McTiki Stuff

McLovin' the green you are using for the sky. Great work!

Small 9 x 6 x 2 inch panel done this weekend

Shadow test:

Thanks for lookin

Mahalo

McTiki

Dig'n the panels Andy!

I want one!

Me too

Wonderful work as always, Wendy

Thank you Guys and Gal!

Finished the last of the Boat panels for a while.

Also found an older Teko panel that I refurbished while I had the stains out.

Mahalo!

McTiki

i am really digging the panels Andy. cant wait to see what your gonna do next.

Chris

Good work McPanel

While I want to carve up some logs, I don't want them to be Palm wood....... So another panel is in order 21 incher.

Thanks for all the kine words!

Mahalo!

McTiki

Diggin the empty spaces.
Could be your best yet!

very cool Andy...

this one is looking good...

On 2012-11-26 09:12, Will carve wrote:
Could be your best yet!

Ditto! You are really "carving" out a niche with these panels.

Thanks guys.

Here it is in its finished form.

Mahalo!

McTiki

Tis a brave man who wears the kilt in January.

[ Edited by: McTiki 2012-12-03 04:18 ]

Tasty piece my friend.
Waterfall's a knock out.

Sooooooo I started a log thingy.... it's been a while.

Yellow Pine, 4 footer provided to Me by Rocksoutpost (Thank you John)

Preliminary rough out. Much more to pull out of this log.

Mahalo for all the kine words!

McTiki

Pine has such a dramatic grain - you can use that to your advantage. Great start.

Looks good, already has the McTiki style.

On 2012-11-12 08:41, McTiki wrote:
Also found an older Teko panel that I refurbished while I had the stains out.

Andy, I always figured you were using paints, due to the opacity. What kind of stains do you use?

Cool
He looks thirsty

Good start, looking forward to see what happens...

I love the waterfall, good depth. The new tiki looks like another winner, Wendy

Thanks guys & Wendy! Nice to be carving something other than flat.

Bill, the colors are typically water based craft paints watered down some, so the woodgrain isn't sacrificed. The Wahine is starting to take over that part of the process. She has the patience in the family.

Mahalo

McTiki

Painting techniques are not something that is discussed much on this forum. I have had better luck finding info on painting at http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com. I'm not sure why most modern tiki carvers don't use paint more often. It can make a good carving great and crappy carving better.

[ Edited by: AlohaStation 2012-12-11 06:24 ]

Well, that was timely. I was just thinking about PMing you to ask about the paint. I've had very nice results with the pine and then there are the those with beetle larvea.

I never used paint, mainly because to me the wood itself is a big part of what's cool about tikis.

For me, paint kinda ruins that.....if you're gonna paint 'em & cover the natural beauty of the wood, why not just make 'em out of plastic or something...

looking good

Awesome start Bro!! Looking forward to the next pic!!!!

very cool Andy. cant wait to see how it turns out.

Chris

Thank you!

Just to be clear, I use color tints on the foliage and water features on the panels, not on the Tikis. Tikis get mixed stains and maybe some white accents from time to time.

I agree Jeff, Most of the flourescent sidewalk chalk tikis are coming out of Florida and yeah, they bother me. Should call them "Caribe Idols", not Tikis.

Waiting for this week to be over. Going another inch or so deeper into this Tiki soon.

Mahalo

McTiki

Happy New Year!

My Holiday progress pics

A little panel:

A little larger panel:

And some more definition of the 4 footer:

Mahalo!

McTiki

Tis a brave man who wears the kilt in January.

[ Edited by: McTiki 2013-01-02 04:55 ]

[ Edited by: mctiki 2013-01-03 10:17 ]

dude, I love the palm frons on this guy.

I swear dude, it's like every time you do one of these I can just see them progressing...

the little details are really getting good...

wow
wow
and wow................

Update please, Wendy

Panels are look'n rad !

McWhere r u?

Thanks kids. Weekends are such a commodity around here these days. Its hard to get any time to make dust fly.

I got a little time in on this older (2005) panel I had started and threw to the side.

Progress pics: "TikiToo"

At less than an inch thick, it's been a challenging lil piece. More refinement forthcoming.

Mahalo

McTiki

wow, I really like this one!

Yep, outstanding

Happy that you went back to the bird, I love it.

The bird is definately worth completing. Really cool.

yeah dude...the bird is sweet...

I can't believe he's been sitting there unfinished since '05!!!

Thank you everyone!

Onward.... the Too is nearing completion

Fin....

Mahalo

McTiki

[ Edited by: mctiki 2013-03-05 06:23 ]

[ Edited by: McTiki 2013-03-11 04:05 ]

Sweetness

LOVE that bird Andy!

Nicely done - I like it :wink:

Love it!! :D