Ladies and Gentleman THIS is.....

[FTG-05]

... why you do not ask me to do artsy-fartsy craft type jobs:

They were supposed to look like this:

[/beer] or whatever the "no beer for you" icon is.....

 

[rcktsled]

I think they're great! You want them to look homemade, NOT made in China, bought at Wal Mart. Well done!

 

[mike93lx]

Not sure where you think you went wrong... They look fine to me. Better than the plastic garbage at every big box store

 

[jimgood]

Look better than the drawings to me too. Nice job.

 

[FTG-05]

Maybe I need to take better pics... or perhaps some here need to have their eyes checked. They look to me like some drunken fumble-fingered couldn't-nail-two-pieces-of-wood put them together.

Or maybe I should have been drunk to begin with....

 

[ilovevocs]

You would sell out at a craft show.

 

[txvwnut]

Okay I'll see if I can help you out with this...

The tall one looks like he's been hitting the bottle and the short one looks like he just saw his first sideboob.

Other than that they look fine and like the others have said you'd clean up at a craft show.

 

[CNGsaves]

Both have Jay Leno heads . . . . other than that, Terrific !!!

 

[chruler]

I'll bet the mrs will love having them out on the lawn!

 

[PugetDude]

That doe looks like she's been ridden hard... (it's the bowed legs)

 

[gungatim]

I don't see anything wrong with them. you made them so you will always see the flaws. anyone else seeing them outside from 30 ft. away? I don't think they would notice if they only had 3 legs!

they look cool though. you made any other log furniture or rustic stuff like charirs or tables out of branches? would love to see some. I bought all the drills and tennon makers to do some but never got around to it...need some inspiration!

 

[Ohmthis]

I have to agree with everyone. I think they look fine. What were you expecting?

 

[FTG-05]

I have to agree with everyone. I think they look fine. What were you expecting?

Given my experience with me doing artsy-fartsy craft-type projects?

****.

But you are not alone (as well as the others in this thread): Both the intermediate person and the end user love them. They want me to make a third.

Bud Lime or Pee before I start?

 

[larry_g]

2 pieces of firewood and some kindling, looks good to me.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[tmcowboy]

Bud Lime or Pee before I start?

What's the difference, I hear they taste the same...

 

[KRB52]

For a variation, try making one of the heads out of red cedar; then you could have a Rudolph. (If you put them on the front lawn, sprinkle some of the wood shavings from the saw on the ground under their tails.)

 

[chruler]

What's the difference, I hear they taste the same...

Yeah, fruit doesn't belong in beer!

 

[dlcwent]

For a variation, try making one of the heads out of red cedar; then you could have a Rudolph. (If you put them on the front lawn, sprinkle some of the wood shavings from the saw on the ground under their tails.)

And make the bodies out of white birch. You will sell a million of them on e-bay. You have just found yourself a new side line for income. Well done.

 

[toomany]

They look good.

I've got one that I made years ago. Ran some lamp cord through it and put a light bulb in for the nose. I broke the (twig) antlers a few years ago and never got around to finding a new pair. I'll see if I can dig up some pictures.

 

[Richard Cranium]

looks fine to me.

 

[scrumpy]

Just a few blue cans and a brown and green bottle or two near their feet... Very festive.

I think they look good.

-scrump

 

[C_F]

Okay I'll see if I can help you out with this...

The tall one looks like he's been hitting the bottle and the short one looks like he just saw his first sideboob.

That one made me...LOL!!

 

[Professur]

If you were looking for us to give you an out from ever doing more artsy stuff, you failed.

 

[FTG-05]

If you were looking for us to give you an out from ever doing more artsy stuff, you failed.

****!!!

 

[madmikeee]

I bet you could sell those for 50 bucks a piece without hesitation. With the modern world paying 20 times for "reclaimed" stuff that they would pay for new I am probably lowballing by a large margin.

 

[RickP]

If you were looking for us to give you an out from ever doing more artsy stuff, you failed.

****!!!

Where can we order more of them? Like it or not, you're locked in now!

 

[FTG-05]

Third and final one, completed today, delivered to my SIL for transport to the end user tomorrow. Company party is Dec. 18, no I'm not invited, thank god!

 

[cholder2454]

okay i'll see if i can help you out with this...

The tall one looks like he's been hitting the bottle and the short one looks like he just saw his first sideboob.

Other than that they look fine and like the others have said you'd clean up at a craft show.

bahahaha

 

[bczygan]

How much are they?

We need 12!

Machinist I worked for makes dozens of smaller ones every year and sells them.

Cool job!

Bill

 

[cz_699]

Hey, I just made 2 of these today, as a Christmas Present for my MIL, and a mini one from scraps for the kid's Elf on the Shelf....

 

[markvfr]

Okay I'll see if I can help you out with this...

The tall one looks like he's been hitting the bottle and the short one looks like he just saw his first sideboob.

Other than that they look fine and like the others have said you'd clean up at a craft show.

That made me LOL at work... thanks.