Post #664681 by MadDogMike on Mon, Jan 21, 2013 6:34 AM

Wendy & Hilda, thanks you :)
Will, great ideal about the coffin :lol: In the final analysis I ended up with a boring cardboard box and lots of bubble wrap.

Captain Hook's Nemesis - This is not tiki and not even very artistic since I'm making it with someone else's mold, but what the heck. I saw a big 3-piece concrete crocodile for $50 and thought it would be great in the grass under my pirate ship tree house. Then I looked on eBay and saw molds for a smaller version for $30 then I can make a whole family of crocs! But instead of concrete, I'm trying to make it out of slabs of ceramic clay pressed into the molds. Glaze on ceramic will last forever whereas paint or stain on concrete would have to be re-done every few years. I plan to do the croc in a matte finish glaze and the eyes bright and glossy. After it is all fired and glazes, I'll pour the back full of concrete to make it solid. Each piece is about 10-13 inches long, overal croc (with some space in-between the pieces) with be about 4 feet. If it works I may have to make a Papua New Guinea inspired croc to atone for the non-tikiness of this one :D