How to change metal into wood....

66KingFisher · 07-01-11, 01:46 AM

Well sort of.....

I have been working alot lately, and hadn't been here much, so I thought I'd stop in and share a current project with you guys. This week, I'm doing some airbrush artwork in a new restaurant thats fixin to open, and my first task was to "Do something with that ugly metal pole"!!! Or so said the lady that owns the place....lol.

So.....I took her ugly metal pole and tried to convert it into a wooden support beam.....Concidering that we are located in a National forest, I'm anxious to find out if it'll pass the inspection of the locals....especially the ones that work in the timber industry....lol....I hope they like it. I'd also like to hear what you guys think about it.....I'm always my worst critic, but I'm actually happy with the way its turning out....Yeah, I'm not quite done with it yet....I've got a second pole and a couple of murals to do before its over, although some of it might not get done before their scheduled grand opening on the 5th...Yikes....Like I said, I've been busy lately and theres no end in sight yet.

Ands its either been too hot or too windy or too busy to wet a hook lately, but I'm bout ready for some on the water theropy.

carolina-rig-01 · 07-01-11, 01:52 AM

That is awesome Michael! Painting a metal pole to look like wood is something that never would have crossed my mind but it's is a great idea. You sir are the man!

1/4 stick · 07-01-11, 04:12 AM

Man that looks great! Wish I had the talent to do that sort of painting.

WaffleJaw · 07-01-11, 09:06 AM

That is just sickening how good that looks Michael...The colors,splits,and the knot hole faces are a great touch!...Looks as real as can be,outstanding work!

CamG · 07-01-11, 09:33 AM

Man, that is awesome!!!

Jrob78 · 07-01-11, 09:51 AM

That IS awesome!! Nice work!!

JB · 07-01-11, 11:11 AM

Great work! Love the knot holes!

3dkicker · 07-01-11, 11:19 AM

Well done. If you're busy now wait till people find out that you did the work on that metal pole. Might need to hire some help!!

rrw4258 · 07-01-11, 11:26 AM

Very well done bud! If you didn't tell me that it was actually a metal pole, I would have never known without touching it! Awesome Job!

Ryan

bcklash · 07-01-11, 12:41 PM

OCC ought to hire you. You are very talented.

Marc David · 07-01-11, 12:55 PM

That is a very unique work of art, absolutely killer! That takes some serious talent!!

nobass · 07-01-11, 01:42 PM

man that is outstanding work you need to but that in your portifoilo

MIbasser · 07-01-11, 03:45 PM

That's great!! Hopefully the rest of the place looks as nice as your work!

bamabassman · 07-01-11, 05:28 PM

micheal........there are NO WORDS my friend. like jb said, the way you did the knot holes. making it look so real. like the sap is still in there. darker where the sap is stronger or more of it is unsurpassed. fantastic work. the splits, the faces WITH a split in it. this is jsut so DAMN good. oyu are a TRUE ARTIST micheal. A TRUE ARTIST!!!

bassinbob · 07-01-11, 06:55 PM

Mind blowing!!!

IowaBasser · 07-01-11, 11:56 PM

Great Work! I'm impressed - and not impressed easily.

(P.S. I'm an architect, please don't hate me)

Bassboss · 07-02-11, 12:51 AM

That's not wood? lol looks awesome.. sure fooled me! I doubt it'll fool any loggers though!

My uncle's one and went around my grandma's house looking at everything wooden.. and telling us what kinda wood it was and why! haha, it's pretty cool really!

Bob Smith · 07-02-11, 04:18 PM

That is truly some of the finest work I've ever seen! You have an indisputable artistic ability!

66KingFisher · 07-02-11, 10:50 PM

I had a guy walk thru today, that said he'd been working with timber all his life, and unless he was told, he would not know that was a metal pole.....He claimed the colors were true to a red cedar log, and everything from the grain to the worm holes looked real enough to fool him......I took that as a compliment of the highest regard.

