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Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:32 pm
by BillK
Here I go posting again here. I will continue to post until I have every post on the first page and Joe bans me. Lol!
I found a red cedar tree that fell in my back woods. The red color reminded me of the male cardinal. So off to aspire I went after I cut a few logs from it. Really happy with how this model came out. Here is the finished product all from one log.
- Finished
- After carve and oil
- Model
Re: Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:54 am
by bill z
Looks really great Bill.
Tell some about the bits you used.
Re: Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:49 pm
by BillK
bill z wrote:Looks really great Bill.
Tell some about the bits you used.
Thanks Bill. I only used 2 bits. 1/4” up cut for 3D rough and final profile. 1/16” taper ball nose for final 3D cut.
Re: Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:47 pm
by Caffeen
It looks amazing. How did you get the tail feathers to look so flawless?
Re: Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 9:05 am
by Todd05060
Very nice! Makes me want Aspire.
Re: Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:14 pm
by BillK
Caffeen wrote:It looks amazing. How did you get the tail feathers to look so flawless?
Thanks! I started with a drawing that I found. Then I looked at a lot of photographs of cardinals. The tail feathers were actually one of the last tweaks that I did.
Todd05060 wrote:Very nice! Makes me want Aspire.
You too can do this for $1400 and several hundred hours of screen time. Lol, a model like this is probably something you can do after a few tutorials and get reasonable results.
Re: Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:50 pm
by BillK
Here’s a smaller version with a different background that I added in. Soaking it in Mineral oil.
Re: Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:56 am
by BillK
Here’s a shot of the birds of a feather. Apple branch on left, cedar on right.
Re: Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:49 am
by BillK
I keep working to improve this model.
Re: Red Cedar Cardinal
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 9:48 am
by WNC_Ed
Very nice!