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Post #796007 by Joshua Bell on Mon, Jul 1, 2019 4:06 PM

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Yay, vacation time! Time to roll up my sleeves...

A PNG tiki from the Mai Kai on the first page caught my eye, and served as vague inspiration.

Bust out the craft supplies:

Rough sketch:

Initial parts:

Internal bracing with hot glue - my first builds like this were so inefficient!

Details for the face:

Face assembled; I decided it needed more details:

Assembly done! Ready for skinning:

I might do a bit more relief on the torso, though. Elapsed time: 2 hours.