"Dale Earnhardt"

[Ghostrider]

Hey everyone,

Here's an original piece I sculpted with Aves Apoxie. It is 80MM in size. It is painted with vallejos. Thank goodness for a Windsor & Newton series 7 red sable #000 and a #10 Opti-Visor or those uniform logo's wouldn't have been possible :lol: . Thanks for letting me share it with you.

Cheers,
Bob Waltman

 

[Alex Lopez]

Exelent sculped and paint Bob!!! Have you painted all letters and logos?

Congrats!

Alex.

 

[Ghostrider]

Hey Alex,

Thank you for your comments. Yes I painted all of the lettering and logos. Because of the amount, the piece took about three months to complete (off and on).

Take care,
Bob Waltman

 

[John Long]

You've got a steady hand Bob. Excellent job.

 

[Guy]

Excellent painting Bob.......the lettering alone is mind boggling

 

[yeo_64]

Bob !! Thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers !
Kenneth :lol:

 

[Joe Hudson]

Hey Bob,

Nice work. Didn't you have another driver figure a long time back?

Joe

 

[Ghostrider]

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Joe,
I did several years back. I had first tried my hand at a 54MM Jeff Gordon (Jim, it was for a female friend, not me :lol: ) but found that was much to small for me to try and paint all of the logos on his uniform . I have also been working on a Dale Jr fig as a matching piece.

BTW, will you be making the Atlanta show this year?

Take care,
Bob Waltman

 

[Joe Hudson]

Hey Bob,

I thought that I remembered seeing it. I look forward to seeing Jr. I will be in Atlanta this year and look forward to seeing you and your work.

Joe

 

[amherbert]

Very cool!

I'm not a big car racing fan, but your figure and awesome paintwork are inspiring! You are a brave man to paint all those logos!!

Excellent job!

Andy

 

[Jim Patrick]

Great to see Dale again. I still remember seeing him. You really did a good job nailing the likeness. Something that's very hard to do, much less sculpting a figure but of course there's the inspiration. Did you get your copy of "3" with the extra scenes? I can't remember if you told me you did or not. What about Rusty? No, not what you wish you had in your hand but a figure. For that matter, what self respectin' redneck of the first order (who can sculpt) wouldn't want to the "The Greats"? The King at the top of course :lol: I agree with Joe, I too look forward to seeing Jr. soon.

Take care and see you soon,
Jim Patrick

By the way, the wife is warming up to a trip to the beach in March. I was thinking Florida. Do you know of any good locations in your state that would be great for "family" entertainment?

 

[Ghostrider]

Hey Jim,

Yes I got a copy of "3", and yes I've watched it several times. Bill has asked me about sculpting a Rusty (as well as drinking a few :lol: ). Maybe now that he's retiring.

As far as a great place in Florida. Well lets see, in conjunction with the beaches here in Pensacola, there just happens to be a figure show around the 25/26 of March. I'll be posting details soon on it. Wow, what a coincedence???

Take care,

Bob Waltman

 

[thegoodsgt]

Bob,

As a new fan to NASCAR (note my number 9 image to the left!), I really like your figure. I've thought about doing a NASCAR driver, too, but I'm not a great sculptor so would need to convert a figure that was already 90 percent there. As for the sponsor logos, I actually thought about having decals made for them.

Now that I think about it, a bust would be really cool....