The invention discloses a method for forming an article, a method for forming a turbine bucket, and a turbine bucket. The method for forming an article includes laser welding a powder of an HTW alloyto a surface of a substrate along a weld path, forming a weld bead of the HTW alloy. The weld path is propagated along a weld direction, forming a cladding layer of the HTW alloy on the surface. The laser welding includes a laser energy density of at least 11 kJ/cm<2>, and laser welding the powder to the surface includes a welding speed of 5-20 ipm. The weld path oscillates essentially nonparallelto a reference line, establishing a cladding width wider than the weld bead width. The weld bead contacts itself along each oscillation such that the cladding layer is continuous. A turbine bucket isdisclosed including a squealer tip having the cladding layer with a cladding layer thickness of at least 0.2 inches.