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Benzart
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|  Posted: 2007-03-12 6:13 pm Permalink
Ditto what Conga and Hewey said. If you keep this up you're gonna be he grand master Some Day. Practice, practice, practice, you know what they say Practice makes perfect tikis, so Don't let up. Just keep making these cool tikis. I love the teeth and the tongue and the full body is gonna be great!.
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Babalu
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From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2007-03-12 8:08 pm Permalink
Whoa Duddy....lookin great man! Keep um coming!
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Howland
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From: Folly Beach, SC--'Follynesia'
| Posted: 2007-03-12 8:41 pm Permalink
NICE, TD! I really like the tongue grabber. Keep up the good work!
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greentikipat
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From: st. pete fl
| Posted: 2007-03-12 8:42 pm Permalink
hey Duddy- movin right along i see. right on! the guy holding his tongue really stands out to me. great designs.
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Tiki Duddy
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From: Manitoba, Canada
| Posted: 2007-03-15 4:16 pm Permalink
Hello all. thanks for the compliments always appreciated.
hey conga i use the hook knife usually to cut an outline in the wood. i dont know you you guys can just carve a whole thing with just the hook blade. need to figure that out yet.
thanks hewey. means alot.
benz man thank you. yes the practice is helping quite a bit. on those last 2 tikis i learned ALOT. before i couldent get the rounding down but now i think that i actually know what i am doing.
babalu, surf-n-turf, greentikipat- thank you. it really feels good to have people comment on something that you have created and put real thought into. i also like the toung grabber.
thanks everyone.
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Bowana
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From: La Mesa, CA
| Posted: 2007-03-15 8:03 pm Permalink
Hey Duddy, the Tongue guy is pretty cool.
Could this be the Polynesian God for "Holding Your Tongue Before You Speak"?
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Tiki Duddy
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| Posted: 2007-03-16 10:05 pm Permalink
hey tikidav, thanks alot. i really like the tounge grabber as well. that is pretty cool what you thought of there. maybe he could be a little symbol for that.
great ideas.
Hey if anyone didnt notice from the pictures of the big guy i messed up pretty big. silly mistake but funny. if you pay attention to it you see that his knees kinda "morph" into his belly. i didnt think that through all the way. i had 2 ideas going at once and they kinda collided. well you learn every creation. next time i will think it through a little more. and hey maybe it can be "unique" lol.
thanks
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Tiki Duddy
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| Posted: 2007-03-29 5:49 pm Permalink
Alright i now have a camera (thanks buzzy) and i can take pictures when i like. here are just a few updates...
i still need to get some stain on those guys.
here is a new small one i started this afternoon...
ill have more on this little guy tomorrow.
thanks for looking
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benella
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| Posted: 2007-03-29 11:36 pm Permalink
Very good Duddy.
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Benzart
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| Posted: 2007-03-30 01:41 am Permalink
Lookin' good TDudd, once you get used to the camera, yo will be taking some good pix. Stand a bit farther away and hold the camera sideways to get the whole tiki.
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Tiki Duddy
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| Posted: 2007-03-30 06:48 am Permalink
hey benella thanks for the words.
benzart- yea i should stand farther but i wanted to get up close so it could show more detail hopefully. came out a little bit fuzzy but you can still see it. hey ...better than a camera phone
alright here are just a few i took last night, couldent sleep so i carved instead...
im gonna get started on the body and smoothing out the face so i should have more this afternoon.
thanks for looking
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Tiki Duddy
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| Posted: 2007-03-30 08:28 am Permalink
ok here are some more pictures of this one almost done.
alright hopefully those turn out good on here. i tryed different parts of the house to get the right lighting, some are too bright and some are too dark.
and there you go
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Tiki Duddy
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| Posted: 2007-03-31 3:46 pm Permalink
alright here is tiki #18 nearly done. just needs some stain and some clear coat which i plan on adding real soon
speaking of stain can anyone recomend a good stain color for this guy? im thinking a walnut kind. any other thoughts?
and thats him it, wow is that burnt smell strong...i love it
thanks for looking
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Bay Park Buzzy
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| Posted: 2007-04-01 12:22 am Permalink
Duddy: Try putting on the walnut stain and wiping it off almost immediately. You'll see the grain start to come out. If you want it darker, stain it again and wipe the stain off again. If you want it super dark, leave it on until it dries, wipe it down again, and keep staining it until it's dark as you want it. I'll send you that picture of what that wood looks like with the different types of stain that got deleted from TC a while back.
Tiki 18! Man, you're really going. They're looking good too. Keep it up.
Buzzy Out!
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benella
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| Posted: 2007-04-01 02:53 am Permalink
WOW Duddy,
you've empowered your style. Really nice piece.
Ben
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