Lightning Bolt

Since the mural refurb is completed, today it was time to  get back to the first Rhino sign.
I had mentioned that they have built special bolts for the sign that will be located on the ground, but for the one that will be up high on the wall of the building, we opted to reproduce the bolts as a carving....

I opened up Vectric Aspire and recreated the bolt heads from measurements.  Here they are as 3D buildups. 

The next step was to add the "bevel" around the edges. used a vector to set up a profile cut with a v-bit set to the proper depth.

They will have to be glued to the sign, but I've decided to prepaint them and also the sign, leaving an unpainted area around the bolt holes to use for glue.  While a storm arrived here, I hoped we would complete the carve before any heavy lightning....we did.  Here they are mocked up on the sign:

Now it's time for one of my favorite parts...paint! Primer is next up...stay tuned.