Figment is going home to a former Texan who happens to love figure skating. Of course she absolutely loves Figment! Figment is figure skating on ice with the Texas State symbol painted into the ice.
Tryin to save time, I opted to enlarge a picture of Figment and cut it to be traced on the face of the tupelo blank.
That saved some time but because of Figment's tail I still had to sketch his profile. Which also meant I had to add a piece of wood for his tail.
Figment turned out to be a bit more frustrating than imagined. Not only that, several of his extremities were extremely delicate. This is one piece that handling must be kept to a minimum. His wings and horns worked out to be very fragile.
I planned to mount him with a screw in his tail and belly. However, his belly looked terrible so I trimmed his belly and will rely on one screw to his tail to hold him in place
I still wanted two points on him to "secure" him to his base. I decided to leave his skate blades thick and was able to run a 1/8" dowel up into his blade and into the base. He will be screwed at his tail, his right skate and glued at his left skate.
Below, Figment and his base is sealed and ready for paint.
Easy big fella' you're going to be in good hands!
Figment's still uneasy on his skates but he's got a terrific stabilizer with his tail!
