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Aloha!
Here is my latest creation, the Tiki Bar!
It started out as a vignette, but it quickly grew out of hand! I was going to
post this to vignette, as well, but didn’t want to get anybody mad... I figured
it can’t be called a scuplture, and it isn’t complete enough to be a town
structure. Perhaps we can start a new type of vignette, Maxi-Vig! Any thoughts?
I used to have my old apartment done up as a tiki lounge with Bamboo on the
walls and the whole tiki bar and everything. Kinda always been fascinated with
the whole 50’s-60’s tiki lounge thing ever since a group of us went to a classic
50’s Polynesian restauraunt(King Kwongs, in Salt Lake City)for prom back in
1988. Unfortunately it is no longer, like many of the classic Tiki bars.
I tried to recreate a small slice of this unique style in Lego and am pretty
pleased with the results. It is lit up in 3 areas with the Lego electric system.
The Bar is iluminated from underneath, the glass orbs hanging from the thatched
roof of the bar, and the Tiki statue has blinking red lights in his eyes. There
is a half wall of bamboo surrounding the room, with the top being a lovely teal
blue color. The lovely Hawaiian waitress is serving the bars signature rum punch
in a hollowed out coconut decorated with a imported tropical flower.
The Tiki statue is the part I think I like best. It is only 3 knobs wide, but i
was able to get most of the details of a typical tiki statue to fit in the small
space. There is a better detailed pic in my brickshelf gallery as well as one of
the bar in regular light www.brickshelf.com/mwv1970
Let me know what you think!
thanks,
Bill Vollbrecht
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In lugnet.build, Bill Vollbrecht wrote:
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Aloha!
Here is my latest creation, the Tiki Bar!
It started out as a vignette, but it quickly grew out of hand! I was going to
post this to vignette, as well, but didn’t want to get anybody mad... I
figured it can’t be called a scuplture, and it isn’t complete enough to be a
town structure. Perhaps we can start a new type of vignette, Maxi-Vig! Any
thoughts?
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Bill, that is great! Lots of nice details, and the tiki works really well.
I would forget about trying to squeeze it into any kind of vignette - I would
rather call it a diorama.
ROSCO
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In lugnet.build, Ross Crawford wrote:
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Bill, that is great! Lots of nice details, and the tiki works really well.
I would forget about trying to squeeze it into any kind of vignette - I would
rather call it a diorama.
ROSCO
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Thanks! I had a lot of fun making it.
DIORAMA! Thats the one... And if we have a contest for the best diorama, we can
call it diorama-rama (from the simpsons).
Bill
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In lugnet.build, Bill Vollbrecht wrote:
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Aloha!
Here is my latest creation, the Tiki Bar!
It started out as a vignette, but it quickly grew out of hand! I was going to
post this to vignette, as well, but didn’t want to get anybody mad... I
figured it can’t be called a scuplture, and it isn’t complete enough to be a
town structure. Perhaps we can start a new type of vignette, Maxi-Vig! Any
thoughts?
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Excellent MOC! Xposted to .vignette.
For what it’s worth, I’d say it could qualify for a vignette. Maybe we can call
this a “Shoebox” vignette, as it is large and reminds me of those
diorama(rama)s that we used to build while in grade school! :)
This is Polynesian Pop at it’s best... and so much detail. Are the walls Medium
blue or Maersk blue?
SNIP
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The Tiki statue is the part I think I like best. It is only 3 knobs wide, but
i was able to get most of the details of a typical tiki statue to fit in the
small space. There is a better detailed pic in my brickshelf gallery as well
as one of the bar in regular light www.brickshelf.com/mwv1970
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The Tiki is excellent, and very reminiscent of Ku (Yes, I’m Hawaiian). Where DID
you get those curved arm/leg pieces in Brown?? My only criticism is his big
round belly.
Your link didn’t work for me, but when I browsed your BS gallery, I saw that you
also had this Tiki:
Again, excellent work. Mahalo for posting!
“Big Daddy” Nelson
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In lugnet.build, Bill Vollbrecht wrote:
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Aloha!
Here is my latest creation, the Tiki Bar!
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Bill - Looks great! I really love all the detail you put into it. I hope to see
this in person if I can ever get to one of the meetings down here :)
Mark
http://www.promobricks.com
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In lugnet.build, Bill Vollbrecht wrote:
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Aloha!
Here is my latest creation, the Tiki Bar!
It started out as a vignette, but it quickly grew out of hand! I was going to
post this to vignette, as well, but didn’t want to get anybody mad... I
figured it can’t be called a scuplture, and it isn’t complete enough to be a
town structure. Perhaps we can start a new type of vignette, Maxi-Vig! Any
thoughts?
I used to have my old apartment done up as a tiki lounge with Bamboo on the
walls and the whole tiki bar and everything. Kinda always been fascinated
with the whole 50’s-60’s tiki lounge thing ever since a group of us went to a
classic 50’s Polynesian restauraunt(King Kwongs, in Salt Lake City)for prom
back in 1988. Unfortunately it is no longer, like many of the classic Tiki
bars.
I tried to recreate a small slice of this unique style in Lego and am pretty
pleased with the results. It is lit up in 3 areas with the Lego electric
system. The Bar is iluminated from underneath, the glass orbs hanging from
the thatched roof of the bar, and the Tiki statue has blinking red lights in
his eyes. There is a half wall of bamboo surrounding the room, with the top
being a lovely teal blue color. The lovely Hawaiian waitress is serving the
bars signature rum punch in a hollowed out coconut decorated with a imported
tropical flower.
The Tiki statue is the part I think I like best. It is only 3 knobs wide, but
i was able to get most of the details of a typical tiki statue to fit in the
small space. There is a better detailed pic in my brickshelf gallery as well
as one of the bar in regular light www.brickshelf.com/mwv1970
Let me know what you think!
thanks,
Bill Vollbrecht
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Nice, Bill. I remember the christening party for your Tiki apartment. The
overhead lights seem inspired from my theater portacauche. The link seems dead
for now, but the available picture looks good. The big statue isn’t
overwhelming. -Ash
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