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4WDtiki - Bill's stuff. - It's a ...Tiki! Pg 83, 6/9/13 |
hiltiki
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From: Reseda, calif.
|  Posted: 2007-05-27 08:32 am Permalink
Great work. I like the tall guy on the left side in the last picture a lot. That would look great in my backyard jungle.
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4WDtiki
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From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2007-05-28 7:21 pm Permalink
Guess what, Hilda? It's for sale! 
Today's tiki = Two Hour Tiki. One hour this morning, went to see our favorite band this afternoon, and then another hour after dinner. Nuthin fancy.
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hewey
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From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2007-05-28 10:00 pm Permalink
I really like your style mate. Im getting some 5 foot palm logs, and there's a good chance you will see some 4WD influence in my carves on them
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4WDtiki
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From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2007-06-02 3:49 pm Permalink
Looking foward to seeing them, Hewey!
So I've entered a new phase in my carving. I bought my own set of Flexcut chisels!!!
I got the 6 piece starter set.
Here's my first use of them, I added onto an existing tiki.
Then I grabbed the one I carved with the chisels purchase in mind. This is how it looked on page 7:
This is after chisels:
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2007-06-02 5:04 pm Permalink
Whoa Bill!! Major, Major stuff happening now...Killer work man!
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Davez_tikiz
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From: Riverside, CA
| Posted: 2007-06-02 6:02 pm Permalink
Suh-Weet! Nice job... that really dressed him up!
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mieko
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From: San Diego
| Posted: 2007-06-02 6:46 pm Permalink
Wow Bill, he's just incredible! It's so exciting seeing what you're doing with new tools! How'd you get the nice dark lines in the chiseled areas? Burn again then sand?
Mieko
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4WDtiki
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From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2007-06-03 12:29 pm Permalink
Okay, last reworked retread from page 7:
Thanks for all the compliments!
Mieko, dark stain and a small brush!
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hewey
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From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2007-06-03 8:21 pm Permalink
The lines are a nice addition to your tikis. A really good place to pick up shapes for your designs is to look at tapa cloth designs. Another idea is to add some colour in the lines: reds, whites etc
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Tiki-Kate
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From: Yucaipa, CA
| Posted: 2007-06-03 8:28 pm Permalink
I love the details that you've added Bill. You have a distinctive style, and this just adds a whole new dimension to it.
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Clarita
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From: BA Arg
| Posted: 2007-06-05 11:28 am Permalink
Loving this last Tiki! He's GREAT!!
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Mr&Mrs BPHoptiki
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Joined: Nov 25, 2006
Posts: 128
From: Burbank,Ca.
| Posted: 2007-06-05 12:18 pm Permalink
Love your style 4WDtiki. It’s different, kind of chunky and tribal looking. Very pleasing to my eye. I just don’t get how some of you guys make tikis so fast (two hours?  ). It takes me hours and hours.
Mrs Hoptiki
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4WDtiki
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From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2007-06-17 7:17 pm Permalink
Wow, it's been two weeks with no carving!, but I started a new one today. I skinned this log last month, and have been waiting for a plan to formulate, but I gave up and just started winging it! I call it the Mr. Potatohead Carving Method: I like these eyes, and that nose, and I'll use this mouth, etc. Pretty soon I got a tiki goin' on. 
I'm not sure how I'll do the body yet, but it'll have one, and something around the top of the head.
I will continue the winging soon!
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hewey
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From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2007-06-17 8:34 pm Permalink
It's not finished yet? I thought they only took an hour each...  Looking good so far 
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congatiki
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From: wisconsin northwoods
| Posted: 2007-06-17 9:22 pm Permalink
Excellent work, personality really pops out with the detail that you are adding.
These are very "easy" to look at...not too busy.
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