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« Reply #210 on: May 26, 2012, 11:58:59 am »
Oh wow it is shaping up wonderfully:)
I am sure it will come to you how to finish it:)
You never have any trouble surprising and delighting us:)
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« Reply #211 on: May 26, 2012, 01:25:10 pm »
Your carving is really starting to form.  It's good to take a break and come back fresh.
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« Reply #212 on: May 27, 2012, 12:37:59 am »
Very well Kurt........bat wings carved nicely both side and you prepared enough space for the head, I know it's a big challange to carve it, a lot of mass need to cut off for details of head..........and more callhange at polish step, woow.

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« Reply #213 on: May 27, 2012, 05:26:57 am »
Didn't you tell me once you didn't think you were ready for a lizard? And here you are doing a bat - WAY more detail to get that wing structure. Nice job!  yes yes yes yes yes

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« Reply #214 on: May 27, 2012, 06:20:26 am »
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Oh, and Kurtis - friends don't let friends do facebook  chuckle

It's Kurt, not Kurtis.   chuckle
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« Reply #215 on: June 01, 2012, 09:43:29 am »
Hope everyone has had a reasonable week.

For me its now time to give you an idea what I'm up to with my bat.

I knew that heads and faces are problematic, but this thing is driving me nuts. One week, and all I got is a basic half head. Never realized how much a single scratch can change the whole overall appearance. Now to top it off, it looks like that I don't have enough thickness to complete the head in the round (I miss-judged it by about a millimeter). That in turn means that I will have the back either unfinished flat or, I do all the naughty bits, minus a small part of the head.

Here we go, stage 2 and 2.5


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« Reply #216 on: June 01, 2012, 11:50:44 am »
Wow.....I'm surprised by the head, I'm sure I remember about something mith about this but can't remember what is....it is looks like a very old artefak to me, you got this effect in your creation Kurt....cooool.   hatsoff
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« Reply #217 on: June 01, 2012, 11:57:37 am »
That is progressing great..............could it be Bella Lagosi - AKA - Dracula.................. hide
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« Reply #218 on: June 01, 2012, 12:56:10 pm »
I was thinking the same thing as Steve - it looks like a vampire - a human/bat face! Man that is gothically incredible! yes yes yes yes yes
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« Reply #219 on: June 01, 2012, 03:56:41 pm »
Dont get all wierd about it. I would be afraid to wear it if I thought it was gonna suck my blood.
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« Reply #220 on: June 01, 2012, 06:34:05 pm »
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Dont get all wierd about it. I would be afraid to wear it if I thought it was gonna suck my blood.

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« Reply #221 on: June 01, 2012, 07:05:44 pm »
You are all just to much...
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« Reply #222 on: June 01, 2012, 09:28:04 pm »

Kurt you are Mr Patience himself............Simply amazing what you end up with in your carvings..........

That's one mean BAT.........              minemine2                  clapper                  clapper
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« Reply #223 on: June 02, 2012, 07:16:51 am »
Very nice finish, glad you got back to it.  Sometimes it's hard to finish when you have a big break in time with a piece.  She looks like shes breaking out of a cacoon and becoming something new - reborn.
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« Reply #224 on: June 03, 2012, 04:32:20 am »
I don't know why I just now noticed this, but with her in your hand I can see she is sooooo tiny! Beautiful job thus far - don't *f* it up now man! (no pressure)  hatsoff
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