Thanks for all the compliments guys.....I don't often do artwork that pleases myself, but I was happy with this project.....Especially, concidering I'd never done anything like it before...lol

07-01-11, 01:46 AM	#1
66KingFisher BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mena,Arkansas Posts: 1,327	How to change metal into wood.... Well sort of..... I have been working alot lately, and hadn't been here much, so I thought I'd stop in and share a current project with you guys. This week, I'm doing some airbrush artwork in a new restaurant thats fixin to open, and my first task was to "Do something with that ugly metal pole"!!! Or so said the lady that owns the place....lol. So.....I took her ugly metal pole and tried to convert it into a wooden support beam.....Concidering that we are located in a National forest, I'm anxious to find out if it'll pass the inspection of the locals....especially the ones that work in the timber industry....lol....I hope they like it. I'd also like to hear what you guys think about it.....I'm always my worst critic, but I'm actually happy with the way its turning out....Yeah, I'm not quite done with it yet....I've got a second pole and a couple of murals to do before its over, although some of it might not get done before their scheduled grand opening on the 5th...Yikes....Like I said, I've been busy lately and theres no end in sight yet. Ands its either been too hot or too windy or too busy to wet a hook lately, but I'm bout ready for some on the water theropy. Attached Thumbnails __________________ In memory of lost fishin buddy's, Ricky Shealy, Keith Hale, Zooker Dickerson.

07-01-11, 04:12 AM	#3
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	Man that looks great! Wish I had the talent to do that sort of painting. __________________ Just a redneck having fun. https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldvlogsify

07-01-11, 09:06 AM	#4
WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	That is just sickening how good that looks Michael...The colors,splits,and the knot hole faces are a great touch!...Looks as real as can be,outstanding work! __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com]

07-01-11, 09:51 AM	#6
Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	That IS awesome!! Nice work!! __________________ There are 3 kinds of people in the world…those who can count and those who can’t. HRN4L

07-01-11, 11:19 AM	#8
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Well done. If you're busy now wait till people find out that you did the work on that metal pole. Might need to hire some help!! __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

07-01-11, 01:52 AM	#2
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	That is awesome Michael! Painting a metal pole to look like wood is something that never would have crossed my mind but it's is a great idea. You sir are the man!

07-01-11, 09:33 AM	#5
CamG BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Superior, NE Posts: 974	Man, that is awesome!!!

07-01-11, 11:11 AM	#7
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	Great work! Love the knot holes!

07-01-11, 11:26 AM	#9
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	Very well done bud! If you didn't tell me that it was actually a metal pole, I would have never known without touching it! Awesome Job! Ryan __________________ Never Give Up!

07-01-11, 12:41 PM	#10
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	OCC ought to hire you. You are very talented. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

07-01-11, 12:55 PM	#11
Marc David BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Biloxi, MS Posts: 324	That is a very unique work of art, absolutely killer! That takes some serious talent!!

07-01-11, 01:42 PM	#12
nobass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: clarksville, tn, Posts: 1,690	man that is outstanding work you need to but that in your portifoilo __________________ the only easy day was yesterday

07-01-11, 03:45 PM	#13
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	That's great!! Hopefully the rest of the place looks as nice as your work!

07-01-11, 05:28 PM	#14
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	micheal........there are NO WORDS my friend. like jb said, the way you did the knot holes. making it look so real. like the sap is still in there. darker where the sap is stronger or more of it is unsurpassed. fantastic work. the splits, the faces WITH a split in it. this is jsut so DAMN good. oyu are a TRUE ARTIST micheal. A TRUE ARTIST!!! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

07-01-11, 06:55 PM	#15
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	Mind blowing!!! __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

07-01-11, 11:56 PM	#16
IowaBasser BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 360	Great Work! I'm impressed - and not impressed easily. (P.S. I'm an architect, please don't hate me)

07-02-11, 12:51 AM	#17
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	That's not wood? lol looks awesome.. sure fooled me! I doubt it'll fool any loggers though! My uncle's one and went around my grandma's house looking at everything wooden.. and telling us what kinda wood it was and why! haha, it's pretty cool really! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

07-02-11, 04:18 PM	#18
Bob Smith BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cartersville, Georgia Posts: 1,472	That is truly some of the finest work I've ever seen! You have an indisputable artistic ability! __________________ Bob Smith a.k.a. "Porko" (vintage Strike King variety!)

07-02-11, 10:50 PM	#19
66KingFisher BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mena,Arkansas Posts: 1,327	I had a guy walk thru today, that said he'd been working with timber all his life, and unless he was told, he would not know that was a metal pole.....He claimed the colors were true to a red cedar log, and everything from the grain to the worm holes looked real enough to fool him......I took that as a compliment of the highest regard. Thanks for all the compliments guys.....I don't often do artwork that pleases myself, but I was happy with this project.....Especially, concidering I'd never done anything like it before...lol __________________ In memory of lost fishin buddy's, Ricky Shealy, Keith Hale, Zooker Dickerson.

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