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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
|  Posted: 2012-04-13 03:52 am Permalink
Hi all,
I've been lurking here for awhile now, admiring all the amazing carvings and learning alot from everyone. I have been carving on and off for years but have been doing a bit more recently so I thought I'd post some stuff here. I can't decide whether to post stuff chronologically (even if i could remember the order) so I'll just stick some stuff up when I work out how to do pictures and see what you think.
Cheers,
G
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-04-13 04:06 am Permalink
Here's a small (5cm) Moai I made awhile ago...
another view..
Enjoy!
G
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2379
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-04-13 07:57 am Permalink
Good start!
keep 'em comin'....
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-04-14 08:47 am Permalink
Thanks 5150. Here's another one from some time ago-
An outdoor shot-
I went through a phase of making holes for tealights-
This is how he normally spends his evenings-
Thanks for looking,
G
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1962
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2012-04-14 12:36 pm Permalink
Welcome to TC !
Nice start! I'm diggin the tealight Witcoesque one for sure! What else ya got?
Keep em coming man.
Mahalo
McTiki
[ This Message was edited by: McTiki 2012-04-14 12:38 ]
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Keylo
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Joined: Aug 09, 2011
Posts: 125
From: Daytuna Beach
| Posted: 2012-04-14 4:28 pm Permalink
Welcome to TC AM. Like the candle boy.
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amate
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Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 986 | Posted: 2012-04-15 07:40 am Permalink
Now that's tiki...
Let's see more!
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Captain Jack
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Joined: May 01, 2010
Posts: 343
From: Menifee, California
| Posted: 2012-04-15 08:00 am Permalink
Cool idea with the candles! Good work! Keep choppin!
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-04-16 08:24 am Permalink
Thanks guys!
McTiki- the eyes on the new one are looking interesting!
Captain - at least you broke the horse and not your tiki... ;]
Keylo - 'nother one coming up...
Amate - your fantastic outdoor pics have inspired me to take some tikis and a camera next time I leave the smoke!
I know it's all about the progress shots here so I'll try and oblige even though this guy was finished over a year ago-
After the sketching, beginning to rough him out-
refining the arms and lips-
the teeth-
at this point I must have got carried away carving and forgot to keep taking pics, so here's the first coat of wax-
phew! more later guys, thanks for looking...
G
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Clarita
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Joined: Sep 26, 2006
Posts: 1301
From: BA Arg
| Posted: 2012-04-16 08:39 am Permalink
Looking awesome so far, it already shows this guy it's going to have tons of personality and I love the last one great design, I like very much the rough lines on him, very cool guy
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1962
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2012-04-16 09:02 am Permalink
Mess, please tell me you didn't just rough that last one out using a box cutter. Please. Excellent!
Imagine real tools in this persons hands.
Mahalo
McTiki
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-04-17 03:37 am Permalink
Thanks Clarita!
Mctiki - I had a chisel and a gouge when I did him as well!
I do use the stanley knife alot though, you can do quite a bit with it. I'm really into the PNG stuff and alot of that was made just with sharpened stones, bone chisels and shells so any metal tools are a bonus when you think about it like that. Thanks for your encouragement.
OK here's a few shots of the finished guy-
do a little twirl for the ladies and gents-
A bit of Tiki ambience-
Mahalo,
G
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2012-04-18 12:40 pm Permalink
Me Like! There is something old school about your work? Love the ATOMIC MESS great name.
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-04-21 09:19 am Permalink
Thanks Seek, it's a nickname someone gave me about 10 years ago...
A couple of years ago I bought some pen blanks so could try out different woods quickly and cheaply. I got a box of 30, 5 each of cherry, beech, oak, sapele, iroko and ash for a tenner (that would be something like $12 for most of you guys?). Anyway it turned out to be a good investment even though I've only used 5 or 6 of them two years later!
here's one in ash-
Tough wood to carve but finishes really well...
thanks for looking,
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Will carve
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Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 941
From: Ft. Lauderdale Fl.
| Posted: 2012-04-22 04:01 am Permalink
I wouldn't want to meet those guys in a dark ally.
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