Posted by Raffaele "Picster" Picca
Yooo hoo!
This time for something completely different, ok... not sooo different.
Everyone owns a Detolf, come on, don't be shy. Admit it. What? The gentlemen over there doesn't own a Detolf? Ok, you can skip this article.
Devote yourself to your Detolf, be proud of him and you will be rewarded!
...... enough of this strange talk, haha. Let's get serious!
Detolf is a display cabinet produced and sold by Ikea.
As it is one of the cheapest options to display painted models many miniature painters own such a cabinet. The problem is... it's not very pleasing in it's appearance.
I've read a lot about improving the appearance of the cabinet in the last days. Here's what I've done to my two cabinets:
First you may notice the new lights spread out on the two cabinets. Those are 2x DIODER lights. The cheap one with 4 white light strips. I fixed them to the steel rods which hold the glass shelfes with zip ties.
Next was a dark background for the cabinets, I made this with a rest of canvas and fixed it on top of the backside.
And finally, to raise the height of the cabinet and give it a more impressive appearance, I put two single EXPEDIT units under the cabinets. Those units got two doors to store all the stuff I didn't want to put inside of the cabinet. Very neat :)
So far, this was all the pimping I did to my units (apart from dusting and rearranging all the models).
Maybe this can serve as an inspiration for your pimping!
Best wishes,
Raffa
Yooo hoo!
This time for something completely different, ok... not sooo different.
Everyone owns a Detolf, come on, don't be shy. Admit it. What? The gentlemen over there doesn't own a Detolf? Ok, you can skip this article.
Devote yourself to your Detolf, be proud of him and you will be rewarded!
...... enough of this strange talk, haha. Let's get serious!
Detolf is a display cabinet produced and sold by Ikea.
As it is one of the cheapest options to display painted models many miniature painters own such a cabinet. The problem is... it's not very pleasing in it's appearance.
I've read a lot about improving the appearance of the cabinet in the last days. Here's what I've done to my two cabinets:
First you may notice the new lights spread out on the two cabinets. Those are 2x DIODER lights. The cheap one with 4 white light strips. I fixed them to the steel rods which hold the glass shelfes with zip ties.
Next was a dark background for the cabinets, I made this with a rest of canvas and fixed it on top of the backside.
And finally, to raise the height of the cabinet and give it a more impressive appearance, I put two single EXPEDIT units under the cabinets. Those units got two doors to store all the stuff I didn't want to put inside of the cabinet. Very neat :)
So far, this was all the pimping I did to my units (apart from dusting and rearranging all the models).
Maybe this can serve as an inspiration for your pimping!
Best wishes,
Raffa
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OMG! I am jealous! I want to tart up our two Detolf cabinets now. Our second one we found out in the street after someone dumped it, needless to say it found a very good home with us once we were able to get it in the car... ;)
Great job!
Yup, we definitely need to P*I*M*P ours... will have to shamelessly steal your ideas Raffa! Genius!
I'm going to move soon and I'll need to move my Detolf... hope I won't break it!
Your "Detolf PIMP" is kinda cool :)
Thank you for the Inspiration!!!
Dioder is the keyword I was told to search for ...
Will have a ride to my Dioder-Dealer today. ;-)
Super. Now I have to buy another cabinet...you have inspired me.
Raffa, I think you need one more Detolf. ;-)
Nice setup, if only I had the space!
But for a real pimping you should put some chrome on the handles, spinning miniature holders, a custom paintjob on the background with a candy finish, a 1200 subwoofer and custom lights that changes from the infrared to the ultraviolet spectrum.
And now you are pimped!
Wow, very nice idea. I think I copy some of your solutions 0:).
Your cabinet looks great! Awesome idea to raise them up on a storage container. I definitely want to do that.
Here's and article Ive had bookmarked outlining how another painter did their setup:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Customizing_a_Glass_Display_Case_by_AesSedai
has the expedit units held up? since I'm really worried about it bowing or breaking over time
So far, yes :)
Brill stuff!
What did you use for black background?
'uuuge sheet of paper or some black cloth?