The Daily Grind - Part 10 - Wrapping It Up!

He's finally finished.  Everything is put in place and anchored down.  Unfortunately, during the upload of the video the picture dropped out at the 17.25 mark for about three minutes till it picks up again at 21.50. The audio is still there and you didn't miss that much...just the glueing of the figure to the base so it's not a total loss.  I guess those things happen occasionally.  Also, I forgot to film the insertion of the spurs!  Sorry!  I wonder if these things happen out in Hollywood? He turned out to be a pretty impressive piece.  There are a number of areas that I could have improved upon but I'll leave that till the next one takes shape.

I hope you enjoyed this painting adventure and maybe picked up some things you can use.  For myself,  I learned how to paint a leather-looking vest, something I hadn't done before but will definitely do again. I also tried a new trick with the lantern which I will pass along to you in the future.  So, as always happens, if you're willing to experiment and try new things your work always becomes better for it.

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The Daily Grind - Part 9 - Gloves & Cuffs

We're getting close!  With these last two things the painting part will be done.

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The Daily Grind - Part 8 - Painting The Vest

Continuing to move up the body, the vest gets it's color with this one.  Someone stopped by the shop shortly after we finished the video and when first seeing the figure ask if  the vest was leather!  She was surprised when I told her it was just paint so I guess the operation was a success! Here's how I did it!


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The Daily Grind - Part 7 - The Shirt

Oops!  Someone forgot to delete the previous videos off the memory card.  I won't name any names but their initials are Lynn Doughty!  As a result, this one ends kind of abruptly.  Sorry!  The only thing missing was the painting of the neckerchief so you didn't miss too much.  Maybe I should cut back on telling my life experiences and philosophy of carving and painting?

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The Daily Grind - Part 6 - Finishing up the Chaps & Belts

Uploaded this one overnight. Even made it through a thunderstorm.

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The Daily Grind - Part 5 - The Chaps

We start working on the Chaps in this one.  Hopefully, I got all the segments in this time.

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Daily Grind - Part 4 - Hat, Holster & Gun

We taped this segment this morning using the new camera, a Sony CX-220.  I produced it in both MP4, the format used by Youtube and most other similar cites, and then made a duplicate in HD which is just below this.  HD is great but it has it's drawbacks being as it's such a large file.  Compared to the 139MB for the MP4 the HD version takes up 851MB.  It took a little over 5 hours to upload the HD video.   If you download these files for your personal use this higher quality will definitely affect your copying.   So.........   You are going to have to let me know what you want.   Do you want the higher resolution of HD or are you satisfied with the MP4?  We do this for you so you'll be the deciding factor.

 OOPS! I just noticed that I dropped a segment at the end of the Hat where I paint the hatband and do some dry brushing with white to finished it up. Too late now! We've covered that before so if you need to you can review some of the earlier posts.  Sorry!

Here's the HD version:


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And here is the MP4.
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Looking forward to your comments as always.

The Daily Grind - Part 3 - Boots, Jeans & A Coffee Pot

WooHoo!  New table and hopefully better views!   I built a mobile table to aid in the recording of these videos which should give you a better view of what's taking place.  Let me know what you think.

In this one we paint the boots, jeans and the coffee pot.

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The Daily Grind - Part 2 - Painting The Head

As I started to paint this figure I thought you might like to come along for the ride so here is the first part on painting his head.  It's a long one.


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The Daily Grind - Part 1

This one has been in the works for months.  It started out to be something and then ended up being something else so I guess you could say it ended up being what it started out as......Something!

He's a large one....standing about 18-20 inches with the base.  The lantern will probably be changed in the final configuration as I was able to get some hollow plexiglas tubing which will allow me to create an actual flame within the lamp globe.  Now all I have to do is to figure out how to do it.  But that's half the fun of creating these things.

Just one more photo in the Gallery and your comments are always welcome.

Chuck's On Boys!

Here is a Chuckwagon cook I just finished.  He's holding that coffee pot we made earlier and also a new version of a kerosene lantern.  Still honing a method of making a lamp that I can share.  This one is pretty close...a couple more tweeks and I think I'll have it.  There are more photos in the gallery and your comments are welcome as always.

Black Horses, Dark Nights!

Well, while it might be a while before I can pick up Old Reliable maybe I can at least get back to my project of uploading photos of my older carvings.

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I really like these two pieces. I can easily imagine a wrangler out before sunup trying to locate his ride for the day. Old Blackie might be the perfect horse but on a moonless night he sure is hard to locate.

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More photos in the Gallery and comments welcome as always.

Rise & Shine Boys!

As I mentioned a couple posts back, I was going to try a 3/4 bust. The reason I wanted to do this is because I like to always push the envelope a little by coming up with new or different ways to present a figure. Another reason is to lessen the price of a figure and this certainly should do that. I found it was really amazing how much more quickly I could complete this piece compared to the time it would have taken to do the whole body. I think once the name plate is in place it should make a nice presentation. So.....I'd really like your impressions and thoughts about doing a figure this way. Be honest.....I'm not looking for atta-boys!
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The theme of this piece is that it's just before sunrise and one of the cook's responsibilities is to roust the wranglers for the days work. He's got the biscuits baked and the coffee is hot so it's time to stop dreaming about that new filly down at the saloon. So get your butt out of the bedroll and your tack squared away.......we've got cows to move!
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Comments please .... more photos in the album!

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Update! Just loaded in the photos of him painted up. I think he turned out pretty good!

Early Morning Biscuits

I'm still in the "C's" and that means there are more cooks on the way and here is another version of one of my favorite characters. He's standing by his Dutch Oven, ready to apply some disipline to any wrangler who might think he can sneek in and grab a biscuit before the sun comes up.

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Chuckwagon Cooks are really fun to make as there are so many little details you can add to the scene. Also, the flour sack apron really gives one the chance to practice their painting techniques.

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More photos in the album and comments welcome.