Completing the mold.

So the mold is now complete.

I've smoothed the rounded end to where I believe it is sufficient to support the shaping of the instrument body.

I painted it white and remarked the facet corners.  Tonight I will cover it in wax to prevent the ribs of the instrument from sticking to the mold when glued.  The block screwed on the bottom with the protruding bolt will be used to set the mold into a universal joint to hold it where needed as the lute is worked on.

The two holes in the end is where the neck block will be attached.  This is the next step of the project and I'll hopefully begin that this weekend.