spacedog Report post Posted March 28 I enjoyed the movie “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” and wanted to make myself a guitar strap with some of the images from the title character’s story. I decided rather than try to carve Tim Blake Nelson‘s face, I would draw him as a skeleton since carving faces is much harder. It still has a ways to go and is just a work in progress right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted March 28 that is awesome man I love it. Cant wait to see it finished. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomE Report post Posted March 28 How fun is that? Perfect! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PastorBob Report post Posted March 29 Very impressive. Your carving is impeccable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
battlemunky Report post Posted March 29 Looks great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spacedog Report post Posted March 29 On 3/28/2022 at 12:50 PM, chuck123wapati said: that is awesome man I love it. Cant wait to see it finished. On 3/28/2022 at 1:59 PM, TomE said: How fun is that? Perfect! 8 hours ago, PastorBob said: Very impressive. Your carving is impeccable. 8 hours ago, battlemunky said: Looks great! Thanks everyone. I have just started to apply some dye and will update this in a few days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spacedog Report post Posted March 30 This is the first stage of dyeing this guitar strap. If you look closer you can see the mistakes, but overall I am fairly happy with it. I will be applying acrylic paint to fix some of the problem areas, followed by pro resist and antique gel, but there is a sunset at one end I want to practice. I haven’t tried doing one before, and it is probably obvious I don’t have an air brush. I want to give it a shot with dye, but if it doesn’t go well I will just have to use paint. It has been fun to make so far, but I still have to work out the lining and sewing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
battlemunky Report post Posted April 1 That's really cool stuff man! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spacedog Report post Posted April 1 1 hour ago, battlemunky said: That's really cool stuff man! Thanks. I wasn’t sure the different dye colours would go together, but I am liking it so far. I made an Iron Maiden themed guitar strap for my brother-in-law a few years back and wanted to make something for myself this time. I worked on the paint a bit more, including the sunset, but still need to do a bit more before I use the resist and then antique it. Here is a picture of both ends so far. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suzelle Report post Posted April 2 Cool! Love the process - photos. You are spoiling us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spacedog Report post Posted April 3 On 4/2/2022 at 11:51 AM, suzelle said: Cool! Love the process - photos. You are spoiling us. Thanks. I am waiting for the pro resist to full dry before I can continue, so I am cutting out the backing/lining. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
