Post #150645 by Khornerstone on Fri, Apr 1, 2005 10:34 AM

Well, last night I compared the photos I took of the updated Tiki room to the scrapbook I have from last year... way more details in my head now that I don't even need to know - but I can tell you more about the differences if you want to know.

Ngendi went from very colorful (I did a little sculpture of him to complete the tiki garden on my Tiki Room "big fig"!) to pretty much black and white... some touches of blue on the new speaker next to him but he and his sign are B&W... since he's stuck in the back (and now behind the new tree) it's too bad he's painted so plainly.

The rest of the Gods and Goddesses are painted with a greatly reduced color pallets - mainly blues of various shades, with the notable exception of Pele who is fabulous in her new "firey" colors. On some the reduced colors works well, on others, you kinda miss the "punch" of the accent colors.

Rongo is much more visible (for the moment) without the vegitation (although I wonder how long the bananas will last between him and his sign before getting way too big, even if they are dwarf varieties. He has fruits in his hat rather than plants - too many bananas and not one pineapple! (Speaking of which, the "sponsored by Dole Pineapple" sign is missing above the door of the tiki room.)

ALL the signs are higher up and more visible now, the details at the bottoms of the signs are lovely and it's noce to be able to see them now.

At the moment you can see the backs of the goddesses and Ngendi from Adventureland, but I'm sure (and I hope!) the bamboo planted back there will block the view eventually.

There's more - but I'm sure you all are saying "geeze this woman needs a LIFE" to be noticing all these differences.... but that's the thing - my life is chaotic and full - and the Tiki Room is my "escape" where everything is quiet enough for the birds to sing words and the flowers to croon...

Let me know if you want more or have questions!