Fighting off withdrawal symptons

Blinky Bill · #1 01-11-2008, 02:29 AM

G'day All,
Thanks to Thomp who made me aware of Tom Wolfes' book of dog patterns, I started work on this pair of houn' dawgs. Still a bit of fine tuning to finish them off, but that is how I fought off the withdrawal symptoms brought about by not getting my WCI fix over the past few days.

John down under.........mus' be summer...42°c yesterday and 40° today hmmmm, maybe it's time to buy one of them there air condishuners??

PeteM · #2 01-11-2008, 05:52 AM

Hi Bill,

They look like they're coming on really well - I like the feeling of movement.

I've got a 'playful hound' WIP from Tom's book, in 2" Lime that I have been cutting out using an old treadle fretsaw...nearly finished the cutout anyway, and this has inspired me to pick it up again.

How do you plan on finishing them?

Pete

tucker1931 · #3 01-11-2008, 06:07 AM

Mighty fine lookin dogs ya got there, very well done. Now ya need a little cotton tail rabbit lookin at them. Thanks for letting us have a look.
Cliff

Joy · #4 01-11-2008, 07:22 AM

I love those hound dogs. I need to give them a try.

Winter has been here less than a month and I am ready for some of that heat you have!

Blinky Bill · #5 01-11-2008, 08:48 AM

Thanks for the nice words folks, Pete, I will probably leave most of the knife marks and do them with washed out acrylics.

Cliff, I'm trying to come up with a scene to fit them into, will keep your rabbit idea in mind, thanks.

Thanks Joy, and we would swap as much heat as you can handle for some of your extra rain.....our local area has had just a little over 12 inches for the whole year, gettin' awful dry and dusty 'round here Karf Karf!
John

Thomp · #6 01-11-2008, 11:16 AM

dang, john...

thems some fine dogs, and yer a quick study, there from tom wolfs country carving,
i carved the 2 dogs a coon and a man from the book for my brother in law, the coon was treed up a tree (weird shaped pruned branch)

i carved a few other dogs as well from 6 of his books i got on ebay..
not to hyste the thread but maybe a thought or two for finishing i posted a few pics below

and my frank'in coon me and eddy pieced togather more of my pics of this book project at (link)

toms book best found it this <link>

Blinky Bill · #7 01-11-2008, 09:53 PM

Thanks again Thomas,
problem is, I need to create a scene that's typically Australian...lol.. no coons etc. over here, just rabbits, foxes, and 'roos.
But something will come to mind I'm sure.

gene messer · #8 01-11-2008, 10:12 PM

Bill .. Tom Wolfs book was one of the first I ever owned .. and it still graces my book shelf ..

This scene is one of my favorites and I have carved several versions of the scene for friends ...

Your dogs are top notched for sure .. good carving job and I like the way you left the cuts in them ..

Iam sure your think of a perfect scene for these guys and lets us see it when your finished ..

a great job Bill ..

Gene

Thomp · #9 01-11-2008, 10:38 PM

john,

heres some thoughts, I never been to the outback but I'd think rabbits there hide in hollow trees or logs? foxes on stone walls,

would a roo stand and fight? or out run a hound?

they run dogs here on possums to keep them in shape sometimes dad said when he was a kid they would shoot the possum to feed the dogs easy way to get that chore done i guess,,,

that log the hound is on was hollowed a little, with a forsner bit, guess a paddle bit would do the same in a drill press... but please use a clamp on the log section to a 2x4 board to keep your hands clear incase the limb splits ,,, hate to know you got hurt trying to duplicate it...

i used a spring clamp with a work glove wrapped around the log to keep the clamp from maring the bark...

eddy,
the scene was given to my brother-in-law while the mat deft finish was drying before Christmas, he went to the deer camp before Christmas and just got back to process the 6 deer he got.. we call it the deer camp but he's got a small walk in freezer there... and lazy boys enough to accommodate 6 men.
he grinned a lot, but didn't say nothing but the coon didnt have enough brown in its coat,
I said heck its an old coon.

Blinky Bill · #10 02-09-2008, 11:13 AM

Yes Thomp, you're right about rabbits hiding in stumps and logs etc. and I'm busy trying to set a scene up (trying for comical) and am working on the rabbits etc. now. As far as how the 'roos react to being hunted, first they will attempt to outrun dogs or hunters being fairly timid. But if cornered they become very dangerous.....if a dog gets too close and they have the chance the 'roo will grab the dog with his front legs and head into any available pond or river and hold the dog underwater to drown. In the case of a human getting too close, the 'roo will grab him high up on the body, then rock back on his tail and bring up those powerful back legs and disembowel him.
Sorry to take so long getting back to you on this, but I had some tests done at the hospital and was told I have Angina and that I had a heart attack at some time in the past ( darned if I know where I was when that happened) anyway, went into hospital new years eve and next day had a Stent inserted and have to go again this coming wednesday to have another couple done, after that they say I should be OK .....Below is "Curly" the Great Aussie hunter, and part of the scene I'm trying to set up.
John in Australia

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