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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2014, 10:18:27 pm »
Milled plastic or foam block letter painted with fluorescent paint under a blue LED wash so it pops.

One user posted a really sweet foam marquee a year or so ago but let his thread die IIRC.

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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2014, 04:13:38 am »
How many games are you thinking of having?

I always wanted to do a scrolling marquee with a roller blind and a drill motor.


I just had a crazy thought.  :lol

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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2014, 12:42:36 pm »
Neon is going to be blinding at that distance.

How about something like a backlit lenticular marquee?

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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2014, 08:26:29 am »
Found a shot of what I was talking about:



Do that as namco and back lite it like Nep did his Two Headed Beast and you've got yourself a slick marquee at a fraction of the cost and blindingness of neon. 

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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2014, 09:44:46 am »
I'm all over that nixie tube idea

I'm guessing you're thinking fixed letters because most nixies only contain a combination of a few letters or numbers?

It'd be fantastic to have the nixies light up with the name of the maker of whatever game was played. Perhaps a bit too ambitious though  :)

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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2014, 09:56:48 am »
Blacklight paint with UV LED strips on the marquee glass hidden by the marquee retainers.

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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2014, 03:13:03 pm »
Found a shot of what I was talking about:



Do that as namco and back lite it like Nep did his Two Headed Beast and you've got yourself a slick marquee at a fraction of the cost and blindingness of neon.

Totally agree. That just seems like a lot of scratch to drop on a marquee. Do it like above and you can get a better looking effect for way less.
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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2014, 03:19:01 pm »
Totally agree. That just seems like a lot of scratch to drop on a marquee. Do it like above and you can get a better looking effect for way less.

+1 Save the neon budget for a Beer sign on the wall or a "flynns Arcade" sign  :)

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Re: An Unorthodox Marquee: Brainstorming Solutions.
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2014, 09:05:34 am »
Found a shot of what I was talking about:



Do that as namco and back lite it like Nep did his Two Headed Beast and you've got yourself a slick marquee at a fraction of the cost and blindingness of neon.

This is exactly what I was thinking, but if you could get it made of some sort of translucent plastic, and backlight it, then maybe using a piece of tinted glass in place of a standard marquee strip.