THE MOOSE IS LOOSE 2

I did some more work on the moose this past week, not much, probably 2 hours. Mainly I worked on the legs, hooves and butt.
I noticed after the last post that he has severe scoliosis and his shoulders are uneven, so next session I'll be correcting that. Fortunately there's plenty of wood in all the right spots and this is really a minor hiccup. All I have to do is cut away everything that doesn't look like a moose.

You can see the hash marks around his legs, it really helps to step back and mark up the spots that need shaved. It's easy to get lost in one section of the carving without looking at it in proportion to the entire project. So that's part of my process in case you were wondering.

I have a lot work left to do, but a big chunk of it is done, probably half and I like how it's turning out so far.

MORE LITTLE TOYS FOR LITTLE BOYS

This is a turtle I've been making from Cottonwood bark for a couple of years now. I make a variation of this with tire tracks across his back and X's on the eyes, I call them roadkill and have sold many of both styles. This one lost his right leg shortly after being adopted by my son.

The family wanted another dog, so I got them one. I'll keep putting the real thing off for as long as possible. For now this will do.

Here's a couple more simple toys.

TOYS FOR BOYS

During the fall I was real busy and was only able to carve after the boys were put to sleep.
So I did some toys with hand chisels for the boys. They roll and crash and every thing.
The truck ( Harrison's toy, if anyone asks ) is fashioned after mine, it's a '97 ford Ranger with a tool box. The cab is chopped like a rat rod because of the lumbers dimensions, not because I'm gansta (no offense Dixon).

This is the most expensive carving I've ever made (time wise). Seriously, at $10 bucks an hour I'd have to charge like $1000.00 to break even (chainsaw carving is so much quicker). Its not for sale, unless you want to pay that much ( I'll give Henry the money I swear ). The locomotive has, 08 and chunky carved into the sides, not really visible in this photo.
I started this project in the fall of 2008 right after Henry was born, we called him chunky chew chew (he was a fatty). I screwed up on the layout and didn't allow for the working wheels, I threw it in the corner out of frustration for 2 years then glued on some extra stock to allow for the wheel pins. The assembly was really the biggest pain because I didn't think it through enough.
This was going to be a Christmas present this Year but he is so rough on things and he got every toy ever made so I thought I save It for his 3rd berfday ( now that's gansta ). But today while we were shoveling the drive he spotted it in the garage and had to have it. So he got it as a belated groundhogs day present.
What you don't celebrate?

I made a few other toys for them but my wife said I should save them for another post, so I will.
Because she's the...