Cahvah's Weblog http://cahvah.wordpress.com The purpose of this blog is to document the progress of carvings I am working on. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:57:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/3e92284a7f28471cf96185aa4f55f0e5?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Cahvah's Weblog http://cahvah.wordpress.com Whiskers have been added. http://cahvah.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/whiskers-have-been-added/ http://cahvah.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/whiskers-have-been-added/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:57:45 +0000 cahvah http://cahvah.wordpress.com/?p=274 ]]>

Maine Coon Cat 04-20-09

The whiskers have been added and the whole carving (with the eyes masked) was sprayed with an acrylic matte finish for protection.

Maine Coon Cat 04-20-09 Back View

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Maine Coon Cat 04-19-09

The white has been toned down a lot with more brown and more beige tones .

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Maine Coon Cat 04-16-09

I recarved some of the mouth area and retextured it; repainted to tone down some of the white and the pink on the nose. When I add the whiskers, there will be a little bit more painting to do and that will tone down the white a bit more.

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Several more thin washes have reduced the red tones. Highlight details have been added.

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A little more painting is done here. Except for detail, I’m using several thin washes to build up the color.

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Base coat

Just a thin coat of burnt sienna acrylic paint as a base coat.

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Mouth recarved

The lower jaw was recarved for a more petite look

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It has taken a good amount of time, but finally the texturing is completed. I used 3 different size V-tools and the skew tip on the wood burner followed by a good rubbing with Scotch-Brite synthetic steel wool and a brush to remove any particles left behind. Next step will be painting.

Closeup of Face and Eyes

Since the filler used to set the eyes in doesn’t burn well, I thought I would upload a closeup showing that the area is, in fact, textured. I used a 1mm V-tool.

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cat3-04-09

The eyes have been set in with wood putty and I am in the process of modeling and shaping the filler.

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The eyes have not really been set in here…they are just loosely placed in the sockets. I thought it looked a lot less eerie than it did without any eyes :)

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