tiki #3 - Tiki Carving - Tiki Central

B BUFFBAD Member Boca Raton, FLA Joined: Aug 11, 2007 Posts: 54	B BUFFBAD Posted posted on Mon, Aug 20, 2007 5:33 PM Well, Here I am again. Tiki #3 is finished and basking by the pool. This one took a little longer to carve and finish. I used a real dark stain and then sanded after it dried to bring out the grain and lighten the color a bit. Thanks to Kaha ki'i from Laguna Beach for the encouraging words and yes Tiki #3 is going to lead to #4 cause the wood is on the driveway drying out. I wish the neighbors would stop cutting down palm trees and putting them out for trash/landfill pick-up. I am getting lots of ideas from the forums so thanks for your posts and pics. KEEP YOUR CHISELS SHARP AND BANDAIDS CLOSE ! BUFF Update on tiki #3 showing eyes with more highlighting done after several appreciated suggestions from fellow posters. Also Tiki #4 shown along side. [ Edited by: BUFFBAD 2007-10-12 12:09 ]
H hewey Tiki Socialite Sydney, Australia Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 4283	H hewey Posted posted on Mon, Aug 20, 2007 9:24 PM That looks good man, nice style to it. The only thing I would reccomend is maybe do something a bit more attention grabbing for the eyes? The mouth gets a lot of attention, and the eyes are kinda left behind Looks tops though, keep em coming!
MN Mr. NoNaMe Member Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 1919	MN Mr. NoNaMe Posted posted on Mon, Aug 20, 2007 10:00 PM Agreed! The mouth "pops". And you do not see the eyes. I dig the color in the mouth, the eyes should be similar I think.

B

BUFFBAD Posted posted on Mon, Aug 20, 2007 5:33 PM

Well, Here I am again. Tiki #3 is finished and basking by the pool. This one took a little longer to carve and finish. I used a real dark stain and then sanded after it dried to bring out the grain and lighten the color a bit. Thanks to Kaha ki'i from Laguna Beach for the encouraging words and yes Tiki #3 is going to lead to #4 cause the wood is on the driveway drying out. I wish the neighbors would stop cutting down palm trees and putting them out for trash/landfill pick-up. I am getting lots of ideas from the forums so thanks for your posts and pics. KEEP YOUR CHISELS SHARP AND BANDAIDS CLOSE ! BUFF

Update on tiki #3 showing eyes with more highlighting done after several appreciated suggestions from fellow posters. Also Tiki #4 shown along side.

[ Edited by: BUFFBAD 2007-10-12 12:09 ]

H

hewey Posted posted on Mon, Aug 20, 2007 9:24 PM

That looks good man, nice style to it. The only thing I would reccomend is maybe do something a bit more attention grabbing for the eyes? The mouth gets a lot of attention, and the eyes are kinda left behind Looks tops though, keep em coming!

MN

Mr. NoNaMe Posted posted on Mon, Aug 20, 2007 10:00 PM

Agreed! The mouth "pops". And you do not see the eyes.
I dig the color in the mouth, the eyes should be similar I think.