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Wrapped this one up yesterday.  Had my doubts about him but he turned out pretty good after all.  Tried a little darker complexion by adding some brown to the flesh mixture.  I like it. Comments welcome. 

Originally published in 2012 I haven’t decided on a name for this fella yet.  Would like to call him Santiago but I’ve used that one already, same goes for Pancho, Pedro, Pablo,  so will continue my search for a good one. He’s pretty good sized, standing about 15″ with the base. Comments welcome.   

Originally published in 2012.  Here’s a busted up Buckaroo who I just finished this morning.  From the looks of him Happy Hour down at the Gold Nugget Saloon didn’t end too well by the looks of the fat lip, the cracked skull and the swelling shiner, not to mention the shot up hat.  I was…

Originally published in 2011. I can’t say whether he’s looking at the 4 legged filly in the round pen or the 2 legged one setting on the fence.  Whichever, by the look on his face I think he approves of what he sees! For a while I had my doubts about the paint job on…

Originally published in September 2011 I spent most of Sunday and all this morning finishing this fella up.  All I can say is WOW!  He really turned out well and I’m sure will be one of the best examples of my efforts so far.–I’m not really sure just how many feathers are in his headdress…at…

Originally published in 2011 “Finally!  With all the projects going on around our spread at the moment I actually found the time to finish this little scene.  I think it turned out real well even if I did have to change a few of the original ideas I had back when I started.  Some always…

Sometimes I forget what I’m doing or where I’m at when transferring old posts into the new Blog.  Unfortunately, this seems to happen more frequently lately.  Anyway, to try to reorient myself, this post shows most of what carvings I completed back in 2010.  Now I can hopefully begin posting work from 2011 without the…

Originally published in September, 2009 “Now that’s a stretch! I think this carving really turned out great and even though I didn’t add that second figure it ended up just the way it should have.-One thing we have to remember is that the larger the piece the harder the sell. That is another reason I decided…

Originally published in September, 2009 “Just finished this first character for my Bunkhouse Stove scene. Had the wife come down and model her longjohns so I could get the folds right. I had some worries about the face and whether I could capture a yawn correctly but it turned out just right. There’s lots of fine…