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instead of our carving burrs. What is the diff erence? Time! I can carve a fi gure with simple body language in about two hours, and in three with complex body language: hands holding a tool, pulling a rope, belaying a line, and so on. To detail a fi gure as a focal point might take two or three days of fi ne work instead of just a few hours.


Tony Devroude’s modeling career began at the age of three, making solid model airplanes from the beginners kits that were available then, but quickly changed to the model ship kits that off ered a greater challenge as he developed more mature modeling skills. Aſt er graduating high school he chose to attend the Art Center School College of Professional Art, in Los Angeles. He chose the curriculum of Transportation Design and Product Design. T ere, he learned model making from a professional level, from clay and fi berglass models of car designs, to presentation models of product designs. Aſt er spending the beginnings of his career designing hotels while based in Athens Greece, he eventually opened his own hotel design studio in Las Vegas,


Figure 32 illustrates the results of using the scrapers to add further detail once you have worked through to the tiniest carving tip. T e lines of the garments have been scraped sharp, the buckles of the shoes have been indicated, and the collar, and elements of the fi gure have been further defi ned. T is fi gure is about 1-1/4 inches tall.


Nevada. T e “theme” nature of his Las Vegas clients led to serious study of architectural ornament and historical theme architecture. Models of the interiors of casinos were part of the fun of the design process. Combining his modeling skills with his knowledge of architectural historic ornamentation, he opened an art studio in Valencia, California where he and his team carved masters for the ornamentation of the Las Vegas hotels from foam and plaster, for various fi berglass parts manufacturing companies. Much of the ornament found in Las Vegas was carved by his studio. In 2004 he retired and has focused his eff orts on building model ships, historical research of vessels, and the study of their ornament.


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NEPTUNIA Neptunia Histoire du patrimoine maritime No. 294 Table of Contents


Napoleon I’s state barge (from 1810 to 2018). By A. Niderlinder


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The cruiser Aurora of 1900 By P. Decencière


A plan and model of launching ways from the end of the eighteenth century By J.-P. Mélis


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Italy’s naval war (1940-1943) By J.-J. Vandecasteele


Pirogues of New Guinea in 1970 By J.-R. Donguy & A. Hoyau-Berry


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Building a radio-controlled schooner model from cold-molded wood By B. Chatelain


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