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24th February 2010, 10:45 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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the Kaiser and Ned Kelly
I recently had a commission for two small busts, one of them was to be a 'Ned Kelly' looking character. The other was to look like a 'German' with a helmet. In both cases they were to be mounted on plinths with the names of their recipients attched thereon...
Ned was straight forward except that half the reference photos I found of his armour are reverse image. Trouble is I don't know which is the reversed and which is correctly oriented so I just chose one. Hope its right.
The 'German' was a little trickier. I didn't want to copy a Nazi helemt so in the end I went back a couple more generations for my inspiration. I decided on the monocle at the last minute which I though added to the 'Prussian' effect.
Both busts are on walnut plinths. Hope you enjoy
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24th February 2010, 10:57 PM #2
Great fun, love them.
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25th February 2010, 07:21 AM #3
Looking good Whittling, your customer should be very happy.
Is the wood White Beech and how high.
Terry
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25th February 2010, 07:30 AM #4Skwair2rownd
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They are really good Whittling. Certainly brought a smile to my face.
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25th February 2010, 08:54 AM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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Thanks guys, they were fun to do. Its good for me, getting things like that that have no 'pattern' in existence... at least not one I know about. When its from scratch like that, one has to do research and develope new patterns and techniques. I sometimes have to force myself into new ground. I'm always a bit nervous about it before I start but once you get into it, it just seems to flow.
The busts are in Jelutong and they each stand about 7 inches or 175 mm.
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26th February 2010, 04:22 PM #6
I like Neds shifty eyes but my faves the Kaiser
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3rd March 2010, 10:45 PM #7Member
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g'day Whittling
love them
cheers
grant
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