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Kountzyro Shows off his Polystyrene Tikis

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Finished up today. The idea for my finish and paint job was "lava rock", so I was able to leave a lot of the foam's texture as it would help the whole piece to read as porous rock, with my paint job.

As is usual for painting rock-work, my technique was a build-up of gradually lighter hued dry-brushings which I then knock back with colored washes. The dry brush colors were purples and the washes were venetian red and black. Then a final very limited light purple drybrush keyed down with a very thin black wash
were added for dramatic highlights.

viola!

Unfortunately after this picture I sealed it with an allegedly "flat finish" clear coat which despite its name left the overall tiki with a slight sheen that lessens the subtleties of the paint job.

Oh, well, he still looks great at home anyway. See:

[ Edited by: kountzyro 2010-07-30 16:55 ]

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Well done! He totally looks like a rock.

Hello Friend!

I love the fact that tiki carvers worry that cracks might appear in a bad spot on the wood, and ruin a tiki... Whereas you actually need to carve cracks into your foam to make it look like wood!

Awesome work!

Thanks for your time.
TODD

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