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My Cavallin-o-Lantern. Happy Halloween!

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  1. ferrariartist

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    Very cool!
    My wife carved a pumpking this weekend..... it was only a borring old mummy though. :p

    I'll have to keep this in mind.
     
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    Great job!
     
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    Hey Grant,

    That's great!! You know you can't post that without providing Templates so people can download and do their own! :)

    Bill
     
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    With power tools all is possible.
     
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    Thanks all. It was fun to do. Havent made a Jackolantern in years.

    Template eh? i might still have it actually, but for those with Adobe Illustrator all i did was give the vector image of the horse a really large black stroke... something like 30pts... unitil it became a shadow shape but still recognizable.

    Yes, power tools help tremendously. Didnt know at first whether it would do the job, but after a bit i got a system going....

    thx again...

    GT
     
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    to heck with the pumpkin.....can we see the car you painted on the wall behind it???? It looks really cool....
     
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    i'll attach a pdf of the silhouette i used. i guess one can use their print dialogue menu to enlarge or reduce to the size of their pumpkin.
    technically with that stroke one wouldnt see the triangle between the forelegs, so i eyeballed it. It didnt look right without it and the drill seemed to be working good. I didnt think it would break its legs. Needless to say i was verrrrrry careful... it was the last thing i carved.

    check out my other thread on this and other drawings on my whiteboard.
    http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77031&page=4

    GT
    View attachment Ferrari_pumpkin.pdf
     
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    That is really cool! Good job ;)
     
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    Grant,

    I don't have Illustrator. But Thanks for the template...I'll have to attempt one as well! :)

    Bill
     
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    Not being a F-Pumpkin champion such as yourself, what was the Windex for?
     
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    The pdf above should work in Acrobat Reader, so Illustrator isnt required.
    Good luck with yours. Probably an obvious point, but when choosing a pumpkin... the larger the better. This one is about 11 inches tall.

    GT
     
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    i marked on the triangle for the space between the forelegs with a pen. I didnt keep within the lines too well and some ink remained. I gave it a rub with Windex to remove it and noticed it shined up really good, so i gave it an overall shine with it.
    Didnt want to break out the claybar and the Maguires.... :)

    GT
     
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    very cool
     
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    Thank you kindly.

    Sigh... its only Wednesday and the things looking kinda sad. Things are getting kind of soft and its drooping like crazy. Must be the air in here....
    Here i thought i'd make it to Halloween, and its still 2 more days.
    I dont think its going to make it... darnit.

    GT
     
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