Post #258599 by Tiki Lee's on Tue, Oct 3, 2006 12:23 AM

Hey, Thanks for all the great comments and advice, you guys! It all gives me the boost of confidence that I need to know that I'm heading in the right direction...

Anyway, I went ahead and put a couple of different stains on it to give it definition, and then aged it up with more stains. Here's the result:

Here's a few close-ups of some details:

I don't know why I love that old, mossy, decrepid look so dang much. I just do. Maybe it's 'cuz my carving "style" right now is so rough that it looks decrepid all ready. Who knows. All those years working on the old, mossy, decrepid Jungle Cruise must be coming out of the sub-conscious.

So, the last step is to varnish it up with satin marine varnish to protect it from the Vegas sun, as some of you suggested. Thanks a bunch for all your advice you guys! Please let me know what ya think of the colors & aging.

Mahaloz!