My first build : Clint. Finished.

[dkersten]

I am on the forum default theme and still don't have a "new" button anywhere.. I can go to threads with new posts, but no button to go to the first new one.  No biggie, I will keep playing with it.  Carry on with more Clint 

[PL1]

I am on the forum default theme and still don't have a "new" button anywhere.. I can go to threads with new posts, but no button to go to the first new one.

Click on the "new" icon and it opens to the first unread post.




Scott

[dkersten]

Yer killin me Smalls..

Point to the "new" icon on this screenshot, I am completely blind to it:

[yotsuya]

Click on "Show Unread Posts Since Your Last Visit".

[Rick]

Point to the "new" icon on this screenshot, I am completely blind to it:

You... You are in the wrong screen. Click on "Project Announcements", and then look at the list of topics.

[dkersten]

OK, finally clicked the little tiny blue box flag that says new next to the title.. Was looking for a button or icon or something.  THANKS! 

[rablack97]

Something like this ?

yes sir, its getting there......i think i can sleep a little better now...

[yamatetsu]

Glad to be of assistance.

[pbj]

Yeah, Clint sure looks good with a set of chinballs.

[PL1]

Yeah, Clint sure looks good with a set of chinballs.

Could be worse.   





 


Scott

[yamatetsu]

Although I feel strangely hesitant to post my progress, I was busy today.

The speaker board.
Without a router (did I mention that I don't have a router ? Like 4 or 5 times already ?) choices for speaker covers are a bit limited. No beveling, no slots cut out, not even a perfect circle for the holes.
So I came up with a plexi cover cut into an octagonal shape with some eye candy on it.

The concept :





Yep, you probably guessed it, every yellow circle means a hole to drill.

This is the board :



This is the result after cutting out the plexi, printing the art on photo paper, doubletaping it onto the plexi and a bit of drilling :





I think it kinda looks like the covers are riddled by bullet-holes. I like it.

Last but not least a mockup :

[dkersten]

Honestly, as much as I like the caricatures, I don't think it fits the rest of the art.  And if you want the bullet hole thing, I wouldn't do it uniform, more like a couple strafing lines back and forth.  Doesn't take much to get that sound through, so a few lines of machine gun strafing with a few random holes would work.  Maybe just do the shooting range silhouettes of the bad guys with the holes all around them.. mostly concentrated in the center of course.. ?

[yotsuya]

Yeah, Dave is right. Your theme is outlines and silhouettes, stark black and white. These full-color cartoony caricatures are out of place. It's like a CEO wearing a Hawaiian shirt and jeans to a business meeting.

[Le Chuck]

Don't listen to these guys.  What this build needs, what would really set it off, would be a ---fracking--- orangutan and some full color Every Which Way but Loose action to compliment those totally awesome speaker covers. 

Sorry, couldn't help it. 

I'm actually with the others, I like it better without. 

Still tho...

[yotsuya]

That second one is BAD. ASS.

[yamatetsu]

I think I'm starting to hate you guys.Though I have to admit that you ARE right. But these caricatures just are so damn cool ...

So, how about these ones staying true to the theme ?

[yotsuya]

Yeah, that's cooler and fits! 

[yamatetsu]

Whew, for a moment there I feared that I have strayed from the path    Now I just have to find out how to get these different shapes onto the existing ones.

Will our hero pull through once again or will he finally taste defeat ? Stay tuned till the next episode of Clint & the critics !

[yotsuya]

Whew, for a moment there I feared that I have strayed from the path    Now I just have to find out how to get these different shapes onto the existing ones.

Will our hero pull through once again or will he finally taste defeat ? Stay tuned till the next episode of Clint & the critics !

This word use bugs me. We're not being critical for the sake of being critical... we're providing you honest feedback. At any point in time, you are free to tell us, "Go ---fudgesicle--- yourselves, this is my cabinet and I'll do what I want with it." We're just trying to help you polish this cab, to take an idea that won me over in its execution and really make it shine. But ultimately, it's going to reside in your living area. 

[yamatetsu]

Whoa ! No offense meant here.
Bear in mind that english is not my native language, though I think that I can express myself pretty well. So, if something I write sounds strange, you might chalk it up to that. Or I might have done it on purpose. Sometimes, I have a weird sense of humor 

In this case, I had this picture in mind of the end of a tv show where the announcer dramatically proclaims "Will our hero pull through once again or will he finally taste defeat ? Stay tuned till the next episode of Clint & the critics !" Clint & critics is just an alliteration, albeit the shortest possible, so if Clint didn't happen to start with a 'c' I wouldn't have used 'critics'.
Also, you've got to admit that 'Clint & the nice guys who help him along' doesn't sound like a tv show you would watch 

Rest assured that if I you really managed to **** me off, I'd have no qualms to tell you so. In the most extreme case you'd get no further comment, and, after a few days, the pics of the finished cab.

Prior to starting this thread, I have read through nearly every thread in the project announcements, so I have a pretty good idea what this can evolve (or devolve) into. I recall a guy who botched up an original cab (Asteroids, I believe) real bad and the lively barrage of comments culminated into someone advising him to get himself run over by a bus.
Also, I believe that if you choose to present your project to a bunch of people who are real fans of the hobby, you have to be aware that you will get a more pointed reaction. Someone who has never seen a car will certainly be impressed by it, someone who has built one himself is more likely to pore over details.
So, to make a ... short story even shorter, I'm aware that you people are trying to help, and I appreciate it. While I might temporarily be bothered by it, it WILL lead to me having a better cab. So all is good.

