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B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Wed, Dec 6, 2006 7:29 PM Yo Paipo You weren't really expecting a Jade looking Octopus? Aren't they ALWAYS Slimey greeen looking?. You of ALl peeps should have expected this, You and Tama. How many Peeps will you nreed to bump off to get your hands on one of these?? That I know of ONLY ONE. Take a trip over to the GMAN's house and convince him that you want it more than he needs his life. IF You went the Other way, you're talkin about 15 to 20 peeps bumped outta the way to get yours. This way you and everybody gets theirs, Eveb GMAN, even if it is for a shorter time than anticipated... Yes, Even by My Standards, this is ahighly inspired piece of work and I've had lots of help from the Ancients. Things that should not have worked and did. Things that I could Never have been able to do are done. I Didn't ask for the green color, it's Not what I wanted, I wanted a mottled brown/grey/white and beige. I think my color scheme would have looked great, but NO, theyu wanted it Their way and Who can argue with the likes of them. SHut me up[ now!Thanks Paipo, I appreciate the kind wordz. JP Thanks for the comps. The magic of modern tooling. I had to do just about ALL the shaping with knives, gouges, chisels, All hand tools, I used a couple different size cup burs and corrisponding ball burs . First grind a cup and then hollow it out like a bowl,, EAZY and FUN! teaKEY I DID Tickle his belly with the hook. Once I had him there he did what I wanded and more. Thanks Aaron, Thanks for the props. I Really love the "Octo-Pendant". Watch, it will be the new 'In Thing" to have at TC events now. Thanks again! Tama the Tearful, It's OK, I know how this stuff effects you and it will be better in the morning. Well, I figured "what is an Octopus without suckers" and the rest is history. All it took was a few little toolz to do it kinda right. Thanks for the Accolades and kind words and for the tears too! LAKE, Welcome around these parts, how'd you find yer way, Glad you did, thanks for the kind words. MCTiki. Thanks for the New words Yes there is Mana all over the place. So much, that the isrealites are stopping by here to get bags of mana for their trip across the red sea. They thought moses parted the seas, but it was My mana thak kept them afloat all the way across the Red sea and Moseso got all the credit for it and I was left holding a bag of mouldy mana that someone had stepped on and flattened out. Thanks McTiki Conga, thanks big time for the Coolest words tonight. You know how to make a guy feel great Thanx. GMAN, YEP, I'm Proud, I Really love the way he is coming together. Oh Yeah, You'll get to spend the holidaze with him ahttp://www.ebay.com/ eBay nd I get to be here without Anything like him, maybe I should just kep him myown self . I could make you up a regular moai later?? Yes Raffer, A coffee table book would be great. Who out there knowshow to get this done?? Thanks Raffer! Keigs 20/40, Thanks for the comps and props , every little bit helps Hewey, Actually I paid 3.99$ for it and was super happy to get it http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=250046685152&rd=1&rd=1 I think that covered shipping too!.Thanks fr the props. WOW, Thanks everyone for the response . I will definitely be doing a few more of these, one for Paipo, one for Tama and one for a non TC member. Thanks and Good nite!

Yo Paipo You weren't really expecting a Jade looking Octopus? Aren't they ALWAYS Slimey greeen looking?. You of ALl peeps should have expected this, You and Tama.
How many Peeps will you nreed to bump off to get your hands on one of these?? That I know of ONLY ONE. Take a trip over to the GMAN's house and convince him that you want it more than he needs his life. IF You went the Other way, you're talkin about 15 to 20 peeps bumped outta the way to get yours. This way you and everybody gets theirs, Eveb GMAN, even if it is for a shorter time than anticipated...
Yes, Even by My Standards, this is ahighly inspired piece of work and I've had lots of help from the Ancients. Things that should not have worked and did. Things that I could Never have been able to do are done. I Didn't ask for the green color, it's Not what I wanted, I wanted a mottled brown/grey/white and beige. I think my color scheme would have looked great, but NO, theyu wanted it Their way and Who can argue with the likes of them.
SHut me up[ now!Thanks Paipo, I appreciate the kind wordz.

JP Thanks for the comps. The magic of modern tooling. I had to do just about ALL the shaping with knives, gouges, chisels, All hand tools, I used a couple different size cup burs and corrisponding ball burs . First grind a cup and then hollow it out like a bowl,, EAZY and FUN!

teaKEY I DID Tickle his belly with the hook. Once I had him there he did what I wanded and more. Thanks

Aaron, Thanks for the props. I Really love the "Octo-Pendant". Watch, it will be the new 'In Thing" to have at TC events now. Thanks again!

Tama the Tearful, It's OK, I know how this stuff effects you and it will be better in the morning.
Well, I figured "what is an Octopus without suckers" and the rest is history. All it took was a few little toolz to do it kinda right. Thanks for the Accolades and kind words and for the tears too!

LAKE, Welcome around these parts, how'd you find yer way, Glad you did, thanks for the kind words.

MCTiki. Thanks for the New words Yes there is Mana all over the place. So much, that the isrealites are stopping by here to get bags of mana for their trip across the red sea. They thought moses parted the seas, but it was My mana thak kept them afloat all the way across the Red sea and Moseso got all the credit for it and I was left holding a bag of mouldy mana that someone had stepped on and flattened out. Thanks McTiki

Conga, thanks big time for the Coolest words tonight. You know how to make a guy feel great Thanx.

GMAN, YEP, I'm Proud, I Really love the way he is coming together. Oh Yeah, You'll get to spend the holidaze with him ahttp://www.ebay.com/
eBay nd I get to be here without Anything like him, maybe I should just kep him myown self . I could make you up a regular moai later??
Yes Raffer, A coffee table book would be great. Who out there knowshow to get this done?? Thanks Raffer!

Keigs 20/40, Thanks for the comps and props , every little bit helps

Hewey, Actually I paid 3.99$ for it and was super happy to get it
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=250046685152&rd=1&rd=1
I think that covered shipping too!.Thanks fr the props.

WOW, Thanks everyone for the response . I will definitely be doing a few more of these, one for Paipo, one for Tama and one for a non TC member.
Thanks and Good nite!

Post #270882 by Benzart on Wed, Dec 6, 2006 7:29 PM