Carve Yer Ewn! with pics!

[taxos]

here's how a bird body can be made out of a block of foam:

draw the outline of the body, and then put it back-back to determine the width of the body. Note that you don't need to get the exact measurements, a bit smaller than the original body makes a good fit

[taxos]

carve the upperleg into the body

[taxos]

carve the wedge to give way to the neck

[taxos]

measure the hight of the body, and be sure to make it a tad smaller, after that sand the body to make it smooooth

[taxos]

done

[roughlegged_hawk]

Thanks for this, taxos. Always nice to have another look at the process.

What kind of bird is that? It looks a little bigger than those tiny songbirds I'm used to seeing you working on... 

[taxos]

thanks, it is a long eared owl...a tweetie would have made it quite a challenge to get good photo's!

[lee, tees valley]

  well done taxos   like peeling potatoes   eh'

[kirby/575.693.6699]

what kind of foam did you use and where do you get it?

kirby

[480volt]

If you live near a lake and have a boat you can find free foam.  Where I am, people redo their duck blinds and you can find it on the banks occasionally.

[taxos]

I use Glaxofoam which I get from a local builder. It comes in plates 25 cm thick and is dense enough to carry wires for buzzard, big ducks, herons etc.