Post #259498 by Tamapoutini on Fri, Oct 6, 2006 7:24 PM

I see you have touched Pounamu, the question is: has she touched YOU Benz..?haha

Even with diamond tools its hard stuff eh? The secret is to 'slow down' to the pace of stone removal with what ever tools you are using & concentrate on keeping an even, slow movement, as opposed to scrubbing back & forth in an effort to reduce 'quickly'; it just doesnt work that way (hope Im making sense). You will begin to 'feel' the shaping process through the tool...

I guess for wood feeling like butter in comparison you gotta have the right tools! My own experiments have been most frustrating, hahaha.

Managed to do a bit of playing in between production work today. Spent another hour or two on MMMoai...

The last time we saw him...

And today I managed to start pulling some arms out of him & readdressed the neck/nipple levels which were quite a bit too high (how tricky is that area?)...

Generally cleaned him up a bit, blocked in the ears and brow a bit better... (hes going to have a snub-nose)

Getting them symmetrical is pretty hard too eh? Hes not too bad...

Did a bit to the back...

And trimmed the ears back a bit further...

Still a fair bit of refining to do to the shape & then I can get on with some detailing, looking forward to that! Getting there slowly...

And in a fit of Moai-madness, drew this pendant up & trimmed it out, heehee

*Still have a housefull of kids that dont belong to me & feel I ought to go & help out. School holidays finished yesterday & theyll be gone soon, phew...

Take care all. T3