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Papier-mâché Enchanted Tiki Room Drummer Gods, Ngendei, Hina-Kaluua and Maui |
EPCOTExplorer
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|  Posted: 2014-07-04 08:17 am Permalink
Any hopes of attaching a little tube to her hat so she can "rain"? Heheh
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Loki-Tiki
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From: Like...The Valley
| Posted: 2014-07-04 09:34 am Permalink
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On 2014-07-03 19:35, Joshua Bell wrote:
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Well I'm feeling a little stupid for not noticing this before, Hina was the inspiration for the WDW Polynesian Village Resort mug:
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Joshua Bell
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Joined: Aug 22, 2006
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From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2014-07-04 09:44 am Permalink
Yep! Originally she had a smaller hat - no wide brim - and looked even more like the mug. The large Hina on the grounds of the Polynesian and the small resin figures match her original configuration. Only the Hina at the DL ETR has the wide hat, which I prefer.
I found an old photo showing the water spraying out from the narrow hat at an angle, whereas with the wide-brimmed hat the water drops straight down. I'm guessing the hat change was for keeping the water under control. But as I said, I like the look of it more anyway.
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Joshua Bell
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From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2014-07-04 09:46 am Permalink
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On 2014-07-04 08:17, EPCOTExplorer wrote:
Any hopes of attaching a little tube to her hat so she can "rain"? Heheh
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Keep watching this space! 
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EPCOTExplorer
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From: Miami, FL
| Posted: 2014-07-04 09:48 am Permalink
I've actually never seen that mug! Whoa! Any story behind it?
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Joshua Bell
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From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2014-07-04 11:02 am Permalink
Here she is all together:
I just finished attaching her feet to the (weighted) base, so she's drying again. One more bit of sanding, then finally paint!
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hiltiki
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From: Reseda, calif.
| Posted: 2014-07-05 6:56 pm Permalink
I love what you are doing.
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Joshua Bell
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Joined: Aug 22, 2006
Posts: 70
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2014-07-06 11:44 pm Permalink
Here's Hina Kaluaa - 99% done. (The remaining 1% needs to wait until further... seasonal materials are acquired.)
Due to her hat, she photographs poorly except in bright ambient daylight. I'll try and post a photo tomorrow of Hina with her friends.
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TikiAno
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From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2014-07-07 07:09 am Permalink
Groovy.
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Joshua Bell
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From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2014-07-07 6:33 pm Permalink
Here's the whole gang:
Pele, Ngendei, Hina Kaluua, and Uti
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EPCOTExplorer
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| Posted: 2014-07-07 8:08 pm Permalink
SPECTACULAR! Love em.
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Joshua Bell
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Joined: Aug 22, 2006
Posts: 70
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2014-08-31 4:32 pm Permalink
My name is Maui. Natives call me the mighty one.
I tame the playful sun, and gave my people time.
Now they set their clocks by mine,
for I am tropic standard time
Whelp, this one took a little longer for various reasons. Here we go...
Cardboard skeleton:
Papier mache starts to go on. After this was taken I actually redid the head since the shape wasn't working.
Drying, along with his playful little friend.
Then a bunch of time passes, and:
With the gang:
No, he's not a functional fountain. Maui is, however, a functional clock! You can see about five minutes passed between those photos. One of the time consuming parts of the build was that I didn't decide to make him a clock until after the build was complete, so I needed to hollow him out.
I'm not thrilled with the colors - the red and yellow both need to be a little more orange. I wish I could color-match Pele! Maui's paint job is also far less forgiving (the little blue face guy and playful sun)
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Aloyzius
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From: Tampa, FL, from Salt Lake City
| Posted: 2014-08-31 7:53 pm Permalink
These are awesome! I hope to see more. It is very tricky copying the original statues and doing them justice. And you nailed it. I hope there is a Tangoroa Ru coming one day to keep Hina company.
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EPCOTExplorer
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From: Miami, FL
| Posted: 2014-09-03 07:35 am Permalink
This is so awesome. I wish Disney would actually make these!
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TikiHula
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Posts: 723
From: SacTown
| Posted: 2014-09-03 09:46 am Permalink
So creative and they look amazing! Well done!
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