Post #534894 by swizzle on Tue, Jun 8, 2010 2:02 AM

On 2010-06-07 11:36, pjc5150 wrote:
That last one you drew out looks insane.
I bet it comes out really good.

Thanks pjc5150. There's some (slow) progress pics below.

On 2010-06-07 14:36, Tikilizard wrote:
Very nice work! The stains came out really well. Like the double stain. Is the new carve pine? Can be a bummer to work with if it has lots of knots. So, How is it going?

Thanks for the compliment Tikilizard. I was a bit reluctant to stain them to start with but I am happy with how they turned out. No it's not pine, the guy who gave me the log/s (I have another) said it is cypress. It's quite nice to carve however its very stringy or fibrery (is that a word?) running with the grain. I have to work outside and it's winter here in Melbourne, so that means nice days whilst i'm stuck at work and then rain on weekends, so I haven't got as much done as I'd like to. It's hard to tell from the photos but I have nearly finished roughing out the body (besides the right arm), although I have a lot to clean up and shape to get it to the finish I want before I start on the head.

On 2010-06-07 18:27, seeksurf wrote:
Very nice! great tikis and im digging the color and finish well done.

Thanks seeksurf