Post #106683 by tikijackalope on Fri, Aug 6, 2004 2:18 PM

Thanks Laney and Puamana, that was the very kind of information I was after. Puamana, if you have Tiki Quest, check out page vi; there's a mask there that looks very similar to yours. And that big tiki is cool.
The masks Keigs was refering to as having been shown to Bill are some badly painted ones I picked up last month, but they have no identification attached. I've hesitantly worked on only one:

The woodgrain kinda reminds me of the special effects in the Predator movies so I obviously need to stain it or something. Before I blew off the outer burned/stained layer along with the paint, it was quite dark like the wood visible on the one below.
Here's what it looked like before: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=10106&forum=7&1
And here's another style I have:

Laney, I know what you mean by liking the stuff for just what it is. I've got a toad done in the Witco style that I've loved since I was five years old. It was my grandmother's and she left it to me. I, also, have seen the style done badly. I saw some ducks that were decent a few months ago, but the maker felt they needed cheap plastic eyes which kinda ruined them.
I couldn't find anything with google on Gale Haner; anyone else have some Witco-like stuff?

[ Edited by: tikijackalope on 2004-08-25 14:34 ]