Thread: Crouching Tiger.

Well done sire!!

How big is the tiger?

Well done, Rob! You have really captured the bone/muscle structure of the crouching tiger!

Claude

Originally Posted by Christos

How big is the tiger?

It's about 34cm long and 14cm high including the base.

Thanks for the comments folks.

It's really got some charm about it ! You've definitely caught something tigery " about it .
Mike

Shoulders & elbows & hips = such a cat posture.
Another capture of a moment in time.
Thanks, Rob.

What's your opinion of basswood when compared with Jelutong?

Thanks Mike and RV. I think I printed about 20 pictures of tigers at all different angles to try and get the right crouching pose and muscle structure but still stuffed up on a couple of areas, Painting was also a challenge as I hardly ever paint wood but a tiger has to have stripes

RV, Basswood is better to carve than Jelutong in my opinion, more dense so it doesn't split and break off so easily but it's harder to sand than Jelutong. I have found a local timber place that has English lime so I'm going to get some of that next, I believe it's very similar to Basswood.

I have a cat, Heidi. She's old, like me. But, she is almost the same size as your carving.
I have trees in my lounge room. Heidi doesn't jump around in them much any more.
I have seen her crouch to pounce on toys and dead leaves. Exactly. Exactly as you have carved.
If anything, Heidi's head is smaller in ratio to her body. I don't know about tigers.

Originally Posted by Robson Valley

I have a cat, Heidi. She's old, like me. But, she is almost the same size as your carving.
I have trees in my lounge room. Heidi doesn't jump around in them much any more.
I have seen her crouch to pounce on toys and dead leaves. Exactly. Exactly as you have carved.
If anything, Heidi's head is smaller in ratio to her body. I don't know about tigers.

We had a cat that lived for 22 years, He wasn't doing much at all in his later years but early on he loved to ambush you and crouch down with that determined stare cats have. the tigers snout appears a bit longer than most big cats then the round hairy jaws, so the head appears to be a bit bigger I'd say.