Recent content by Mongo Mel

Mountain Man is great but I love the Rooster! That's going on my must have list. May I ask, have you ever considered doing a John Wayne? Not as Rooster but as John Books from The Shootist. No lack of subjects in that movie for a trio. Oooo... him, Scatman Carothers and Lauren Bacall! I've always...

Wow.. the eyes on Quint looked terrible at in the close up so I deleted it :wtf: :LOL:

Hello again all. Well, I managed to finish something again... hurrah for me :) I got a copy of the Quint bust from White Shark Gaming and since I already had the Great White Shark piece from Pegasus Hobbies, figured I had to try mounting them together. So many difficulties with the shark that I...

Here's what I do.... First I decide on the base and type of post I'll use to mount the bust. I use my bench top drill press to drill the base to accept the post but don't fix the post yet. The using the drill press, I drill an oversized hole in the underside of the bust. Not safe but I just hold...

I like using unscented hand lotion. Smooths out my Aves without making those little putty balls I'd get using water.

Beautiful execution of this bust. I'm a big fan of the more realistic looking style of painting and this is a great example of such.

I'v done this piece twice now. Excellent work. You've taken it to a much higher level than I could ever have imagined. Well done

Well done. Very nice to see a fellow oil guy showing how it's done... old school

Awesome! Lovin' it

Brilliant vignette and excellent work!

Great subject and well executed.

Wow!!!

Thanks Scott and Terry. Terry of course I remember you too from Timelines. Hard for me to forget that screen name Being with the Atlanta group, I'd bet you know my friend Dee from that area. Craig

Thanks everybody. I appreciate all the kind comments :)

Thanks for letting me know of the problem. I'll see if I can fix it.