Confederate Soldiers

[Irishman]

I while ago I posted the little Yankee in this photo. I have since then fixed up his beard and carved another little Confederate Soldier to complete the set. The mustaches are somewhat exaggerated giving them a more of a caricature look. These were two pieces of birch (less than a foot) I had laying around so I thought I'd give them a try. The Yankee looks more golden as he has had several coats of oil while the other just had one so far. Thanks for looking.
Patrick

[Gergie]

They look great. Thanks for sharing your fine work.Thumbs Up

[gene-messer]

Wow Patrick .. Your faces are so unique .. I a'm a lover of the civil war and these are great ..You got the cap's and the look down just right .. good job ..

[Bartster]

patrick,

good work on the soldeirs i like them both.

bart

[Blake Lunsford]

Nice carvings Patrick! Thanks for sharing them with us!

Blake

[Joy]

Nice set. I like the exaggerated mustaches.
Joy

[feb]

Patrick, I like them very much. I really like the eyes guess i'll haveto take another look at your tutorial. Isn't that birch hard to carce. feb

[Irishman]

Thanks everyone. Someone suggested I start a series of these little guys - perhaps make them a collectors set. I typically do my carvings on inspiration so I'll park that idea for a time.
Feb, the birch I use is raw (right from the log) as I do with many of my carvings. Not sure if the white or yellow is the harder of the two types. I find it similar to basswood logs. I am yet to carve a block of professionally dried wood so I don't know what I'm missing.

Patrick

[jillsy]

Hi Patrick,

Seems like you could make a great chess or checkers set using these guys!

Jillsy

[tnartist05]

Both are really neat Patrick! What are they carved in plus how tall are they!

Great Job!! TnArtist