wool
> (I did not know this)
> huge cloud of smoke
> nose feels like it's on fire
> pinch nose and scream, expecting the biggest nosebleed ever
> nose was fine, but hurt like the dickens for the rest of the week

[Anonymous No.9271118]

>>9268936
Why would you take a photo of such a pathetically tiny cut?

[Anonymous No.9271127]

>hand sewing little reticule drawstring bag for cosplay
>Set it down to go pee
>Needle left in bag
>Come back
>Grab project
>Needle in just the wrong spot
>Stabs under my nail
>Rip needle out from under finger nail
>Cry
No wonder that shit is used as torture

[Anonymous No.9271158]

Never done green text so sorry if this sucks.

>Sewing machine needle breaks
>Con crunch so cut the thread where the tip of the needle is still threaded
>Dump it with offcuts of thread and figure I'll clear it all away when I'm done
>Boyfriend decides to be helpful, but drops the clump on the floor in the process and picks it up again
>Misses the larger, blunt piece of the broken needle that inserts into the machine
>Walk around table to grab something
>Feel an ungodly pain in my foot but don't scream because there's a sleeping baby in the house
>Boyfriend walks in
>Stare him down and lift up foot to show the damage.
>Rip it out and continue sewing


Another one which wasnt so much an injury but amusing to me at the time.

>Sewing costume
>Back when I bothered to sew over pins rather than remove them and save my machine needles
>Machine needle breaks
>Tip flies off in my direction, cant find it anywhere
>Notice something shiny a few minutes later
>See that the needle tip is sticking out of my bra and shirt
>Inadvertent body armour

[Anonymous No.9271228]

I have a fresh one
>sitting at a table, working on props
>some being glued inside my room, painted ones drying outside
>thunder. wav
>get up fast and run like crazy to get stuff inside
>feel pain on left leg
>blood dripping on floor

Somehow I managed to open a huge cut on my leg with the fucking table when I got up, I had no cutting device near me the whole time.

[Anonymous No.9271237]

>>9271118
newfag

[Anonymous No.9271280]

>>9268560
Well it's not from making a cosplay, but for my first cosplay I bought shoes a size too small, they fit but were tight.
I underestimated how much they would bother me throughout the day and I ended up with the most epic giant blisters on my heels, they were really disgusting desu

[Anonymous No.9271290]

> be me
> enjoy shin ramen noodles a lot
> also have dyspraxia
> convince yourself that you can definitely eat instant noodles while cutting pattern pieces
> get overwhelmed by all the pattern pieces and try to tidy them away
> forget about noodles
> 2nd degree burns over 4% of your body

[Anonymous No.9271311]

>>9271290
>dyspraxia

Off topic, but I'm also dyspraxic, which has led to quite a few "oh fuck, I just cut/glued/etc my shit in reverse" moments.

On topic, it also led to numerous "oh fuck, I just ironed my hand" ones too.

> tfw tending to burns is easier to manage than redoing an armor piece

[Anonymous No.9271329]

Nothing really bad except for me being stupid

>Carving a prop out of styrofoam
>Carves towards the hand holding the prop
>Slips, almost cut my finger with the knife
>Continue with the exact same method
>Slips again, actually cut myself this time but not very deep.
>Finally realize my method is unsafe

>Drops needles everywhere.
>Alway out the needles I use on a table in front of me and somehow I always accidently bruhes them off the table without noticing.
>Whole apartment is full of hidden needles
>I'm kind of used to sometimes stepping on a needle so i don't really care.
>Boyfriend steps on one, loud screaming
>It's one of those needles that I've used so much that it has turned dark grey
>Boyfriend in pain all evening, have to give him foot massages to make up for it

Also one that could've gone really bad
>Hot glueing some items
>Suddenly something in the glue gun explodes while I'm holding it
>It sparks and gives off a high SMACK in my hand
>Smoke starting to come out of the gun
>Drop the gun in panic and inspect my hand
>Nothing
>Quickly pull it out from the outlet

[Anonymous No.9271352]

>Carving insulation foam with box cutter
>Hand slips as I'm carving toward myself
>Slices knuckle down to the bone
>Have to go to urgent care to get skin glued together
>Have to wear a splint for a week so I don't bend my finger
>Employee health won't let me come to work because of that
>More time to finish costumes
>Success?

