New carving project in apple: The Stern Decoration of the Royal Charles

[Steef66]

And everyone else, thanks for the visit and likes.

A little update of the work I did after the last update.
The chain and the collar around the neck is ready, also the mane got shaped. And I'm working on the horse's muscles so that the whole thing looks more lively. Need more work on the back leg. This is very difficult and you need a steady hand. Esspecially the lighter wood at the chest of the horse is very soft. The cutter eats easily to much wood at that spot. The differces in the wood is hard to deal with. But I learned how to be carefull with it.

 

[shota70]

Thanks Shota, pitty I missed you in Hamburg. Would be fun to meet you. But in 2 years I will be on that party. Hope to see you then. And my health is improved a lot, I don't use any painkillers at the moment. First time in 5 years.

wonderful news my dear friend
I will be happy to meet you some day soon

 

[Steef66]

Thanks again to everyone for visiting and for the likes—I really appreciate it.
I’ll show you today’s work here; I didn’t have much time, so I couldn’t get much done. I did, however, accentuate the muscles a bit better and gave it a nice, smooth finish. I also carved out the contours of the horse’s head. The area between the head and the neck strap is hard to reach with the cutters or the small chisels. So it took a lot of scraping. More work to be done, but first the head. Why is it inaccessible with the cutters? The tip of the handpiece hits the other parts that are already finished, and that could damage them.
I’ve now posted three photos, taken from three different angles. Hopefully, this will give a better idea of what it looks like.




The head of the original is in my opinion a little to small. But I'll keep that in the model.

 

[dockattner]

He comes alive. Very nice Stephan.

 

[Steef66]

He comes alive. Very nice Stephan.

Thanks Paul, looking to the pictures I see a big problem with the leg in front. I don't like the hoof. Looks more like a part of a lobster. Need to change that. And that is what happens all the time, a part is never finished

 

[Steef66]

Weekend update. I still need to adjust and refine a lot of details. Like the mouth—it’s a bit too much. The rear nostril needs to be raised slightly by trimming the bottom a bit; the ear hasn’t been done yet, and the mane behind the head needs finishing. The contours of the face also need to be a bit more refined. I’m happy with the eye and the horn. But that mouth—I can see the problem in the macro photo, too. That’s going to be quite a challenge, because even my finest bit is still too big for details this small.



The diameter of the eyeball is approximately 0.8 mm. That gives you an idea of just how small details can become and how unforgiving macros are.

 

[dockattner]

Fantastic, Stephan! I'm inspired to get back to my own carving work!

 

[Steef66]

Fantastic, Stephan! I'm inspired to get back to my own carving work!

lol, your carvings did that to me

 

[Herman]

Great work Stephan. Perseverance will get you where you want. Keep refining
I know all about the macros

 

[shota70]

Fantastic carving, Stephan

 

[Steef66]

Great work Stephan. Perseverance will get you where you want. Keep refining
I know all about the macros

Thanks Herman, yes these things are not visible with a magnifier. And in real you see 3D, but the macro's are 2D. But also good, they show you what mistake you made and how to solve it. Tomorrow I will give it a shot. And when it goes wrong, I glue an extra piece of wood on that place to start it again.

Fantastic carving, Stephan

Thanks my friend, I like your laserprinter a lot. Maybe I buy one someday.

 

[Maarten]

Hi Stephan, it is not the lack of your carving but the quality of the modern phone camera's.
The carving look great and with the naked eye you don't notice any defect you see with a macro.
Great job.