BARNEY WEST in DISTRESS! or How to bring an old salt back to life! - Collecting Tiki

T tiki1963 Member los angeles Joined: Sep 12, 2003 Posts: 221	T tiki1963 Posted posted on Fri, Oct 12, 2012 4:46 PM ok! what you've been waiting for! like Bela Lugosi from the detox sanitarium, Palmer has been sprung. (well, actually, not yet. because he weighs so damn much, we'll have to get a large truck with a lift-gate as opposed to the pick up truck i was hoping to move him in.) at any rate, he's done and Leroy, Bob and the rest of the folks at Oceanic Arts did an amazing job! here's the master with his patient: I was going to wait until he was set up at home as these pics don't really do the finish color justice, but i didn't want to miss a step in the process. Palmer is more original than original. (he's so damn heavy we could lift him up for an upright pic yet). he's completely fortified and now, he really can live up to Barney West's 100 year guarantee. The finish is amazing. EXACTLY what i was looking for! he's ugly, he's ancient, and he's 100% vintage tiki goodness! the finish is a mixture of a lot of things. a grey-black slate undercoat with several top coats of varying thicknesses and colors. there's a thin, chalky white overcoat with a mixture of stucco paste. then, the whole job is over coated with a very light ocher yellow to accent and give it patina. according to Leroy, a lot of Barney's large pieces, especially the Moai were done in a chalky white paint. look at any of the vintage Trader Vic's Washington D.C. pics and you'll see. because he's going indoors, i didn't want too harsh a white, but this finish is beautiful. very aged and authentic looking. as a final bit of tiki-nerd gilding on this 900 lb lily, here's a commemorative plaque i had made which will be mounted on Palmer so archeologists, 1000 years from now will know who, what, why and where Palmer came from. Leroy was all bashful and honored when he saw it....aw. the next check in will be after i put him up in his shrine corner. once that is up and lit, i'll give you the final update to the thread. again, much thanks to Bob, Leroy and the staff at OA for such fantastic work...as always! [ Edited by: tiki1963 2012-10-12 16:46 ]

ok! what you've been waiting for!

like Bela Lugosi from the detox sanitarium, Palmer has been sprung.

(well, actually, not yet. because he weighs so damn much, we'll have to get a large truck with a lift-gate as opposed to the pick up truck i was hoping to move him in.)

at any rate, he's done and Leroy, Bob and the rest of the folks at Oceanic Arts did an amazing job!

here's the master with his patient:

I was going to wait until he was set up at home as these pics don't really do the finish color justice, but i didn't want to miss a step in the process.

Palmer is more original than original. (he's so damn heavy we could lift him up for an upright pic yet).

he's completely fortified and now, he really can live up to Barney West's 100 year guarantee.

The finish is amazing. EXACTLY what i was looking for!

he's ugly, he's ancient, and he's 100% vintage tiki goodness!

the finish is a mixture of a lot of things. a grey-black slate undercoat with several top coats of varying thicknesses and colors. there's a thin, chalky white overcoat with a mixture of stucco paste. then, the whole job is over coated with a very light ocher yellow to accent and give it patina.

according to Leroy, a lot of Barney's large pieces, especially the Moai were done in a chalky white paint. look at any of the vintage Trader Vic's Washington D.C. pics and you'll see.

because he's going indoors, i didn't want too harsh a white, but this finish is beautiful. very aged and authentic looking.

as a final bit of tiki-nerd gilding on this 900 lb lily, here's a commemorative plaque i had made which will be mounted on Palmer so archeologists, 1000 years from now will know who, what, why and where Palmer came from. Leroy was all bashful and honored when he saw it....aw.

the next check in will be after i put him up in his shrine corner. once that is up and lit, i'll give you the final update to the thread.

again, much thanks to Bob, Leroy and the staff at OA for such fantastic work...as always!

[ Edited by: tiki1963 2012-10-12 16:46 ]

Post #655331 by tiki1963 on Fri, Oct 12, 2012 4:46 PM