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Re: Tiki Lounge
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Mon, 5 Sep 2005 04:20:05 GMT
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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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