Post #309842 by congatiki on Wed, May 30, 2007 1:17 PM

Many thanks Ben and Johnny...
Ben I was actually inspired by seeing all the cool stuff that GMan is doing, and
just decided to give it a try. I love the quick-gratification of whipping through
the basic cuts in short order and seeing things develop rapidly. I am
really happy with the figure (body) but I am still reworking the face to give it more
character.
Johnny I do have a lot of big wood still in my garage, but my source also dropped over
several full rounds that are only 12-18 inches high. I thought it was time to use a
bit of that stuff and chopped it into usable chunks for small carvings.
I plan on taking a couple of the more exotic Conga pieces and doing some small versions
of them.
I am also re-working the finish on this, which looks red in the photos but is actually
dark brown.