Post #490545 by SDshirtman on Wed, Oct 28, 2009 1:44 AM

Here are the latest pics. I think I'm almost done. Seems like I have a million hours in him so far.
I'm contemplating doing some design work on the legs and arms. We'll see though. I dont want to overkill it.
Iv'e been sanding the living hell out of him to the point that I never want to see sandpaper again and I dont think I have fingerprints anymore.
My garage also has a fine coat of dust everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE! What a mess.

I wish i would have taken more pics of my first carve progress. My wife has some on here camera. Anyways here's what I have.

I used a dremel to do the lines in his hands. I haven't broken out the dremel much the entire carve except for this and a tad around his tongue.

I made the lines a little deeper and sharper with a chisel. I'd love to know how everyone else is doing it.

Here's a few to show a 360ish view.

In retrospect I would have done a few things different on the back but I'm cool with how this came out.

Here are some close ups. I did a small burn in his mouth to get a feel for the torch.
Still deciding is I want to burn him of use an airbrush to blacken in the deeper cuts.

Was kind of nervous about the eyes but now that its done I'm wondering what I was worried about.

So I think I still have some more sanding to do then I can think about staining him.
I bought some minwax special walnut to color him with.

If anyone can advise me I'm wondering if I should stain him all at once or do him in sections. Its been 15 years since I stained anything and he's a decent size at 44". Now that I'm this far into it I dont want to botch the last step.

Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement so far.

[ Edited by: SDshirtman 2009-10-28 01:49 ]