Carving discipline

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Technique List

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Technique Descriptions

Basic Stone Splitting

Basic stone splitting enables you to more effectively carve out smaller stone materials used in the creation of other, larger designs. Learning more advanced techniques requires knowledge of these fundamentals

Improved Stone Cutting

Improved stone cutting techniques focus on larger stone materials used in the creation of more complicated designs. If you wish to learn more about carving weaponry and furniture you must first understand these concepts.

Humanoid Forms

The study of huminoid forms grants an advantage to shaping the eleven races into stone figurines and statues. This basic understanding is required to learn more about carving animal and monster forms as well.

Decorative Design

The decorative design technique explains new ways to craft jewelry and other worn pieces for the common citizen. Knowing this technique will allow access to tricks for carving accessories more suited for society's upper class.

Proper Tool Care

The proper tool care technique teach how best to make use of stone carving tools and supplies. Knowing how to care for your tools will not only reduce how quickly the wear out, but also enable you to learn more about improving the quality of stone through advanced detailing.

Improvised Stone Weaponry

Improvised stone weaponry covers the most basic ways to create deadly weaponry from ordinary stone. Metal will always overcome stone, but what better way to be a true survivor than learning the tricks nearly forgotten to antiquity? Learning more about weapon carving requires mastery of this technique.

Masonry Methods

The masonry methods technique explores the most basic arts of shaping stone into usable forms. Although heavier than other materials, stone offers a beauty not found elsewhere. More advanced techniques focusing on container and furniture design require knoweldge of these fundamentals.

Monstrous Forms

Only a few survive long enough to observe the intricate details of monsters found in the wilds. Learning the monstrous forms technique will greatly aid the process of carving these dangerous creatures into stone figurines and statues.

Animal Forms

Though less deadly, animals often evade artisans' efforts to observe them. Mastering the animal forms technique shall aid your efforts to carve figurines and statues of these majestic beasts.

Accessory Shaping

Accessory shaping teaches more about carving decorative wear themed for the wealthier citizens.

Material Detailing

High quality stone and tools are always in short supply. The stone detailing technique explores how to work around material flaws with less capable tools, resulting in a higher quality finished product.

Sophisticated Stone Weaponry

The sophisticated stone weaponry technique explores larger and more advanced ways to craft weaponry from stone.

Furniture Design

Due to their large size, stone furniture often proves more than a crafter can handle. Learning the furniture design technique will reveal new methods for simplifying this process.

Container Design

Continuing down the path of functional carving, the technique of container design explores shortcuts and tricks to more easily craft large, immovable container objects destined for use as furniture.

Likeness Carving

Recreating the specific image of a person, place or thing and recording it forever in stone stands in high regard with the guild. By committing the likeness carving technique to memory you will find this process much easier.

Item List

All chapter and page listings are based on the book of master carving instructions.

Chapter 1: Stone Carved Materials

   Page 1: a small stone block              Page 7: a shallow stone basin
   Page 2: a large stone block              Page 8: a small stone sphere
   Page 3: a thin stone slab                Page 9: a deep stone basin
   Page 4: a thick stone slab               Page 10: a large stone sphere
   Page 5: a short stone pole             
   Page 6: a long stone pole              

Chapter 2: Stone Carved Furniture

Chapter 3: Stone Carved Weaponry

   Page 1: some smooth stones               Page 11: a stone hand sword
   Page 2: some elongated stones            Page 12: a stone bola
   Page 3: a stone bludgeon                 Page 13: a stone spear
   Page 4: a stone carving knife            Page 14: a stone javelin
   Page 5: some balanced stones             Page 15: a stone mallet
   Page 6: a stone war club                 Page 16: a stone maul
   Page 7: a stone hand axe                 Page 17: a stone war mattock
   Page 8: some stone shards                Page 18: a stone flail
   Page 9: some stone spikes              
   Page 10: a stone war hammer   

Chapter 4: Stone Carved Accessories

   Page 1: a stone nose ring                Page 16: a stone armband
   Page 2: a stone band                     Page 17: a stone belt buckle
   Page 3: a stone toe ring                 Page 18: a stone talisman case
   Page 4: a stone bracelet                 Page 19: a stone choker
   Page 5: a stone anklet                   Page 20: a stone locket
   Page 6: a stone pin                      Page 21: a stone tiara
   Page 7: a stone hairpin                  Page 22: an articulated stone bracelet
   Page 8: a stone tailband                 Page 23: an articulated stone necklace
   Page 9: a stone cloak pin                Page 24: a stone circlet
   Page 10: a stone pendant                 Page 25: a stone diadem
   Page 11: a stone amulet                  Page 26: an articulated stone belt
   Page 12: a stone medallion               Page 27: a stone crown
   Page 13: a pair of stone earrings        Page 28: a stone mask
   Page 14: a stone earcuff               
   Page 15: a stone brooch          

Chapter 5: Stone Carved Images

   Page 1: a Human image                    Page 7: a Gnome image
   Page 2: a Kaldar image                   Page 8: a Dwarf image
   Page 3: an Elf image                     Page 9: a S'Kra Mur image
   Page 4: a Halfling image                 Page 10: a Rakash image
   Page 5: a Gor'Tog image                  Page 11: a Prydaen image
   Page 6: an Elothean image              

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