OK, let's see those pumpkins

[neil_w]

It's that time of year folks. Let's see what all you creative guys and gals are doing in the realm of carving squash.

Sadly I cannot post my own picture yet, it's only half done... Will remedy that tonight.

 

[Eric]

No carving this year.

 

[Gary Byrum]

I'm waiting till Tuesday to cut mine. I'll be sure to post.

 

[kuririn]

No carving this year.

Ditto.

 

[Gary Byrum]

In the meantime, here's a look at my skeleton and the costume I made for him.

 

[dhbarr]

9 on the left, 6 on the right. I might have helped a bit.

 

[Gary Byrum]

9 on the left, 6 on the right. I might have helped a bit.

LMAO! Your "9" looks like a butt with happy face. Keepin' them kids-a-smilin'.

 

[Peartree]

Posted these earlier in another thread, but here they are...

 

[Bat-mite]

My pumpkins don't look any better than my fillets....

 

[Gary Byrum]

It isn't this bright when you are looking at it. It's in the photo. I still need to clean it up a bit and drape a wet towel over it until I'm ready to set it out.

 

[neil_w]

Nice!

Does the wet towel trick work? I have mine in the garage where it's reasonably cold until Wednesday. In the past I tried applying Vaseline to all the cut edges but it really didn't help very much.

 

[Gary Byrum]

Vaseline sucks for keeping moisture in. Normally I just give it a good soak in the kitchen sink face down and I might do that instead. But it may not fit. I'll spray it down inside and out with water and put that towel on it. Should do fine.

 

[jnmiller]

 

[Gary Byrum]

Hey! That cat pumpkin looks realistic!!!!

 

[Bat-mite]

It isn't this bright when you are looking at it. It's in the photo. I still need to clean it up a bit and drape a wet towel over it until I'm ready to set it out.

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Cool! Never would have thought of that.

 

[Gary Byrum]

Cool! Never would have thought of that.

Seems to have worked well. Actually these towels were pretty thin so I used 3 of them. One around the cap and two across the face. Glad I put a plate under it last night.

 

[neil_w]

Finally got a decent picture of mine. A joint effort with my 11-year old daughter.

 

[Gary Byrum]

This evening I started to do some aesthetic trimming and noticed the teeth seemed a little dry and all of the other cut areas. Figured I'd best soak it in the sink until before I hit the sack. The towels weren't as effective as I had hoped. It didn't hurt tho.

 

[neil_w]

Mine's getting a bit dry but I think (fingers crossed) it'll last through tomorrow night OK.

 

[Gary Byrum]

Most jack-o's will last a few days before withering. I have a few areas that have close cuts where the remaining pumpkin is thin. This has been a problem in the past when I did intricate cuts like the design below. The teeth got all gnarly looking so I hydrated it beck to life.

 

[Gary Byrum]

Well???
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[dshmel]