need some advice on finishing :) - Tiki Carving

B BigAndyB Member Liverpool, UK Joined: May 10, 2010 Posts: 54	B BigAndyB Posted posted on Sat, Jun 26, 2010 11:41 AM been in the garden doing some more carving, its been roasting hot and i've been feeling very tropical-y and tiki inspired.. :P this fellas taking much longer than i thought he would, but i'm pleased with the shape he's taking, hollowing out the mouth with the chisels was the laborious part.. was very tempted to just get the chainsaw out,.. but i thought,.. hmm with my control, i'd accidentally go a bit too deep, or nick the lip by mistake, so i decided to stick to the good ol' chisels and just work up a bit more of a sweat :D anyway, here are some more progress shots, he's pretty much carved now but a bit more to do before i break out the dremel, i'm going to carve some detail lines on this guy, instead of going overboard with the tribal tattoos with the soldering iron like i have been doing :P anyway, mahalo! hope everyones enjoying similar warm tiki feelings :P l8az..

been in the garden doing some more carving, its been roasting hot and i've been feeling very tropical-y and tiki inspired.. :P this fellas taking much longer than i thought he would, but i'm pleased with the shape he's taking, hollowing out the mouth with the chisels was the laborious part.. was very tempted to just get the chainsaw out,.. but i thought,.. hmm with my control, i'd accidentally go a bit too deep, or nick the lip by mistake, so i decided to stick to the good ol' chisels and just work up a bit more of a sweat :D
anyway, here are some more progress shots, he's pretty much carved now but a bit more to do before i break out the dremel, i'm going to carve some detail lines on this guy, instead of going overboard with the tribal tattoos with the soldering iron like i have been doing :P

anyway, mahalo! hope everyones enjoying similar warm tiki feelings :P l8az..

Post #539135 by BigAndyB on Sat, Jun 26, 2010 11:41 AM