My First Volcano

sprangalang · Post by **sprangalang** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:32 am

I've been working on this one a while. It came out totally different from what I set out to do (as have all my pipes so far :p), but I kinda like it. Sorry about my lousy pics.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:21 pm

Really great bud!!

I like it alot! Nice job on the stem adornment.

The thing that bugs me most is that I can't figure out what the white things are in the case below! D'OHH!

sprangalang · Post by **sprangalang** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:28 pm

Thanks for the compliments Nick!
White things in the case.... Oh, those are chess pieces! lolz

Nick wrote:Really great bud!!

I like it alot! Nice job on the stem adornment.

The thing that bugs me most is that I can't figure out what the white things are in the case below! D'OHH!

kbadkar · Post by **kbadkar** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:30 pm

My guess, judging by the checkerboard context, would be very eggy chess pieces, perhaps out of meerschaum even.

Nice pipe sprangalang! The convex bottom looks a bit strange on a volcano though. Were you trying to keep that little bit of plateau on the bottom, ran out of room with the chamber, or chose that look as a design element? What material did you use for white bands? Just curious.

sprangalang · Post by **sprangalang** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:10 am

Kbadkar,
It IS an egg-chess set! We are the egg-family (family joke). I'm not sure what material the chess pieces are made of, but they are impressively heavy. A "Targette" special!
Once I decided against a natural rough plateau bottom, I wanted to accent the birdseye, but still have a nice hand-feel. And I thought the rounded bottom would be interesting.

The "ivory" is cheap-ass fake ivory, nothing special. Thanks for the comments!

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:45 pm

I have that exact chess set, they are plastic with metal insert