Began my first tombstone in a while.

Wildcat · 2022-07-08T18:24:20-0400

Starting the base.

Here are the parts temporarily together.

Now the distressing begins.

For those of you that don't know or remember how poorly I pay my grounds keeper........... be fair warned. That stone is not ever going to look that nice again.

So if you have one of those neat and tidy cemetery's, TRIGGGER WARNING. lol

That's as far as I got today. Hope to get back at it tomorrow.

Wildcat · 2022-07-09T17:14:17-0400

Finished distressing. Now onto paint.

goneferal · 2022-07-10T02:07:00-0400

Beautiful!

Wildcat · 2022-07-10T04:26:33-0400

Thank you.

The design is all Uruk-Hai and can be found HERE

Hairazor · 2022-07-10T11:55:41-0400

Sweet!! And would that be the neglectful groundskeeper in the second photo 😁

RoxyBlue · 2022-07-10T12:58:32-0400

Holy crap, that’s stunning!

Wildcat · 2022-07-10T14:33:50-0400

Thank you.

Hairazor said:
Sweet!! And would that be the neglectful groundskeeper in the second photo 😁

May very well be......I have to blame someone. lol

Riff_JunkieSFR · 2022-07-10T15:35:19-0400

Wow, that looks amazing!

Wildcat · 2022-07-10T18:38:26-0400

Thank you.

Daphne · 2022-07-11T22:26:08-0400

Gorgeous! I made this same tombstone several years ago but it never dawned on me to distress it. Duh. Love how this turned out! Wish I had thought of it, I did it on others but not this one and it looks SO good!! Beautiful work!

Wildcat · 2022-07-12T19:44:01-0400

Thank you.

This is my second time doing this stone and I have a habit of making them look a bit worse for wear.

Spooky1 · 2022-07-14T10:41:07-0400

Beautiful tombstone, even when distressed.

Spooky1 · 2022-07-14T10:43:13-0400

Is that your laser engraver or did you have someone do it for you?

Wildcat · 2022-07-15T08:26:53-0400

Thank you. It’s my laser. Currently burning two more.

Wildcat · 2022-07-15T09:23:34-0400

Two more cut.

pureevil548 · 2022-07-15T18:59:09-0400

I have a small laser cutter and have been hesitant to pull the trigger on a bigger one. Yours looks like it works perfectly. If you truly like it would you mind sharing what kind/size you have?
Thank you in advance!
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Wildcat · 2022-07-16T05:14:22-0400

I have just an Atomstack A5. It's a 5 watt (output) diode laser. Not that expensive.
The table it comes with has a 400mm X 410mm usable cutting area. This was a little small so I ordered 4 800mm rails, longer belt, wiring and some brackets to connect the rails to make them longer. This resulted in having a 410mm X 1400 usable cutting area allowing me to cut both of the upright portions of the last two stones in one run.

My total investment in the initial purchase to the lengthening of the table is about $600 Canadian.
Here are images showing the stock and modified versions.