Here is the third king of the Magi. I took more progression pictures to better show the carving process.
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| Wow! Beautiful grain! |
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| I start out by transferring the pattern to a piece of butternut and cutting out the blank on a band saw. |
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| Front view. |
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| I removed wood from the sides of the head face. |
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| Back view. |
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| Next I begin to remove wood from under the arms and taper the forearms and hands. |
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| Back view showing wood removed from under arms. |
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| I cut in the sleeves and begin to remove the wood between. |
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| I begin to round off the body shoulders and head wrap. |
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| Rough in the crown. |
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| Create folds in the head wrap and bottom of the robe. |
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| Remove the wood from the back and sides of the frankincense holder. |
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| Carve the details of hands, face and crown, and begin sanding. |
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| Finished sanding and profiling with 80 grit. |
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| Continue sanding switching to 150 grit . |
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| When sanding your carving make sure to line up scratch marks with the grain of the wood before changing to a finer grit. Continue sanding with 220 grit, and finishing up with 320 grit. I seal the carving with Deft Satin Lacquer, applying several light coats and using a Sand-O-Flex with 320 grit between first few coats. |
