Post #143718 by finkdaddy on Mon, Feb 28, 2005 11:22 AM

Thank you one and all! To answer your questions/remarks:

No, it is not another one of my suits! :lol: Maybe if I included the tiki though, someone might trade me for it? :lol:

Thanks Ben. He's actually #4. I've started another one today that I'm going to give to a friend who's giving me some free software. I'm finding the thought of letting someone else have one of my tikis very difficult to deal with!

I suppose it does look like he's having a snooze, which is even funnier when you find out that he's laying on my bed spred! :lol:

I tried to put in some detail. A lot of what you see as detail came from pieces that broke off durring carving, so I had to carve around them to make it look good!

Using wax is a great idea. I've never even put any stain or finish on a carving, so I'm not sure how to proceed.

The marq/hawaiian thing wasn't really intentional. I just did one feature at a time, and the ones you see were the easiest for my amature hands and my cheap tools to carve.

It's so much easier to do when you have the support of folks like yourself. Mahalo everyone! :D :D