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Carving Long, Coarse Hair
I'm about to start carving some reliefs of animals and I'm looking for advice on how to handle some of the details. Specifically, I'm doing some squirrels with bushy tails. Squirrel tails have an outer layer of coarse guard hairs that stand out individually and help give the tail its distinctive bush. I'm not entirely sure how to proceed to make these hairs look realistic. The two obvious solutions are to ignore the hairs when carving and simply indicate them with paint. (The piece is to be painted more-or-less naturalistically.) The other is to try to carve around the individual hairs with a V tool. Neither of these seems satisfactory to me to give the kind of fluffy effect you see in a squirrel's tail. Does anyone have any suggestions? --RC Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine? |
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:50:47 -0500, Eddie Munster
wrote: Have you thought about a quality woodburner? John I use a woodburner for fur texture and such. The problem is that these hairs stand out away from the body of the tail. I don't think woodburning would be an improvement on paint in this case. --RC wrote: I'm about to start carving some reliefs of animals and I'm looking for advice on how to handle some of the details. Specifically, I'm doing some squirrels with bushy tails. Squirrel tails have an outer layer of coarse guard hairs that stand out individually and help give the tail its distinctive bush. I'm not entirely sure how to proceed to make these hairs look realistic. The two obvious solutions are to ignore the hairs when carving and simply indicate them with paint. (The piece is to be painted more-or-less naturalistically.) The other is to try to carve around the individual hairs with a V tool. Neither of these seems satisfactory to me to give the kind of fluffy effect you see in a squirrel's tail. Does anyone have any suggestions? --RC Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine? Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine? |
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On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:01:33 -0500, Eddie Munster
wrote: yes, you're right. I thought if the wood was soft enough a fine tip could be burnt in deep enough for a spikey effect. This is a tall order for a felief carving. How about mounting toothpicks.....no, that would make it a pourqupine! John Now _that_ is a truly squirrely suggestion! Seriously, I'm going to have to experiment to find what works best. --RC wrote: On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:50:47 -0500, Eddie Munster wrote: Have you thought about a quality woodburner? John I use a woodburner for fur texture and such. The problem is that these hairs stand out away from the body of the tail. I don't think woodburning would be an improvement on paint in this case. --RC wrote: I'm about to start carving some reliefs of animals and I'm looking for advice on how to handle some of the details. Specifically, I'm doing some squirrels with bushy tails. Squirrel tails have an outer layer of coarse guard hairs that stand out individually and help give the tail its distinctive bush. I'm not entirely sure how to proceed to make these hairs look realistic. The two obvious solutions are to ignore the hairs when carving and simply indicate them with paint. (The piece is to be painted more-or-less naturalistically.) The other is to try to carve around the individual hairs with a V tool. Neither of these seems satisfactory to me to give the kind of fluffy effect you see in a squirrel's tail. Does anyone have any suggestions? --RC Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine? Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine? Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine? |
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