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Vault 17 - 1.9.08 - CPO Applied
nicklaw17:
Monday, 1.7.08
Multiple updates - recieved notice that Marquee and CPO have shipped from Mamemarquees.
Also recieved an envelope full of the standoff cam screws I was missing from my mameroom order. Started building the cabinet this evening, while watching/listening to a fairly disappointing national championship game... bottom half of the UAII is complete and trimmed, will finish up the top half sometime this week, and will probably get them all together this friday when some friends stop over.
In the meantime, I've been working on my frontend - using mamewah, and a great Fallout-based skin that Flip_Willie of the forums put together awhile back, and was kind enough to send me images for. Took some tweaking to get working with the newer mamewah directory structures, and I still have to configure some of the other EMU menus (Atarii, NES, etc.).
Hopefully next update will include a fully decked out CP.
nicklaw17:
Wednesday, 1.9.08
Mamemarquee order was waiting on my steps when I got home from work today - excellent quality - I set the marquee aside, won't be needing it for awhile, and set about cleaning off (and stripping out the 1P setup of my cpanel for application.
One thing I found helpful was to "backlight" the cpanel and overlay, allowing me to ensure the buttons were lined up properly - I cheated a little on my overlay and added some faint crop lines on the top, which allowed me to line it up pretty easily - if you're designing your own, I highly reccommend it.
Apologies for the poor focus, didn't bother to break out the tripod, and using the flash would've burnt out the backlighting.
After I was sure I had my alignment good, I grabbed 4 clips, and folded back about an inch of the adhesive backing - enough to account for the clip area, and enough to get some adhesion, but also enough to allow me to reposition if needed. Once things were lined up, I started pulling, and smoothing - using my hands and a plastic wallpaper trowel.
I just worked my way down the cpanel until it was down.
Finally, I trimmed up the edges with a razor, and added my t-molding - still contemplating yellow t-molding... but maybe I'll just use that on the UAII side panels.
I did realize that if I wanted full blown side panel art, I'm going to have to put it on before I apply the t-molding (or strip and reapply) so it's something to consider...
Finally, I sliced out all my controller/button holes with an xacto knife, and put them all in place - haven't wired anything yet, I need to get to bed - but I did have to see how she was gonna look... ;) if only to get this picture snapped to share. ;)
I'm really happy with how the CPO came out - it arrived with a wrinkle to contend with, but it really was a non-issue once I started smoothing. The packing was excellent too - Scott even cut a small round of bubble wrap for the ends of the mailing tube to protect the edges - I'd definately shop with 'em again.
BobbyG66:
Well done, that came out great! :cheers:
bfauska:
I remember being excited about the look of your artwork in the artwork section a while ago, it's great to see how nice it came out. Congratulations on the progress toward a great themed project. Keep up the good work.
Daniel B.:
Great work!
Looks very professional!
An Inspiration for cp's everywhere!
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