French Téméraire-class ship of the line Duguay-Trouin (later HMS Implacable) figure head

[janos]

As an in-between exercise, her is ze (woman body with a male face), the figurehead of the Téméraire-class ship of the line Duguay-Trouin (later HMS implacable) showing zer better profile .
Janos

 

[schifferlbauer]

well carving of the medusa with the snakes in her hair

regards
Willi(schifferlbauer)

 

[Maarten]

Hi Janos,

What is the white putty on the second picture?

 

[zoly99sask]

Very nice János!

 

[mrshanks]

Great work as usual Janos. How many hours to carve that piece??

 

[janos]

Hi Janos,

What is the white putty on the second picture?

Maarten,
That picture was taken during the carving. I used to put the paper with the drawing onto the surface with stick glue (postal glue). What you see on the picture is this paper. It is obviously removed as the carving goes ahead.
János