chuck123wapati Report post Posted May 7 My daughter drew this out last year and then forgot about it. I was bored so grabbed it the other day and did the knife work and tooling for her then she colored it using only red, blue, green and yellow dyes. She mixed the colors herself even the dark brown is made with those four colors. I can tell you if you want an exercise in the swivel knife and some good practice then send her a chunk of leather lol I about went cross eyed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gezzer Report post Posted May 7 VERY NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mablung Report post Posted May 7 Beautiful work! The tooling is great; looking at your shading especially, as I'm just learning to do that and trying to get it down. Your daughter's paint work is great as well. Two thumbs up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted May 7 2 hours ago, Gezzer said: VERY NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 57 minutes ago, Mablung said: Beautiful work! The tooling is great; looking at your shading especially, as I'm just learning to do that and trying to get it down. Your daughter's paint work is great as well. Two thumbs up. thanks guys it was her first attempt she did well i think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Littlef Report post Posted May 7 Nice, That's a good lookin arm guard! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Reaper Report post Posted May 7 It's a might but purty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dikman Report post Posted May 7 Going cross-eyed is an understatement! There's a lot of very fine short cuts in that, you did a great job. And so did your daughter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrdunn Report post Posted May 7 Very cool! I'm guessing that Orchid is her name? I really enjoy it when young people take an interest in my craft. I suppose that is part of being an old geezer. JM2C, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlZilla Report post Posted May 7 Wow. The girl has a really deft hand with the paintbrush and a good eye for color. Blowing the pics up shows quite a lot of precision work. The guy she hired to do the knife work and tooling is pretty fair, too ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyV Report post Posted May 8 she has an eye for detail and the talent to make it come alive. And your tooling is impeccable. Great teamwork! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted May 8 Nice bracer Chuck. That you worked on it together makes it special and ensures it will never end up in the bin in 30 years time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thadrick Report post Posted May 8 That look great. My hardest time with leather working is the drawing out part. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieselTech Report post Posted May 8 Looks great! Awesome work! Hats off to both of you. Just stunning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted May 8 17 hours ago, Littlef said: Nice, That's a good lookin arm guard! 15 hours ago, Doc Reaper said: It's a might but purty thanks guys!! 14 hours ago, dikman said: Going cross-eyed is an understatement! There's a lot of very fine short cuts in that, you did a great job. And so did your daughter. thanks !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted May 8 13 hours ago, AlZilla said: Wow. The girl has a really deft hand with the paintbrush and a good eye for color. Blowing the pics up shows quite a lot of precision work. The guy she hired to do the knife work and tooling is pretty fair, too ... lol thanks yea i had to put on the bifocals to see how far she went. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted May 8 11 hours ago, TonyV said: she has an eye for detail and the talent to make it come alive. And your tooling is impeccable. Great teamwork! thanks you yes her thing is really digital art work she can draw some really cool stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted May 8 11 hours ago, toxo said: Nice bracer Chuck. That you worked on it together makes it special and ensures it will never end up in the bin in 30 years time. thank you it was great fun working together and I couldn't have done it justice lol. she spent four hours painting it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted May 8 10 hours ago, Thadrick said: That look great. My hardest time with leather working is the drawing out part. Thanks mine is too, thinking up the design sometimes takes days lol Orchid drew this with a stylus right on the leather, other than the letters being kinda wonky she made few mistakes. She routinely sketches with a pen, how does a person do that without erasing lol?? 9 hours ago, DieselTech said: Looks great! Awesome work! Hats off to both of you. Just stunning. thanks friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
