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Post by beetlewing on Sept 7, 2014 6:13:42 GMT
I know it's not crafting per say, but I've never refinished furniture before, only painted it... and danggit I'm proud, lol Found a dining room table on craigslist for $10. It needed some work, as the old polyurethane top was flaking off, and there were some nasty stains. The other $18 was for wood stain, a brush, wood conditioner, etc.. i used a handheld palm sander and completely stripped the top and edges (about 2 hours of work) then refinished it with an all-in-one stain & polyurethane. The color is "Bombay Mahogany", and I may go back and add another coat. I purposefully added darker bits, as I think it makes it look richer than one uniform color over the whole thing.      Adding wood conditioner:  Whole thing conditioned, adding stain:    and done:   cheers!  |
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Post by beetlewing on Sept 7, 2014 6:59:53 GMT
Now... what to do with this little $20 thrift store gem I nabbed today...?   Suggestions? Here's what we came up with, as it'll probably go in the game room as well: - paint it black, with dark red interior (it has a fine wire mesh in the top door window) - paint it like stone and add small resin gargoyles here and there ...in either case, I'm thinking about putting some crafted reliefs of swords or something on the sides and centered on the bottom door, and possibly wiring led lights inside. - make it steampunk Would love ideas |
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dmdan
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Post by dmdan on Sept 7, 2014 19:09:57 GMT
I think you have the ideas already!
Maybe a wizard's tower motif?
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Post by Draklith on Sept 8, 2014 0:27:00 GMT
Maybe remove the top door from the cabinet altogether, and remove that decoration off the top...replace with a COOL dragon, then of course all the swords and stuff you were sayin' , probably wouldn't suggest a black paint job, maybe bright white, then use a stone texture style spray paint over the white, then add your detailing with black...then gargoyles  definitely LEDs on the inside, cool piece of furniture bro, great find  |
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Post by dungeonmistress on Sept 8, 2014 4:00:29 GMT
Yes! take that top finial off, paint it like stone, the dragon is a must! Really love the led light idea. When you're done with that, I have a curio that needs a facelift...  |
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Post by rane on Sept 8, 2014 4:29:39 GMT
make it a giant dice tower for the final roll against the final boss of your campaign
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Post by beetlewing on Sept 8, 2014 5:25:58 GMT
make it a giant dice tower for the final roll against the final boss of your campaign Well that would certainly give me some time... we have our first session a week from today lol |
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Post by dmdan on Sept 8, 2014 14:08:31 GMT
make it a giant dice tower for the final roll against the final boss of your campaign For the WIN! Jumbo dice too... |
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Post by skunkape on Sept 15, 2014 19:36:29 GMT
Store figures in the tower!
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Post by beetlewing on Sept 16, 2014 4:51:18 GMT
Store figures in the tower! Sadly, I could probably squeeze all of mine on one shelf, lol |
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Post by silver0wl on Mar 16, 2015 5:57:59 GMT
nice find u really brought that to life!!
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Post by renel on Mar 16, 2015 12:47:41 GMT
Great work! Do you restore funiture for a living? Can't wait to see what you come up with.
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Post by adrianmcknight on Mar 25, 2015 18:44:21 GMT
Nice table! A fine use of 28 bucks if ever I saw one.
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Post by deafnala on Apr 1, 2015 20:12:24 GMT
Store figures in the tower! Sadly, I could probably squeeze all of mine on one shelf, lol You are obviously suffering from the heartache of Mini Deprivation. One of the my Amigos over on the Reaper Forum just dropped $1,800 on a display case for his miniatures. Now you should obviously take part of the $1,780 your clever purchase saved you AND fill that sucker up...provided this doesn't land you in The Dog House. |
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definitely LEDs on the inside, cool piece of furniture bro, great find 
Cheers!