Pancho Project Part 16 – Wrapping Things Up

Finally!  This post will wrap up the series on carving Pancho.  There are more photos in the gallery and the last video is below.  Hope you all enjoyed this journey down south of the border.  As always your comments are welcomed and appreciated.

Pancho Project Part 15 – Finishing The Hat

As I’ve received quite a few requests to see this project through to completion I’ll comply with your wishes.  With this video I show how to put the finishing touches to the hat.  Also, in the hope it might help you to keep your paint brushes in top shape I explain and demonstrate how I go about doing just that. 

Pancho Project Part 14 – More Painting

Continuing on with the painting of Pancho, in this video we finish up with applying the black dots to his hat, we draw in the lines for the poncho’s striped design, and finally we prime the surface of the cloth area in preparation for the stripes. 

Pancho Project Part 13 – Painting The Head

Pancho Project Part 12 – Painting The Hat

Pancho Project Part 11 – An Earring & A Little Smoke

We give the character an earring, burn on a little detail,  run him through the sander and he’s ready for the paint table.

Pancho Project-part 10-Finishing Up The Carving

With this video we finish up with the carving part of the project.  It’s rather long….30 minutes.   I got kind of carried away but just wanted to get the job done.  As I say in the video this is going to be a really neat piece once he’s painted up.   As always, your comments are appreciated.

Pancho Project-Part 9-The Sombrero

We pick this one up with the Sombrero being as we lost the video on carving the Poncho. 

Pancho Project-Part 8-Pancho Gets A Poncho

Here is the video on Pancho’s new poncho.   No carving this time….just a lot of talk.  But sometimes that’s necessary.

Pancho Goes On The Wagon

I was down at the shop this morning looking at Pancho laying on the workbench and thought ..."Boy! That head is just too good to waste on a bottle stopper!" So.......kicking ideas around while thumbing through my reference photos I found this photo of a "Saltillo" or Mexican poncho that I downloaded back in 2001. See, you've got to hang on to those photos when you come across them. Anway, I thought with a little modification it would make a great bust and turn an otherwise common bottle stopper into a really nice carving.

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In the "Pancho Bottle Stopper-Bust" Picasa folder you'll find photos of the blank I cut out along with the measurements. I've also included photos of my blank. If you decide to do it this way be careful cutting that blank as it takes some tricky saw work. I knocked off the corners of mine but just as easily left them and carved them off. The web link at the bottom of the sketch is no longer valid. But you can find lots of photos of various Ponchos on the net.

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The remainder of this will be done with videos, I just wanted you to see the pattern and the blank. The only thing different we'll be doing by switching to a bust is the lack of instruction in carving the neckerchief. But we did that in the Shifty series so we covered there if you want to continue with the bottle stopper.

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I finally got my new editing software and we're on a pause with the kitchen cabinets till the countertops are made so maybe I can put up a new video soon. Now get back to work on those "Quigleys". Just a couple of weeks left!!!

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Comments welcome as always.

Pancho Bottle Stopper – Part 7

With this post we’ll finish up the head.

Pancho Bottle Stopper – Part 6 – Mustache & Nose

Finally!  I’ve been at this since 6 this morning but at least part 6 is finished.   So here they are.  If you’’re wondering why I’m wearing my “Wellies” it’s because when we made the movies there was 6” of snow outside.  Anway, have fun!