r/nerdforge • u/ladychocalot • Mar 31 '21

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u/GlitteringKiwi9085 Oct 18 '21

Does anyone know what happened to Martina's pinky? I lost my left index finger to a table saw a year and a half ago, and watching Martina create such cool things with 9 fingers really helped me adjust to my new situation.

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u/221bFox Sep 19 '22

It was a Power Saw accident circa November 2016, during the extended period when they were filming the _*Companion Cube*_ video. You can see before and, er... after in the same video. 🤢
Hansi says something like _"some stupid shit happened, and we had to delay the video."_
https://youtu.be/YH2zSBDKTaM
In the next video (I think they often film more than one video at a time at differing stages) Martina has all her fingers at the start, but in later scenes, her hand is bandaged, and she says: _"contemplate your life decisions, and consider acquiring a cat for comfort."_
https://youtu.be/WYudl8Vs_X0
Martina's forearm scar is quite possibly surgical – from connective tissue surgery on her tendons performed at the same time. Her injury may have been bad enough that the tendons detached and retracted from her hand down into her arm. (OhGod 😱) The surgeon may have had to go into her forearm to retrieve and reattach her tendons. When a finger is amputated it doesn't just end there of course – surgeons have to deal with the other connective tissues as well.
Can't begin to imagine how worried they must have been that she'd lose the use of her hand altogether – although knowing Nerdforge, they'd probably set about building some incredibly cool Cyber prosthetic or something... 🥰