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Hellbilly1932's small body of work * big moai finished - 03/04/2011 |
MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
|  Posted: 2010-08-20 09:46 am Permalink
Mista Numba Foe is sleek and clean!
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hellbilly1932
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Joined: Feb 20, 2009
Posts: 42
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2010-08-23 10:08 am Permalink
Thanks Mike!
I finally got around to doing some more carving on #5 this weekend at the Tiki Oasis group chop.
He's not done yet but getting close now.
Was a great time carving at Oasis and meeting everyone.
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TheBigT
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From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2010-08-23 11:43 am Permalink
NICE. I just saw your number 4 - that rocks. Very clean.
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tikithomas08
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Joined: Apr 10, 2007
Posts: 528
From: San Diego CA
| Posted: 2010-08-23 2:13 pm Permalink
that ones lookin killer, man! fun choppin this weekend. hopefully there will be another chop sometime soon!
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pjc5150
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From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2010-08-24 09:10 am Permalink
dude, that ku is coming out really good.
very nice.
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mike-stobbe
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Joined: Aug 14, 2006
Posts: 108
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2010-08-25 12:22 pm Permalink
Looking good for sure . This thread actually inspired me to drag out a stump and start carving a little and sanding more . I like the shiny gloss clear coat .
I need to I also noticed were on 3 of the same internet message boards . . . great minds and all that .
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hellbilly1932
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Joined: Feb 20, 2009
Posts: 42
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2010-08-25 12:53 pm Permalink
Haha, yeah Mike I heard you carved, I think Fredo mentioned it. Lets see some of your work man.
Thanks for the kind words.
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coconuttzo
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Joined: Jan 13, 2010
Posts: 143
From: Hilo, Hawaii
| Posted: 2010-08-25 6:17 pm Permalink
Hurry up & finish already! The suspense is killing us! Is he biting his tongue or his lip? See, we can't tell till your finished! Arrgghhh! 
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Captain Jack
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Joined: May 01, 2010
Posts: 342
From: Menifee, California
| Posted: 2010-08-25 9:00 pm Permalink
That stump KU is great!! I need to carve a couple of those and make tables out of them for the Spa and Resort!! Nice work!
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Benzart
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2010-08-28 07:25 am Permalink
This # % looks Great Hellbilly, Love the sharp, deep details.
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hellbilly1932
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Joined: Feb 20, 2009
Posts: 42
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2010-08-28 3:42 pm Permalink
Thanks everyone the stump Ku table is really taking shape now. This place is really an inspiration.
So we had a yard sale today at the house and I decided last night that I would knock out a quick little tiki to sell cheap at the sale. So I took an hour and carved my first mask.
Real simple and kind of cheesy but it sold for $20 real quick to some really appreciative tiki fans.
Also sold #4 at the yard sale!
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hellbilly1932
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From: San Diego
| Posted: 2011-02-14 12:17 am Permalink
Not a lot of progress since last I posted. #5 is still unfinished. But I did take the time to try my hand at a serious attempt at a mask ( I know that last one was seriously lacking ).
this was my warm up to get back into this, now to finish the stump Ku.
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seeksurf
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From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2011-02-14 9:35 pm Permalink
Well done. The #5 tiki looks like Elvis to me 
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hellbilly1932
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Joined: Feb 20, 2009
Posts: 42
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2011-02-15 10:21 pm Permalink
Thanks, I took some time today to start final work on details of #5 hope to finish him to the point of varnish by tomorrow.
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hellbilly1932
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Joined: Feb 20, 2009
Posts: 42
From: San Diego
| Posted: 2011-02-16 4:00 pm Permalink
Got some good work in today
Got 1 coat of varnish on and then disaster happened
Yep a huge chunk of the bark ripped off while I was adjusting him on the sawhorse.
So now I have to wait till tomorrow when the varnish is dried to shave down more of the bark and try to salvage him, the look is totally different now.
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