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tiki stencils...#795

By KILLER KLOWN Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:09 pm

Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:09 pm #795

By request, here are a few Tiki stencils I came up with.

#854

By Wedge Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:35 pm

Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:35 pm #854

Question: Unless you are planing on shading how do you plan on making the mouth float? They look great just need to touch them up a little more KK. I carved two more I will try to get the pictures on here soon.

Thanks
Wedge

Last edited by Wedge on Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.

When the crypt goes creak,
And the tombstones quake.
Spooks come out for a swinging wake.
Happy haunts materialize,
And begin to vocalize.
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize.

#857

By bronkula Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:34 pm

Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:34 pm #857

that is a very good point. you might wanna extend those mouth detail lines all the way out to the edges.

#913

By KILLER KLOWN Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:08 am

Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:08 am #913

woops I wasn't paying attention to that. Just need to extend the inside of the mouths.

#941

By Wedge Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:55 am

Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:55 am #941

My first attemp at my own Tiki

My second Tiki

One of Killer Klown's Tiki

Saved the best for last the ZP Tiki

I will have more soon. I am going to try a few more of Killer Klowns and then one or two more of my own.
Thanks guys
Wedge

When the crypt goes creak,
And the tombstones quake.
Spooks come out for a swinging wake.
Happy haunts materialize,
And begin to vocalize.
Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize.

#991

By Dragon Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:13 pm

Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:13 pm #991

Oh wow! I like the tiki patterns... I can see them carved on watermelons at a tiki party.

#1026

By Zombie Pumpkins! Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:12 pm

Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:12 pm #1026

I actually created my tiki pattern for that very reason.

Carved a watermelon and brought it to a summer party with a luau theme. Here's a photo of it:

#1056

By Dragon Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:10 pm

Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:10 pm #1056

That is so cool! How in the heck do you 'gut' it out? Do you lop off the bottom and use spoons?

#1065

By KILLER KLOWN Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:36 am

Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:36 am #1065

Nice work!!

If you want better pics, I can send you a nice clean JPEG to print out. LMK

#1074

By Zombie Pumpkins! Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:14 am

Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:14 am #1074

Dragon wrote:How in the heck do you 'gut' it out? Do you lop off the bottom and use spoons?

Yep, you lop off the bottom (the only way to get the melon to stand up anyway). Then scoop it out. Unlike pumpkins which can be tough and stringy, watermelons are soft and very juicy. Very. Expect to keep dumping out the juices.

Not too hard to dig into, but there's a lot of material to remove. I found that a ice scream scoop works very well. It makes giant melon balls you can later eat.

Also notice I cut a flower shaped hole in the top of my melon as a heat/smoke vent for the candle.

#1098

By Jack Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:35 am

Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:35 am #1098

that watermellon carving is awsome never tried one before but I think I will have to this summer.

#1131

By Dragon Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:33 pm

Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:33 pm #1131

I don't think I'll ever have the guts (

) to gut out a watermelon. Maybe if I'm willing to sit down and try it out since it seems like it'll take a good amount of time to empty out a completely filled watermelon.