Author Topic: Homemade plaque (Read 8105 times)

huntinkid20 · « **on:** April 06, 2012, 08:47:02 PM »

I got my 2011 Wyoming archery trophies mounted up. I started with a scrap piece of MDF board i had in the garage. I used a sawzall and a dremel too to create knots and some faux wood grain. I them used some left over spray paint from a gun stock to give it an old barnwood look. I used a rag to wipe the paint after each coat for desired effect. I found some rusty old nails my dad had in the drawers of the garage and threw those on too! I only had to purchase some 1.5" flat stock to bend some brackets to hold the mounts. The misc bolts and screws i already had. The entire project took an evening after work. Let me know what you think!
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seth30 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2012, 08:49:57 PM »

Wow I like that! I bet that will start a lot of conversations in your home.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2012, 08:52:22 PM »

Looks great

Jason · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2012, 08:52:37 PM »

Looks good

woodman · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2012, 08:57:53 PM »

I think it looks great. I love it when a person take time to create something instead of just watching tv.

Michelle_Nelson · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2012, 09:00:03 PM »

I think it looks great! ! !

scottfrick · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2012, 09:10:34 PM »

Looks really good!

huntinkid20 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2012, 09:28:09 PM »

Thanks everyone! I was pretty happy with how it turned out as well

bucklucky · « **Reply #8 on:** April 06, 2012, 09:42:29 PM »

Good idea! Looks good!

Elkstuffer · « **Reply #9 on:** April 06, 2012, 09:45:47 PM »

Very Nice! You look to be pretty artistic. Even more impressive is the pronghorn you killed with your bow. I've been on 3 archery hunts for pronghorn and have come up empty each time. They were all spot and stalk hunts in MT. Time to give WY a try.

BullMagnet76 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 06, 2012, 09:47:17 PM »

Looks pretty Sweet!!!

johnnyaustin44 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 06, 2012, 10:26:28 PM »

Looks awesome

fair-chase · « **Reply #12 on:** April 06, 2012, 10:39:50 PM »

Looks great, and bonus points for creativity. Good job.

ICEMAN · « **Reply #13 on:** April 07, 2012, 06:02:39 AM »

Very cool!

WCTaxidermy · « **Reply #14 on:** April 07, 2012, 07:57:08 AM »

Now that looks awesome. Those mounts are very nice as well.......John

FSTaxidermy · « **Reply #15 on:** April 07, 2012, 08:10:25 AM »

Very creative work ! looks great

JohnVH · « **Reply #16 on:** April 07, 2012, 08:22:48 AM »

awesome!

wolfie · « **Reply #17 on:** April 07, 2012, 10:03:56 AM »

that looks real good!

bucklucky · « **Reply #18 on:** April 07, 2012, 10:08:19 AM »

I have a hard time beleiving it was a chunk of MDF though

How the heck do you get a peice of fiber board to look like that , you need to do another one with pictures of your process

Again , nice job.

wraithen · « **Reply #19 on:** April 07, 2012, 10:10:18 AM »

Man I wish I could get something to look like that. I could use real wood and it would still look like some 10 year olds experiment.

doyourtime89 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 07, 2012, 10:14:27 AM »

That looks awesome!! Great job!!

PolarBear · « **Reply #21 on:** April 07, 2012, 10:14:49 AM »

boneaddict · « **Reply #22 on:** April 07, 2012, 01:35:23 PM »

Very creative. Nice idea.

kyle78 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 07, 2012, 02:00:54 PM »

You might be able to market something like that. Looks great.

huntinkid20 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 07, 2012, 09:44:36 PM »

Here ya go bucklucky

I didnt paint the back so i took it off the wall to show its REAL mdf. I had extra pieces after a custom fit speaker enclosure i built for my tacoma. [smg id=11442]
Here is a picture of the brackets i built to hold the skulls in place as well. Its very similar to the skull hooker, but cheap and DIY![smg id=11444]
And a picture just after i painted it.[smg id=11445]
Thanks for all the good comments!

bucklucky · « **Reply #25 on:** April 07, 2012, 09:48:18 PM »

Who would have thunk MDF could look like that

hunting4sanity · « **Reply #26 on:** April 07, 2012, 10:51:40 PM »

Looks very good! Makes me wish I had some talent.

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