Post #271212 by Tamapoutini on Fri, Dec 8, 2006 3:56 AM

Kia ora Guys n Gals.

Thanks Ben. Kenna had a great day, meeting new friends at school & a party this afternoon... The kids have long since crashed & the last guests just leaving. It is now tommorrow (Saturday 9th would you believe - you guys are still in Thursday as I understand it..?) :lol: & a perfect time to show what yesterday produced...

Back with a new one: (& about bl#@dy time, right Kings?) another challenge. Been looking forward to this myself...

We got a SEXY piece of stone; some of the sexiest Ive had my finger on in quite some time...

We got a hat; a fez; Bullets' Fez...

We got a clever little template to match the curve in said fez...

We got a design to go with the sexy stone & clever template...

We gonna use that clever template to make a curve in that sexy stone to match the curve on the fez...

And the Ancients bestow their blessings: the diameter of the fez is exactly the same as the diameter of my sexy grinding wheel, making a difficult job so much easier. Alright!!!

Beautiful...

A perfect fit!

Now to do the same to the front, only manually.

That'll do...

We got our design.

Trimmed out.

Homing in.

Taken some more of the thickness out of the back. Working much heavier than usual & very carefully working my way into the form - dont want to mess this one up!! Working with the curve is a bit of a nostalgic approach, reminds me of carving dem bones Gman...

Punched a few holes & that'll do for one day, phew! Hope youre liking it Bullet!

I'll try to keep at this one & will post progress as it happens.

Im also going to swing by with some progress for you Tikimecula; keep an eye out.

Happy carving all! Tama :)