First we started with a plane Jane sheet of particle board and went to town with an orbital sander to bring out the wonderful pattern that is wood grain. First 100, then 220.
Next came an application of a darker wood stain that we chose on account of its name, 'Gun Stock.'
As the Gun Stock dried, we applied several coats of Miller High Life, Bayern Dancing Trout, and Reeser's Potato Salad in addition to an amazing medley of kabobs. The kabobs were composed of crimini mushrooms, red onions, hand carved pineapple, cherry tomatoes, red bell peppers, greek spiced lamb sausages, and a special-occasion-24-hour-Randy-original-marinade grip of New York steaks cut into ribbons.
We were assisted by the hopelessly adorable puppy Walter.
Several beers later we decided that another coat of Gun Stock was needed. Not pictured is a base frame of 2'x4's we installed to level out the surface and prevent warping. This also received Gun Stock.
A few days later after recovery and drying, we taped off our pattern and added the white lines to what would be the centerpiece image and our end-zone lines. We used an oil based paint here, flat white.
Two days later and one more coat of the white we peeled off the tape and this was our results. Not bad so far.
Next came much more painters tape and the application of our flat black oil based paint. Again here was two coats and two days to dry.
Results here: The theme we were going for was two dice in a sniper reticule, paying homage to the Gun Stock, as well as to the nature of Beer Die.
We then hand painted the dice with a five and the fictitious die number seven. This is on account of the most important rule of Beer Die. DON'T EVER SAY 'FIVE' OR 'SEVEN.'
Touch ups with an oil based paint pen as needed.
After all this roughly 3 weeks have been sent applying coats of polyurethane to achieve an NBA court effect. Final results will be posted on our nation's birthday.
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