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Thanks guys. I'm just sort of making things up as I go and trying to learn as much about improving as I can through vids, books, and groups. I have access to so many bones and skulls that screwing up doesn't worry me too much. Approaching this new hobby the same way I do with most others..... with no fear to keep it enjoyable.

Cow shoulder decorated with a few of my own pics. Not sure how I'm gonna finish this one yet. Still quite a bit of work before then. The turkey's making me nervous.

I like to put a light coat of oil on my balls before I put them away to keep them shiny. It makes it easier to get your nuts off too,lol

Nice job and good shootin'!

That's cool...... just DON'T call me "The Dick Whisperer",lol

Here's a link to an article that briefly explains the reason behind a ducks corkscrew pecker, and a still image I pulled from the video in case some of you were unable to view it. I never knew this, so maybe you will find it as fascinating as I did. https://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/this-aint-a-scene-its-a-sexual-arms-race?utm_term=.axenpyD7K#.sgEpJVEZN

Either that, or this wood duck is giving LIVE birth to a baby unicorn,lol Make sure to view it in HD and watch till the end for full effect.

Sweet! What's he score and how much does he weigh? Don't you go through forum withdraw when you get involved with these kinds of things? Gotta be tough to make straight lines once the tremors start to set in,lol

Thanks guys! I can't draw for chit, but once I start seeing things in 3D, shapes start fitting together at different depths if that makes any sense. No laser printers here, but my plan is to incorporate some of my photography stuff into this stuff as I get some more experience and learn some new techniques. Obviously this was just a simple trial project to see how things worked and to see if I could get the hang of it. Now I want to know how to do it all, and I want to know now,lol

Happy B-day ladies..... and I use that term LOOSELY!

All done! Just need to stain it. I'm happy with it for my first. The squiggly scrolling was supposed to be a frame of barb wire but by this time, my bit was SHOT and melting it's way through the bone rather than cutting. Gonna kick up the difficulty level a notch on the next one.

Couple foggy field giants on my way to the cams.

Sweet! Never seen one of them around here that I know of, so I wasn't really sure. His tail looked kinda "flat" to me so I thought that might be a characteristic I could look into, and I heard about them being nocturnal so I sort of suspected that's what he may be. Good thing I had the Browning here or he would have got blown out by the flash! Love these cams for the other little critters! Got two hung at water level in a swamp yesterday to catch some wood ducks.

I don't know if those little reds will be up roaming around at 3AM. Not sure if this clip is telling enough to positively ID the little fella. Thoughts? BTW- this cam was over a carcass just out of frame. Only vid I got of this guy.

Happy B-day Mark! Celebrating with some blueberry cake vape today in your honor! Have a good one.

Added some flames to the front fender today. Was very close to grinding them off right from the start, but the more I played with them, the better they started looking to me. End of the day I was pretty satisfied with how they turned out. Should look even better once I burn it and add some color....... I hope.

Never tried that before but I'll wait and see where this goes. Since I still haven't completed my first piece, I don't want to get too far ahead of myself!

I'd imagine it wreaks as you described, but I've cut up so much bone lately that I don't even notice it any more while I'm carving. I do all the grinding work outside just because I know it stinks even though I've gotten used to it, and I don't want bone dust floating around indoors. Sometimes when I slip on the same work hoodie the following day I'll get a good wiff of the dentists office and that usually prepares me for the stench that lies ahead,lol

I'm not quite skilled enough to need those right away, but I can guarantee you I'd get some use out of those in the not so distant future. I'm not sure my Dremel has a collet small enough for the shaft on those itty bitty bits though. Pretty sure I can only go down to 1/8" on the shafts. Let me know what you got and maybe we can make a deal! Thanks for the offer man!

Yep- that's kinda what I really like about this stuff! Getting bored with looking at plain bone white skulls and the camo dipped stuff does nothing for me. Just got done adding a little more flash to the nose on this guy. Gave him some horns behind the eyes you can see in the first pic. Still need to figure out how I'm gonna make them look like horns though,lol. Tomorrow I'm planning on adding some flames to the blank bone panels on each side of the nose. Then I'll decide what to tackle next on him.

Grabbed an old cow skull from the bone pile the other day and decided I'd carve it up with the Dremel. Gonna fill this sucker up with design.., stain it (most likely with fire).., and polish it up grungie style! Ruined a few old deer and cow skulls so far experimenting with more advanced techniques I wasn't prepared for yet, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of the surface work now that I took a few steps back. I need to get some smaller tips for any finer detail stuff before I get too elaborate. I had to find something else to carve up before I ran out of antlers,lol I can see this becoming my newest favorite hobby with plenty of room for improvement!

Wales- "Home of The Foot-long since 1972"!

I've never seen one of these guys. I have to imagine it's tough to get a good series of shots from one of them sitting in the same spot sleeping all day and not moving much. No excuses when it comes to having your camera settings right. How many shots did you come home with of this guy?

Happy B-day bud!

Awesome once again! The last shot looks like he stopped by the studio for a portrait. Doesn't get much better than that!