Le Saint Philippe 1693 after Jean-Claude Lemineur (Ancre) in scale 1:48

[Backer64]

Nice work.
Enjoy your holliday

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Przygotowałeś piękne podstawy do dalszej pracy, trzymam Pawle kciuki za ciebie i twoje prace rzeźbiarskie powodzenia. Pozdrawiam Mirek

 

[KMSvideo]

Už teraz je jasné, že vaše ozdobné rezby budú úžasné vďaka dôkladnej príprave. Myslím, že ste zvládli tú najťažšiu časť, teraz už len zostáva zábava.

 

[Daniel20]

Looks like a well thought out modular design with the blanks. If a certain blank doesn't carve out like you wanted, then just cut another one and try again.

 

[dockattner]

Holy mackerel! I can't believe you cut those shapes with a hand scroll saw. You must have the patience of Job. Even with my power scroll saw, I'd be doing tons of cleanup with files and sanding sticks. Impressive.

Enjoy your time off.

Hi Peter,

It did take a little bit of time but not unreasonably so. The worst part was the cramping in my 'hold-down' hand. You can cut right on the line if you do this with a jeweler's saw (or whatever that thing should be called).

 

[dockattner]

Looks like you’re off to a good start!

Yup. Thanks, Dean!

 

[dockattner]

GREAT Start!!

Careful with that one on the bottom row, 2nd from the right. That occlusion or, "cavity" for you dental folk, may become problematic with any detail in that area.

Ask me how I know !

Enjoy your little holiday!!

Good eye, Brad. But that part is just a handle - it's the tiny blob on the bottom that goes on the model.

My son tells me the fishing has been bad 'up north' - but it's been unseasonably warm so perhaps a cool down will help. Fingers crossed.

 

[dockattner]

It's already clear that your decorative carvings will be amazing thanks to careful preparation. I think you've done the hardest part, now all that's left is the fun.

Indeed. Let the fun begin!

 

[dockattner]

Looks like a well thought out modular design with the blanks. If a certain blank doesn't carve out like you wanted, then just cut another one and try again.

Exactly! I already have the stock sitting there ready to be called into action.

 

[dockattner]

Nice work.
Enjoy your holliday

Thanks, Patrick. At least I don't need to make an endless number of 'shields' like you are doing...

 

[dockattner]

Hello
You've laid a beautiful foundation for further work. Paweł, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you and your sculpting projects. Best regards, Mirek.

Indeed! Fingers are crossed!

 

[Bill-R]

Hi Paul,

Your carvings look great and I am confident in your skills will produce beautiful results. Enjoy your vacation.

How do you like your KNEW CONCEPTS saw.

Bill

 

[dockattner]

How do you like your KNEW CONCEPTS saw.

Well, I'm certainly no expert, but its super lightweight, easy to change blades, and easy to tension the blades. I think that checks all the right boxes for a fret saw/jeweler's saw. I guess a downside is these Knew tools can be a little spendy...

 

[Peter Voogt]

The drawing on the model is nicely lined to give it a good base.
And very nice sawn parts, Paul.

The worst part was the cramping in my 'hold-down' hand.

Then you have to find ‘some clamping’ when you started the carving.
Regards, Peter

 

[dockattner]

The drawing on the model is nicely lined to give it a good base.
And very nice sawn parts, Paul.

Then you have to find ‘some clamping’ when you started the carving.
Regards, Peter

Thanks, Peter. You are correct - I'll need to somehow 'mount' the smaller carvings to a base of sorts...

 

[Gilbertm]

Hello modeling friends. Not much to report on my end. I have been pretty busy with my hobby job (sadly, not at all busy in my paying job) - then my basement flooded - and then there are all the outdoor projects...you understand.

I was going to defer ALL the decorative carvings for later, but there are really quite a lot of them so I decided to tackle the carvings that adorn the lower portion of the quarter galleries next. This seems like a great time to tune up my decorative carving skills and establish some good work practices. As I mentioned previously, I have begun to doubt my ability to pull this (the artistic carvings) off - but we are more than one year in on this build, so I have little choice but to press on.

I will be using a boxwood from South Africa for the carvings. I'll need to decide if they need some sort of staining/finish to blend in with the pearwood used on the rest of the build at some point...but first I need to create them...

Here are the carving blanks for the lower portion of the quarter gallery:

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I'll be on holiday for a bit so there will be a brief pause in this blog.

There are some pretty special builds going on right now - I hope you are taking the time to explore what our forum has to offer!

impressive work Paul

Enjoy your vacation

 

[Steef66]

Thanks, Peter. You are correct - I'll need to somehow 'mount' the smaller carvings to a base of sorts...

Just glue them to a piece of abachi. Easy to sand away. I tried double sided tape, but there is always a little movement with that.

Enjoy your holiday

 

[dockattner]

Just glue them to a piece of abachi. Easy to sand away. I tried double sided tape, but there is always a little movement with that.

Enjoy your holiday

Great idea, Stephan! I had not thought about using something easy to sand away.