Hard Derpy Tiger Pumpkin With Stripe Windows

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Prep with extra care

   Select a large pumpkin with thick walls since this design removes a lot of rind. Gut and clean, then scrape walls to 2.5 cm around the face zone so you have extra material for the retained detail work. Transfer the full stencil with a pin tool, marking retained pupils, teeth roots, and peripheral window edges in different colors.

2. 2

   Cut the eye areas with retained pupils

   Cut each eye opening around its retained pupil first. The pupils root to the eye rim so treat each eye as an island-in-aperture cut. Keep the pupil connections broad and cut the surrounding open area cleanly. Check each pupil is secure before proceeding.

3. 3

   Cut the mouth with blunt teeth

   Cut the open mouth area around the blunt teeth, which root at the upper lip. Make the inter-tooth gap cuts from the top downward, keeping each tooth base at least 1 cm wide. The upper lip rind strip connects all tooth roots and must remain intact as a single strip.

4. 4

   Add shallow fine stripes

   Before opening the peripheral windows, use a gouge to shallow-back any fine stripe details that fall within the broad forehead and cheek structures. These areas are still supported on all sides at this stage, making precise shallow engraving much easier than after the peripheral cuts are made.

5. 5

   Cut the peripheral stripe windows

   Now cut the large forehead and side cheek stripe windows fully through. These are the biggest material removals in the design, so work slowly and keep the saw perpendicular to the shell. Cut from the center of each window toward its corners rather than the reverse to reduce blade-binding risk.

6. 6

   Light and finalize

   Insert a battery LED and evaluate the design from a distance of two meters. The interplay of open peripheral windows, retained pupils, and blunt teeth should create a layered, humorous face. Use a focused LED disk to prevent light washing out the retained dark details.

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