A Flame Finial--First Try

[Dave R]

I knew you'd see them. You do such fine work, your eyes are tuned to see even the slightest errors.

Kristoff, thank you.

[hellnbak]

@dave r said:

I knew you'd see them. You do such fine work, your eyes are tuned to see even the slightest errors.

Actually the only thing I could find to complain about was that you modeled it instead of me
Really nice work. Any chance of some tips on how you did it?

[Dave R]

Thank you.

I'm going to be doing a tutorial on it so I'll save the details. The first thing, though, is to hold your tongue correctly.

[hellnbak]

@dave r said:

The first thing, though, is to hold your tongue correctly.

I remember whenever Dad was working on something, building a shelf or another house, he would always have his tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth. Brings back some fond memories.

[Dave R]

It worked, didn't it?

[hellnbak]

@dave r said:

It worked, didn't it?

Yeah, I guess it did. Seemed like every time we'd get settled somewhere he'd get the urge and be off building our next house. I was just a kid and never could quite figure that out, but it made life a little more interesting.

[roland joseph]

Once upon a time models like this inspired contests like the "30 minute model".
Speaking of bringing back old memories. I read your post Dave and opened Sketchup right away. I just see that beautiful little finial as a challenge.... ...I'm working on it right now... instead of working on some other boring square stuff that pays my living.

Thanks for making it!!

[Bryan K]

Looks damn good to me!

[Box]

Try as I might to copy you Dave, the bloody wind keeps getting it.

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[Dave R]

[Daniel]

Well, I'm gobsmacked by your finial, Dave.