It didn't hurt at all when I did it, but for the next YEAR my knuckle hurt when I made a fist

[Anonymous No.9271500]

>wear shitty shoes for a cosplay
>be at con maybe 10-12 hours
>I get home and take my shoes off after hours of intense pain
>my feet are covered in blood
>tfw this has happened like 5 times by now

[Anonymous No.9271518]

>>9271290
Oh my god you poor thing. Really hoped that healed up okay.

[Anonymous No.9271529]

>>9268560
>doing stupid weeaboo nail art before tea
>spill nail polish remover on my panties
>whip them off, but not before the terribly sensitive bits get burned

LIKE FIRE.

[Anonymous No.9271784]

>>9271529

[Anonymous No.9271989]

i tried really hard to read through this thread but can only do four posts. My skin crawls at the pain and scars that go into cgl

[Anonymous No.9272012]

>>9268560
I tend to keep a few pins between my lips like that, blunt end first of course. Happens when I forget to take the pin box with me when I move between my sewing machine and worktable. So far, no related injuries to that.

[Anonymous No.9272013]

>>9268735
Regular Apollo or AA5 version?

[Anonymous No.9272256]

oh man I always love these threads

> pressing hems on white costume
> what's that red spot
> oh, that's blood
>
>
>
> where the fuck am i bleeding

also, being prone to ligament/tendon injuries is great

> con crunch, lotta sewing left
> dominant hand kind of aching near base of pinky and ring finger
> stretch hands
> notice pinky extending farther to the side than it should
> well fuck

had to drop a costume and tape my last two fingers for weeks for it to heal. And I guess a more simple one:

> adding full widows peak to non lace front wig
> shit ton of repetitive wrist movements
> bad joints
> it was not a good time

>>9268661
this story is a staple for these threads

[Anonymous No.9272260]

>>9271082
for the last one it kinda sounds like you were allergic more to the removal solution... that sucks though!

[Anonymous No.9273206]

Just a question to American anons or anyone who has suffered seriously due to hot glue, how hot do your hot glue guns go? I've dropped boiling hot glue on me multiple times and shaped it with my fingers straight from the gun to create details and never suffered burns, likewise with friends I've talked to in my country. I suspect then that your guys glue guns must go far hotter than is needed?

[Anonymous No.9273231]

>doing LED soldering
>trying to get it done fast so not paying attention
>pick up soldering iron too far down

[Anonymous No.9273234]

>>9273206
not American but random euro, I haven't exactly measured the temperature but the glue guns I've used have all gotten hot to the point of instant burns if you touch the tip of the gun or get hot glue stuck on you. I've gotten almost-boils from it before

[Anonymous No.9273263]

>>9273206
Not sure of the exact temperature, but hot enough to wear steam rises from the glue for a few seconds after applying (if it's been in the gun for a while)

[Anonymous No.9273423]

>Be sewing
>Need to iron seams
>Take ironing board out
>Put iron on top of it
>Plug the cord right next to the board
>Turn around to get the fabric
>Leg somehow pulls the cord
>Iron starts falling
>Reflexes kick in
>Put leg under the iron
>Bad idea
>Iron hits foot
>There it continues to floor and breaks
>My foot gets instant pain
>It starts to swell
>Go see doctor
>Broken bones
>Decide to not to sew for a while

Well, at least the iron wasn't hot

[Anonymous No.9273427]

>cutting pvc with a hot knife
>not paying attention
>stab myself with hot knife covered in molten plastic

that one hurt

[Anonymous No.9273439]

>>9273206
depends. not sure how it is in europe, but industrial glue guns here can go up to 428 degrees fahrenheit.

