Popular Post RabidAlien Posted August 6, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 My wife is sick of Texas (heat...cedar pollen...heat....humidity...heat....cedar pollen....heat.....), and would love to move to Colorado. I wouldn't mind it much, either, except our being in the Austin area can only be described as an Act o' God, Y'all (its an official term. Look it up. Book of Southern Revelations, Chapter 11, Section 8.), so moving would be...difficult. So we're stuck pining for piney woods and snowcapped mountains, listening to coyotes yapping across the road instead of wolves howling their freedom. Enter....Steve Good. His shadow-box pattern, which I've had for a while and decided this is the perfect time to cut. If I can't afford to move my wife to Colorado (and remain her husband, at any rate), I can at least bring a piece of Colorado to my wife. His plan calls for 1/4" wood, but I had some 1/2" ply on hand and decided to use that instead. Pegas #5MG blade, I plan on toasting the background with a propane torch, then staining it a dark walnut. The rest will be a combo of ipswich pine and cherry stains, with the top layer being (maybe) boiled linseed oil. I may get lazy and just do the whole thing in ipswich or cherry. At this point, who knows? Miran, Scrolling Steve, frankorona and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) I like it very well! I am a fan of a light torching for effect--on this it will really bring out the background. I used to have some thing that gave wood a nice grey aged look; But lost track of it and even forgot what it was called during our move 10 years ago. The wolves greyed out will also add a nice touch; although they do come in a variety of colors too. Nice work. I will enjoy the FINAL! Edited August 6, 2019 by rjR typo RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Hi Kirk, How y'all doin over there! Great project you are doin there, I'm sure will look great when finished, Thanks for posting, Bob RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) Really nice shadow box, Hope you show it when finished take her on a vacation, cheaper than moving, to the piney woods area in Texas https://www.durangotexas.com/eyesontexas/TexasRegions/PineyWoods/pineywoods.htm and for snow try the Guadalupe mountains Edited August 6, 2019 by JimErn RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 very nice job RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted August 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Lookin real good!!! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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