Post #245252 by harro on Thu, Jul 27, 2006 7:29 AM

well this isn't really tiki #3 but just a quick stage prop that i made for my band's tiki themed cd launch. I managed to get some big blocks of styrofoam and just started hacking away at it with some handsaws, a butter knife and a small surform. Unfortunately i hadn't read the thread posted on here recently giving some good advice on carving moai's in foam, so i learned the hard way. after a few hours the shape was done and i sprayed it with a 'fake stone' type spraypaint (after an undercoat) - i seriously underestimated the amount of paint needed though - 3 cans of spray at $23 a pop each!! and i'm still getting the white dandruff out of my clothes too!

it's about 5ft tall i guess.

its funny this tiki even made it home after the gig - at one stage throughout the night someone nabbed it from it's perch overlooking the crowd and tossed it to the masses, therefore creating the funniest thing i've seen in a long time - a CROWDSURFING moai!!! i was expecting it to end up in tiny foam pieces on the floor, but it held strong and only lost a few chunks of 'stone'!

i'll be posting pics of the "Night of the Tiki Terrors" on the events page soon.

thanks for looking.