30 years young time to play TF2

Happy 30th birthday to my husband Josh.  He works 60+ hours a week for our family so I wanted to make him a special cake this year.  He is really big into gaming so I asked him what kind of cake he might like.  If you look up the two games he plays the most there really aren't many cakes to get ideas from so this is an original cake!  We decided he needed a Crate from Team Fortress 2. 
I made this cake by first putting a strip of black fondant around the middle of the cake and then adding the brown boards. ... Looking back I would have just covered the cake in black and then added the boards.  It was far to hard to add the boards and A)keep them stuck to the side of the already dry buttercream and B) keep the buttercream from showing through the boards.
Once I had all the boards on I painted on the darker accents to make them look more like wood.  I also painted the "Mann Co" sign and "Happy Birthday Joshua" onto the cake.  I added the chain and lock and it was complete.  Pretty simple cake that Josh just loved!