How I used to waste my week-ends...

And the Magical Stain brushes come out and the Stain goes on.

Lets see here, What can we Beat you up about with your stains? Hmmm. NOTHING!
So I guess we'll just have to Beat you up on the General principal because you Asked us to.
C'mon up and Take it like a Man.
Excellent tiki stuff there Hewey! Leave the stain and finish up with Light coats of poly, sanded between coats.
Get the lead out.
Hurry up, we don't have all day.
:lol: :lol:
:lol:

I think he called you Hewey.

Nice work Heath bar the stain jobs look great.
Im experimenting with my stains dont know what
i like in mine yet?

BUH-UMP! I knows you'se been busy at sum HSSF...

Yeah. What you been doing?
Let us see!

Hewey, Heath, Harry, henry, Whoever carved the tikis is OK in my book, O I forgot Hodgkins and Humpledink. :lol:

Thanks Antone, Matt and Benz for checking in.
Been busy doing other things, so this is all I've got...

A log with some lines and cuts.

More cuts.

A body.

A little more refined.

I'm going to rework the teeth though.

Taking a mini-vacation, see you soon.

I don't like him. His eyes are covered. Send him here and I will make sure he's cared for in a safe environment.

McTiki

Hell yes LOOKING GREAT!

Hell yes LOOKING GREAT!

Thanks McTiki and seeksurf for stopping by.
I haven't been able to do anymore to it since I got back,
hopefully next week...

Looking really good.

Benjamin.

YES, He looks Great, you never showed us the last guys all finished up, NAD what about those 2 tikis HIDING in the background There?
How about all that stuff to send you off on yer vacation thinking about?
We Loves 'ya

Thanks Ben and Ben!

A long overdue update...

Thanks for stopping by.

That is sweet. Very nice - are you going to stain it?

ok...this is a loaded question, but how big is it?? The tiki, I mean!!! :wink:

:o

Wow,

Amazing masterpiece !

Benjamin.

Heath, that Headdress is just plain Sizzling, Way top Shelf. Your detail is getting Super clean and precise. Can't wait to see this guy all done!

AS, thank you, I haven't decided whether to stain it or torch it and clear coat it.

Moki!!! It's a little over four feet.

Benjamin, you're too kind.

Benzart, thank you so much.

Fantastic carvings, Heath! Incredible work!

Wow, cool! Very ornate. I love it!

Thanks Kevin, I still owe you a cocktail!

Thank you BigT, I can't seem to just leave well enough alone.

Oh Yeah, THIS is why you need to spend More time carving and less doing other stuff!

Sweet Lord that head dress is amazing.

I just second all the above comments - and add

wow - how do you do that?

:lol:

KS

Wow! That looks mean n' clean! Not only is the headress detailed, but look at the teeth! Nice work.

Heath, you just don't post often enough...but when you do - WOW. Lovin this guy!

'Bout time. Seriously, the thing is looking good. I'm glad you managed to find the time after spending so much time helping me with the Oasis stages.
I say stain and burn it!

Holly crap ! This is incredible carve. Sick heathbar
you the man.

On 2008-08-13 17:12, Heath wrote:

Hellz yeah! That is awesome--keep on rocking in the tiki world!!!

Hello all!
First off, thanks to all who have stopped by...
Ben, Hank, kiwishaman, surfintiki, Paipo, Matt, seeksurf, Howland and those that sent pm's.

An update...

In the sun

Indoors

See you soon!

That's BAD ASS! :o

The tiki you wouldn't want to fall over on you.

That's real nice, Heath. Please waste more weekends and show us the
results.

Heath has taught me a lot over that last year and a half on how to get a Tiki to reveal itself from the log, but the most important lesson is to never give up. I can't tell you how many times he was going to "burn it","scrap it", or "start over". Were all glad you kept at it cause dis a masterpiece fore shore!! Let me just tell everyone that this guy looks even better in person...and that is the unstained version. I can't imagine what it looks like now in person with his SoCal tan.

Heath, Really Really INCREDIBLE Job! That tiki will be hard for anyone to top, aren't you happy you stuck to it and finished him up?
Lemme just stay and drool awhile :lol: :P :D

I would not have believed that your tiki could get any more awesome but your amazing stain work stepped it up a notch. Great job!

Heath,

Fantastic job, man! Incredible detail - that's inspiring to me.

Aloha!

That headress is incredible! Looks like a lot of work went into just that one part. Bravo!

Looks great. I can't believe you were worried about the stain. It turned out amazing.

I guess I need to check in more often, huh?

• Savage Daddy, Thank you kindly!

• teaKEY, you don't need to worry, it's only 53" tall.

• conga, thanks and I'll try not to stay away so long...

• Antone, kiss-ass! :P In all seriousness though, you were the driving force on this one being completed, thank you. HSML FOREVER!

• Benz, thanks for the kind words.

• Tikilizard, thank you very much, I was kind of nervous about staining it.

• TikiG, thank you and I'm glad I could help.

• BigT, thanks alot, the layout was the hardest part.

• Matt, as always, thank you and remember you started this!

I'll try to get an update this week-end, no guarantees though.

Nice Nice Nice!

Heath! You're one of the cat's that inspired me to try some Hawaiian style pendants recently. Your latest is spectacular. Bravo. - Hodaddy

A bit delayed but thanks seeksurf and hank.

I finally got these sealed up and sent out to new homes.

Most recently I carved this as a donation to the Hanohano Outrigeer Canoe Club's raffle at the 29th Annual Crystal Pier Race.

Cheers!

Heath, Again you bring a bunch of Incredibly great Tikis. LOOK at those Finishes with Clean and Crisp detail with cool coloring and shading, you have Out done yourself here mate! :o :D

Nice work Heath, I really like the guy on the right...

Killer stuff Heath,the headdress on the big guy's
pretty kool.

That headdress could be a meat tenderizer!! Yeah, awesome stuff...looks like a LOT of time well spent.