Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted February 10 That’s talent right there. Spectacular carving! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted February 10 Troutrageous. Seriously, wow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted February 10 Brookalicious 👍👍🐟🐟 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fruitrollup 0 Report post Posted February 10 Dang, that’s troutstanding! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyflinger 0 Report post Posted February 10 That is absolutely beautiful! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted February 10 Carving and painting are great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cphubert 0 Report post Posted February 10 Harry3 that is amazing work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SalarMan 0 Report post Posted February 10 Love the carving...but that paint job just blows me away. GREAT stuff 👍❗ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry3 0 Report post Posted February 10 Thanks for the compliments. This was carved in tupelo wood and hand painted with acrylics, and powder pigments. The branch and stones were carved from basswood and also painted with acrylics using my airbrush. The over 20,000 scales were burned in, one by one, with a homemade burning tip.. This carving took 3rd place in the 2023 Ward World Wildfowl Carving Competition. They have a Fish Carving Division every other year. My two other carvings took 1st, a Brown Trout, and 2nd, a Steelhead. But this carving is my favorite. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted February 11 Just looked at your facebook page. Your work is fantastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted February 11 Absolutely perfect. As someone who airbrushes as well, I want to compliment your airbrush work....but I think I'm even more amazed by the scale texture than anything else. That scale texture is gorgeous! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry3 0 Report post Posted February 12 On 2/11/2024 at 3:51 PM, mikechell said: Just looked at your facebook page. Your work is fantastic! Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites