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4WDtiki - Bill's stuff. - first new pics in years

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Benzart posted on 07/14/2009

Yeah, You sure this is not the one you finished already about 60 years ago? he looks too old to be just carved! cool tiki

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seeksurf posted on 07/16/2009

Holly crap you are putting out some fine work. Love it.

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4WDtiki posted on 07/19/2009

Thanks Benz, thanks seekz! :D

So I got some tiki time in today. This is the one I started last weekend. Scroll up a few posts to see what it looked like up until this morning. :wink:
Been working on it off and on today, and here's where it is.

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drasticwagon posted on 07/20/2009

Nice one 4wd

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MadDogMike posted on 07/20/2009

Are you trying to out-carve Buzzy? :lol: I was bored at work on a Sunday so I ventured into the Carving section, looks good Bill

I say you raft the truck over to that island and do some serious rockcrawling :o I love Big Bear in the summer but the winter's a bit cold for my thin desert blood.

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lennieguys posted on 07/20/2009

WOW!!!!! :D

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4WDtiki posted on 07/26/2009

Another weekend, another weekend update!

I've been working on this one all week, picking away at it and trying to find my direction. It was inspired by the last tiki in my post above, with the camera angle from the ground looking to the sky. I thought why not make just the top half of a tiki, kind of like a bust.

So it's a Marq, but with slight hints of Easter Island, and the Sphinx! (to me)

Pepsi can for scale.

Hope to finish it tomorrow.

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Meheadhunter posted on 07/26/2009

Very cool tikis...
I really like the one you did 60 years ago :lol:
It really looks nice!!

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tikithomas08 posted on 07/26/2009

very rad bill. you could dig out a hole behind the hands and turn that tiki into a giant dog bowl

:D

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Aaron's Akua posted on 07/26/2009

Cool Marq bust! Okay, I got the Sphinx reference with the arms out front like a pooch. And Easter Island I'm guessing because it looks half buried? I saw a photo one time where they excavated one of the heads and it actually had a full body carved in stone stone below which was buried at some point in the quarry. Am I right? That's all I got!

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MadDogMike posted on 07/26/2009

Ah Pepsi, sweet nectar of the gods! And tiki, tribute to the gods - what a great combination :)

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Benzart posted on 07/26/2009

I Really love this guy and the current one too Mr Bill

The Pepsi can is Perfect, How did you get the color So Perfect?
Oh Yeah the tiki is really Excellent too!

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4WDtiki posted on 07/26/2009

Many thanks, MHH, Thomas, AA, MDM, and Benz! Yes Aaron, you're right about the Moai reference, that and the lean this piece has.

So I finished it up today, check it out!

And together with the other one, which I detailed slightly.

They sure look small in these pics, but they are close to 5 feet tall.

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MadDogMike posted on 07/26/2009

Bill, I love the color of the Pepsi God, rich & brown. Like carmel colored Pepsi, sweet nectar of the gods :lol:

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Benzart posted on 07/27/2009

More EXCELENT Stuff!

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TheBigT posted on 07/27/2009

Very cool vibe on both of those dudes! The dark one is really unique looking - nice design! Nice work.

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hodadhank posted on 07/30/2009

On 2009-07-26 15:55, 4WDtiki wrote:
They sure look small in these pics, but they are close to 5 feet tall.

These are indeed mighty fine and are monumental in person. hope some of you will get a chance to take a peek at these now at Freaky Boutiki Gallery along with some other distinctive 4WD styled Marqs! Mahalo Bill!! You're THE SUPERSTAR BUZZ SAW KING!!!!

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4WDtiki posted on 07/30/2009

Mad Dog, yeah, that's my new custom mix Pepsi stain! :lol:
Benz and BigT, thanks, I had fun trying to come up with something different for that one piece.
Hank, thanks for havin' me! I may bring down some more. :D

Speaking of something different, there was no work at my job today, so I was feeling stressed and poor. What better motivation to try something different!
Yeah, I've done female tikis before, but it's been a little while, and this babe is her own woman!
Started this morning, she's mostly carved and partially sanded. I need to do some touchup, then sand and burn.

Per usual, I'll be adding nipples on. Not enough dimension on the log.

My new favorite camera angle. :wink:

There may not be work tomorrow either, so good chance I'll finish. :roll:

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4WDtiki posted on 07/31/2009

Progress so far today. Nipples are on! :wink:

The day's not over, so another progress pic is coming!

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little lost tiki posted on 07/31/2009

Doink!

