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Title: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: BRE1205 on March 16, 2012, 11:50:18 am

Just thought I would share some of Steve's military letters I made. I made a few modifications to personalize them for relatives and friends.  Hope the attachments come through.
Thanks Steve for all the Corel Draw instuctional videos.
Y'all take care !

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: Tomsunnu on March 16, 2012, 12:17:54 pm

Very nicely done! Nicely cut and the coloring gives a lift to the letters :)Tutorials on corel draw by Steve is really great! Thanks for sharing

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: Keefie on March 16, 2012, 12:24:02 pm

very nice, the colours set them off perfectly.  you have a nice glossy finish too, what did you use to finish them?

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: BRE1205 on March 16, 2012, 12:48:20 pm

Thanks y'all !  I've used Corel for years and now I've learned a lot more from Steve's videos. He's really expanded my knowledge of the program. 
On most of my projects, I use regular hobby acrylic paints and Elmer's paint markers after I stain them. Then I just spray polyurethane on them. I spray a real light first coat to keep from yellowing, especially when using white paint. Then I spray several more coats. They usually come out ok. Sometimes on an outdoor project, I may use some spar varnish.
Y'all have a great day and happy scrolling !!
Take care and thanks again !

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: DWSudekum on March 16, 2012, 01:05:15 pm

Nicely done.  Thanks for sharing them with us.

DW

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Post by: Rover2 on March 16, 2012, 04:27:10 pm

I like the way you did those.  Nice job and thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: Intarsia92 on March 16, 2012, 08:39:37 pm

Very nice, I'm sure your friends and relatives will really appreciate them. All three look great.

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Post by: Russ C on March 16, 2012, 09:13:33 pm

They look great, nice work. Thanks for sharing with us.  :)

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Post by: frankorona on March 17, 2012, 12:01:42 pm

beautiful work, thanks for sharing

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Post by: newfie on March 17, 2012, 03:37:47 pm

nice work

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: Al W on March 17, 2012, 08:05:45 pm

Great idea by adding the names.  And I concur with the colors highlighting the overall image.

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: smitty0312 on March 17, 2012, 08:58:44 pm

Nice job! I also like the contrasting colors.

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: mrsn on March 17, 2012, 11:30:27 pm

Very nice work.

Also, If you use a water based poly you will have much less yellowing of white paint. Lacquer also yellows less then poly but has a tendancy to bleed some inks/paints if applied too thick.

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: Marshall on March 18, 2012, 03:54:59 am

Nice work - the bright paints make them pop ...............

Title: Re: Steve's Military Letters
Post by: BRE1205 on March 18, 2012, 10:01:41 am

Thank you all for your kind comments.  It is much appreciated.  And thanks, mrsn, for the post about the water based poly. When I read that, I thought "DUH".  I was told about that quite a while back and just completely forgot about it.  Just the habit of grabbing the same old can, and old age I guess.  hahaha  Thank you for reminding me. I will remember this time, and try it soon on the next ones. I've got quite a few more to do of all the military branches.  I will post them, too, when they're finished.  I will make it a point to post more projects on here in the future. I am on facebook, which is where all my stuff is posted. No special page, just my home page. 
Thanks again to you all.  Happy scrolling !!!
BRE