Month: October 2024

January 26 – Here is a new one I’m in the process of doing.  The shield will be fleshed out quite a bit more before it’s finished.  Also it’s a bit more realistic in the facial features.  I’ve lessened the size of the eyes which should look pretty good once the color is added….at least…

For some strange reason I seem to have not made a Blog entry on the construction of this piece. Strange!  Anyway, I’ll see if I can remember as much as I can about how it came to be.  As I usually do, I carve the head before moving on to other parts of the piece. …

Put the finishing color to this one yesterday and he turned out just great.  Especially, as his head had been collecting dust on the workbench for the past couple of years.  I guess it proves the adage that you shouldn’t rush into some things. With the base this one stands as 12″ so it’s makes…

Now this fella could no doubt tell you some really interesting stories.  I picked the name Jedediah as that has always been a favorite of mine since I read a book about Jedediah Strong Smith many years ago. If ever there was a Mountain man old Jed was him.   Of all the characters of…

   This one is rather dark due to the hat brim but that sort of adds to the mystique of what this fella is about.  Now, what he is about I have no real idea but with the name of Muley I can imagine all sorts of things. He’s probably looking those two Asses over…

Jedediah And here’s another work table escapee!  The head for this one was recarved twice before I was satisfied with the result.  What was once a piece that I just didn’t like became one I sorta liked and finally into one I really like and should be a real winner once painted.  Should be lots…

You might be wondering where we’ve disappeared too for the past two months.  Well, we’re still around, just overloaded with things happening around the place.  However, as you can see by the photo to the left I’ve gone and finished the project we were working on.  I apologize for skipping ahead but it was just…

Here’s one that I can’t remember!  It’s Lots of detail and evidently he picked up that soldier coat in some battle.  I like him….even though I don’t know where he came from! Comments welcome.

With the new interest in Billy the Kid caused by the finding of the new photo I thought I would do another version of him.  I had a generic head on the work table which I didn’t much care for so I repurposed it for the Kid.  One thing I would have changed is decreasing…

This one was finished a couple weeks ago. He stands about 12″ tall with the base and is a little more realistic than normal.  Looking at the photo I think a little less white on the beading patterns would have make him look more pleasing but he still looks pretty good.  Considering the more realistic…