Jeremy's Graduation Present

Last year for Bart's birthday Matt and I made him a custom DS case with the Misfits logo, the Crimson Ghost and his nickname "B-Movie" on it. I bought a plain black DS case and used white vinyl to make the decals. Ever since I made that one I've been wanted to make more. Recently my good friend Jeremy Hovden graduated from Carroll and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to make another one.
For Jeremy's I decided to do a green DS case and black vinyl to make the Tiger Army "tiger-bat". I found a neon green DS case on eBay for super cheap. When I got it in the mail it was a much lighter green than pictured, it was more pastel than neon. Not very psychobilly. I wasn't going to settle so Matt and I had to spray paint it a brighter green. Since we don't have a garage it was kind of a pain to get the painting done having to work around Montana's "Spring" weather. It gets kind of windy by our house, not the best conditions for spray painting.
My original plan was to do the tiger bat and Jeremy's nickname "Jerbehr" just like I had done on Bart's but I just wasn't feeling it and we decided to put "Never Die" instead. (Tiger Army's "motto"). After we got it all painted, got the decals on and finished the clear coat I tried it out on Matt's DS to make sure it fit and still functioned. Of course the Snarr luck came into play and the two posts that hold the top cover and bottom cover together, snapped. It took Matt and I about a week to come up with a solution to fix it. Thank goodness for scrapbooking, we used black brads to replace the broken posts and it looks awesome! I'm glad it's finally finished and I hope Jeremy loves. Congratulations on graduation! You've definitely earned it!

Here is the finished product.