Ferrus Manus Posted June 8, 2023 #2281 Posted June 8, 2023 (edited) Yeah, we go through an apocalypse every year. If we just went back to traditional methods of eating and living, we wouldn't have this problem. Edited June 8, 2023 by Ferrus Manus mtaylor, Hubac's Historian and FriedClams 3 Quote
Hubac's Historian Posted June 8, 2023 Author #2282 Posted June 8, 2023 5 hours ago, Ferrus Manus said: Yeah, we go through an apocalypse every year. If we just went back to traditional methods of eating and living, we wouldn't have this problem. I wonder what that would look like in our modern age; small agrarian cells that feed individual communities or regions? mtaylor, Ferrus Manus and FriedClams 3 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
druxey Posted June 8, 2023 #2283 Posted June 8, 2023 What a staggering concept, Marc! FriedClams, Hubac's Historian and mtaylor 2 1 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Bill97 Posted June 8, 2023 #2284 Posted June 8, 2023 Ian, hope you and your family are safe and not in danger! Hubac's Historian, mtaylor and FriedClams 3 Quote
yancovitch Posted June 8, 2023 #2285 Posted June 8, 2023 watching a video on the earth from above, was quite scary....huge cities sprawled for miles and miles, forests leveled....rape and pillage....like we're out of control....out of balance.....something's gotta give, our poor planet has become smaller and smaller.... but, i'm so impressed with man's ability to keep it all functioning....that's a miracle....how to get rid of all that waste, provide water, sewage etc etc especially to super high rise buildings.....the engineering is amazing...... FriedClams, Hubac's Historian, Ferrus Manus and 1 other 4 Quote
yancovitch Posted June 8, 2023 #2286 Posted June 8, 2023 (edited) comic relief....a jigsaw puzzle was called corsair added a higher res photo Edited June 9, 2023 by yancovitch Jeff T, Bill97, EricWilliamMarshall and 7 others 7 3 Quote
Bill97 Posted June 9, 2023 #2287 Posted June 9, 2023 Would love to find that puzzle! Putting puzzles together is the wife’s entertainment while I build my ships! 😀 Ian_Grant, Hubac's Historian, FriedClams and 1 other 4 Quote
Hubac's Historian Posted June 9, 2023 Author #2288 Posted June 9, 2023 Here is one possible source, Bill: https://www.1a.lv/p/puzle-heye-1000-gab/3c6q I did a reverse image search through TinEye. Ian_Grant, mtaylor and FriedClams 3 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
Ian_Grant Posted June 9, 2023 #2289 Posted June 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Bill97 said: Would love to find that puzzle! Putting puzzles together is the wife’s entertainment while I build my ships! 😀 Did a reverse image search. Found the puzzle in a lot of places. Here's one: https://puzzledgamer.com/products/heye-corsair-1000-piece-puzzle They call it a triangular puzzle; not sure what they mean by that unless all the pieces are triangles which sounds even more devilish. Hubac's Historian and mtaylor 2 Quote
yancovitch Posted June 9, 2023 #2290 Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) the box it came in is triangular...🙂 pieces, regular added a higher resolution photo...some of the detail is hilarious ...have to put the cursor at the bottom of the page for the + sign to pop up so you can enlarge it Edited June 9, 2023 by yancovitch mtaylor, Ferrus Manus and Hubac's Historian 3 Quote
Ian_Grant Posted June 9, 2023 #2291 Posted June 9, 2023 Read a bit in the reviews for this puzzle. In case you're thinking of getting one for your grandchildren, it is described as "raunchy" with "nude figures" on the beach in the foreground. 🫢😏 mtaylor 1 Quote
Bill97 Posted June 10, 2023 #2292 Posted June 10, 2023 Oh no Ian this would be for my wife if I get it. Looks pretty fun. Heading home and to the “shipyard” in the morning. All goes well I should be back tinkering around with my SR where I left off some time Sunday. Ferrus Manus and mtaylor 2 Quote
Hubac's Historian Posted June 13, 2023 Author #2293 Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) This is a placeholder post of sorts. My daughter had taken over my workspace with finals studies, the prior two weeks, so the kitchen table was never free until 10pm. By that point, I had nothing left in the tank for modeling. The NBA playoffs were also particularly interesting, this year, so my attentions have been divided for a good long stretch. I did manage to fit and secure the under-framing for the tafferal backboard, but apart from that - not much else has happened on the model itself. Most of what needs to happen on the model requires my utmost concentration. Now that the kids are done with school, and we aren’t running around all over the place, I should have deeper reserves in the evening time. I have been chipping away at the tafferal carving, itself, though. I decided that the best way to go about this was to break the carving up into separate elements, as I had done for the amortisement. Not only did this make the carving more manageable and replaceable by section, if need be, but it enabled me to more easily glue-up laminations of different thicknesses so that there would be a perceptible foreground and background to the composition. The clouds in the foreground are the thickest stock, the horses of medium stock and the chariot the thinnest stock: I have completed the clouds, which were further subdivided into port and starboard. I haven’t taken pictures of them, but they are fluffy, happy clouds that would warm Bob Ross’s heart. What I am working on, now, are the horses. I began with the port pair, which was the more challenging side to figure out. My thumb gives a pretty good indication of scale: I’ve made a start on the starboard pair, which is moving more quickly. I think the whole ensemble with capture the depth and drama that I am looking for. Thank you for your interest. More to follow.. Edited June 13, 2023 by Hubac's Historian Baker, FriedClams, EricWilliamMarshall and 13 others 13 1 2 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
Bill97 Posted June 13, 2023 #2294 Posted June 13, 2023 As always Marc beautiful work. Did you ever expect Denver to win the first championship? Hubac's Historian, FriedClams and mtaylor 3 Quote
