{"id":2978,"date":"2014-03-22T15:03:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T15:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2014-03-22T15:03:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-22T15:03:24","slug":"dragonsbane-poniard-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2978","title":{"rendered":"Dragonsbane Poniard – Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dragonsbane_Poniard_14\"<\/a>
\nToday I’m working on the copper crossguard, adding skulls. \u00a0I’ve engraved and carved them, and also textured the face. \u00a0You can see (above) the copper rod I’ll be using to rivet the guard into place , once all four skulls have been added.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>And here are close-ups of the two skulls I finished today. \u00a0Two more to go!<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I’m working on the copper crossguard, adding skulls. \u00a0I’ve engraved and carved them, and also textured the face. \u00a0You can see (above) the copper rod I’ll be using to rivet the guard into place , once all four skulls … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23,5,27],"tags":[9,8,3,7,17,16,4],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-M2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3069,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3069","url_meta":{"origin":2978,"position":0},"title":"Dragonsbane Poniard – Part 9 – The Pile of Skulls","date":"April 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I finished the gold inlay for the eyes, and began carving the pile of skulls just below the dragon pommel (she's been really hungry lately...) \u00a0After transferring my design, I engraved all the lines (above). 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