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Post by opalpyrexia on Oct 29, 2019 17:18:11 GMT -5
I started sculpting last Friday in order to have one finished pumpkin for the annual pumpkin sculpting party that we host. At the outset, I always need something relatively basic in order to get motivated to do the next 3 to 4. So here's my first, which I intended to become an eagle's head.
The beak doesn't quite look like an eagle's. The massive, tough, curved stalk required lots of elbow grease with a rasp and it lost a lot of material in the process.The feathers were done with a scalpel: easy but tedious work.
This second pumpkin was my annual donation to support a local low income housing facility. It raised $1,125 in a $25/bidder auction. Stuck for an idea even after reviewing lots of images online and in print, I finally went into the bathroom and started making faces in the mirror. One expression of extreme disgust seemed just right. We delivered the finished pumpkin to the facility this afternoon for the residents to enjoy. These have not yet been posted to my Slickpic album, but you can see my prior pumpkins here: Halloween PumpkinsMore to come ...
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 29, 2019 17:29:59 GMT -5
Those are awesome! You sure are talented.
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Post by Pat on Oct 29, 2019 17:30:11 GMT -5
Wow!! Thanks!
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Post by miket on Oct 29, 2019 17:30:57 GMT -5
I had forgotten that you do these, so awesome! And also very cool that you donated your time and talent.  |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 29, 2019 17:44:37 GMT -5
Very cool. That album link was really fun to check out. You have serious talent.
Chuck
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 29, 2019 17:44:39 GMT -5
Oh, yeah! Great work!
These last few years I haven't even found the energy to carve a simple jack-o'-lantern.
So much talent, so cool you raise money for good causes.
Keep 'em coming!
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Post by fernwood on Oct 29, 2019 18:00:41 GMT -5
Awesome carvings. Love that some raise money for causes.
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Post by jasperfanatic on Oct 29, 2019 20:37:32 GMT -5
Fantastic work!
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Post by stonemon on Oct 29, 2019 20:52:52 GMT -5
Wow!!
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 30, 2019 13:08:22 GMT -5
BAD ASS!
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Post by RocksInNJ on Oct 30, 2019 22:32:04 GMT -5
Wow those are simply amazing. Great work man! Thanks for sharing the link as well.
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Post by opalpyrexia on Oct 31, 2019 13:14:02 GMT -5
Here's a Greek Hoplite Warrior. I figured that this would be a little easier because of the basic helmet shape, but it had other challenges that slowed the sculpting process, one of course being the facial features within the helmet. The crest was a challenge as well. It's a slice from a much larger, sacrificial pumpkin and is secured in a slot with bamboo skewers.
Many of the Greek helmets had decorative designs on the top and sometimes on the cheek/neck protective areas, but it would have been several more hours for me to attempt that — so it is what it is!
The hoplite warrior carried a 7 to 8 foot spear, a shield, and a short sword, and wore leather and metal "armor". He was a member of a phalanx, a dense formation of overlapping shields and multiple rows of hoplites. Because each hoplite had to purchase his own equipment, it was a time when the more affluent did most of the fighting.
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Post by oldschoolrocker on Oct 31, 2019 17:58:51 GMT -5
These are what I imagine in my head everytime I buy pumpkins to carve only to find out 4 minutes in that my minds abilities and my actual abilities couldnt be further apart.. and end up with the standard triangle eyes and nose jackolantern...great job on these! Absolutely amazing!!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 31, 2019 18:16:46 GMT -5
Here's a Greek Hoplite Warrior. I figured that this would be a little easier because of the basic helmet shape, but it had other challenges that slowed the sculpting process, one of course being the facial features within the helmet. The crest was a challenge as well. It's a slice from a much larger, sacrificial pumpkin and is secured in a slot with bamboo skewers.
Many of the Greek helmets had decorative designs on the top and sometimes on the cheek/neck protective areas, but it would have been several more hours for me to attempt that — so it is what it is!
The hoplite warrior carried a 7 to 8 foot spear, a shield, and a short sword, and wore leather and metal "armor". He was a member of a phalanx, a dense formation of overlapping shields and multiple rows of hoplites. Because each hoplite had to purchase his own equipment, it was a time when the more affluent did most of the fighting.
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Post by deedolce on Oct 31, 2019 18:27:36 GMT -5
 Here's mine! Saw Villafane, Master pumpkin carver on my Fb feed, and started having fun every Halloween since. Happy Halloween everyone! |
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Post by opalpyrexia on Oct 31, 2019 18:40:59 GMT -5
Here's mine! Saw Villafane, Master pumpkin carver on my Fb feed, and started having fun every Halloween since. Happy Halloween everyone!
That's terrific! Where did you find the pieces that you used for the arms and legs?
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Post by toiv0 on Oct 31, 2019 18:57:48 GMT -5
These are so cool, and always better there's a donation for a good cause
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Post by deedolce on Oct 31, 2019 23:15:39 GMT -5
Here's mine! Saw Villafane, Master pumpkin carver on my Fb feed, and started having fun every Halloween since. Happy Halloween everyone! That's terrific! Where did you find the pieces that you used for the arms and legs?
Those are foam and posable arms, legs, and comes with a stem that have wires to poke into the pumpkin. If you google it, it comes up at Plow and Hearth, Walmart even! You can get them on sale and have them for next year  |
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Post by opalpyrexia on Nov 1, 2019 20:46:46 GMT -5
Here's my final one. This design is per the winner of the "individual's pumpkin" from the auction to support the low income housing. She bid $400. She's the pastor at the church that originally created and built the housing, and which continues to support it (along with other organizations and businesses in the North Seattle area). This is headed for the church's altar.
One of her original suggestions was John the Baptist's head on a platter! Anyway, we originally settled on a 'half skull/half dead saint's head' for All Souls Day, but then she changed it to half skull/half rugged mountain surface with the three crosses of the Crucifixion. I couldn't think of a way to make crosses out of pumpkin flesh, so I have some small wooden crosses waiting for the stain to dry. They'll be installed halfway up the "mountainside". My wife and I will deliver this tomorrow morning.
No More Pumpkins!! I'm exhausted........
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Post by greig on Nov 1, 2019 22:22:03 GMT -5
I shot my pumpkin with a 45/70 - 2 eyes and a mouth. The front looked OK, but the back was a mess. I was going to post the video on Youtube, but they tend to frown these days on anything with firearms. ;-)
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