Product Description
Carving Trophy Deer & Elk
by Todd Swaim
Carving Trophy Deer & Elk contains how-to instructions with step-by-step illustrations detailing, roughing out, how-to use power tools to create life-like features, painting techniques creating realistic eyes hair and much more. Todd guides the beginner and advanced through the carvings with color photographs using techniques for each carver depending on their skills. He provides the reader with patterns, reference materials, and wood selection. Once you've transferred the pattern onto a block of wood, Todd shows you how to cut and rough down the piece using a splicing technique. When your finished roughing out the piece you can move on to refining the face, antlers, eyes, and ears. Todd takes you through texturing the hair , antler veining and the final touches with a gallery of photos to use as a study model.When your finished with the carving you'll move on to painting your piece with color charts, techniques and tips he has provided for you. This is a fantastic book if your looking to carve Deer or Elk that stand out with piercing eyes and realistic fur and hair that no one will be able to tell if its a carving or trophy mounted wildlife piece.
Carving Trophy Deer & Elk Patterns:
- White Tail Buck side view mouth closed.
- White Tail Buck side view mouth open.
- White Tail Buck top view.
- Mule Deer side view.
- Mule Deer top view.
- Bull Elk Skeletal System.
- Bull Elk side view with mouth open.
- Bull Elk top view.
- 3 Patterns of top teeth, gums bottom, front teeth and roof of mouth.
- White Tail Deer Antler.
- Mule Deer Antler.
- Elk Antler.
- Direction Hair Flow Patterns for Deer & Elk.
- Ear patterns for Mule Deer , White Tail Deer & Elk front, and top views.
Carving Trophy Deer & Elk Book Specifications:
- Softcover.
- 74 Pages.
- Author: Todd Swaim.
- Publisher: Fox Chapel.