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| NovaStorm |
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  Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | HI Charles, yes my plan is to do a painted figurehead in color. Not in a painted wood finish which a lot of Syrens seem to have. I just had a go at carving. So here is a pic of my first ever attempt at carving and the transom decoration. Don't laugh  I cracked it after I had it finished duh. At any rate it is my own design and a touch large maybe. I will try again only smaller, I ordered some flexcut micro chisels which I am waiting on ... Cheers ~  | ||
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| Baggywrinkle |
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  Registered Member #5759 Joined: Sat Sep 19 2020, 03:36pmPosts: 833 | That's a pretty decent effort for a first go Robin, looks pretty good. cheers Pat [ Edited Fri Dec 11 2020, 10:16pm ] | ||
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| NovaStorm |
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| Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | Baggywrinkle wrote ... That's a pretty decent efort for a first go Robin, looks pretty good. cheers Pat Thanks Pat, I think with a couple more tries I should be able to get something acceptable. I did better than I thought I would starting out. The trick is to take your time and not try and take to much off at once. Detailing it with be a whole other skill level I'm sure. | ||
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| Charles |
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  Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 1008 | Superb Robin First class work | ||
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| DocBlake |
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 Registered Member #4496 Joined: Wed Oct 01 2014, 05:02pmPosts: 704 | Nice job! | ||
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| jacknastyface2 |
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| Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 823 | Hi Robin " I ordered some flexcut micro chisels which I am waiting on" ... I don't think you will go far wrong with that set for starters, but I would also buy the Flexcut stropping kit to go with it. You will think you are doing more stropping than carving but the compound for sharpening really does a great job! Syren is looking great. Keith. | ||
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| NovaStorm |
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| Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | Thank you all for those comments very encouraging to say the lest. Keith I picked up this set here: Flexcut set and also this one as it is a 1mm which is getting really tiny where we need to be, Here Already have the stropping kit. Regards, ~ | ||
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| NovaStorm |
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| Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | Well I took a much needed break over xmas and New Years while waiting for my chisels to arrive. I trust everyone has survived New Years. Hopefully we have something to look forward to this year. I took another attempt at carving the stern decorations with my new chisels I just got finally from Flexcut. I would love to hear your thoughts, opinions and or suggestions before having another go or gluing on what I've done. I still have a bit more cleaning up to do on them. I made them in three pieces plus the little acorn sort of piece in the center. Cheers, Robin ~   | ||
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| Winston |
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Winston  Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2738 | Looks pretty good. They look a little on the bulky side though for the scale. A little sanding here and there should fix that. Awesome Job! | ||
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| NovaStorm |
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| Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | Winston wrote ... Looks pretty good. They look a little on the bulky side though for the scale. A little sanding here and there should fix that. Awesome Job! Winston thank you for confirming my feelings exactly. I started working on a slimmer version and it definately looks and feels much better with the overall scale. I've remade the top (over the ports) decor and will attempt to rework the existing side moldings. Cheers bud and Happy New Year to you and yours my friend. Didn't get a chance earlier  | ||
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