Post #27446 by PolynesianPop on Thu, Mar 20, 2003 2:38 PM

OK, well I've finally built up the courage to post some of my Hack-Jobs here for all to see. Please be kind, I'm still a Newbie at all this!

Here's a pic of my first Tiki. This log was started at Sabu's house during our super-secret carving session with the Masked Magician - Chiki Tiki. We didn't get very far that day and as such, I finished it at home. The "weathered" finish is a result of me staining the whole log and then sanding the raised portions with 40 grit.

Here's one I carved from a scrap of Pine that came from a tree my buddy just cut down. As you can see, Pine has different properties to it than Palm. The first two pics is the log as I rough it out.

Being the Newbie that I am at carving, I really jacked up a few things and so, decided to cut my losses and end my carving early. I really wanted to carve my lines deeper and add more detail to this one but I didn't want to waste more time on a tiki that kind of went south so left it kind of half-assed. When I reached a stopping point, I went ahead and sanded it for stain. As you'll notice, I left the skin on the back.

Here's the finished tiki after stain. I really tried the best I could to salvage the log but figured, it's going outside anyway. The stain is still in the process of drying. Once dry, I'll sand it smooth and coat it with some Polyurethane.

After the last one I did, I'm anxious to start a new one however, don't look forward to skinning the log (what a pain in the ass)! I'll post pics when its done.

**Poly-Pop ***

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2003-03-20 16:35 ]