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Galacade (Galaga Insipred Slim MAME Cabinet) - painting advice needed
Roo:
Howdy y'all. I've been lurking around here for a long time, but never felt I had much to say. Oh but times have changed... When you go from admiring everyone's work to actually doing your own, all the sudden you have LOTS of questions ;D
My first cabinet was a Hanaho Arcade PC. I am designing my second cabinet (first build) and I'm hoping to get some feed back from the experts.
Here's my design. I don't have any of the artwork done yet, so the marquee is just a placeholder. The plan for the art is to be Galaga themed, so hopefully you can see the homage to a traditional Galaga cabinet in my design...
Something that's still bugging me - do the height on the control panel and monitor look right to y'all?
I appreciate any feedback!
Blanka:
I'n no fan of CP shelves. They should be between the left and right face, in a way the T-molding can continue. I never understood why this X-arcade-on-top look did become so popular.
opt2not:
--- Quote from: Blanka on June 22, 2010, 04:11:04 am ---I'n no fan of CP shelves. They should be between the left and right face, in a way the T-molding can continue. I never understood why this X-arcade-on-top look did become so popular.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, I agree with Blanka, I would stick the CP inside the sides and let the contours of your cabinet profile show. Also the t-molding colour is making me think more Galaxian inspired than Galaga (similar cabinets). But if I were you I'd round out the shape a bit more, get it closer to a galaga cab. The two main features of a galaga is the pointed edges by the CP, and the top points. Looks like a bat:
Alright, you caught me with my photoshop opened, here's a quick photo-choppin' of what I'd do:
Roo:
It's funny, I felt the same way earlier in my design and was convinced to go with a CP shelf design. The advantage is that it opens up the machine more to two players, making them feel less "squeezed". I did try to get the middle point going with the pointed shelf bracket :)
Thanks, great feedback, keep it coming!
opt2not you got some mad photoshop skillz :D edit - I just checked out your Blanka stick. I stand corrected - you have mad CREATIVE skills all around!!!
Does the height of the CP and monitor look right? I may have to mock this up to get a good feel for it...
Roo:
I've been working out a few ideas, and came up with this.
I can't get the side point into the design and keep with CP the way it is. I really like the CP, so I gave up on the point. Hey, life is full of compromises! So don't call it a Galaga cabinet, it just happens to share some design elements ;)
I did move the CP "inside" the cabinet and still keep accessible from the sides like a CP shelf design does.
Any and all feedback is welcome. Thanks guys!
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