Post #411646 by DeltaDawg on Sat, Oct 4, 2008 11:23 AM

I have been carving Tikis out of basswood and now poplar for about a year. After leaving them bare wood, stain and varnish, danish rubbing oil, I am now using double ended broad-fine tip felt art markers and 6 coats of spar urathane to make them shiny.
I kind of messed up the eyebrows so I just went ahead and made them heavy and I like how Bert and Ernie Tiki turned out. That's a mermaid that I am going to start soon and my Foredom flex shaft carving tool in the background. I work in the City so I may stop by the Tonga room next Friday at the Tiki Crawl, if I do I'll bring Bert and Ernie Tiki along in my backpack. I sanded them after 3 coats to take the numbs off then put on another 3 coats of varnish so they are smooth to hold. Delta Dawg