AJB Temple
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Apparently the snapper was Terence Donovan. Died in 1996.
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Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!
Home pub panelling
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That looks very authentic. What are your opening hours and do you do lock ins? 
Tangsoodo
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Not a Pirelli, just this years from a supplier. I guessed you would be zooming into that 
. The German helmet is from the trenches in France. The farmer had used body filler over it and painted it so I’ve stripped it back to as it came out the ground.
Just need a sticky carpet now
. The German helmet is from the trenches in France. The farmer had used body filler over it and painted it so I’ve stripped it back to as it came out the ground. Just need a sticky carpet now
Haha, no zooming, it just caught my eye. I just said Pirelli because it's the obvious choice and I didn't know if you'd have got the UK references if I'd used one like Sun or Sport.Not a Pirelli, just this years from a supplier. I guessed you would be zooming into that
Just need a sticky carpet now
Where did you get the helmet then?
meccarroll
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All you need to do now is get the beer in and invite all your mates at Woodhaven2
Seriously a very nice job done there, Looks fantastic!
Alasdair
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That looks really excellent, i nice place to unwind with a pint and game of pool. 
mwinfrance
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Old thread, but, if I may suggest, if you are trying to match grain or wood types. Like "pub panels" for instance.
Begin by getting this book*
"parry's graining and marbling"
cheaper ( but obviously not as good ) as learning graining and marbling from an artisan.
But once you have mastered the techniques ( most "pub grainers" ) were very basic level, you should be able to make very passable "faux bois" of any type, as long as you have a sample to base yourself on.
Brushes can be bought specifically for signwriting, or "bodged", ( most grainer's brushes can be bodged from household decorators brushes, natural hair ones are better ) likewise "combs"** can be made from rubber and or plastic sheets etc. Damaged feathers ( pick them up while out walking ) are useful for detail work, lining and son. Also small pieces of broken horn and rags.
Marbling and graining is practice, done well it ( marble and other stones ) can be indistinguishable from the real surface until you touch it, wood types and grains can fool until they are scraped. Edited..I should add a caveat..chatoyance cannot be truly successfully faked, multiple varnish layers with added transparent colour in each can fool from a distance, but, if you know your woods , or your stones ( most people don't ) even the best "faux" wont fool you.
* Not the only book, but a good one for beginners.
** don't bother with the ready made "rocking type graining combs" the results look like total crap compared with what you can do with a bit of practice using traditional methods and a bit of thinking outside the box.
Begin by getting this book*
"parry's graining and marbling"
cheaper ( but obviously not as good ) as learning graining and marbling from an artisan.
But once you have mastered the techniques ( most "pub grainers" ) were very basic level, you should be able to make very passable "faux bois" of any type, as long as you have a sample to base yourself on.
Brushes can be bought specifically for signwriting, or "bodged", ( most grainer's brushes can be bodged from household decorators brushes, natural hair ones are better ) likewise "combs"** can be made from rubber and or plastic sheets etc. Damaged feathers ( pick them up while out walking ) are useful for detail work, lining and son. Also small pieces of broken horn and rags.
Marbling and graining is practice, done well it ( marble and other stones ) can be indistinguishable from the real surface until you touch it, wood types and grains can fool until they are scraped. Edited..I should add a caveat..chatoyance cannot be truly successfully faked, multiple varnish layers with added transparent colour in each can fool from a distance, but, if you know your woods , or your stones ( most people don't ) even the best "faux" wont fool you.
* Not the only book, but a good one for beginners.
** don't bother with the ready made "rocking type graining combs" the results look like total crap compared with what you can do with a bit of practice using traditional methods and a bit of thinking outside the box.
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