Captain Salty

[Soggy]

Hi folks; .........Meet Capt. Salty. Just finished him last night and thought I'd introduce to him to the forum. He's 6" tall and carved from basswood. I used the pattern supplied by Beiderman and Johnston in their book "The Beginners Handbook of Woodcarving"
Thanks for looking;

[DADDIO]

good job on the ol salt,i see your kinda new to carving,try this i did basicly the same guy not too long after i started then about a year later did him again,you'ed be amazed at the difference in you carvings between that time.but you've done a good job there,aye aye capn't

[Merle Rice]

Nice Carving and Painting. Keep it up. Merle

[Mottles]

Hi Soggy, your 'Capt. Salty' is just terrific and nice painting job too.
Kathy

[Soggy]

Thanks all for your comments. I'm just beginning my next carving, but don't seem to get much done................by the way who's idea was it to only have 24 hrs. in a day?
For my next project I'm attempting to follow Gene Messer's tutorial on "Carving a simple small figure from a block of wood". One thing is for sure I'm getting plenty of exersise, my computer is up stairs in the diningroom and I do my carving in the basement, so I come up and study the tutorial then dash back to the basement to apply what Gene has shown. Who says carving is relaxing :-)

[gene-messer]

Soggy .. you did a good job .. like the carving and painting both ..

Gene

[Ron T]

Hi Soggy,

Nice job carving and painting the little gent.

[Jim Arnold]

Hey Soggy,

The Captain looks good there matey. Really nice paint job too! thanks for sharing...

Jim

[Shimmy]

GOOD job on yhe carving and the painting.Keep it up.