So here is what I got done today. First I cut the purpleheart into fitting pieces. The big chunk I had was cut in exactly half, one half will be used for these two builds. The second half will be used sometimes in the future. After cutting it in half, I had to resaw it, but since I don't have a band saw, I ran it lengthwise through the table saw and finished the rest with the hand saw. Here's the result:
I also plained them flat with my router, so they are ready for what's coming to them, and this is it:
These will be the wings for the black/purple/gold one I designed in paint. It's all ready to be glued together, and seeing it like this, I like it even more than I liked it when it was just in my head
This will be the wings for the other build. It's the olive + purpleheart, and the necktrough part will be light bamboo + purpleheart veneer. Since I ordered the wrong amount of dark bamboo (I'm missing one more board) I will be putting in a lot of work on this "second" build in the next days, while waiting for another dark bamboo board.
And one more thing got done today, I started gluing the necktrough part of the dark build. Here is a sheet of purpleheart veneer inbetween two stripes of dark bamboo. I miss one additional sandwich like this, and then make the final sandwitch that will consist of B|B|b|B|B (big B is 17mm thick bamboo stripe, small b is 10mm thick bamboo stripe, the vertical lines are purpleheart veneers).
Ignore the roughness, it's a bit like that around the edges when it comes out of the table saw, but when I glue it all together, I will go over it with the router so we will see if the purpleheart is actually noticeable inbetween the bamboo.
So yeah, that's it for the first proper update. Two parallel builds, and I'm already having twice as much fun as I had last time. But I see so many potential pitfalls this time around, because... bamboo, haha. But if it works out, these should be two rather lovely builds