Big Gun Big Scroll

[Christian DeCamillis]

This is a gun I'm working on for a friend of mine Brad Esslinger. The center will have some quail. It is challenging , because shading these larger scrolls is much harder than shading small ones. The reason is that you you have a long way to make the taper cut to give you good color. Chris

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

Thats really sweet Chris. . . . .

 

[BrianPowley]

Way to go, Chris.
Very nice..............

 

[eastslope]

Doggone it!! With all the cool work being shown on this site I spend more time studying in front of this darn screen, time that I should spend actually drawing and cutting. Between these last bunch of posts, and now yours, I really don't think I am going to get anything done for awhile, not that I was ever that productive in the first place.

Beautiful work and thanks for posting. A great study for sure! Thanks, Seth

 

[Sam]

That's a really nice acanthus design, Chris. And you're right, large work means longer, tapered lines, and in this example you have a LOT of them. You're really controlling the shades of grey well. Exceptional work and some of the best I've seen posted in awhile. / ~Sam

 

[Tira]

Chris, It's beautiful. Brad is going to be one happy guy. I hope I get to see it. Will you have it at the GM?

 

[fegarex]

Really nice Chris! That is one heck of a lot of shading lines. Now you have to look forward to the other side!!
Rex

 

[jlseymour]

Brad will be very proud of that beautiful work Chris...
Brad and I talked just before the Blade Show and was having a great time in Texas...
Hope to see it in person some day...
Thanks Chris,
Jerry

 

[Glenn]

Chris your work is magnetic. It seems to draw all the creativity in ones mind to attention. Thanks for sharing your talents and skills.

 

[pilkguns]

Great work on on of my favorite guns.

 

[Lee]

Outstanding!!

 

[Kevin P.]

For those of us pretty much ignorant in the firearms area (me), what are the overall dimensions of the piece ( in mms/cms )? The cutting looks good to me; I'll have to spend more time looking to appreciate what you've accomplished.
Kevin P.

 

[Joe Mason]

Looking good Chris. Thanks for sharing

Joe

 

[fegarex]

Kevin,
The rough dimensions of a Model 12 shotgun side (the flat area) is 6.5" X 1.5". I think that is roughly 170mm X 40mm.
It's BIG....
Rex

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Hi Chris

Fabulous work as always. Big bold work!!

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Kevin P.]

Thanks Rex

 

[monk]

some say the human hand cant attain perfection. i'm not sure this is so. just look at this !

 

[Chapi]

I can't even imagine creating something so beautiful and then leting go of it. Every time I go back to it, I see something new and wonderful. Thank you for sharing this.

 

[isaac]

Those leafs look like their alive! Unbelievable depth in that engraving.

 

[santos]

Hi Chris

Incredible work . The quails will be the cherry on the cake .
Jordi sent me your Self study bulino kit, it's a treasure.
Thank you for all Monsieur Chris it was an honour and a pleasure to meet you in Thiers.

Greetings


Jean