My first bass carving...

1/4 stick · 02-13-12, 08:22 PM

I still need some work on the detail. The scales I tried to do made him look like a fury bass, but all and all I think it's fair for a first effort.

bamabassman · 02-13-12, 08:28 PM

THAT LOOKS GREAT DONALD!!! I AM SERIOUS. did oyu do this free handed? man i LIKE that. i might get you to make one for me to hang up on my frint poarch. you gonna paint it? if so, let me see waht the finished prduct looks like. i am serious donald. this looks great man.

1/4 stick · 02-13-12, 08:41 PM

Thank ya much.

The basic outline and shape was a stencil, the detail is my freehand work going by the pic. Haven't made up my mind yet whether to just stain it, burn some detail, maybe a coat of paint just to get the colors and shading on it under the stain and polyurethane.

1/4 stick · 02-13-12, 08:43 PM

might go back and do some touch up carving too. I see some stuff I missed. :O

carolina-rig-01 · 02-13-12, 08:56 PM

Looks great, and it's bigger than the fish that John catches LOL.

1/4 stick · 02-13-12, 09:16 PM

lmao... Ya'll leave dinky John alone.

joedog · 02-13-12, 09:39 PM

Nice!
Not sure but I think I caught you working on it on a blog a friend mine does.

I'm torn on the finishing touches. Color on the lure may really be a neat touch. Maybe lure and splash of water in color.
Saw your new post while typing this one.
What do you think about burning in the lateral line and maybe a real thin burn on the shadow side of scale.
Mess around, you can always paint in the end.
Better yet do two.
So you have it perfected when I put MY order in.

Again if it's the same one I saw in the backdrop (different blog I think?) , I think last one, that looked nice but now I don't remember a fish in that one?

I should also add that all these ideas are coming from a person with absolutly NO artistc talent what so ever. Just a member of the buying public.

bassinbob · 02-13-12, 10:04 PM

I saw it hanging in your woman reporter gets bit by dog blog. Beautiful Donald. If ya sell them I'll take one.

keithdog · 02-13-12, 11:25 PM

Donald, that looks awsome buddy!!! It looks like something one woould by at BPS. Can you play with an image of it in photoshop to see what various finishes would look like? I'm sure whatever you do with it, it will look great.

skeeter1804 · 02-13-12, 11:30 PM

That looks really good.

Jrob78 · 02-13-12, 11:44 PM

That looks really good!

MallenManson · 02-14-12, 12:57 AM

Very, very nice, Donald!
That sure would look great at my retirement cabin!
When I buy a cabin.....and retire.....and stuff....
I'd buy one!

carolina-rig-01 · 02-14-12, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

Very, very nice, Donald!
That sure would look great at my retirement cabin!
When I buy a cabin.....and retire.....and stuff....
I'd buy one!

you still planning on retiring in Missouri Mike? We may be fishing partners one day LOL.

1/4 stick · 02-14-12, 09:17 AM

Thank ya fellas!!

I hadn't even thought about using photoshop Keith. Thank ya.

MallenManson · 02-14-12, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by carolina-rig-01

you still planning on retiring in Missouri Mike? We may be fishing partners one day LOL.

It's still toppin' the list!

bamabassman · 02-14-12, 06:09 PM

mike LIKES shoveling snow. hahahaha!!!!

MallenManson · 02-14-12, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bamabassman

mike LIKES shoveling snow. hahahaha!!!!

Walk up onto my deck some Winter. You'll realize by the 2nd step that Mike don't shovel

1/4 stick · 02-14-12, 07:18 PM

hehehehehe.. Let it snow let it snow!!

Bassboss · 02-14-12, 07:21 PM

NICE work stick! Looks real good, live the send version.. looks less furry. lol

1/4 stick · 02-14-12, 07:29 PM

Thank ya bassboss. Was thinking about paint, but kinda want to keep the wood look, so I'm trying different shades of stain.

1/4 stick · 02-14-12, 09:49 PM

Second shade.. Next will be polyurathane over the whole thing. (after the stain sets over night.

MallenManson · 02-14-12, 09:52 PM

Awesome job Donald!

kennethdaysale · 02-14-12, 10:06 PM

Dang stick that's a good looking piece! What'd you use? 1x6 pressure treated? I don't know how much time you've got in that but I think you could easily sell them for $20-30 + S&H

joedog · 02-14-12, 10:09 PM

Wow, great work.

