Post #431531 by BUFFBAD on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 8:08 PM

Somewhere in the vast files of Tiki Central was a picture of a Cannible Tiki catching his prey and then another of him consumming his prey. Well I felt the consuming the prey Tiki was rather tame so a variation of that theme came to mind. First here are some pics of the Tiki that was carved for a friend.

I felt that the cannible Tiki needed a touch of realism or shock factor to show that an act of canniblism was in progress.
More pics to come shortly. Buffbad

First of all I would like to give recognition to AlienTiki who carved the Tiki that I refered to (copied - shamelessly) in making this Tiki. The new project is a little macabe in that this Tiki will have the head forcebly removed before the cannible Tiki has his snack. I tried to avoid pictures of the above Tiki and just used the original pictures of AlienTiki's version in hopes that there would be a few variations. Well below are a few pics of the progress so far.

As you see the general idea but the head (a practice carving that my father carved many years ago) was not just right so I cut a quarter slice out of the same coconut blank that i was using and started carving.



I wanted to make the Tiki snack removable for easier carving and variations in placement in the mouth. As you can see the cannible snack has been carved and stained. The cannible Tiki is coming along too but lots of carving and sanding yet to come.

These pictures show a little more progress and lots of cracks are starting to appear as the coconut palm wood dries. I have been putting wood putty in the larger cracks. Soon it will be time for the stain. I will use the same stain as the tiki in the top of the story which is Provencial by Minwax.

Now the Tiki is stained and I have placed the Tiki snack in the mouth in several postions. The little Tiki snack was stained Golden Pecan made by Minwax. Last steps will be sealing the bottom and several coats of polyurathane.

Well that is it for now. More pics to come. So KEEP YOUR CHISELS SHARP AND YOUR BANDAIDS CLOSE. BUFFBAD

YAHOOOO!! Its finished. Two coats of polyurathane and a few added touches. I have made the Tiki snack removeable and put a tongue that can fold out. WOW !! First pics of the Tiki by my favorite pool.

I also put the orignal tiki next to the new one for comparison.


Close up of the mouth area showing the velcro that holds the Tiki snack in place. The tongue is made out of a thin piece of red colored leather.

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Nice pool !!! GREAT BAR too !!!

Thats all for now. KEEP THOSE CHISELS SHARP AND YOUR BANDAIDS CLOSE. THANKS FOR LOOKING. BUFFBAD

[ Edited by: BUFFBAD 2009-02-12 13:32 ]

[ Edited by: BUFFBAD 2009-02-12 13:34 ]