Another Pumpkin picture

[Yvonne G]

Since Kymiie did such a realistic job on her pumpkin, I thought y'all might enjoy this picture:

Rebecca from the African Tortoise Group carved it. Maybe not quite as realistic as Kymiie's pumpkin, but pretty nice anyway!

Yvonne

 

[jdawn]

Wow, such talent!

 

[shelber10]

wow that is some pumpkin carving skill!

 

[Stephanie Logan]

That is a great likeness of Dudley! I am sure he was proud to be the subject of such a work of art. I especially like the way the tortoise scutes are not carved all the way through, but by scraping away the rind so thin that the light shines through. Very skillful, that.

 

[Yvonne G]

NO!! I'd really like to take credit for it, but I stole it from the African Tortoise site.

Yvonne

 

[Stephanie Logan]

So Dudley posed for the African web site?

I guess if you picked the pattern, you can take credit for that. I commend Rebecca for doing the grunt work--all those slimy strings and seeds, and shaping the lid just right so it doesn't fall through and smother the candle...

 

[tortoisenerd]

Awesome!

 

[terryo]

Wow! That's one of the best I've seen yet.

 

[katesgoey]

Thanks for sharing Yvonne!! Rebecca is a very talented carver. I don't see anywhere in your post where the pumpkin is based on Dudley - it wasn't, was it?

 

[Yvonne G]

Thanks for sharing Yvonne!! Rebecca is a very talented carver. I don't see anywhere in your post where the pumpkin is based on Dudley - it wasn't, was it?

No.

Yvonne

 

[Stazz]

Awwwww how cool is that ! I love seeing how you all celebrate Halloween, its a very very new thing for me ! In SA, we never celebrated it!

 

[Stephanie Logan]

Thanks for sharing Yvonne!! Rebecca is a very talented carver. I don't see anywhere in your post where the pumpkin is based on Dudley - it wasn't, was it?

No.

Yvonne

Oh. How does Dudley feel about your using some other tortoise model on your pumpkin?

 

[Isa]

Very nice, She did an amazing job.
Thanks for sharing

 

[Kymiie]

I did want my pumpkin to look like that, but I actually thought it would be hard. So crush ''my tortoise'' became ''my guinpig''
Lol!!
Thanks xxxx