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Homemade plaque
« 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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Re: Homemade plaque
« 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.  :tup:
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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2012, 08:52:22 PM »
Looks great :tup:
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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2012, 08:52:37 PM »
Looks good :tup:

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Re: Homemade plaque
« 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.

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 09:00:03 PM »
I think it looks great! ! !

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 09:10:34 PM »
  :tup: Looks really good!

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2012, 09:28:09 PM »
Thanks everyone! I was pretty happy with how it turned out as well   :IBCOOL:

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2012, 09:42:29 PM »
Good idea! Looks good!

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Re: Homemade plaque
« 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.
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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2012, 09:47:17 PM »
Looks pretty Sweet!!!   :tup:

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2012, 10:26:28 PM »
Looks awesome  :tup:

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2012, 10:39:50 PM »
Looks great, and bonus points for creativity. Good job.  :tup:

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2012, 06:02:39 AM »
Very cool!
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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2012, 07:57:08 AM »
Now that looks awesome.  Those mounts are very nice as well.......John

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2012, 08:10:25 AM »
Very creative work ! looks great :tup:
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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2012, 08:22:48 AM »
awesome!

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2012, 10:03:56 AM »
that looks real good!
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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2012, 10:08:19 AM »
I have a hard time beleiving it was a chunk of MDF though  :chuckle: 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  :drool: Again , nice job.

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Re: Homemade plaque
« 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.
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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2012, 10:14:27 AM »
That looks awesome!!   Great job!!    :tup:

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2012, 10:14:49 AM »
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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2012, 01:35:23 PM »
Very creative.  Nice idea.

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2012, 02:00:54 PM »
You might be able to market something like that. Looks great.

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #24 on: April 07, 2012, 09:44:36 PM »
Here ya go bucklucky  :chuckle: 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!

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #25 on: April 07, 2012, 09:48:18 PM »
Who would have thunk MDF could look like that  :chuckle:

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Re: Homemade plaque
« Reply #26 on: April 07, 2012, 10:51:40 PM »
Looks very good!  Makes me wish I had some talent. :bash:
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