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Leather covered Cab
skinz:
Took a break from the Marquee for now - I think I'm going to revisit it completely. I like the LED/Burn Idea. I have an artist that works for me that does amazing freehand burning into leather. He makes amazing things using a burning tool and his painting skills. We messed around with a few things at work today and he's gonna mock something up for me over Thanksgiving break.
I had some free time today (about 2 hours) and didn't want to start a new job so I had another idea... This one I'm really excited about - everyone in the shop thought it would be a great idea. I had 2 first grade shagreen skins (stingray pelts) in a cream color. Not enough for a job, sitting on the shelf and begging to be used. Yeah, I could have made a box with bone trim with them or any other decorative object but they screamed ARCADE!!!! So, my assistant and I fabricated 2 coin door blanks and covered them with the most exotic skinz on the planet. They came out perfect. I cant wait to add them to the cabinet this weekend!!!!
Friggin swishy sweet!
Oh and you can see my desk pad underneath with Gold and Blind tooling. I need a new one - it's old. :laugh2:
BurgerKingDiamond:
hmmm. That is strangely awesome.
BTW, I was checking out your companies website, and I noticed a typo. I feel a little weird pointing it out to you, but what can it hurt... under that leather covered furniture section the first word "wether" should be "whether". So yeah... Do I get an award for most random post of the day?
shateredsoul:
Stingray! That's pretty cool, I really am excited to see what you come up with for the marquee.. sounds like it's going to be pretty sweet.
skinz:
BKD - Thanks for spotting the typo - I'll send the correction to the web guy first thing Tuesday morning - Nice catch.
For the marquee, I'm going with the LED lights mounted in small holes to spell out the name - Which I haven't decided on (since everyone hates leathercade). Been watching youtube vids on how to wire individual LED's with resisters etc.
This hobby is the friggin BEST - Learning so many different new things. Very gratifying.
skinz:
After all the feedback on the marquee - I came up with this photoshop mockup. Cover the Marquee with leather, drill holes and mount LED's from the back. Freehand branded Skinz letters with gold and black or blind tooling around the outside. We'll see what happens. To be continued...