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4WDtiki posted on 08/02/2009

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Meheadhunter posted on 08/03/2009

Ahhh Nipples!! :)

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PalmCityTiki posted on 08/03/2009

Looks like they were lovingly hand sanded..... like the entire piece.

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hiltiki posted on 08/03/2009

Bill your work is just fine. The more female tikis the better.

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4WDtiki posted on 08/04/2009

Thanks Hilda! I need to do more females. :wink:
MHH and PCT, thanks. They WERE "lovingly hand sanded", but I wasn't happy with them,
so I redid and reduced the boobs to not look so silicone-like.
Take a look now.

I like'em better.
Here she is with a tiki I banged out today.

More of the little guy.

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Grand Poobah posted on 08/04/2009

Well thanks a lot 4wd! You have killed my evening looking through your entire thread. I really enjoyed looking at all your work. It looks really sharp.

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4WDtiki posted on 08/05/2009

Thanks Mr. Poohbah! I try to keep a high pictures-to-words ratio in my thread, for that very reason. :lol:

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hodadhank posted on 08/05/2009

Doood. Nice Apalachian peaks. And to the south... Virginia of course.

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4WDtiki posted on 08/06/2009

It's all about the east coast! :wink:

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4WDtiki posted on 08/10/2009

This weekend's work:

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Bali_Dan posted on 08/10/2009

Impressive is all I can say.

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Mr. NoNaMe posted on 08/10/2009

Jealous!! :blush:

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MadDogMike posted on 08/10/2009

Tripod Tiki?

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seeksurf posted on 08/12/2009

Impressive, fine work you make it look so easy.

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Benzart posted on 08/12/2009

Man you are Really giving the East coast a good name with all these great tiki carves. The extra time cleaning up the details shows! Whats on for this week?

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Mr. NoNaMe posted on 08/13/2009

Bill, ..... I love your nipples. :blush:

Would you give me pointers? :lol:

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MooneyTiki posted on 09/11/2009

bump

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hodadhank posted on 09/13/2009

Just saw this and it's freaking awesome!!

[ Edited by: Aaron's Akua - to fix broken image link - 2009-09-13 21:57 ]

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Sophista-tiki posted on 09/14/2009

Bula Bula Bill. I just looked all the way through your entire thread. Impresive amount of creating. I still love my Moai. it looks perfect in my mid century environment.

Dawn

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hodadhank posted on 09/15/2009

On 2009-08-03 17:10, 4WDtiki wrote:
Thanks Hilda! I need to do more females. :wink:
MHH and PCT, thanks. They WERE "lovingly hand sanded", but I wasn't happy with them,
so I redid and reduced the boobs to not look so silicone-like.
Take a look now.

This hottie is available RIGHT THIS MOMENT at FBG. Come and get her fellas!! Wooooooo!

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4WDtiki posted on 09/23/2009

On 2009-09-13 18:28, Sophista-tiki wrote:
Bula Bula Bill. I just looked all the way through your entire thread. Impresive amount of creating. I still love my Moai. it looks perfect in my mid century environment.

Dawn

Dawnee! Glad you're happy with it! I love my trade piece, too, and NEED to get off my ass and take a pic of it to post in your thread.
That's a cool green on your wall, BTW.

Hank, thanks for the props!

Mooney, thanks for the original bump! I take it as a signal to get busy carving. :lol:
I should have something this weekend.

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hodadhank posted on 09/26/2009

Hey Bill. Hows Nippzy doin?

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4WDtiki posted on 09/27/2009

FINALLY started a tiki, - the first since Oasis!
This is today's work, just roughed out with chainsaw and chisel.
It looks much more promising in person, :wink: the bright sun really killed the pics.

He's holding a paddle. It's a commision for the local outrigger club, for the head coach. I'll be carving his name into it, and the club name.

Tomorrow, it'll look a little better.

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MadDogMike posted on 09/27/2009

Great Paddlemeister! Oasis was months ago, about time you got off your duff! :D

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4WDtiki posted on 09/28/2009

You are so right, Mike!

Here's yesterday's progress. Sanded, and ready for details.

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TikiMango posted on 09/28/2009

That's really great looking Bill. I could see a pair of these standing watch at an entrance somewhere.

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4WDtiki posted on 09/29/2009

Thanks, Ray! Two years ago, the same club ordered two paddler tikis:

They said "Coach" and "President".
This one will have all the lettering on the paddle.

Today I did the eyes, teeth, and fingers:

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hodadhank posted on 09/29/2009

... and look how much more dialed in your style is now compare to two years ago.

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