[Anonymous No.9273447]

>>9270863
>> nearly ingest an open safety pin
fuuuuu--

>> there's that missing piece of needle

GOD

[Anonymous No.9273453]

>mfw reading this thread

i am literally writhing but i made it to the bottom

[Anonymous No.9273540]

Brad Swaile, the English voice of Light Yagami, likes to make costumes, and at panels, he tells a story about how he punctured his foot with a seam ripper, and the metal tip ended up breaking off in his foot.

[Anonymous No.9273597]

>>9271290
>>9271311
>wtf is dyspraxia
>googles it
>oh SHIT

I knew I had some weird cognitive issues that other people I knew with adhd didn't have, but I always just chalked it up to REALLY bad adhd. I might talk to my doctor about this thanks

related:
>pinned my brooch to myself before a meet up
>got flustered and burned mysef on my curling iron 2 seconds later
kawaii is pain

[Anonymous No.9273643]

>>9271118
idk

[Anonymous No.9273666]

>>9268560
I do the thing in the pic (hold pins between my teeth/lips) all the time and my friend told me about how her boss accidentally swallowed a pin while doing that once. It only slightly deterred me.

[Anonymous No.9273715]

I'm very cautious when working because everyone's stories here are my nightmares. My experiences are not at all extreme.

Me:
>nicked fingers from cutting wig
>steam burns from iron
>hot glue burns
>pushed needle through layer of skin without bleeding
>worn heels that felt like I was tip-toeing on wood

Friend:
>created glued hairline because of slicked back look
>part of it digs into their forehead
>bleeds and scabs
>now has a battlescar from a wig

[Anonymous No.9273736]

>wanted to try cosplay Geralt
>got a friend to help with the back scars
>barely get one done before I'm about to pass out

[Anonymous No.9273741]

>be me, newbie cosplayer
>hot gluing a piece of circular felt to cloth, have hot glue all on the underside of felt
>accidentally drop on forearm, glue facing down
>pain.jpg
>im an idiot 12 year old so I immediately run it under cold water without removing felt circle
>cold water solidifies glue, the circle is now adhered completely around my forearm
>home alone and know if i call parents they'll be mad so decide i can take care of it myself
>figure ill just close my eyes and rip it off like bandaid
>get half the circle off, along with my skin
>fuckinghellithurts.jpg
>decide to cut the rest of circle off with scissors instead of ripping it off
>scissors slip, stab my arm
>blood everywhere
>still more scared of my parents being mad if i called them than my fucking arm because im an idiot
>rip rest of circle off and cry on floor
>arm is bloody mess

[Anonymous No.9273748]

>>9273741
Arms heal, relationships with parents don't.

You made the right choice.

[Anonymous No.9273762]

Could have been possibly a terrible injury.

>Finishing sewing a vest at 4am
>Have to sew through 2 layers of fabric plus thick interfacing
>Needle snaps in the middle of attaching bias tape and the sharp end bounces off my glasses
>Glasses saved me from having holes in my eyes

[Anonymous No.9273897]

>>9273736
Was he cutting you for real or something?

[Anonymous No.9274418]

>>9273206
where I live you can buy low temperature and high temperature hot glue guns. Typically the thin glue sticks are low temperature.

[Anonymous No.9274458]

This thread is great because I now know there are more people in the world with beautiful scars that I can cuddle with.

