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Seagoat's pieces *update 5/12/14-new swordfish bill p.5 |
seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
|  Posted: 2010-03-30 10:45 pm Permalink
I like the tatts highlight.
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10364
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2010-03-31 05:36 am Permalink
Your Moai is WAY Excellent. You had a Good eye to see him in that disfigured piece of beautiful wood He is Incredible!
And your Tang Cracks me up,, cool he is too and the Tats are Very nice, barely noticeable and they sneak up on you then pounce on you. COOL
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seagoat
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Joined: Dec 28, 2007
Posts: 192
From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2010-04-05 1:06 pm Permalink
Seeksurf and Benzart, thanks for the comments. Here is the latest and final. I gave him another coat of stain to even the blotching out and then gave it a few coats of a protective topcoat. The stuff really soaked in along all of the end cut areas so I had to go over those a few times. Decided to go ahead with the black tattoos as well. Here are the flash and no flash photos. Done with this guy, on to something else.
Thanks for lookin'.
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seagoat
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Joined: Dec 28, 2007
Posts: 192
From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2010-12-06 12:53 pm Permalink
Hello,
We'll here is my latest carving. I've done some other things since my last update in April, just not tiki stuff. Anyway, tried a Marquesan style. Here are a few progress shots and mostly done with stain. There are some arm and chest 'tattoo's that are kind of hard to see in these. Might fill them in with black like the last one. I'll probably put a protective coat on later in the week like I did with the Tang.
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6821
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2011-07-12 1:36 pm Permalink
Nice Tangaroan and Marquesan tikis. GROG like.
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seagoat
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Joined: Dec 28, 2007
Posts: 192
From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2011-11-15 11:39 am Permalink
Thanks Grog.
Finally time for another update. Took a little time off before finishing up this Lono due to moving. Finally found time to finish off the detailing and staining. Here are a number of progress pics and then the finished piece. Same routine as the last two, roughed it out with chisels and then worked on the fine tuning and detailing with the dremel.
Pretty happy with it overall. Did one coat of the light stain and then one coat of dark stain over that to make the coloration a little different than the other two. Covered it with the poly and then did a layer of natural stain on top of that to smooth out any discoloration from the poly. Need to figure out how to make the arms a bit beefier and probably spend more time working on the details of the hands and feet. Not sure what my next project will be.
Thanks for looking.
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NIxxon
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Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 496 | Posted: 2011-11-15 2:41 pm Permalink
This is the first time I have seen your thread...all three of those look fantastic! Great work, awesome detail, and the finishes look great as well.
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Creative Chimp
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Joined: Jul 31, 2008
Posts: 285 | Posted: 2011-11-16 05:05 am Permalink
WOW!!!! very nice...i love all three........the marq is my favorite
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2219
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2011-11-16 05:56 am Permalink
good stuff man!
Digging the lono....
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seagoat
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Joined: Dec 28, 2007
Posts: 192
From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2011-11-16 4:09 pm Permalink
Thanks guys, appreciate it.
Cheers.
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2133
From: So FL
| Posted: 2011-11-17 10:27 am Permalink
That Lono is the bomb. Whats next?
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Watango productions
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Joined: Mar 20, 2008
Posts: 471
From: Melb,Australia.
| Posted: 2011-11-17 1:42 pm Permalink
Hey Seagoat,fantastic stuff with these last three, cant pick a fav but I really dig the cracking on the marq
gives him an old world feel.Cheers Watango
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seagoat
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Joined: Dec 28, 2007
Posts: 192
From: Long Beach, CA
| Posted: 2011-11-21 12:19 pm Permalink
Thanks Aloha and Watango. Not sure what's next. Maybe some non-tiki ideas I have depending on the wood supply. A friend gave me some 3-4 foot chunks of palm, so maybe I'll try a larger tiki for the new backyard. I kinda want to work on another swordfish bill though, so we'll see...
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1962
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2011-11-21 5:03 pm Permalink
I love the accuracy of these. Very tight work sir. I am curious of what tools you use.
Keep em coming....
Thanks for sharing.
Mahalo!
McTiki
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 3728
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2011-11-22 03:39 am Permalink
wow...great work...sweet detail
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