Tiki Central / Other Crafts / the poi dog paradise and Mt Kilahaole volcano unveiled!
Post #441794 by palapala on Sun, Mar 22, 2009 4:45 PM
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the poi dog paradise and Mt Kilahaole volcano unveiled! After months of slavish and fanatical devotion, flop sweat buckets full of creativity, Lopaka and Palapala would like to introduce you ( and say E Komo Mai ) Welcome to the Poi Dog Paradise! If you check our earlier posts you can see where it began in its first incarnation as the Zombie Hut Tiki lounge. This is where we are now. We especially had fun doing our diorama which is outside the west facing windows. THe space is probably about 50 ft wide, and 6 ft deep, though we have yet to fill it up all the way. Mt KilaHaole alone takes up about 4 ft tall x 5 ft wide more or less. All the tapa-like stuff that you'll see on the beams and walls were created by PalaPala using camping foam mats with the patterns burned in with a wood burning tool. (Still a little high from the fumes). We're especially proud of our indonesian midnight dog mask above the mantle. We wired that up with LED lights in the eyes and nostrils and used one of the motors from a outdoor christams reindeer display to make the jaw open and close. The opening party - Sweetpea, Palapala, Kahlua in the paradise. The opening party - Happy folk getting their tiki on The opening party - Happy folk getting their tiki on part 2 Lopaka in his element Hallway back to the real world Hallway away from the real world Indonesian midnight dog mask - "bite ya mode " Indonesian midnight dog mask - "afta snak" Southwest corner Poi Dog Sophie guarding the south end. South East COrner UComeLiedown area - Palapala's favorite spot Towards the bar Appeasing the referigerator gods Poi Dog Esme - WhyUNoThrowToy? Poi Dog Esme is comeStayGo Now? What'll you have? Palapala - " I have dirtnapple, but dog no make" Spring break Barbie's revenge Virgin sacrifice - really? Heh! Mt. Kilahaole is a structure of mostly expanding insulating foam, one shade lighter of grey. There's an orange Home Depot bucket embedded in it, and a couple pipes for wires and air and a drainage tube for when it gets freezing outside or cleanout. Inside the bucket is a pond light, and a 3 head electronic fogger. There's a rope light on the outside underneath red glass pieces siliconed in place for lava flow. All controlable via X10. A small computer fan is used to push some of the fog out the top.More red glass and sand was placed on top of the rope light to form a lava river and cute little lava lake where the top half of GI Joe met his sorry end, as witnessed by scary tiki dude. GI Joe snakesnack - snake from Archie McPhee's Barbie trophy heads and huts When dinnah ready? PalaPala's ceramic Tiki heads. bright orange inside with room for a light Lava River Gi Joe, devil duckies and Tiki dude witness Shot from north looking south Door to outside - big smokin' room close up of printing on door Make me somthing Tripical. You know,a mai-tai,with 3 shots of rum! [ Edited by: palapala 2009-03-22 16:50 ] [ Edited by: palapala 2009-03-22 17:17 ] [ Edited by: palapala 2009-03-22 17:21 ] |
