turtle project

[woodman12]

Came across these turtles swimming and i liked the look ,so i have started to put things together and i wanted a run on how the turtle would look
before laminating black walnut
Basswood is great for experimenting almost like foam

http://youtu.be/16UbXTAx67s
The log end is done,its ash about 21in diameter and about 1.5 in thick,i also need driftood from the beach
need to start looking soon