Hopefully this works...
Love seeing all these current units getting close to being finished.
Been doing my initial consultations and idea crunching e mails with Dan on Nomad #133.
Going with one of my favorite species, Koa for the body and a Cocobolo collar with an Abalone button.
Went with a calm under water scene paper to be the yin to the yang of my rough Tsunami scene on #001.
Dan is great to work with. He put alot of thought into some of my sleeve ideas and wood choices, and was willing to take on some of the more challenging sleeve ideas. But in the end, I kept it more simple. If you can call anything Dan does, simple.
Mock up of Nomad #133
- Is this a fucking work of art?!?
Zoom in and look at the way those dragonflies pop!
I'd still be happily vaping on it without the sleeve.
Ahhh @SloJimFizz that makes sense when you put it like that. Wish we were batchmates though, tbh.
You in batch three @MAbud ?
Any queen will do @emmdeemo ? Cause I know a few queens that will write you a letter or telegram, whatever. But Nomad #100 does sound sexy af, I love the evenness of it. You’re gonna be chuffed when it arrives!
Black & red are a great combo'
And amboyna burl is just gorgeous.
It really does work well naked, and doesn't even present much of a burn risk unless you are chain vaping whilst simultaneously being careless enough to grasp the heater area.
Being able to see the gorgeous box-elder in all it's glory is no bad thing either
That's my favourite paper!Indeed. I am rather excited!! I got on the list in late January 2018, and my number came up in early october. I paid in mid November and have been getting more excited over time ever since.
Once Dan was getting into batch 3 he began giving us bi-monthly updates with pictures and stories of the various steps and what was going on with the creation process. Those posts really kept my patience at bay, and I looked forward to them every other Sunday night. That extra touch made the whole waiting process so much more tolerable...and even enjoyable. It made the anticipation fun.
It's almost my time, and I am sooooo looking forward to it!
This is my paper. It's the Lacquered Yuzen. It's suppost to be the most durable of the papers and it has a tactile raised texture to the image in the paper:
I think it will look great with that golden amboyna burl and the contrast with the african blackwood collar should me very striking. I think I will be happy with my choice.
And yes...A huge thanks to everyone who is posting pics of their Nomads. You are all gentle-men/women/or-whatever-you-identify-as of scholar! You are all awesome! I'm loving all the recent the Nomad-porn!
You'll get your number when your name comes up and Dan is about ready to start the process of figuring out and confirming your order. Your time will come, my friend! And I can almost guarantee it will be worth the wait!
Yeah, I imagine I will explore some naked evenings with mine. I have no plans to ignore that beautiful body.
(you're welcome posts-taken-out-of-context thread)
Congrats, fellow Batch 3 friend! We all know that we are most certainly the most amazing batch ever!
She's purdy! I'm so glad your nomad is such an exhibitionist!
What number are you?
#61
92 here
#61 in its final form
That Koa looks niiiiice
I love the finished unit, super subtle, and the closer you look, the more great detail is revealed.