[Anonymous No.9274945]

I cut my finger in half once
It hurt

[Anonymous No.9275024]

>be me, attempting to use vinyl for the first time in cosplay
>the fold is too thick for the sewing machine, and hot glue doesn't adhere so i try hand sewing
>except its really, really thick and i can barely get the big ass needle through
>bright idea incoming: use the floor as leverage to push the needle through
>turns out, the floor is stronger than my hand
>suddenly pain, so much pain
>the needle went directly through the flesh between my thumb and index finger
>it healed fine though

one I almost forgot:
>younger me, many moons ago
>just learning how to make my own cosplay
>made my first pair of boots, using a staple gun to keep the customized leather in place
>everything's fine at first, until the end of the day
>i pull off my boots, and from the ankle down my skin is covered in blood, just actually drenched in it
>wtf.jpg
>staple got dislodged into my leg and for some reason i didn't feel anything while i walked around with my leg bleeding out for god knows how long
>never touched a staple gun for cosplay again

something that WASN'T my fault:
>it's cosplay crunch time, so naturally all of us have transformed the living room into a maelstrom of sewing and craft supplies
>stomach growls, and i decide to take a break and get some grub
>make a nice cup of ramen, walk over to the sofa
>don't make it to the sofa because my foot is suddenly in so much pain i drop to the ground and barely get a grip on my ramen in time to not burn myself
>someone had left a pin on the carpet
>pin is now directly through my toe, stopped only by my nail
>|:

[Anonymous No.9275040]

>be sowing
>my phone rings from across the room
>I frantically move my chair back to get up
> my foot gets caught on the pedal wire
>The machine is already on the edge and I end up pulling the machine off the table when I moved back
>it falls off and lands on my toes

[Anonymous No.9278736]

>>9275040
>That photo
I knew it would be bad from the thumbnail, why the hell did I look closer?

[Anonymous No.9278856]

>>9278736
Well I think the whole point of it was that it looks bad from the thumb-nail (I'm sorry)

[Anonymous No.9278925]

>>9278736
>thumbnail
ba dam tishh

[Anonymous No.9278946]

>>9273762

Glasses are truly lifesavers sometimes

>cutting card stock for papercraft and putting a bit too much pressure on the utility knife
>feel something snap and suddenly get hit by something
>most of the blade is missing
>check glasses
>there's a fucking gouge in the left glass
>jesus

[Anonymous No.9279467]

Wow, you gotta be more careful people. Last time I hurt myself more than regular small cut or pricking with pin or needle was when I was making wooden sword and hacked myself with a hand axe in the thumb (nail area). Luckily enough I was 5 or 6 years old so it wasn't with much force and the axe wasn't too sharp (my folks had a bit laxer approach to safety than it's normal nowadays and I'm glad for it). Even though it looked really vicious at first, even my nail survived it - initially was kinda disfigured, but it was gradually improving and by the time I was 20 it looked pretty normal.

[Anonymous No.9279494]

>>9271311
I feel like alot of people in the cosplay community have dyspraxia, I wonder if they are just more likely to discover it than others.

[Anonymous No.9279927]

>casting gem out of epoxy resin
>have resin mixed, about to pour into mould
>also have glass of water at table, in similar cup to resin cup
>can you see where this is going yet.jpeg
>pick up what I think is water cup and have it to lips before realizing cup is too heavy
>check
>almost just drank hardening epoxy resin

Didn't realize I could have died until a week later. I haven't used resin since.

[Anonymous No.9284363]

>>9279927
I do that almost every time i paint with watercolors

[Anonymous No.9284515]

>>9284363
>>9279927

[Anonymous No.9286419]

>>9270863
>> look in mirror to check eye, pull down lower lid
>> there's that missing piece of needle

[Anonymous No.9292528]

>felting
>where the hell are all of these red fibers coming fro-
>oh
Every time.
At least I've never stabbed myself with one of pic related. Yet.

[Anonymous No.9292712]

>>9273597

Same tho what the fuck, why have all my mental health revelations come from this fucking board.

On topic:
>using heat gun on highest setting
>set it down to work with the material I just heated up
>finish
>move away from workstation
>leg is wrapped in heat gun cord???
>1000F heat gun nozzle falls off workstation and whaps me in the leg on the way down
>fancy cylindrical burn on my leg for months

[Anonymous No.9292721]

Holy shit, this thread. The most I've ever done is burn myself with a high temp glue gun. I'm clumsy but somehow I've managed to not completely fuck myself up.

