First try at relief carving

[bioprof]

I plunged into this without buying an instructional video or reading a book on relief carving, but thanks to Mike Brook's tutorial and the postings on this board, my latest project is starting to take shape. I'm not done with the carving yet, but am happy with what I have so far. I'm still trying to figure out what to carve behind the tang. None of the pictures that I have show this part of the rifle. Any suggestions?

 

[Stoner]

Excellent work for the first time. Show us the finish gun later.

 

[MSW]

Nice work! (It came out a lot better than my first try.) You might want to check out Wallace Gussler's video. Google up technical video rentals- there are abunch of other neat videos there which i'll rent when i have th time. the video on relief carving was really excellent, and the cost is very reasonable.

Good luck

MSW

 

[davy]

Nice work! (It came out a lot better than my first try.) You might want to check out Wallace Gussler's video. Google up technical video rentals- there are abunch of other neat videos there which i'll rent when i have th time. the video on relief carving was really excellent, and the cost is very reasonable.

Good luck

MSW

Tech Video Rental is ace IMHO, I have used them for a while now .. alot of great stuff to learn there! :thumbsup:

Davy

 

[54JNoll]

Looks like you are taking your time and doing a fine job. Congrats

 

[chipper]

It looks beautiful. Very nice lines.

Hit it with stain and don't be afraid to touch up the boo boo's with sand paper and use stain again until it's just right. I just about cried when I did that the first time. I thought I had everything perfect and the instant I put on the stain, the blemishes popped.

Regards

 

[dlemaster]

Another thing you can try before the stain is getting some more lighting at a low angle to the surface of the stock and keep changing the angles and moving the light and any uneven areas can be seen then stain. I believe you will find less touch up work will need to be done than going to the stain right away.
Just a thought.

Regards, Dave

 

[George F.]

You're doing a good job. Rocco art is flowing lines. I'm not the best at it, but with each new rifle I get alittle better. My first attempt looked nothing like yours, it was alot worse. I had no reference books, nothing to look at, to compare and emulate. Looking back at the pictures the forward carving looks pretty good, graceful and flowing. They use the "golden mean". Which is based on the Spiral of the Nautilas shell. The more you see others work. the better you can see your mistakes and how to improve on them. Relief carving is such an attractive feature. Some people can do it, some people can't grasp the technic. You CAN do it, and are doing very well at it. You just need to polish up your rough edges. .....George F.

 

[bioprof]

I agree, the rear carving doesn't quite follow the golden mean, but I was copying an original John Amos pattern. Some of the Bedford carvings look like they were done by a cub scout with a machete.

 

[Bartek]

:applause: :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[John Monteleone]

Hello my name is John and I am new to the forum. I think that this is nice work. I am building and Isaac Haynes right now and have been drafting some C-scroll patterns.

Thanks

 

[Zonie]

Bioprof: I like those machete chopped carvings.
They make my work look absolutely PC. :rotf: :grin:

 

[Workhorse45]

:hatsoff: :bow: