Post #599837 by metalhead on Fri, Jul 29, 2011 11:08 AM

Man time goes by fast, any way i've got some photos - check it out! The order is backwards, sorry about that, but you get the idea. This guy stands about 22 inches tall. So starting at the top - forged railroad spikes on a rear end gear from a 72 maverick, a valve from a fire engine with the hibiscus flower on both sides carved in with a die grinder, the eyes were formed by cutting slits in the eyes and getting the metal red hot and bending it out, then capping it with a thin strip of steel. The nostrils are a plumbing fitting, and the body of the nose was shaped with a lot of welding and grinding. The teeth are made out of a recycled trailer securing system. and he is sitting on a flange from the rear axle of same ford maverick. The patina is a force rusting technique that is then clear coated a couple of times.

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