Lion and lioness

[bullmoosepaddles]

As always, great work and detail. I always love seeing your post. Awe inspiring. Looking forward to the finished piece. 

[MikeRock]

One of the Tandy library downloads ( I think) had something about putting in hair with a glovers needle.  I just thought of something else entirely and looked at my suture kit.  There are curved triangular needles that would do the 'hair' trick nicely.   Go here and look at the third cutting needle down from the top.   http://www.micromed.com/en-US/surgical-suture/suture-needle_needles/

In some kind of needle holder that would make awesome hair grooves as you could easily make a curved track.

God bless

Edited September 5, 2019 by MikeRock
added 'curved track'

[ABHandmade]

9 hours ago, MikeRock said:

One of the Tandy library downloads ( I think) had something about putting in hair with a glovers needle.  I just thought of something else entirely and looked at my suture kit.  There are curved triangular needles that would do the 'hair' trick nicely.   Go here and look at the third cutting needle down from the top.   http://www.micromed.com/en-US/surgical-suture/suture-needle_needles/

In some kind of needle holder that would make awesome hair grooves as you could easily make a curved track.

God bless

Thanks for the great tip! I use several of my own tools, made by finalizing dentist's spatulas and trowels. Your idea is great and I will definitely try the option you proposed.

[ABHandmade]

On 8/25/2019 at 4:39 AM, bullmoosepaddles said:

As always, great work and detail. I always love seeing your post. Awe inspiring. Looking forward to the finished piece. 

Thank you, @bullmoosepaddles! I apologize - I did not notice your comment earlier and only now reacted.

[MikeRock]

AB,  just had the idea that  one of those suture needles in a swivel knife type holder would let you 'flow' the hair lines very well.  The triangular cutting surface would be below and behind the swivel point so some nice curves could be made quite easily. 

 

God bless

[ABHandmade]

On 9/6/2019 at 2:09 PM, MikeRock said:

AB,  just had the idea that  one of those suture needles in a swivel knife type holder would let you 'flow' the hair lines very well.  The triangular cutting surface would be below and behind the swivel point so some nice curves could be made quite easily. 

 

God bless

Thank you for idea!

Recently, a lot of things have piled up ... But still, I managed to devote time to my hobby and finish coloring this work.

[JLSleather]

EVERY BIT as nice as I had expected.  You really picked up the hair texture here ... this looks great!

[ABHandmade]

3 minutes ago, JLSleather said:

EVERY BIT as nice as I had expected.  You really picked up the hair texture here ... this looks great!

Thank you, Jeff!

In addition to hair, I had to seriously to work on ears - after all, a lioness’s ear rises 3/4 inches above the mane of a lion.

[mikesc]

Beautiful..I'm smiling from ear to ear :)

[ABHandmade]

58 minutes ago, mikesc said:

Beautiful..I'm smiling from ear to ear

 Thank you, Mike!