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| Jimbo:
Nice to see some good progress... looking forward to seeing it all come together :cheers: |
| javeryh:
This is coming out great. Really looking forward to seeing it finished - original designs are hard to come by these days. |
| meltman:
--- Quote from: morton on December 31, 2018, 09:58:18 pm ---That art does look great. I have been tinkering with the art from the same poster (NASA/Mars?). Looks killer how you did it. Looking forward to this one even more now :) --- End quote --- You got it! It's based heavily off of those posters. I have not done a good job citing my art source. The artist I asked for permission to use as a basis is Qohen Leth from forums.frontier.co.uk. Here's a link to the the artwork I deconstructed and refined to fit my cabinet. https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/406794-Grand-Tour-wallpaper-printable-poster Big shout out to Qohen Leth for giving me permission to base my cabinet off their amazing artwork! |
| Richie_jones:
This is great.. Whats inside hardware wise?? I`d beef up the audio a bit get some nice speakers in there... |
| meltman:
Thanks! It's going to have a Dell Optiplex something or other, with an i7, micro PC. I will be doing Linux based this time. My previous arcade was windows with GameEX. I've been playing with EmulationStation and been pleased with the responsiveness and ability to traverse thousands of games. I'm also extremely versed in both operating systems and pretty happy with Linux's "appliance" type feel. I'll be doing many games local, but with autofs mounting the big stuff off the NAS in my house. The speakers I'm cautiously optimistic about - I played them with the amp just free air (they are self boxed) and was really surprised and impressed with them. They sounded better than the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- 2.1 setup in my old arcade - and I had no issues with that setup either. I think I'll be okay on the audio department. I've left myself plenty of room if I need to swap out in the future though - well for 3" drivers and under I guess. Appreciate the thoughts. Going to hit the glue up tomorrow, then start thinking about paint. My plan after some reading, 50/50 PVA/Water mix Sand High build primer Sand Sand Krylon Semi-Flat black Done, Apply decals, inlays, and marquee My old cabinet used a water based primer, then rolled on rustoleum. I was really happy with the durability, though the finish was close but not as good as spray. I may be missing some good threads. Still reading. Any suggestions are welcome! Semi-Flat black is going to be the whole cabinet. |
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