1/4 stick · 02-14-12, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by kennethdaysale

Dang stick that's a good looking piece! What'd you use? 1x6 pressure treated? I don't know how much time you've got in that but I think you could easily sell them for $20-30 + S&H

Thank ya.
Yup, my bro in law had some 1x6 pieces left from his deck. I grabbed a piece of that. Now that I kinda got an idea of how to do it, I reckon I ought to do one just to see how long it actually does take. That one I just sorta messed with here and there over the past couple days.

02-13-12, 08:22 PM	#1
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	My first bass carving... I still need some work on the detail. The scales I tried to do made him look like a fury bass, but all and all I think it's fair for a first effort. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

02-13-12, 08:28 PM	#2
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	THAT LOOKS GREAT DONALD!!! I AM SERIOUS. did oyu do this free handed? man i LIKE that. i might get you to make one for me to hang up on my frint poarch. you gonna paint it? if so, let me see waht the finished prduct looks like. i am serious donald. this looks great man. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

02-13-12, 08:41 PM	#3
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	Thank ya much. The basic outline and shape was a stencil, the detail is my freehand work going by the pic. Haven't made up my mind yet whether to just stain it, burn some detail, maybe a coat of paint just to get the colors and shading on it under the stain and polyurethane. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

02-13-12, 08:43 PM	#4
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	might go back and do some touch up carving too. I see some stuff I missed. :O __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

02-13-12, 08:56 PM	#5
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	Looks great, and it's bigger than the fish that John catches LOL. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

02-13-12, 09:16 PM	#6
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	lmao... Ya'll leave dinky John alone. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

02-13-12, 09:39 PM	#7
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Nice! Not sure but I think I caught you working on it on a blog a friend mine does. I'm torn on the finishing touches. Color on the lure may really be a neat touch. Maybe lure and splash of water in color. Saw your new post while typing this one. What do you think about burning in the lateral line and maybe a real thin burn on the shadow side of scale. Mess around, you can always paint in the end. Better yet do two. So you have it perfected when I put MY order in. Again if it's the same one I saw in the backdrop (different blog I think?) , I think last one, that looked nice but now I don't remember a fish in that one? I should also add that all these ideas are coming from a person with absolutly NO artistc talent what so ever. Just a member of the buying public. __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

02-13-12, 10:04 PM	#8
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	I saw it hanging in your woman reporter gets bit by dog blog. Beautiful Donald. If ya sell them I'll take one. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

02-13-12, 11:25 PM	#9
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Donald, that looks awsome buddy!!! It looks like something one woould by at BPS. Can you play with an image of it in photoshop to see what various finishes would look like? I'm sure whatever you do with it, it will look great. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

02-13-12, 11:30 PM	#10
skeeter1804 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Edgerton KS Posts: 321	That looks really good.

02-13-12, 11:44 PM	#11
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	That looks really good! __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

02-14-12, 12:57 AM	#12
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Very, very nice, Donald! That sure would look great at my retirement cabin! When I buy a cabin.....and retire.....and stuff.... I'd buy one! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

02-14-12, 09:17 AM	#14
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	Thank ya fellas!! I hadn't even thought about using photoshop Keith. Thank ya. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

02-14-12, 06:09 PM	#16
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	mike LIKES shoveling snow. hahahaha!!!! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

02-14-12, 07:18 PM	#18
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	hehehehehe.. Let it snow let it snow!! __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

02-14-12, 07:21 PM	#19
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	NICE work stick! Looks real good, live the send version.. looks less furry. lol __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

02-14-12, 07:29 PM	#20
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	Thank ya bassboss. Was thinking about paint, but kinda want to keep the wood look, so I'm trying different shades of stain. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

02-14-12, 09:49 PM	#21
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	Second shade.. Next will be polyurathane over the whole thing. (after the stain sets over night. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

02-14-12, 09:52 PM	#22
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Awesome job Donald! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

02-14-12, 10:06 PM	#23
kennethdaysale BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: rock hill, sc Posts: 2,315	Dang stick that's a good looking piece! What'd you use? 1x6 pressure treated? I don't know how much time you've got in that but I think you could easily sell them for $20-30 + S&H __________________ Sometimes you gotta risk it to get the biscuit.

02-14-12, 10:09 PM	#24
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Wow, great work. __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

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