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Well, I thought I'd try something completely different. The missus has officially claimed me to be insane.
Here is a hardly used Case Red Imp with oasage scales cut one piece into the figure of a lady. Different indeed, but not sure if I like it. Definately was kind of fun to make.
Blade polished up nice. Not sahrp yet, but if it is like my Temperite, it should be a fine shaver.
Is she a keeper, or get rid of her and stick with traditional scales?
Jerry
I like it....FINE WORK!!!
That certainly is very cool to look at; I'd suggest at least keeping the original scales (in case you decide to sell her at some point in the future). The Imps are like the Temperites in that they are fantastic shavers. I've used the quarter hollow ("wedge") and full hollow versions of each; I found the full hollow Temperite stiffer than the full hollow Imp.
Wow, right up the crack!
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Originally Posted by Ditch Doc
Thats gotta hurt!
nice butt ;-)
:gaah: Talk about a knife in the back! Thanks Guys!Quote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Honest opinion? I think from the waist down looks great and accurate but then upwards it "loses focus" kind of. The upper half doesn't look as refined or accurate I guess as the bottom half. I'm sure it took a lot of work to figure out that pattern, and it's a great idea. I think you could practice another set and have it turn out even better! Nice idea and I love the one piece scale aspect.
I like it. Great concept K.
Her neck & throat area however is disproportionately large compared to her nice slim body.
Trouble is having the blade slip thru the other side if you correct that.
If her gluteus prevented further blade travel you could hollow the back of her neck a little.
Or you could make her strictly a body sculpture & remove the facial features.
Dammit I just find women confusing. :shrug::D
Thanks for the feedback. Part of the head/ neck/ back is that the picture I was using as a concept had poofy long hair. I think with somethin like this, the hair shouldn't be considered or it should be better defined.
"If her gluteus prevented further blade travel you could hollow the back of her neck a little."
A bigger butt and less hair for the next one. :rofl2:
A bigger butt and less hair for the next one. :rofl2:[/QUOTE]
Oh Behave !!
I really like it, actually - It would be grand if you could do that and scrimshaw the features into it! Really though, I saw the hair immediately and realized the proportion difference. Perhaps you could carve some relief into the hair to make it stand out a bit?
Either way, I think it's great...really unique!
Mark
Dare I say it?
Nice arse, shame about the head... :P
I don't think the hair is really the issue. You can tell there would be hair there although a little more definition couldn't hurt. I think what the issue is is the "relation" of the head to the rest of the body. The head from chin to top looks like it is the size of the hamstring- which looks like that means it's huge for someone's head lol. Also, the proportions between chin and nose and forehead, etc. are a little iffy. The breast could use less "easing into" the stomach too. I'm not trying to be an A-hole here, I think this could be really cool if refined a little more. People are usually just frightened to give real feedback which I think is valuable.
She's a butter face, lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancer
Cut some hair from walnut, epoxy it on and call her a brunette. Should have used a Wacker blade, then it would be an Osage orange girl with a Wacker.
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Originally Posted by cannonfodder
That's not a 'Wedge' by any chance, is it?!
:roflmao
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Originally Posted by C utz
Ummm That would be" Wedgie" I do believe :D
Seriously though great idea, and great work, I am by no means artistic enough to ever try something like that..... Or to realize if the neck, hair and any other line was out of proprotion....
Good Job !!!!
Now after showing it to my very artistic wife her response was yes the head is a little off, the body looks fantastic, and her suggestion was do more of a Barbie style hair flip and tiny little nose and the with the hair flip in the back you could elongate the neck line more....
Hope that made sense to you because I have no idea what she meant... Her words not mine were "If he is enough of an artist to do that , he'll know what I mean"
First - great idea!
Second - kudos, I wouldn't be able to do it half as well
Third - hoping to help you improve further: yes, the proportions are off. The head, for one, as mentioned above. The nose in particular is pretty big imo for a nice lady :) Hair is OK, but the chin are, etc. - also too big. The other thing is that I think it would look better with longer legs. Right now the torso looks too big / long for the legs to me
Cheers
Ivo
edit: if you sand / reduce the nose, and then fix the throat by making the current mouth the chin - it would look better. And for the next scales I still think longer legs would be more pleasing to the eye
she's a cleveland brown. love the uniform, not the helmet. lmao. i kill myself.
it looks very nice, i'd keep it.