[Anonymous No.9292725]

>be me, 2007, 14
>making first cosplay by myself, mom's upstairs
>It's not even that hard of a costume, it's a remake of one we've done
>Sew right through finger.
>Stare at it for a good long minute, unsure what to do
>Have to pull my finger out of the needle.
>Walk calmly upstairs to my mother.
>Uh...
>Mother freaks the fuck out.

also

>Probably also 2007
>Making another cosplay with my mom, using the rotary cutter
>Decide to be a dumbass and twirl it around on the ground
>Slice wrist right open
>Look like a little emo cutter.
>Great.

Aside from that, I trip on my fabric sometimes when I'm chasing my cat away from it.

[Anonymous No.9293134]

>>9268560
Op's pic reminded me of a museum in my hometown that had this display of items collected from a doctor that patients had choked on. It terrified me so much that I never have really put pins in my mouth. Pic related is the actual display.

[Anonymous No.9293321]

The most ive gotten was that i got super glue stuck on my fingers. That shit is hard to get out. Please for your sake cover your fingers

[Anonymous No.9293334]

>>9293321
I had Gorilla Glue coat the entirety of my hands once. That was not fun, felt rough and gross for 4 days. A reminder to always wear gloves.

[Anonymous No.9293788]

>>9293134
Philadelphia?

[Anonymous No.9293791]

>>9293134
that's a lot of safety pins

[Anonymous No.9294957]

>>9292528
At first glance I thought this was some sort of Dada sculpture made from a showerhead and giant nails

[Anonymous No.9295010]

I didn't take a pic, but it was very gross
>making a pendant, bird in a cage
>hot glueing bird inside cage, drip from bird to leg
>inner thigh now scarred by hot glue burn
but also at the same time
>same project, also get a decent size glop on my middle finger
>convention in two weeks, figure it'll go away by then
>peeled off hot glue, HUGE chunk of finger missing, puts band aid on it like an idiot
>a good two centimeter difference between the rest of my skin and the wound, probably one later left between my bone and skin
>con comes, have to wear band aid on middle finger because it was almost the exact same state, white and pussy
now I have a scar on my middle finger. I can easily be identified by anyone just from flipping them off

[Anonymous No.9295036]

>>9275040
>dat pic
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Anonymous No.9295698]

>>9268683
I had lathing class at school. Apparently there's a movie where some kids bully another one by hangig a string around his neck and it gets caught in the lathe. Kid gets pulled into the lathe face first and dies. Just East Europoor things. I cringe at all the Youtube videos of people working with their shirt tails flying around. And I'm terrified of lathes ever since.

Oh and our teaher would yell at us every time we left the tension wrench in for a second more than holding on to it. Safety fucking first.

You, anon, are one lucky bastard and I envy your courage.

[Anonymous No.9295759]

>>9295698
A student at Yale was killed by a lathe a few years ago and the article about it was burned into my mind.
>Ms. Dufault, 22, was killed when her hair became caught in the lathe, whose rotating axis is used to hold materials like wood or metal being shaped.
>Connecticut's chief medical examiner ruled the death an accident, citing the cause as asphyxia due to neck compression.

[Anonymous No.9296114]

>>9295698
>>9295759
This week a guy on /pol/ kept spamming a picture of a lathe death, claiming it was his dad and ebil capitalism caused it. Probably a troll, but the picture was gruesome. Lathes are no joke.

