It took a year for me to make this. As a novice, I learned a lot of what to do and what not to do when working with wood. I'm very proud of how it turned out. My husband loved it and had more of a reaction than I expected! He was overwhelmed and said "now I have an heirloom to pass down". So as promised, here are some pictures of the project I started with a deadline of 4 months for last Christmas but turned into a birthday gift for today. The main part of the case is Mahogany, the board is maple and walnut along with the inlay for the plaque, the little feet are purple heart and the Good and Evil inserts are Ash. I used and hard wax oil finish. The pieces however are ceramic, but took some time to hand pour, paint (3 coats of glazed per color) and paint the bases with real white gold and bright gold. I really enjoyed this project even with all the headaches and threats to turn it into firewood. LOL! It does have some flaws...but the guys in the wood shop says it gives it character
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