HDU Sign

[Tduffy]

First time really posting anything on here. Attached is a sign I made of HDU for a resort. All was designed using Aspire.
Thank you

[Savannahdan]

Beautiful sign and I love the colors. Give us some more information about how you did it including the paint job. Thank you.

[jay pieper]

I totally agree with Savannadan, What an awesome job on the sign.
I really like the rope accent around the sign itself. I also would like
more information on how you put this project together.
Great work hope to see more from you on the forum

[Tduffy]

I started out with 4' x 8' x 2" HDU foam #15 density. The entire piece was carved so no inlays. The carving time was about 28 hours. I did it this way to ensure durability and not have to worry about a letter popping off. There is a downside to this, that is the painting process. Many hours painting and cutting in between colors but I think it was worth it. the roping was pulled from Aspire and the paint process was the base coat then the valleys were a darker color. I used a fan brush to pull the paint up to give that faded look. I used 1 Shot paint products. These paints cover so well and look great.
The sign will be mounted with 12x) 3/8-16 threaded inserts that will be epoxied into hols in the back. Large sign, a lot of work but all fun stuff to do.

Thank you for the compliments.

[mtylerfl]

Beautiful work!!

[Savannahdan]

Thank you for the description. All your effort and skills have really paid off.

[gkas]

Really nice job... The paint is nice, and the colors look solid. I may finally have to try 1 Shot.

The best part is that you had fun doing it.