yancovitch Posted June 13, 2023 #2295 Posted June 13, 2023 curiosity....how long did it take you to carve them with your perfectly manicured fingers 🙂 Hubac's Historian, mtaylor, EricWilliamMarshall and 2 others 3 2 Quote
Hubac's Historian Posted June 13, 2023 Author #2296 Posted June 13, 2023 48 minutes ago, Bill97 said: As always Marc beautiful work. Did you ever expect Denver to win the first championship? Yes, actually. I am not a casual fan. Jamal Murray is really good, and Jokic is the best and craftiest passing bigman since Larry Bird. I really like Denver and was very happy they won. Nice to see Porter Jr. have a solid game, as well. mtaylor 1 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
Hubac's Historian Posted June 13, 2023 Author #2297 Posted June 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, yancovitch said: curiosity....how long did it take you to carve them with your perfectly manicured fingers 🙂 About 5 hours per pair. The nails take longer 😀 mtaylor, Ian_Grant, FriedClams and 2 others 2 3 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
Bill97 Posted June 14, 2023 #2298 Posted June 14, 2023 Marc I have been intending to ask you how your dad is doing? Hopefully OK. Hubac's Historian and mtaylor 1 1 Quote
Hubac's Historian Posted June 14, 2023 Author #2299 Posted June 14, 2023 Yes, thank you Bill. Physically Dad is fine. Pretty solid, actually. Mentally, though, he is declining quickly. Pretty much, on a daily basis, I shake my head at what this disease does to a person. I appreciate the thought. kirill4, mtaylor, FriedClams and 2 others 5 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
druxey Posted June 14, 2023 #2300 Posted June 14, 2023 Lovely sense of movement in those horses, Marc. Sorry to read of your father's decline, though. Ian_Grant, Hubac's Historian and mtaylor 2 1 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Hubac's Historian Posted June 14, 2023 Author #2301 Posted June 14, 2023 Thank you, David. mtaylor and druxey 2 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
Hubac's Historian Posted June 17, 2023 Author #2302 Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) As was the case with the amortisement, it takes a good deal of fettling to get all of these elements to nestle together nicely, the way they were drawn. I now have the clouds positioned and Apollo’s head centered on the cornice archway: As you can see, there’s still profiling to do on the port side of the chariot. I think this last element of the carving should be fun to model. The horses will take some effort to get them to where they need to be: It’s really such a small area, but I can begin to now see where the fade line should be between the Cerulean sky and the Ultra Marine heavens. My idea may not work out the way I hope, but I will try to create this soft transition with multiple dilute applications of the Ultra Marine. Little by little.. Edited June 17, 2023 by Hubac's Historian Archi, Baker, druxey and 8 others 11 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
Bill97 Posted June 17, 2023 #2303 Posted June 17, 2023 Good morning Marc. Let’s just say it out loud, No getting around it. You are an incredible artist my friend! Have you ever attempted carving something in wood? EricWilliamMarshall, mtaylor, druxey and 2 others 4 1 Quote
Hubac's Historian Posted June 17, 2023 Author #2304 Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) Thank you very much, Bill! Actually, my background is in woodworking, and I’ve designed a number of projects with varying degrees of carved work: https://www.finewoodworking.com/tag/marc-laguardia Edited June 17, 2023 by Hubac's Historian Keith Black, EricWilliamMarshall, mtaylor and 2 others 1 4 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
Bill97 Posted June 17, 2023 #2305 Posted June 17, 2023 Oh my goodness Marc. That is pretty cool. As I think I may have mentioned before I have a long background in woodworking as well. Similar to our shipbuilding skills, your pieces outshine mine. Almost everything I have made over the years has been furniture pieces as gifts for others. Everything from grandfather style clocks, commerative hope chest, cabinets, etc. All the woodworking you see in this photo I made for our living room. That is why I thought I might enjoy trying a wood ship after I complete my SR. Archi, mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 2 3 Quote
Ian_Grant Posted June 17, 2023 #2306 Posted June 17, 2023 Marc, you're a dark horse..........featured in the Fine Woodworking gallery !!!!!! ...... Beautiful pieces.......Respect...... mtaylor, Hubac's Historian, EricWilliamMarshall and 1 other 3 1 Quote
Bill97 Posted June 17, 2023 #2307 Posted June 17, 2023 You know Marc I am thinking I would be considered more of a cabinet maker than a woodworker, if there is a significant difference. My dad was a cabinet maker at a company that made kitchen cabinetry and so on. Learned a lot of joinery techniques from him. This is a recent cabinet I built to store a lot of stuff in the “ship yard”, and my Victory cabinet. Archi, Hubac's Historian, mtaylor and 1 other 2 2 Quote
Hubac's Historian Posted June 17, 2023 Author #2308 Posted June 17, 2023 Don’t be too impressed, Ian. That’s just a member page that I created. None of my stuff was selected, as such. Bill, you have certainly filled your home with some beautiful pieces! mtaylor and EricWilliamMarshall 2 Quote We are all works in progress, all of the time.
Bill97 Posted June 17, 2023 #2309 Posted June 17, 2023 Thank you Marc. mtaylor and Hubac's Historian 2 Quote
Ian_Grant Posted June 17, 2023 #2310 Posted June 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Hubac's Historian said: Don’t be too impressed, Ian. That’s just a member page that I created. None of my stuff was selected, as such. Bill, you have certainly filled your home with some beautiful pieces! HaHa! I thought it was on the actual magazine's web site.....your work could well be on the back cover........... mtaylor and Hubac's Historian 1 1 Quote
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