[widgitmaster]

Well, I got brave and decided to try painting them myself! I've watched my dying friend paint, so I had a clue to his processes!
Then I went on Amazon and purchased all the primary colors and a few more. Found a pack of tooth-pic sized brushes too!
First I painted all the fine lines black, and sanded the top to leave the lines sharp! Then, after three hours I managed to get a nice looking plaque!
My experiment with dark stain didn't look too bad either, but it took longer to stain than paint all the tiny letters!

How'd I do Bubba?????

[bill south]

Awesome Widgit!
B

[CitizenOfDreams]

Looks great! To me, the best would be a combination of stained background, painted boots and unpainted letters.

[wizard]

That must have been very tedious paint but it does look fantastic.

[widgitmaster]

Thanks !

I've been getting lots of practice with this one

Painting the fine detail is like picking fly-shi t out of pepper with a fuzzy tooth pic (chair)

This one is 48" x 11 1/4" x 1 1/2" pine, carved 3/4" deep!

[Bubba]

Widget,
Superb excellence which is what I would expect from your efforts. You have shown another fine talent for all of us to aspire to and probably never reach. The detail is beyond excellence.

[widgitmaster]

Thanks Bubba!

Got another one done today, it took me 5 hours to paint this one!
Still needs clear coating!

22 1/4" x 11 1/4" x 1 1/2"

[Bubba]

That kind of detail would take me days not hours to do! You da MAN!

[widgitmaster]

Got another one finished!

[Bubba]

I thought you said some time back that you couldn't paint! Sure fooled me. Love it.

[vger]

Great work! I wore a Vietnam era ribbon on my chest for some years. Now for your next challenge.... suppose you were able to 3d print the paint using the cnc. Perhaps with a small vinyl tube metering pump run by a stepper and fed to a hypodermic needle in place of the router bit. Just a thought. Thanks for your beautiful creations!

[widgitmaster]

Got another one finished!

[Bubba]

Noticed your silence and now see the wait has been worth it. A real masterpiece.

[widgitmaster]

Noticed your silence and now see the wait has been worth it. A real masterpiece.

Thanks Bubba!

I've been busy!

This is one of the current ones!

I plan on donating this one to the local American Legion post, in gratitude for the memorial service they presented for my friend who passed on Feb 17th

It measures 32 3/4" x 15 7/8" x 3/4"

[bill south]

Nice Job Eric;
Sorry to hear about your buddy!
Bill

[widgitmaster]

Nice Job Eric;
Sorry to hear about your buddy!
Bill

Thanks Bill!

[widgitmaster]

Here is the latest painted plaque, this one required several coats of paint!

This one is 22 1/4" x 19" x 1" pine.

[Bubba]

Widgetmaster,
The work you do would make your best friend proud!
Excellent work.

[TOTALLYRC]

Beautiful work Widget!

[widgitmaster]

Got another one finished this week!