[Anonymous No.9296140]

>>9273597
I'm glad I could help, anon!
Yeah getting diagnosed was honestly the biggest relief. I finally discovered I wasn't just an incompetent mess lol.
But yeah my leg healed up nicely due to a shittonne of bio-oil c:

[Anonymous No.9296152]

>>9268560
>Be like 15ish
>Friend wants to go as Axel for a con
>Doesn't know how to sew well
>Decides to hotglue the boots
>Each time we do it it's always too small
>get the great idea of hotgluing it while she's wearing it so it'll be accurate
>end up burning the ever living shit out of her legs
>boots ended up looking like shit

Aaah, friendship

[Anonymous No.9296156]

not crafting but wearing the damn costume

>spirit gum horns to forehead super secure
>go to get in car
>forget to add clearance for horns
>knock horn into top of car door ripping it off my head in one sicking snapped rubber band sound
>bleeding quarter sized round wound on temple

Luckily it didn't scar

[Anonymous No.9296159]

I slipped a disc in my back putting on my chain hauberk

[Anonymous No.9296180]

>>9296156
>luckily it didn't scar

More like unlucky. That would've been the sickest scar ever my dude.

[Anonymous No.9301212]

Wore heeled boots to Otakon this past summer without socks (just sheer tights as it was hot as balls). In addition to walking around the con, I didn't have time to wait for an Uber for a photoshoot at the pier so I walked to and from, about a mile each way. I had to wear flip flops the next day as my pinkie toes had both developed blisters the size of my actual toes, and my toenails got so bruised one of them fell off.

Lesson learned, always wear socks with boots, and practice walking in heels BEFORE a convention.

[Anonymous No.9302447]

I used to work as a seamstress for a bridal shop and for obvious reasons we were REALLY good at getting blood out of our dresses. A few ofthe older ladies were so used to pin pricks that the brides noticed them bleeding on their dresses well before they did. (They have always been very understanding somehow.)

My own damage was chainmailing while talking to my dad, who is genuinely an infuriating moron, and eventually getting fed up and throwing my tools to the ground. Or, in one plier's case, an inch into my ankle.

He didn't take me to the nearest doctor for like an hour because it was too expensive.

I'm way better at chainmaille now.

[Anonymous No.9304729]

>>9296114
>Do a lot of H&S stuff at work
>Local company got prosecuted when young worker's long hair got pulled into a lathe
>She quite literally got scalped (lived though)
>Turns out company gave no training or PPE to staff
>Picture of the scene of the crime
>Blood-splattered, long blonde hair wrapped around the lathe
>mfw have long blonde hair

Lathes are fucking lethal.

[Anonymous No.9304731]

Thankfully not one of my stories, but I remember an anon sharing a story of how she used pins on her lolita dress, sat down and had one pierce straight through her labia. Still makes me cringe thinking of it.

[Anonymous No.9304735]

>Start of August go to con
>Wear completely unsuitable shoes with stupid heels all day
>Next day right foot is agony
>Well, to be expected
>3 months later still hurts

Still don't know what I did to it; it wasn't broken, but if it were a muscle/tendon issue it wouldn't have taken 4 months to heal. I still get twinges even now. Not wearing those stupid shoes ever again.

[Anonymous No.9305281]

>>9304735
Maybe it's stress fracture? I had similar situation some years ago when I was travelling with somewhat new shoes and without spare pair. My both feet slowly started to hurt and got swollen. Because I didn't want to miss anything I just kept walking with painful feet. The first month after getting back home was hell, I couldn't even walk straight. But eventually the pain got lesser and the last months it was just randomly painful when walking. I'd say it took around half a year to heal. So Anon, I hope it will get better soon.

[Anonymous No.9305305]

>con crunch
How can this even be a thing? You know exactly how long you have to finish your costumes, it's not like the convention gets rescheduled to tomorrow or something like that

[Anonymous No.9306179]

>>9305305
Sometimes things take longer than you expect them to, anon. Or life gets in the way and your time gets cut shorter. Con crunch usually consists of a few final pieces or finishing details, not entire costumes usually.

[Anonymous No.9309815]

>>9304731
The 'gumdrop' story? I wish I capped it, the way they told such a horrifying story was great

[Anonymous No.9309860]

>>9292712
Because you're a hypochondriac that wants to join the speshul club?

[Anonymous No.9312748]

>>9304731
WHAT
THE FUCK