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The Yahrrcade (Pirate Themed Showcase Cabinet)
dermoerder:
I was on my deathbed sick for a week or two there but I finally got better and a second set of hands to help me start with the big part of the project.
I think all this MDF was as heavy as the car:
Frame:
Some support to go under the Biggest Monitor Ever(TM)
I also cut a large access door into the back panel. Will hinge it on after painting. Tomorrow I hope to maybe finish off this whole bit, and then I'll just need lots of paint and some sheets of plexi. The painting will be a whole new learning experience...
dermoerder:
Put the main box all together and started sanding and filling in all kinds of stuff with wood putty.... until I ran out. Gonna need a LOT more.
The marquee spot is really large, looking forward to seeing that lit up.
dermoerder:
As for art, I decided to go with a pirate theme in the style of Monkey Island. I'm excited to design the bezel in this style and will probably use a treasure-map design for the control panel. Here is the Marquee so far. May change the blue to something else but that's an easy detail to alter.
I generally use GIMP for everything since I never need to do anything complicated and run Linux on everything but the Arcade box, but hot damn did it ever choke on these large images. The marquee is 14700X2250 and GIMP was just unable to handle it whenever it wasn't crashing. Got the trial of Photoshop CS5 on the Windows machine in order to do my art now and it's going just great. Gonna get to work on the CP now.
dermoerder:
Looking for opinions on the art, please!
Again, might not stay blue but this is the general idea:
And I think this is just what I was going for. The large red circles represent, obviously, the buttons, and the compass roses are around the joysticks.
Marquee is next. Just have to get this done before the Photoshop demo runs out!
emphatic:
That theme is hilarious! Classy execution as well. :applaud:
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