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Another friendly looking lion. I simply love it.
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You certainly have great carving skills, Herman. From what I see from you first sketches till this result is a great transformation of a piece of wood to a very impressive Lion.
Regards, Peter
DittoWOW! What a beautiful carving! I wish I could carve like that!!
Good morning Herman. What they all say…..WOW. Cheers Grant
Thank you Kurt.WOW! What a beautiful carving! I wish I could carve like that!!
I understand why you have chosen for 3d making the Sovereign of the Seas. Although there are some nice examples here, hand carving the ornaments of that ship is on an other level, so much details.
Thank you Grant. Now looking forward with more confidence to further carvings.
Thank you Christian.
I tried to make him look a little grimmer by making the corners of his mouth go further down. If the nose had been a lttle longer I could have carved some skin folds over his nose and maybe make the direction of his ears stand more backwards to make him look angrier. But for now he looks as happy as I am.
Dziękuję Mirek za miłe słowa.
Thank you Peter.
My initial thought was if you can make a good drawing of a lion you should be able to make a good carving. My sketch however was not of such a nature that i thought i could do the carving well. but in the process i studied many pictures to get a little further each time and that worked beyond expectations.
Wonderfull work Herman.
Hope you joun in Amsterdam after the summer to have a look at your build in reality.
Hope you joun in Amsterdam after the summer to have a look at your build in reality.
Thanks Maarten.
I intend to join this year.
Thank you Ken, for your very kind words.
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Not being knowledgeable about Lion Psychology or any Psychology for that matter I can’t tell if he’s happy or angry. On the other hand, YOU should be very happy to have carved this fine Lion.
Well done!
Roger
Well done!
Roger
Well Roger, I surely am. Thank you for visiting my build log and your kind words.
NAILING - a matter of perseverance
Hi to you all. First of all I want to express my gratitude for all of your visits and likes, much appreciated.
I have started nailing the hull. First of all i have drawn vertical lines on the hull as representation of the frames. That completed i used an awl to pinpoint where the nails would come.
I then drilled the holes and started inserting my earlier fabricated nails.
The holes drilled are just wide enough to press the nails in. One thing is certain, they will not fall out.
I have now completed about 2/3 of the port side -under the wales only- and am not certain I have fabricated enough nails (about 9000). Some were used to experiment, some are rejected or break pressing them into the hull and my estimate was probably off. The joints also require more nails. So I might have to produce more nails.
As you might have noticed in the pictures the pear wood has shrunk a bit due to drought. It has been very dry here the last few weeks and my shipyard is directly under the roof which makes it quite warm. To increase the humidity a bit there are now some water tanks and every evening I hang a soaking wet t-shirt over my chair. Let's see how far that will suffice.
Hi to you all. First of all I want to express my gratitude for all of your visits and likes, much appreciated.
I have started nailing the hull. First of all i have drawn vertical lines on the hull as representation of the frames. That completed i used an awl to pinpoint where the nails would come.
I then drilled the holes and started inserting my earlier fabricated nails.
The holes drilled are just wide enough to press the nails in. One thing is certain, they will not fall out.
I have now completed about 2/3 of the port side -under the wales only- and am not certain I have fabricated enough nails (about 9000). Some were used to experiment, some are rejected or break pressing them into the hull and my estimate was probably off. The joints also require more nails. So I might have to produce more nails.
As you might have noticed in the pictures the pear wood has shrunk a bit due to drought. It has been very dry here the last few weeks and my shipyard is directly under the roof which makes it quite warm. To increase the humidity a bit there are now some water tanks and every evening I hang a soaking wet t-shirt over my chair. Let's see how far that will suffice.
Your construction is absolutely amazing!
That’s looking very nice,Herman. Steady on!
Regards, Peter