Post #214963 by Howland on Wed, Feb 15, 2006 10:32 PM

OK, I believe I've finished the roughing out. Added some teeth, fingers and toes. Invested in a few decent grade chisels and decided to take a shot at adding a little more detail than I've done in the past. I found that some of the interior parts of the log were kinda rotten, soft, weak and stringy and I lost some small chunks of some features like under the right eye. I'll be a little more selective on my next log hunt.

I burned most of the big cuts with the ole Polynesian plumbers torch and for the smaller areas like detail lines and teeth, I used sticks of various sizes that I laid in the fire pit and used the burning end of the stick (blow it out first) like a pencil to burn the smaller cuts.

Still cranking on it --I'll post whatever happens next

Done w/roughin'

Dry, rotten, stringyness

chisels and close-up of some sloppy chisel work

Fire pencils-you might not be able to tell, but the ends of these sticks are glowing red.

Fire pencil in use