Yet another Leap of faith painting.

[Contec]

Yes, yet another leap of faith builds and i blame these two Members:
Epilepticsquirl
http://www.therpf.com/f9/my-2-hour-10-leap-faith-build-154966/
Nobby
http://www.therpf.com/f9/my-0-leap-faith-155779/

I really didn't wanna start a new build this summer and had sworn to ONLY finish the many others that i started...

I wanna thank Alan Castillo for the leap of faith painting file.
http://www.therpf.com/f9/indiana-jones-grail-knight-painting-3-mega-104256/

On with the build...
I found this thing at a secondhand store for cheap and started by prying away the first board from the other. Pretty simple because they only used 4 small nails that i later used to attached the board together again.

I was planning on sanding away the black paint but the backside was clean so i just flipped it around and sanded the edges. Then i printed out the Painting on printer paper and attached it with decoupage glue. After it had dried I used my dremel to do some weathering on the edges and the bottom plate.
Then i painted the bottom plate with black acrylic paint (mixed with lots of water.) A black permanent marker pen was used in the scratches and before it had dried i used alcohol based hand disinfectant (70%) to spread the marker paint out a little bit more.

After it all was dried I use gold foil around the Grail that i weathered with a tiny bit of high-grit water sandpaper.

All in all it took less than 2 hours to make.

I got this spotted texture on the decoupage glue by dabbing on the glue with the end of a stiff brush.

It's not as big as it looks as you can see on this picture with the ruler.

Now it hangs on the wall over my hobby table.

 

[Luke0312]

Very cool, I really like the smaller scale of it. thumbsup

 

[Alan Castillo]

This is the first time I've seen a whole found item being converted into a Grail Knight Painting :lol

I am 'laughing' out of sheer amazement of the continued ingenuity and creativity I see on the board :lol

Fantastic Conny :cool !! thumbsupthumbsup:thumbsup

I am particularly amazed at the shadowing / grain texture effect on the back boards :eek

 

[Contec]

This is the first time I've seen a whole found item being converted into a Grail Knight Painting :lol

I am 'laughing' out of sheer amazement of the continued ingenuity and creativity I see on the board :lol

Fantastic Conny :cool !! thumbsupthumbsup:thumbsup

I am particularly amazed at the shadowing / grain texture effect on the back boards :eek

Couldn't have done it without your picture. :thumbsup

The grain effect showed up after I had used the rubbing alcohol on the marker pen. Guess the wood fibers soaked it up and made them more visible.

 

[epilepticsquirl]

I really didn't wanna start a new build this summer and had sworn to ONLY finish the many others that i started...

So much for that plan! :lol
I just love these uber simple builds you can do in an afternoon for cheap. The results are always awesome and so rewarding. I think the size is perfect too, great job man!
Cheers! :cheers

 

[Nobby]

Excellent work Conny!
Size matters not when it looks this good :thumbsup

 

[Contec]

Thanks everyone I really like this smaller scale on the painting and i had fun making it.