Post #259535 by Benzart on Sat, Oct 7, 2006 5:20 AM

TripleM Moai Madness it is. Carving the Moai can be Very infectuous and challenging. The closer you get to being done the more you see that needs to be done In woodcarving it is called "Teasing" and the chips get very fine and thin and with the Moai, it can go on for days if you let it.. Your first one is really perfectly traditional and beautiful, even with the pug nose and shortened ear(watch out for the "side-burn" effect).
The second one partially roughtd out will be a pure Beauty, can't wait to see them both.
If you look at my Moai, you see I am afraid to try to make them look too traditional as I would Really mess that up. So I just make them goofy looking from the start, but alas, I still run into the same issue where it Looks so simple but isn't!
The Hei-Moai is Absolutely you! I would put his right hand up to his head and hang him from the elbo, but it may be impossible from available real estate.
I love how with one simple lean of the head and the addition of some funny looking legs, you have Totally changed his heredity. His pop was definitely a Maori so that makes him a Maori-Hei-Moai for sure.
The "dressing" of the dolls is not what was wierd, the fact that you HAVE dolls, now thAt is the strangeness Hahee.