Blood on the Pitch!

So I last left off after I had set the foam pitch to dry after I glued it to the hardboard backing. Once dry, I set to basing it with a coat of watered down black paint. Once based coated, I realised that the wedging from the ruler wasn't going to give enough seperation between the squares. So, I hit the interwebs then parted for Home Depot (sonce Lowe's doesn't carry the size I needed). I left HD with 2 bags of 1/16" tile spacers. They might seem small at first but they are as big as you can spare for a project like this. I spent a good part of the evening then on pushing and wedging the spacers into each cross section. I clipped spokes off some so they would fit as end lines and corners. Here is a pic of the board post prime and spacer:

Once that ordeal was done, I went back with the black paint and painted the spacers black while touching up any parts that I might have missed or messed up while adding the spacers. When that was finished, I grabbed a paint brush & a pot of white paint and went to work on painting the pitch lines:

I was finally ready to start flocking this sucker. With my grass selections lined up and my guide next to me, I mixed up my glue mix and set to work. I won't lie. This part really sucked. It took me close to 4 hours to complete. I had to do it all at once since I had mixed up a rather large batch of glue and didn't want to waste it so I popped in my Hobbit audio book and went to work. Here is the pitch before I got to the sidelines and endzones:

Once the sidelines and endzone were done, I went back with the white paint and painted the endzone lines. Here is the pitch after everything is done and it's been given 1 coat of matte sealer:

So now it is complete. It has since gotten 2 more coats of matte sealer. I am debating doing the spray template for endzone and mid field logos but I am scared because I don't want to mess it up as it looks pretty sweet as it is. I might just leave this one be.

Next project: Dugout!