I Love The Monster Hero: A Toxic Crusaders Cabaret

[sealcouch]

Aweosme! Love the glow....I may want to do that too in the future.  So cool you turned a "mistake" into a cool project.  Do you have any pics of the CPO and bezel with the screen on?     

I'm still waiting on the plexiglass to cover the cpo/bezel. Should be coming this week. Once that gets here I'll be posting a ton of pictures of that part.

[sealcouch]

So the plexiglass showed up from the eBay seller. He didn't cut it to my specs, in fact he didn't cut it at all. I tried cutting it myself and straight wrecked it. I'm talking chips and full on breaks. Time to get some more. D:

[Wyo]

Son of a beeeeotch.  If you have a router and flush trim bit, those cut plex flawlessly everytime.  Just sandwich your plex between two pieces of wood and make your cut.

Good luck dude!

[thomas_surles]

So the plexiglass showed up from the eBay seller. He didn't cut it to my specs, in fact he didn't cut it at all. I tried cutting it myself and straight wrecked it. I'm talking chips and full on breaks. Time to get some more. D:

You don't have a lowes?

[sealcouch]

So the plexiglass showed up from the eBay seller. He didn't cut it to my specs, in fact he didn't cut it at all. I tried cutting it myself and straight wrecked it. I'm talking chips and full on breaks. Time to get some more. D:

You don't have a lowes?

I was saving about 5 dollars by going the ebay route. Learned my lesson there. I'm going to lowes tomorrow morning.

[Peabo]

You need a fine blade to cut it with.  I use an 80 tooth blade in the table saw and it cuts like butter.  If your using a skill saw, you'll need a piece of scrap wood underneath

[sealcouch]

man it's hard to take a good picture of a screen with a camera phone.
plexi is cut. Should be finished this month...probably.

[Wyo]

The colors on this project are awesome. 

[sealcouch]

In it's current place with this hella rad Tom Whalen print hanging above it.

Controls and speakers installed.  Leaf switch buttons from Groovy game gear are dynamite.

[sealcouch]

I may not be jesus, but I'm turning this wood into slime.

after cutting and sanding:


first coat of paint:


Second coat of paint + first coat of shiny clear coat:

[sealcouch]

that green came out super duper dark.

Gonna redo the light box and take some more photos tomorrow. It will be finished tomorrow.

[Wyo]

LOL! That's freakin awesome! Love the sculptural element....nobody does that.  Have you tried Neon green paint? Then maybe lightly hit the bottom edges with your darker spray green paint to add subtle Shadows.  So cool!

[sealcouch]

That's the paint I used. I thought "if anything it will be too bright." but the triple glaze clear coat really put some stank on it.

[wp34]

Brilliant!   

that green came out super duper dark.

Gonna redo the light box and take some more photos tomorrow. It will be finished tomorrow.

[Wyo]

I noticed you didn't prime it.  that MDF is like a giant sponge....I bet it soaked up the color and changed it.  Since you've essentially already sealed it, I'd scuff the clear coat and throw down a coat of white.  Then use your neon green again.  that should make it pop.  Just make sure to wait to paint it after the window on that clear, otherwise it might lift and wrinkle on you.

[KLRinstinct]

What a great little machine! Kudos to you buddy.

[sealcouch]

Resurrecting a very old thread. I ended up decaseing the TV that was in there this past weekend. It has been sitting in my garage for years at this point so it was nice to do something to it. There's a few more things I want to do:
repaint the black part. I got scratched to ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- when I was removing the control panel and maybe redo the slime. I have a pretty large 3d printer that should make quick work of it.

[javeryh]

Wow I love this thing!  Really great colors and theme.  The slime on the front is super cool too - really unique.

Why didn’t this come up in a “cabaret” search?  I would have referenced this for sure when doing my build but I never saw it!