Paipo's Stone Tikis - 1st Thread - Jun 06 - May 08 - Tiki Carving

P Paipo Member Aotearoa / NZ Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 1886	P Paipo Posted posted on Mon, Sep 18, 2006 3:03 AM On 2006-09-17 20:52, kingstiedye wrote: man, that cannibal is incredible! i love the way the teeth came out. Thanks Bullet - I was just thinking today how much I enjoy doing the teeth. Tamapoutini was over yesterday and he remarked on them too! I've worked out a couple of techniques that give them a bit of depth, even though the carving is only around 1mm deep. Doing the teeth and eyes really puts the spark of life into these guys I reckon. More progress on #10 - I didn't quite finish this guy because I decided to add a jade inlay, which added a disproportionate amount of extra work. He's pretty much done though, just need to carve the inlay into something cool and do some minor touch-up/sanding:

On 2006-09-17 20:52, kingstiedye wrote:
man, that cannibal is incredible! i love the way the teeth came out.

Thanks Bullet - I was just thinking today how much I enjoy doing the teeth. Tamapoutini was over yesterday and he remarked on them too! I've worked out a couple of techniques that give them a bit of depth, even though the carving is only around 1mm deep. Doing the teeth and eyes really puts the spark of life into these guys I reckon.
More progress on #10 - I didn't quite finish this guy because I decided to add a jade inlay, which added a disproportionate amount of extra work. He's pretty much done though, just need to carve the inlay into something cool and do some minor touch-up/sanding:

Post #255074 by Paipo on Mon, Sep 18, 2006 3:03 AM