A couple big Tikis

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A AZSteveR Member Joined: May 06, 2010 Posts: 6	A AZSteveR Posted posted on Thu, May 6, 2010 2:26 PM After taking some time off, I carved up a couple freshies. "MEGATIKI" is 8' and "IRIE WARRIOR" is 5'5". A guy bought MegaTiki and wanted a "similar" tiki to keep him company. What do you think? Any tips or suggestions? I have a couple more 6' big logs ready to rock. 8' log...loaded by myself, not a biggie! MegaTiki preburned MEGATIKI 5'5" log Irie Warrior preburned IRIE WARRIOR [ Edited by: AZSteveR 2010-05-06 15:39 ]
T tikigodz Member Joined: Oct 12, 2009 Posts: 439	T tikigodz Posted posted on Thu, May 6, 2010 4:32 PM that is a whole lotta head!!
S seeksurf Member Buckley, WA Joined: Sep 27, 2007 Posts: 2144	S seeksurf Posted posted on Thu, May 6, 2010 7:45 PM Nice! love the size of these logs.
CJ Captain Jack Tiki Socialite Neotsu, OR and Sun City, AZ Joined: May 01, 2010 Posts: 360	CJ Captain Jack Posted posted on Fri, May 7, 2010 11:44 AM Very Cool!! What kind of wood did you use?
W wplugger Member Joined: Jul 09, 2006 Posts: 161	W wplugger Posted posted on Sat, May 8, 2010 5:14 AM Carve deeper
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Sat, May 8, 2010 6:50 AM Nice Starter Tikis, Giant logs which look like Cabbage/Sable Palm logs. Are you in Florida, Where? Love the shots of you on top of the tiki's As WPlugger said, "Carve Deeper" , get that mouth Way Open and that nose stuck out there, give him some Deep features. Still tikis to be Proud of!
B BUFFBAD Member Boca Raton, FLA Joined: Aug 11, 2007 Posts: 54	B BUFFBAD Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2010 12:25 PM SIZE DOES MATTER !!! I am with BEN .... what kind of palm is that?. Looks like Florida cabbage palm on steroids. [ Edited by: BUFFBAD 2010-05-09 12:26 ]
A AZSteveR Member Joined: May 06, 2010 Posts: 6	A AZSteveR Posted posted on Mon, May 10, 2010 12:24 PM Thanks guys. I will definitely work on carving deeper on my next ones. I'm still a novice and I'm trying to get better. I was lucky to find a huge dead Mexican fan palm in an empty lot from which I got an 8', and two 5.5' logs from! It's crazy how good some of the people are on here. Yowza! [ Edited by: AZSteveR 2010-05-10 12:25 ]
B Benzart Member Port Saint Lucie, Florida Joined: Jan 09, 2004 Posts: 10397	B Benzart Posted posted on Mon, May 10, 2010 4:23 PM Just keep practicing ant you'll be a Killer Karver too!
T TheBigT Tiki Socialite Fabulous Houston Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1798	T TheBigT Posted posted on Tue, May 11, 2010 8:15 PM Those are pretty clean cuts. What are you carving with right now?
A AZSteveR Member Joined: May 06, 2010 Posts: 6	A AZSteveR Posted posted on Tue, May 11, 2010 11:22 PM Thanks! I'm actually just using a few crappy home depot style chisels. I didn't even sand or stain, just carve and burn! When I get a bit better, I want to start using better chisels and I'd like to get crazy with design work.
P pjc5150 Member Tampa, FL Joined: Jun 01, 2009 Posts: 2379	P pjc5150 Posted posted on Thu, May 13, 2010 8:21 AM What are you talking about? Those things are tiny!!! Hahahaha!!!
A AZSteveR Member Joined: May 06, 2010 Posts: 6	A AZSteveR Posted posted on Sat, Jun 12, 2010 8:35 PM I made another, but I'm not too stoked on him. Wood was really bad so I kinda just messed around. My first mini...
D drasticwagon Member DFW , Texas Joined: Dec 27, 2008 Posts: 263	D drasticwagon Posted posted on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 3:46 PM I actually think the big one looks good. Don't give up on it, I think most people have given up on one or more and came back to work on them and enjoyed the results.
A AZSteveR Member Joined: May 06, 2010 Posts: 6	A AZSteveR Posted posted on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 5:35 PM A 6' quickie I chugged out before I move to Costa Rica. Just had to get him done, wish I had more time to go deep and add detail, but not too bad for only spending a few horas!
S surfintiki Member S. Chatham, MA Joined: Sep 30, 2004 Posts: 1576	S surfintiki Posted posted on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 6:31 PM Holy Frack! Them some biggins'!!

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