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Crazy Capizzi tiki carving steps

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Great finish.
Very well done.
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I like the crown...
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I call it the tiki King
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amate posted on Thu, Nov 1, 2012 3:58 PM

The King reigns!
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My first attempt at a body
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that's really good for a first shot at carving a body bro..

hell, it's pretty good period...well done...
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Not sure what to do with the head
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Dreads!

Nice body work!

Mahalo

McTiki
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love the crown really cool!
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Sweet
Kool hair
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My first attempt at a head dress. Wow thats a lot of work. i dont really feel like doing that again.
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yeah bro...in the words of the great wise man from the south (Benz)....

"the bigger the headdress, the faster it sells"...

start likin' em....lol...

take a look at the ku I'm finishing up right now if you wanna see the ultimate headdress nightmare...gawd...
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and it came out good bro...

well done.
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A quicky for a ftiend
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It looks much better urethaned.
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Cool! Would have looked good with a big head of hair!

What are you using to sand? Tell me you're using a power sander?! :wink:
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i didnt sand the one with the head dress at all but I did sand the one with the crown with a random orbital.
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my second time trying the dry brushing paint on a tiki, here is a before and after pic
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That's a cool mailbox! Is it yours or a client's? You better watch out, the mailman might be crap his pants sticking his hand in there.
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It's mine, I carved it about a year ago and it was starting to look tired so I decided to paint it. I just learned this dry brush technique from my buddy adam at aloha tiki and I figured this was good a piece to practice on. Believe it or not I have only sold one tiki, but I wouldnt mind having some clients. LOL!
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Check it out, i know you guys will be proud of me! Whats different about this picture?
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nice bro...

a little faster eh?
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Im only using it for debarking. Its too dull to carve into the sweet meat
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not sure if you had ever seen this, but I posted it a while back...

get yourself a dremel and some of their chainsaw sharpening bits...

keeping the blade sharp makes the job 5x faster...

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=42819&forum=7&12
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CC,
Glad to see you rocking the power tools...awesome job "again"
with that mailbox!!!
JR
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Ahh haahhh! Good to see you on here. Hey guys this is my buddy John. He hooked me up on the wood for the "tiki king" and the one im working on now. He really motivated me to step up my carving.
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Im thinking about painting this one when im done, not sure if it will cheepen the look?
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amate posted on Fri, Nov 23, 2012 5:27 AM

Interesting...starting from the bottom and working up. I have been starting at the top but I may have to try this. Seems to be working out real well for you.
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this one's lookin' good bro...
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Man these big tikis take a lot of work. I hope john doesn't give me any more big logs. lol. I still have a lot of work to do.
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Thanks guys, im still debatimg on paintimg or urethane.

[ Edited by: CrazyCapizzi 2012-11-23 16:22 ]
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Just sold the tiki prince before i got to finish, is $300 too cheep?
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Painted as requested by new owner.
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First attempt at carving a palm frond.
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amate posted on Tue, Nov 27, 2012 2:57 AM

Nice!
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Beautiful! Love the colors.. Did you bend your chisel on that? lol
Great Job CC!
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As simple & silly as that is It's also
creative & amusing.
I think you knocked that out of the park.
Brilliant.
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Thanks guys, that one was inspired by rocks outpost, and for all you powertool fans it was done with a grinder.
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cy posted on Tue, Nov 27, 2012 8:27 AM

Very cool fish Capizzi!
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Sweet frawn work CC.... diggin that fish. Your Tikis have so much character! Keep em coming!

Mahalo

McTiki
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I have to agree with Will...

that is good stuff...perfect in it's simplicity, but you really brought it to life...

well done.
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A new one

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