Post #485596 by TorchGuy on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 6:24 AM

Also... I can see adding some black or gray sand to the paint, so Mr. Moai ends up with a rough texture you can feel...?

Again, I'm hoping he'll get something nicer than a store-bought silk flame. This monumental moai needs something nicer, to really draw the eye and make him a focal point. If nothing else, one of those wooden 70s logs would be fake in a classic vintage way. They may not be realistic but they do look neat. The ones that claim to crackle like a real fire don't have the revolving drum for the traditional moving fire effect - instead, a really phony fire look is given by a rotating bar covered in silver tinsel, which rubs against a textured plastic sheet, making a soft rustling noise that's actually kind of creepy in an interesting way.