New project

[Danzn Bar]

Really looking good Pat

[Pat B]

Thanks, D Bar.
  The push pins are temporary.   

[DC]

That's really coming together!

[mullet]

I got a feeling if I read this right, there will be a lot of tickets bought.

[nclonghunter]

Pat, you are very welcome.....it looks great!

[Pat B]

That's the plan, Eddie. I'm trying to top last years $1k.
 Once I get everything cut out and stitched together he should look a lot better.

[Parnell]

So interesting, Pat.  Really cool project.

[JW_Halverson]

I would be happy to have him get my back in grizzly country.  Looks like he is loaded for bear!!!

[Pat B]

As many of my projects go I've changed directions a bit. I received some nice scraps of brain tanned leather from Nclonghunter(thanks again Lyman) that I was going to make a buckskin outfit for this guy. After a few attempts it just didn't look right. Looked more like a dressed up doll than a figure of a Woodland hunter. My other option and my original thoughts were to make it all with paper mache. Well, that's what I did and it is a 100% improvement. Just the way his buckskins hang on him now is definitely more realistic.  I have made his quiver, possible bag and neck knife sheath from brain tanned leather, but I'm still not sure about the quiver. I'm contemplating a woven basket style quiver. The arrows are cane(bamboo skewers) with Eastern Woodland, sinew wrapped 2 fletch(real turkey feathers) with a paper mache arrowhead(also with sinew wrap). His hawk head is also paper mache and sinew wrapped. His neck knife is made with rawhide with a sinew wrapped handle. The 2 feathers on his braid are actual turkey feathers, cut from the very end of the feather and shaped to size. His belt is braided hemp cord.
 I still have a lot of finish work to do and may make a few other changes but I'll study him for a while, from all angles to be sure it all looks right.
 So, here he is as of now...

[half eye]

Pat, that is some true art-work right there, very well done sir. All the thought that went into him shows very clearly in the end product.
rich

[Pat B]

Thanks Rich. That means a lot coming from a true artist!    Maybe I should inlay a knapped point into the base sorta like the little treasures you put in your work. 

[bow101]

Very nice,   One of a kind. 

[Marc St Louis]

Pretty neat Pat.  Very well done

[Knoll]

Spectacular, sir!

[Pat B]

Thanks guys. I made this figure to donate to Twin Oaks for the raffle table at the Tennessee Classic in May. You better get your tickets early before they run out.