This wax model is fresh from the CNC machine. I've got about 18 hours to hand carve additional detail and definition, and then it has to be rushed off for molding first thing tomorrow morning. I may or may not get to sleep tonight. My intention with this design was to create a look of embroidered brocade fabric. This project caused a lot of head ache for my CNC specialist, as we've been fighting with it since January. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he hates me. Although, he probably wouldn't take on this job if he did. :)...

And now it seems like it's finally coming together. I'm so excited about it, that I feel giddy, almost drunk. Or maybe it's all that caffeine I've been guzzling to keep going... I really do hope that it will mold ok, then inject ok, and then cast ok. Still three unknown variables remain, and there is so little time left to mess around with it, that if one of those variables doesn't go as planned, it will seriously jeopardize the whole thing. Having now crossed the point of no return, there is really nothing else to do now, but to plow full steam ahead and hope it wasn't all for nothing.