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Title: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: yamatetsu on April 04, 2015, 11:49:50 am

I got bored and decided to play around with the ink/wood transfer method. I grabbed an old piece of wood, sanded it down, printed two pics, put them on the wood and put a layer of wax on top. The size is 48 cm x 30 cm.
The result looks pretty good, as always the camera doesn't do it justice, it's a little bit darker in reality.

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=327040;image)

Title: Re: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 04, 2015, 08:02:29 pm

I love it.

Title: Re: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: jdbailey1206 on April 05, 2015, 05:56:50 am

This would be awesome to do if you could find an older church relic and create the same process.

Title: Re: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: johnrt on April 05, 2015, 07:49:37 am

What happens if you apply some layers of clearcoat to it?

Title: Re: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: yamatetsu on April 05, 2015, 08:07:59 am

If I would do it, I'd probably mess it up  :D
The effect of wax vs. clearcoat would be the same. Both make the wood and the colors a bit darker and make the colors pop a bit more. In fact, the youtube-guy from which I got the idea uses clearcoat :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Zq2O66QGCwg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Zq2O66QGCwg)

I just happend to have a can of the wax lying around and decided to use a bit of it. It is quite ridiculous how far such a small can of the stuff gets you. You could probably do your house with it and still have some left. Problem is, it's also ridiculously expensive and will eventually go bad if you don't use it.

Title: Re: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 08, 2015, 12:47:53 pm

I've been playing with this technique and can't believe it's so easy. I made a Totoro-themed name plate for my wife's desk. I'll update with pics at some point.

Title: Re: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: yamatetsu on April 08, 2015, 01:36:45 pm

That's what I like about it, it's easy to do and looks incredible. Waiting for pics.

Title: Re: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 08, 2015, 09:32:17 pm

Totoro!

Title: Re: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: yamatetsu on April 09, 2015, 01:33:20 am

Cool !  :cheers:

Title: Re: Boondock Saints woody
Post by: Mr_Numbers on April 09, 2015, 01:34:22 am

This is super cool guys, thanks for sharing.  I had no idea it was a simple process.   :applaud: