Monty, I think

Well I finally finished him. His name is Monty I think ( I had tossed up calling him Kwonk because that was the word that kept going through my head when making his head), and he's been extensively aged, by sanding, plucking dyeing and staining with various dyes and pens and even ironed in a hope of recreating some of the "old bear" look and something a bit like Ferdy my antique steiff bear, he's based off. He measures 10"

It's funny the whole jointing putting together part of making a jointed bear always feels funnily both like the climax and a bit of anti climax, after all the time and work I've done on him, putting him altogether takes no time at all. It's always at that point when he's first finished I always see everything I don't like about him..