Tug The Drafthorse

[Trout]

Last night as I was working on Hank the mule I had Tugs picture hanging up on the wall so I could start to get a feel for him and a game plan..
I know Toni and Sue likes things a little different so I hope they don't mind if I'm leaning toward a more traditional look..

Being that this is my first attempt at a segmentation project I'm tiring to stay within those guide lines..
since this will be cut out of one piece of wood I had my wife enlarge the pattern to fit on a 12 inch wide board.
Paint or stain? that will all depend on the wood and when I get to that piont.

Off to the lumber yard...

Trout

[Trout]

time to start cutting...

I found a really nice piece of 1/2 x 12 white Poplar with a very nice wood grain...I was hoping for a wood that would take to fuming, tanning and that would stain well but Poplar was the only thing I could find in that size..

Trout

[Trout]

11 x 17

I enlarged the pattern to a 11 x 17 piece of paper which will make Tug's accrual size 10 x 12..
The bigger size looks great and will make all those small and curvy pieces much more manageable to cut...

to bad I can't show you, you'll have to wait until Toni and Sue unveils him...

Trout

[Back2Jake]

tease

ROFLMAO! Nice one Trout!

Yes, we will do the grand reveil when you've completed him. I got the giggles from that last post though.

[Sue Chrestensen]

Trout..LOL..oh it sounds like you're going to have some fun with "Tug".. which really makes me smile..and I must say you are a bit of a 'tease'...building all of our curiosities!! Can't wait to see what you do with him..white poplar sounds awesome!

[Sue Chrestensen]

the "Grand Reviel"???? oh my..hmmmm, and ummmm, I'm not sure how we'll be doing that

LOL..what fun!

[PuzzledMoose]

Waiting with bated breath for the grand reveil or reviel? Is that a combination of unveiling and revealing ....?

But when is the cutie in the bath that I have here on my computer going to be revealed, Sue and Toni?

[Back2Jake]

Oh sheesh Ian, you had me there a moment. I was puzzled.

I looked at Sue and said "cutie in the bathtub????" and we both were caught. See we have a number of "lifeforms" and nudes designed but well, they wouldn't be appropriate for this forum. I had to think for a moment what design you were talking about.

That "cutie in the bathtub" will be shown when you do the design I suppose.

[PuzzledMoose]

Gotcha ..lol

[Trout]

116 pieces

It's all cut out and it only took me 3 1/2 hours total cutting time....
time for a couple shots of Jack to help ease the back...
Trout

[Back2Jake]

Wow, you're fast.... we are glad to hear Tug is under 4 hours cutting time. We want to keep our designs under that mark if we can.

Having fun Trout?

[Trout]

I've got pictures too...

time to go clean up all those little pieces...

I'm having a great time, I just wish I knew what I was doing.
maybe I should put Neals book on my wish list....

116 pieces in 3 1/2 hours and to think it took me 2 days to cut out 20 pieces for Hank the mule..

Trout

[Forester21]

You know this is totally not fair??!! I came looking for pictures!~!

Theresa

[Trout]

Toni and Sue...

I've sent you some mail....

[Back2Jake]

Hi Trout,

Didn't get any mail yet. Am I having that email problem again???? ARG.

Take care
Toni