Anubis limestone carving wip

[REL]

This is a piece I've been meaning to finish for quite awhile, so now I'm going to start working on it a few hours a day. Right now I'm still roughing out the shape, but I'll post my progress as I go. I'm using regular hand chisels, no pneumatic powered one's on this piece since it's more for relaxation than trying to get it finished by a deadline.

It's 3' high solid limestone.

Thanks for looking.

In these photos I'm using a tooth chisel to smooth out the rough shape made from the point chisel.

Here's the really roughed out area done with a point chisel.

 

[MooCriket]

:thumbsupGreat work on this. I know it can't be easy

 

[Mattastic13]

That is one of the coolest things I have seen :thumbsup

 

[shotts63]

Solid Limestone! Man thats got to be a pain:eek

 

[Gojira61]

Well my hat is off to you!

I did a little stone work in college, not a forgiving medium. Looking forward to seeing your progress on this.

 

[REL]

Thanks.

I worked some on the head, and I'm starting to refine the chest and shoulder area.

 

[silverskyes402]

WOW that is incredible, you are very talented, and patient!!!

 

[CaptainEO]

Wow, looking great so far. Anubis is the coolest Egpytian god by far, can't wait to see how he turns out! :thumbsup

 

[Ramiel]

Probably you remember that I love your sculpts, the Egyptian culture and that I envy your skills... If not, this is a reminder!!!
Awesome work (as usual):cool

 

[jkno]

This is an awesome project! Thanks for sharing :thumbsup

 

[REL]

I'm continuing to coax the shape out of the stone.

 

[nick daring]

Very cool stuff.

How big is this? THere's nothing in the background for scale.

Also, any recommendations on getting into stone carving? A basic set of tools perhaps?

Nick

 

[TheGworks]

What are the other statues in the background of the first photo's?

Regards
Grae

 

[drsyn71]

WOW. You're hard-core. VERY impressive. Thanks for sharing your work with us.

 

[Qui-Gonzalez]

Rel, I did not think you would go beyond the Slave I work you did, but this...wow.

 

[darkchylde80]

Wow :eek Kudos for doing this project, must be quite a task to say the least!

 

[REL]

I'm starting on the head now, so I'm in the process of making a clay maquette for reference since there's no room for mistakes on the stone piece.

 

[Tobin]

Amazing!

 

[Yellowjacket]

Wow. I want.

 

[Vegemighty]

This would look great in my sarcophagus er uh living room. Following with interest