"Long have I desired to look upon the kings of old... my kin"

[Daeron the Minstrel]

Just stumbled across this thread and I've got to join in with everyone else here. Awesome work and what a project to tackle. I'm in awe.

Patience is a virtue but I guess you already know that. Take your time, at the end of the day in a year or three whats it matter if it took 6 months longer or more to complete. No point in rushing it when it's you're so close. The tortoise beats the hare any day.

 

[Polylord]

Just stumbled across this thread and I've got to join in with everyone else here. Awesome work and what a project to tackle. I'm in awe.

Patience is a virtue but I guess you already know that. Take your time, at the end of the day in a year or three whats it matter if it took 6 months longer or more to complete. No point in rushing it when it's you're so close. The tortoise beats the hare any day.

Thanks for your nice words. It's a shame that I don't have the opportunity to work on it at my own place (I live in an apartmentbuilding). I have to go to my parents' place to work on it. Therefor I can't/don't work on it as much as I would like to.

But you're right, I'll take my time and I really enjoy working on it too. Sometimes it goes a bit too slow to my liking tho! But I love working out the details, which is what I'm doing at the moment. The head will be the biggest challenge!

 

[Polylord]

Another update (that was about time! ) in the first post.

 

[Polylord]

Another update in the first post. I worked some more on the helmet today. Things go WAY too slow for my liking, lol. But I'm very pleased with the result so far.

 

[Jen]

Wow - that's coming along nicely Polylord. You've put a lot of time and effort into this and you are going to have something you can be immensely proud of when you are done.

 

[barryo]

bad to the stone...............

did i read that right??......775 hours you have put into this so far??...

 

[Polylord]

bad to the stone...............

did i read that right??......775 hours you have put into this so far??...

Lol no. 77 1/2 hours!

 

[barryo]

Lol no. 77 1/2 hours!

..........i thought that was excessive.....

but really 77 1/2 doesnt seem that long at all as i look at what you started with and where you are at now.........but i will admit i dont know anything about carving stone. great work........this has been a long interesting thread so far.

 

[Jessica]

Wow. This is just too bloody amazing. I love your dedication!!!

 

[Polylord]

Another long awaited update. I worked on the sculpture for 6,5 hours this week (I'm on my holiday, so I got time to spare ). I worked out the details on the helmet and gathered all my courage to start working on the face. That's a tough nut to crack, but so far I'm happy with the result. It's not finished just yet, but it's getting there!

More pictures in the first post.

 

[Jen]

WOW!!!! That looks AMAZING!!!!! The face looks wonderful!

 

[barryo]

great update PL.............i think you did an excellent job on the face.

Endeavor to persevere.............

 

[Polylord]

Thanks, I still need to do some tweaking to the face and the neck, but the biggest part is done now.

 

[Jesseawilson]

This is the first time I have seen this thread...... Absolutely amazing!

 

[King Darkness]

EXCELLENT!



I love to see updates of this project!

 

[Amanaman]

Now that's a labor of love!

 

[Polylord]

EXCELLENT!



I love to see updates of this project!

I will continue to update this thread until the statue is completely finished . Oh and then I'll have to start working on the companion piece!

 

[galactiboy]

Man, I love seeing updates in this thread... such incredible work.

And didn't even think that you'd also have to make the companion piece

 

[Polylord]

Man, I love seeing updates in this thread... such incredible work.

And didn't even think that you'd also have to make the companion piece

Yeah, sometimes I wonder what I've gotten myself into!

Seriously tho, it's a lot of work but I like doing it and there is no deadline, so I can just take my time and work on it whenever I want.

 

[icruise]

I'm sure I would've given up long ago. Very impressive stuff.