Ichabod Crane

This Ichabod Crane figure is based off of his appearance in Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Ichabod is the unfortunate schoolmaster who was chased through the forests of Sleepy Hollow by the Headless Horseman.

Making Ichabod took a lot of work! His head was a real challenge, but while he doesn't look identical to the Disney character, I think this is about as close as he's going to get.

The reason for the unusual positioning of Ichabod's arms, is that I am planning to someday attempt to make a horse for Ichabod to ride on. The raised arm would hold his riding stick, while the arm pointing forward would hold the reigns.

I chose to give Ichabod a happy expression over a frightened face, simply because I thought it would be easier. Plus, for most of the cartoon, Ichabod looks happy. So even though it would look odd for Ichabod to be smiling while being chased by the Headless Horseman, when he's off the horse, at least it looks like he's giving a friendly wave.

As I said, Ichabod is the most complex figure yet, and was made from 12 pieces of wood. I still need to figure out something for the bow in his hair!