carving "Thunderbolt" #11: ---Thunderbolt completed!

too awesome work buddy…..

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Cool!! If my dad were still here, he would run that for hours.

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Great job, but you forgot the poor guys stirrups!

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He doesn’t need stirrups. He has special glue on the seat of his pants ;-))

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Thunderbolt is one ornery horse!! And you’ve got an awfully determined Cowboy there!!
Great Job Mike, on both the project and the blog… Thanks for sharing the “Ride”, it was fun watching it come together…
Well Done!!

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Great carving and mechanics. Looks like Thunderbolt would be good for the long, gentle, gallop or the rodeo. Wonderful work!

David

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The score is:- Cowboy 1 Thunderbolt nil that’s a real nice piece of work although I need to have a lay down after watching the video I’m worn out. lol
Best
Trevor

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That’s the kind of thing you’d get as a kid and fondly remember the rest of your life….

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This has been a great blog! I lost track of it and am glad to have caught up. You did a great job on the whole project – I am really impressed with your paint work!

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

Thanks all! Big Tiny, he originally had stirrups, but he ripped them off trying to bite kid’s legs! I originally planned to put them on but couldn’t figure out a good way to get the cowboy’s legs to swing like I wanted…wanted it to look like he was spurring him on! So I decided to just eliminate them in the name of art. I did leave a few pieces off the bridle also, but my theory was to try and dazzle viewers with all the gears and such so they wouldn’t notice too many missing details!

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well…. Giddy-Up very kool animated carving. very neat

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That is utterly amazing, the work you have done. I am just in awe of the whole piece!
WOW!!

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