Teddy Roosevelt always seemed to me to be an excellent character to make a caricature of, especially in his role as a Rough Rider. After searching through all the available photos on the web I found the one I posted in the gallery that I’m using as a guide.
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I made the glasses by first making the rims from pounded 18 gauge wire bent to shape and silver soldered. Then, laying them upside down on a piece of wax paper I filled each lens with clear epoxy. Once it as good and set I used my belt sander to sand the surface smooth. The lens is still a little too cloudy so that will take some more figuring to get it the way I want it. I don’t really want it completely clear, sort of inbetween what it is now and clear if that’s understandable.
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With the head done the biggest hurdle is behind me and now I can start the body and the ful that’s ahead in doing the uniform and especially the laced boots.
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Comments welcome.
