NORSKE LOVE - Billing Boats 1:75 scale

dockattner said:
I was making a little joke. My apologies.
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Excuse my interpretation, but you didn’t like or acknowledge my accomplishment on my post, but instead made a comment on the printer abyss. So I interpreted that as you not thinking that was an accomplishment because I didn’t carve or make it out of wood.
My bad, that’s the problem with making assumptions. I appolgize for that. ;)
In addition, when sharing something you’re excited about, we have to remain humble, as not everyone will be as impressed as you might be with your accomplishment. ROTF
 
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Dean62 said:
Excuse my interpretation, but you didn’t like or acknowledge my accomplishment on my post, but instead made a comment on the printer abyss. So I interpreted that as you not thinking that was an accomplishment because I didn’t carve or make it out of wood.
My bad, that’s the problem with making assumptions. I appolgize for that. ;)
In addition, when sharing something you’re excited about, we have to remain humble, as not everyone will be as impressed as you might be with your accomplishment. ROTF
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I went back and liked the original post :). Sorry, again, for the confusing post! I should have added a laughing emoji to make my intention more clear.
 
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dockattner said:
I went back and liked the original post :). Sorry, again, for the confusing post! I should have added a laughing emoji to it to make my intention more clear.
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No worries, you have always been very supportive and normally at least give something a thumbs up or give a compliment, and I sincerely appreciate that, so the absence of anything, coupled with the comment caught me off guard. I’m certain it’s oversight on your part, I feel bad you went back added a like…sigh…this is starting to feel petty. So anyway, I was pretty excited about how the railings turned out, and I let that cloud my normal good judgement I suppose. Anyway, I appreciate you and keep the jokes coming! ;)

Ps - you don’t have to like the railings…I do ROTF
 
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Now for the fisherman…
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This is the go by…

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Initial start…I like to start at the head. If I mess that up, no need to go any further…start over, do not pass go, do not collect $200 ROTF

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The best way for me to really see what I have without paint is to hold it so I get shadows. As you can see, it has a long way to go. But showing some signs of promise.
Thus far I have only used an xacto knife and micro files.
Where it will go…

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To be honest, I’m never excited or confident when I first start a carving because I can decide to scrap it at any time…lol. I try not to get too attached until I’m done. ;)
I don’t have to scrap many, but it’s always a possibility. Anyway, I have spent too many late nights getting the port carvings and railings done. I need a good nights rest tonight. To be continued…
 
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Update …making progress on the fisherman…usually takes a couple of days on one of these.
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And suddenly I realized l was carving @Daniel20 …ROTF

Ps - no rotary tools used yet. Sometimes they make everything round and you want sharp edges on some things. So just xacto knife, micro files, micro chisel and sanding stick so far.
 
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Dean62 said:
Update …making progress on the fisherman…usually takes a couple of days on one of these.
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And suddenly I realized l was carving @Daniel20 …ROTF

Ps - no rotary tools used yet. Sometimes they make everything round and you want sharp edges on some things. So just xacto knife, micro files, micro chisel and sanding stick so far.
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That is going to be a very handsome Fisherman, Dean.
Regards, Peter
 
Ok, and finally after a few days of long hours…
The semi finished fisherman…
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The lighter wood is where his stick broke off…sigh. But it’s being painted, otherwise I would have glued a piece of matching Pearwood. Anyway, on to paint…

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A base coat of black and some dry brushing to maintain my theme. ;)
And next to the reference material…

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I noticed too late the reference figure is looking back…mine is not, oh well. My guy says, what’s behind me is not important! ROTF

I shared this recent carving process because there has been recent interest in carving and a great thread on carving techniques.
In the beginning when it was new to me, I shared some of my process pictures. But as much carvings as I have been doing, if I did that with every piece on my ship, my build log would be 1,000 pages long (it still may be…lol) and I would end up boring you. So I hope you enjoyed this insight into my carving of the ships ornaments.
 
And on the ship finally…
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Now I can do the railing on this side and it’s mostly done! Woohoo!
Oh yeah, there is a scroll under his feet he will be standing on…that should be fun.

Ps - I realized on these tiny carvings, perfect is the enemy of good! Once I start reworking things too much, bad things happen. So I’m learning to settle on some details for the good of the piece. ;)
 
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I must share something humorous. My admiral plays video games in her spare time. I build models. I’ve never been a big fan of video games, I would rather be building something to satisfy my artistic side.
So one day she says to me, “I am going to play my video game and you can go work on your toys” What? I said, “They are not toys! They are models! You play with toys and you display models! Geez!”
Then one day I found myself admiring one of my airplanes and I picked it up and started turning it at different angles and next thing you know I had it in a dive was making engine noises and machine gun straffing sounds followed! She was in combat! Then I looked around real quick to make sure my wife wasn’t around, and I quickly put it back on the shelf!!! ROTF
 
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