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    Default my first 3d sign with imported wood texture.

    I go months if not more between doing anything in 3d so I never remember how to do much in aspire. so first I battled to get the texture file to be at a decent height. so it was not cutting so deep. then when I cookie cutter cut the texture to fit between the vectors I would fid somehow the outside one would be shrunk and I could not backtrack far enough so it took like 5 times between that and missing parts. the small one was fine till I moved it all to the other side of the sheet then I had a dive to 1.87" lucky the tree will be hand carved.
    the sign guy that will paint this and guild the letters will really make this pop.
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    Steve,

    Beautiful!

    I hope you will continue showing us more work like this. Finishing can be overdone. It's already a piece of artwork.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joe View Post
    Steve,

    Beautiful!

    I hope you will continue showing us more work like this. Finishing can be overdone. It's already a piece of artwork.
    my customer is a really good sign painter it will look like wood when he is done. it was battle to get the texture to work .I am not much of a 3d guy and do it so seldom I can't remember how to do much. the letters will be guided I think he said copper.
    most of my work is pretty boring though.

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    I guess the tree is cut out and applied?

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    he was going to have me do it in 3d but his customer upped the completion date so he did not have time to get the 3d done so he will carve it by hand. he usually has me pocket out parts then he goes from there. this is the first 3d we have done. hopefully not the last.

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    Steve,

    You can build a business from this kind of work. As you know the only kind of signs I make are like the one you are making. There's so little competition in this field. But you have to refine the customer base.

    Joe

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    "I don't think there are a lot of people who can paint them."
    Although you are right that it is getting harder to find real sign painters, there are some great ones on the CSA forum (Creative Signmakers of America). Not a super active board but a great resource and some very good people there.

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    Steve,

    I know you aren't into painting but there are lots of sign companies that could use a routing service. Plain old PVC letters might be of interest to them. Selling carved signs without painting is a option. But it all depends on your location and desire to make it happen.

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