[yotsuya]

Yeah, I didn't THINK you meant anything by that - that was just for the sake of future generations who might read this thread and think we were just being cabsoles for the sake of it. 

Again, I think we're in a Golden Age of Cab Design. We've moved on from "Neat, it can play classic video games" as far as being impressed by cabinets, and I'd like to think feedback helps us all evolve.

[rablack97]

Don't listen to these guys.  What this build needs, what would really set it off, would be a ---fracking--- orangutan and some full color Every Which Way but Loose action to compliment those totally awesome speaker covers. 

Sorry, couldn't help it. 

I'm actually with the others, I like it better without. 

Still tho...

missed one

[Slippyblade]

missed one

Missed the BEST one!

[Le Chuck]

Clyde is the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---!

Also, I really might have to get that Any Which Way You Can poster for my garage.  Probably should get both and twin frame them. 

[yotsuya]

Clyde is the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---!

Also, I really might have to get that Any Which Way You Can poster for my garage.  Probably should get both and twin frame them. 

"Right turn, Clyde!"

[yamatetsu]

Could't resist.

[yotsuya]

WORK THAT IN YOUR CAB SOMEHWHERE!!!!1!!! 

[Vigo]

Back of cabinet art. Do it! 

[Generic Eric]

Could't resist.

Kick plate!  Or maybe you can work that into the bezel?

[rablack97]

Could't resist.

Oh that's just awesomeness.......see now i'm pulling back my approval on the CP.



And rework Clyde's finger so it doesn't look like a penis......

[yamatetsu]

I don't get you guys. Things I work on for hours upon hours are meh, a joke I slap together in 10 minutes leaves you salivating.

Kick plate!  Or maybe you can work that into the bezel?

Kick plate : Already done as seen in the coin door pic I posted previously. Also would clash with the edge lit Clint which would be directly above it.

Bezel : Has Josey Wales in it whom I like more. In addition to that the bezel is only a little less than 6 inches high, I don't think that this would look good if squashed so small.

Oh that's just awesomeness.......see now i'm pulling back my approval on the CP.

Don't push it, I'm already redoing the CP. If you are implying that this should go onto the CP : That doesn't work because this is a square pic that would have to go into a rectangular shape, meaning it would have to be squashed something fierce. Also the text would go smack through the trackball.

Back of cabinet art. Do it! 

That would be the only option in my opinion. Small problem : The back of the cab looks like this.



I see three options to do the art :



Bear in mind that I have to use my magical frog tape, so the smaller the art, the less likely it is that I'm able to do the fine cuts, so a few details will probably be lost in the process.

[pbj]

Go big or go home.

You could also just print the black on clear transparencies, use clear coat to glue them to the back of the cabinet, and then encapsulate the top in a layer of clear. 

I did that when I did some similar style artwork and didn't feel like cutting out a detailed stencil.

[Generic Eric]

I don't get you guys. Things I work on for hours upon hours are meh, a joke I slap together in 10 minutes leaves you salivating.

Kick plate!  Or maybe you can work that into the bezel?

Kick plate : Already done as seen in the coin door pic I posted previously. Also would clash with the edge lit Clint which would be directly above it.

Bezel : Has Josey Wales in it whom I like more. In addition to that the bezel is only a little less than 6 inches high, I don't think that this would look good if squashed so small.

Oh that's just awesomeness.......see now i'm pulling back my approval on the CP.

Don't push it, I'm already redoing the CP. If you are implying that this should go onto the CP : That doesn't work because this is a square pic that would have to go into a rectangular shape, meaning it would have to be squashed something fierce. Also the text would go smack through the trackball.

Back of cabinet art. Do it! 

That would be the only option in my opinion. Small problem : The back of the cab looks like this.



I see three options to do the art :



Bear in mind that I have to use my magical frog tape, so the smaller the art, the less likely it is that I'm able to do the fine cuts, so a few details will probably be lost in the process.

Hear me out.   Because with just a little more tinkering ^{and maybe cutting a whole new panel} you could have that top vent in the center of his chest.  Back light that separately and it would look like an arc reactor.  Maybe someone would notice but you could act like it was a happy accident. 


Have fun.  Thanks for sharing your project with us.

[Rick]

Or these:

[Generic Eric]

Or these:

Bezel

[Rick]

Bezel

To be frank, Clyde and Clint are smarter choices for the bezel. You've got multiple gun barrels in the above idea, which could all be placed to surround the three vents.

[rablack97]

I like # 3......however keep in mind this is the back of the cab, will hardly ever be seen, this needs to be seen all all times if possible.



No i was not implying this to go on the CP i was implying that the cooler you make this thing the worse the CP is gonna look in that current state.

to PBJ's comment go big or go home........

Stop making this darn thing better if your not gonna fix the CP.........dammit man


soooooooo





And clydes version of denied.....



 

[pbj]

That chimp flipping the bird makes this entire project work, in my opinion.  You went from "nice but misguided" to "epic" in one jump.  That's a rare feat around here.

[Vigo]

And rework Clyde's finger so it doesn't look like a penis......

I did some similar style artwork

What other artwork out there involved ape dick?

[rablack97]

That chimp flipping the bird makes this entire project work, in my opinion.  You went from "nice but misguided" to "epic" in one jump.  That's a rare feat around here.

+1