I've been looking at these and thought I'd have a go at one so I collected some scrap and bits from the shed and came up with this, left unadulterated to rust for Chunkolini
Try selling them, I remember the first time I sold something I had made, a great feeling.
The sculpturing thing is a great way of using spare brain capacity, while shopping with wifey I wonder around with my glazed thinking about how to make stuff, it can also be great fun.
Another bonus allows for guilt free spending on tools and equipment. Put any sales money on one side, not for beer money but for tools. My original plan was that a self financing hobby would be a fine thing. Then it bought me a mountain bike and CD player, I figured that I was onto something.