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Old 11-27-2007, 12:00 AM
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Default Yet another Mark G Santa

I enjoyed the article and I'm real happy with the way the paint job came out. Well.... for my first try anyway.
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He is very well done. He has a lot of personality. Great job carving and painting.
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Old 11-27-2007, 08:13 AM
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Very, very nice....The whole piece is really great, design, color, and clean-ness, love your deep round checkbone structure too. Great Job! Bill
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Great job Elwood, interesting personality on him. Great finish.
They are a super little project to do, thank you Mark for sharing them with us.

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good work Elwood,

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You should definitely be proud of him! Nice job.


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Such GOOD work ..... such GOOD fun !! Many thanks for sharing
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Ya done Mark Gargac justice. Nicely carved and painted.
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Very nice Dave, you must of had to get pretty thin to get that many pearcings. Boy there fun aren't they. I have another one ready to be painted. Again great job Feb
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Thankyou for the fine comments all. I got to see Marks carvings up close and I can tell you I got a long ways to go . The photos in this issue are just great, and the instructions on painting are gonna help the looks of my projects tremendously. Thanks Mark
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