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| deezdrama:
--- Quote from: vwalbridge on July 31, 2015, 11:29:32 pm --- --- Quote ---Just curious now..... Who are my options to handle/print these out... --- End quote --- I have had all my artwork printed by BYOAC member Lucian045 His prints are absolutely fantastic in my opinion. High quality vinyl. Super nice guy and prices are right on. Good turn around time too. --- Quote ---and what type file do they need saved in? --- End quote --- I've always given him .jpg but if I recall he likes tif. He likes to deal with RGB so make sure you artwork is converted to RGB first and the colors still look right. Make sure they are 1:1 as well. --- End quote --- Is he alot cheaper than gameongrafix? Does he do any laminates and / or adhesive backing? Heres what I have sofar.... |
| vwalbridge:
I can't speak to how he compares to game on graphics. But others here have used them and been happy. Perhaps someone else can comment on them and their prices? All of Lucian045's prints come with a super strong adhesive backing. He even includes a felt squeegee. He has a tutorial video on you tube as well. Also forgot to mention a couple other things: 1. Make sure your artwork has "bleed". Meaning it extends over the edge of the wood just a little. Your going to need that little extra to razor off. 2. Make sure you decide on matte finish or gloss. I imagine you want gloss everywhere. Are you putting lexan over your control panel? If so, I'm told gloss doesn't play well under lexan. Also know that a matte finish will dull the colors ever so slightly. Did you have any bezel or marquee art? |
| deezdrama:
--- Quote from: vwalbridge on August 01, 2015, 12:08:30 am ---I can't speak to how he compares to game on graphics. But others here have used them and been happy. Perhaps someone else can comment on them and their prices? All of Lucian045's prints come with a super strong adhesive backing. He even includes a felt squeegee. He has a tutorial video on you tube as well. Also forgot to mention a couple other things: 1. Make sure your artwork has "bleed". Meaning it extends over the edge of the wood just a little. Your going to need that little extra to razor off. 2. Make sure you decide on matte finish or gloss. I imagine you want gloss everywhere. Are you putting lexan over your control panel? If so, I'm told gloss doesn't play well under lexan. Also know that a matte finish will dull the colors ever so slightly. Did you have any bezel or marquee art? --- End quote --- Have not worked on marquee yet. I need to pick up the 32" screen and get it in there so I can see what room im working with to finish the speaker panel and marquee area. Wont know the exact marquee height untill I do this. I planned on no screen bezel artwork, the 32" will take up most of the area in the cab and planned on installing tinted smoke 15 tempered glass. For the CP.... I guess if I just get a vinyl print then I will add some thin acrylic , if I go with a vinyl with laminate then I will skip it. Im wondering how hard it would be to run mkx from within hyperspin without needing steam or internet. I almost did a mkx themed cab but then when the next game comes out im obsolete lol. Figured id just go with a basic theme not based on any certain version. Im not real happy with it but spending all this week in photoshop has my eyes feeling like there bleeding and ready to get this cab done and move on to the paint and wiring phases. Still a long way to go.... feels like it will never get done. |
| deezdrama:
Got some more weekend drinking - err work done ;D Cutout a piece of cardboard to the dimensions of the screen Im using. Got my speaker panel cut/installed. Went super simple with the speaker mounting design since I dont have them yet. 2.5" holes, eyehooks mounted behind the panel. Will just velcro/ziptie speakers to eyehooks. Yeah...its ghetto.... but will allow the swap of speakers and no dismantling of the speakers. Ill cover the holes in the front with speaker grills backed with black cloth to cover the ugly. Got my CP box sanded down (pictures from before I sanded) and took measurements for my marquee that I can play with now. I might have to router some pockets in the bottom CP box.... my lower most button has 1 5/8" clearance under the top CP panel, player 1 and 2 joysticks have 1 3/4" clearance.... I planed on routing a pocket out for them anyway. I will be going with sanwa jlf sticks and paradise LED buttons with 20mg switches. I really wanted the ultra mark trackball that is flush mount but due to clearance under the cp I might have to go with something else and router out a pocket for it. Still trying to wrap my head around what exactlly I will need to mount 4 sanwa jlf sticks and have no bolts or plate ontop of the CP. Oh.... and I got a buzz and test fitted some "custom" sticks :dunno |
| deezdrama:
uggggg, I want it finished :hissy: lol |
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