garage news: beginning the 73

[Lee]

working on the stock carving.

 

[JJ Roberts]

Lee,Nice carving ,did you use power assist to do the carving of the stock? J.J.

 

[Lee]

JJ I am using power and also the mini super stones from Tira-engraver.com

 

[Lee]

Working on the battle scene.

 

[JMiller]

That's a great lookin' scene!... is that gold inlay for the fire?

 

[Mark Knapp]

I can't wait to see this

 

[SamW]

Brings to mind CS Forester's Hornblower books about the same time period and Britain's naval fight with France and Spain(Napoleon) . The battles between ships as he described them were much as you depict Lee. Looking forward to more photos!!

 

[gcleaker]

A masterpiece.
Skill comes from diligence

 

[zzcutter]

Lee I noticed you have a grid layout on the front panel. Is that for laying out your image

 

[Omar Haltam]

the scene looks amazing Lee

 

[Lee]

The battle scene still needs quite a bit more work-mostly on the values. I will probably also simply parts of it and get rid of some detail.

 

[FANCYGUN]

I like the sugestive details Lee dont get rid of too much detail it works as is

 

[mitch]

what a cool use of our limited color palette!

 

[dlilazteca]

Lee,

Stunning work brother! But I have to ask how did you create the effects of the fire? is it inlayed Gold or another method.
Thanks for your time and for sharing.

 

[Houlihan]

I am awe struck, quite simply.

 

[SamW]

Was this from a specific battle or is it generic?

And most excellent by the way!

 

[Lee]

Carlos- All of the colors are inlayed.

Sam- The original thought was to use the USS Constitution and her battle with the Guerierre but the client wanted some battle elements that didn't fit so it has become a generic from the period. Old Ironsides may yet get the other side.

This is the carving on the fore end wood. The one side is pretty much finished except oil and sealer. The other side has only the initial rough-in done.

 

[Lee]

It looks like I didn't get one photo downloaded

 

[Tim Wells]

This is just killing me seeing all this opulence. I'm not going to make it to FEGA this year unless some unforeseen miracle happens and I can see already I'm gonna miss a lot of eye candy. Not to mention all my friends. Great work Lee!

 

[Lee]

Tim, sad to hear you won't be able to make it. I'll really miss the visit. Take care