Progress on the doctor's sign has been somewhat sporadic as the weather has turned nice at last and I have many project backed up on account of the recent rains. But with the approaching Sign Magic Workshop it's time to get the sign out of the shop and out of the way. It will be great eye candy for our guests outside under the porch roof. The doctor popped by today for a progress report and was delighted with the sign - even in its unfinished state.
I had worked last week to apply the primer and then the base coats of color. The dark green color was exactly matched to his building. I painted the woodgrain a lighter, custom mixed shade. over this I would later add two layers of glaze to highlight the grain to its best effect.
While the paint cured I sculpted the rock work from fiberglass-reinforced-concrete. This will dry for three days before I paint it to look like real rock.
I then painted the pinstripes and ornaments using the light green color I has used as the base color for the woodgrain. For those with real sharp eyes you will see a change in the sign. I had mistakenly routed an early version of the design. We had changed the bottom line from 'Inc.' to 'Since 1986' but I had grabbed the wrong vector file when I was creating the router file. The fix was simple... I used the die grinder to take off the incorrect lettering and then glued on a freshly routed panel in its place. The MultiCam makes such revisions relatively painless and very quick.
Next up is the GOLD!
-dan
