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Published: 2006-09-09 22:04:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 8397; Favourites: 100; Downloads: 30
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this is Bill's forge.uh, yeah, sorry i haven't checked my page in a while. I'm very pleased to see that it was selected for a Daily Deviation. Also, thank you for all of your kind words, i will continue to update the page and i hope you will enjoy my future endeavors!
dan
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As a blacksmith in training(yes we still exist). This is really cool! but I have a few things That I wish to critic. first off, the floor is to messy. Dont get me wrong, most black smiths like a messy work area, but all of the bits of metal on the floor would be in a scrap pile(no metal goes unused). And also the anvil stand looks a Little shaby, like it was make in a hurry. an anvil stand is meant to take one hell of a beating. One of the more transnational ways to make an anvil stand is take a solid log and wrap a iron band around it. they did this because no mater how hard the wood is, the pounding it takes from an anvil and hammer will eventually split the wood.
the only other major issue I have with this is the hammer. It looks really cool, but its a sledge hammer. Yes some times a smith will use a sledge hammer, but for day to day forging a cross peen hammer (<-- Google it) is usually preferred. Also the horn of the anvil is supposed to be round for bending things, not flat. On the other hand I like all the detail, like the leaves lying around, the pieces of tinder in the forge. And the sort of abstract lighting. One of my favorite things about this is the almost cartoon like aspect of the wood and the colors.
All in all I really like this! And appreciate that some one still values a dieing trade.
-Digerhappy.
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To those that wondered if that is a bbq grill or something...
answer is Nope! That is a 1940's rivet forge. There is a crank on the side of it that you cant see and it produces the "wind" that blows up out of the center of the pan underneath the hot coals. If you look real close there is another larger pan forge, laying on it's side on the floor behind the smaller forge.
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I don't know if I'm cool enough to hang out with you anymore...
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Great job! The style reminds me very much of the cartoon "Duckman".
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Yay for you Dan! Grats on the DD. As always, you stuff is fantastic.
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A forge for heating up the metal.
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Your work is something splendid! The colours and the shape are mixed up incredibly well! 
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Love the floor, it feels so real with all the little bits and pieces scattered over it.
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Is that a grill? 
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great work! really great!
I think I've already seen it somewhere... flight forum... can it be? anyway, big fav this one!
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great work man! what soft did you use for the colors? photoshop?
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I like the colours and shading very much, and the scene itself is oddly captivating. I prefer straight lines and perfectly proportioned objects in illustration myself, but that's just personal preference, so clearly from a technical perspective this really is very good.
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Hey, I been there before and doncha know it looks just like that, too.
No really, it looks wonderful! I hadn't gotten to see the finished one!
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Well done. Really like the war hammer next to the anvil.
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