I made this for my brother in law for his b-day. It is canvasback duck. The head fell right off! The head was too heavy, I made it all out of fondant. I think next time I will use rice crispies for the head and then cover it in fondant. Oh well! It was my first attempt at carving. I will try again.
I'm soo sorry this happened to you. It would have looked great!! Did you put a dowel in the head - that could have helped and it might help with re-attaching the head to try and salvage your great work.
Your carving looked really nice! And the head looks, on it's own little oval, like it's ready to mount over the fireplace!
We learn a lot practicing on family!
i've been wanting to do a duck. Yours looks great. Sorry about the head but thanks for the tip on rice krispies. Can't wait to see your next one.
I'm soo sorry this happened to you. It would have looked great!! Did you put a dowel in the head - that could have helped and it might help with re-attaching the head to try and salvage your great work.
I put one dowel in it, I guess that wasn't enough. Oh well. We all had a good laugh!
I have to admit that I found it kind of funny ... considering that it is for a guy. Guys always try to unnerve me by making comments about my cakes falling apart and I just tell them, "Sure, you can knock the whole thing over -- just let me get a picture first!" They seem to lose thier steam about it after that ... but I haven't met a guy yet who doesn't comment about the thing falling apart! I hope your brother in law found it funny ... Doug found it funny, so that's a good sign!
I have to admit that I found it kind of funny ... considering that it is for a guy. Guys always try to unnerve me by making comments about my cakes falling apart and I just tell them, "Sure, you can knock the whole thing over -- just let me get a picture first!" They seem to lose thier steam about it after that ... but I haven't met a guy yet who doesn't comment about the thing falling apart! I hope your brother in law found it funny ... Doug found it funny, so that's a good sign!
He laughed and then showed me how you kill a dick after you shoot it down. Nice, huh? Did I mention I hate the idea of killing a duck. Oh weel. We all had fun with the headless duck mishap!
you might want to read that last line. I'm not sure on the finer points of killing a d***
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