"Splash Screen" an old and tired requirement, I know.

"Splash Screen" an old and tired requirement, I know. I'm looking to implement a different one than the conventional method of placing a timer on the Form and toggling it to activate after X seconds. 

I could have sworn, that I saw a cooler method, that I believe used AfterCreate and some magic. I had thought it was from François Piette , but I couldn't find it anywhere. Not really showing up in Google. 

Anyone have a clever method for displaying a "splash screen" without a timer? I ask, because I've never liked the Timer method and sometimes it doesn't paint the window fully.