Customizing a 75gl.

[JoelR]

I'm not good at guessing what's going through arty peoples heads, so I'll wait til the end product, lol.

 

[JoelR]

 

[JoelR]

Here it is. I'm very pleased with the outcome.

 

[ronin_man]

great transformation !
you do some really nice work, keep it up!

 

[bayst]

Wow! This looks amazing--- it looks so modern and sleek!!! I love the paint work. How did you create that effect with paint? It looks like very realistic wood grain.

Very impressive!

 

[BoCoMo]

Wow! This looks amazing--- it looks so modern and sleek!!! I love the paint work. How did you create that effect with paint? It looks like very realistic wood grain.

Very impressive!

Yes! How?

 

[JoelR]

Yes! How?

Thanks... It's a glaze. I did a base coat of brown, then with a blackish glaze, I coated over top of the brown and used a wicker broom to make the "grain" marks. It took two coats of the glaze coat and graining to come up with the affect I was looking for but it came out quite nice. I did put the carvings on after the paint job.
I used the same stuff for the carvings too.. Did the brown base coat, then put the black glaze on top and just wiped it off. It too took a couple glaze coats. Very easy and well worth the cost of the glaze. One gl. can of glaze was more than enough for the entire project.

 

[johncl]

Very nice great job. I have that same stand got it used with a 90. Here's my before and after.