Guns and Roses

[Lee]

This is the new granddaughter and the gun I am currently working on.

 

[NevadaBlue]

2 beautiful specimens, congrats on both!

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Hey Lee

Just beautiful.........a real treasure........................the gun's pretty good to!!!

Cheers
Andrew

 

[michaelp]

Lee, congrats, both are beautiful. I know that your granddaughter you got in the pink, but did you get the browning in the white or is it an upgrade?

 

[BrianPowley]

Congratulations Lee.
I'm sure there are tons of smiles around your home these days.
There ain't nothing like the miracle of a little baby that just melts the heart.


P.S. I'm with Andrew-----The gun is looking pretty good,too!

 

[Mike Bissell]

Lee - Congratulations on becoming a grandparent. The gun is nice too.

Mike

 

[dclevinger]

Hi Grandpa Lee! This is Darcy - just wanted to say congratulations to you and Lisa. Enjoy having that little bundle in your house for a while! As you know, they don't stay little for long!! You won't believe how big Isabella is already!! Happy New Year!!

 

[Peter E]

Congratulations Lee. A pair of treasures for sure. What a pretty baby! and yup...that gun looks pretty good too!

Peter

 

[pilkguns]

Lee, quite a pair!. I love the way you created interior borders using the shapes suggested by the edges and shapes presented by the gun itself.

 

[Lee]

Many thanks to all. It was a nice ending to a good year. This is a superposed upgrade that Dennis Potter put together for a friend. I don't know anyone better than Dennis for shotgun work or pleasant conversation.

 

[ddushane]

Sweet Baby girl & Sweet Engraving, You're a blessed man Thanks for sharing! Dwayne

 

[Sam]

Congratulations on both the granddaughter and beautifully engraved shotgun, Lee. Anyone can engrave a gun, but it takes REAL talent to create that little miniature masterpiece of a baby! She's quite lovely, and thank goodness she doesn't look like her hairy grandfather.

The gun: When I first looked at it, the first thing that came to mind is the shading. Of course the layout is killer (as we expect from an artist like you), but the levels of grey you're getting in the transistions from light to dark is very, very nice. I'd like to see a larger photo if you have one.

~Sam

 

[michaelp]

Lee, I agree with you on Dennis. nice man and a master with metal

 

[Lee]

Here's another try at something a bit larger.

 

[Lee]

I don't think this helped much. The original file is almost 5 mb and I hit edit and dropped the percentage until I was in a range I thought this forum could accept. The first try was 30 kb and this one is 105 but it doesn't look much different. Guys you are dealing with a tech challenged farm boy.

 

[lesholmes]

Lee,

If you have a photographic program that can resize the picture that's the option to choose. Doing that does not always change the size (resolution) of the file, just the displayed size.

Then there is the picture of your granddaughter. The picture makes her look small, but so well defined. She has sharp and beautiful features; not your average little baby. Congratulations. My granddaughter is 11 months old. I have learned you should look forward to enjoying her growing up even more than your own children's -- it is not only that you can enjoy them and send them home. Our grandparents' perspective makes the quick progression of a baby's capability even more acute than was as parents.

Les Holmes

 

[Lee]

Another try.

 

[Andrew Biggs]

WOW Lee

I love that really rich, bursting out acanthus leaf look.

You know where to send the photo for you know what!!!!

Cheers
Andrew

 

[ddushane]

Thanks for the bigger images Lee! I love being able to get a close up of your beautiful work!!!! Dwayne

 

[Lee]

It is likely this piece will be at Reno with me either on my table or Dennis'.