Pair of Love Birds - updated 24 May with paintwork

Last edited by MiniZoo on Sat May 24, 2014 7:10 am; edited 1 time in total

I've put this up to show before painting as it's for a wedding cake topper and I've been asked to paint it in an unexpected way! There's a special focus on this model for me as it's for my son's wedding in July :)

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So very beautieful and so very special!! Very nice work!! And from dad to dad, i wish your son and his wife all the luck of this world:)

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Beautiful work! Very Happy

I also wish all the best to your son and his wife. sunny

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Wonderful

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Oh, it looks lovely! But now I'm really looking forward to the 'unexpected' paintjob Very Happy

And all good luck to your son and his wife-to-be! cheers

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That will be a nice cake topper. I can't wait to see it painted! bounce

That's an exciting project and I also want to wish all luck to your son and his future wife. Very Happy

Birds are excelent love symbols as long as nobody lets love fly away. Very Happy

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They are STUNNING !!! Absolutely fabulous !!! affraid

The perfect toppers for an Australian wedding cake, - and a wonderful item for them to keep as a memory of the important day cheers

I also wish the young couple all the luck and happyness in the world flower

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I really love your figures !!. This birds looks like two little jewels ! sunny

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They are beautiful! Applause

Another forum member who should go professional in making figures. Also, congratulations to your son and future daughter in law. I agree with Susanne, they'll be a perfect cake topper!

Wow!

So beautiful! I hope you post photos of them painted!

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Beautiful, and congratulations on your sons wedding!

It is simply beautiful drunken

Like everyone here I can't wait to watch them painted and I wish all the best to your son and future wife sunny

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Great looking birds! I'm looking forward to seeing them painted.
All the best to your son and future daughter-in-law, too!

Thankyou everyone for the well wishes for the upcoming wedding, I have passed them on and they were most appreciated Smile

Here's the painted version. My instructions were to follow a brown theme - interested to hear your thoughts. More photos including a full walk around can be found here.. https://www.facebook.com/JasonSmit.ClaySculpting

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Last edited by SUSANNE on Sat May 24, 2014 11:01 am; edited 1 time in total

They are WONDERFUL cheers

I would not have thought that they could look brown, - lovebirds are very colourful - but the DO look great Applause

Actually it makes the fantastic sculpt-work show more clearly .
It is also amazing how the twig looks real, - and that the model can ballance so naturally Shocked

A fabulous wedding present ! Applause

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Excellent job!
And I like the brown colour scheme.
It looks very natural.

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So very excellent cheers

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Amazing!

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Beautiful figures! Congrats! Very Happy

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You would be easily tempted to choose a more colorful scheme but I really enjoy the brown choice. I am really enchanted with that pair! Very Happy

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Beautiful job Applause

I never saw brown love birds, could you tell us more about this ? Very Happy

Kikimalou wrote:: Beautiful job

I never saw brown love birds, could you tell us more about this ?

The sculpture has been made to sit on top of a wedding cake. I was asked to use these colours to match the colour scheme of the wedding.... so that's why they are brown Very Happy

Thanks to everyone for the nice compliments too.

Ohhhhhhhh.......... Shocked

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The species you choose is the Agapornis personata. These brown birds (i like your sculpt VERY MUCH!!!) hav very close resemblance to the mutation Mauve. Mauve personatas are a little more blach/grey, but they resemble eacht other very much!:

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