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Control Panel Artwork - opinions needed
u_rebelscum:
It's probably going to be hard to match greens in the plastic buttons & sticks with the "poker green" on the CP; green is one of the easiest to clash color, IMO. How about red and black, to go with the suits? White wouldn't clash with the theme either, but maybe as coin, start and/or admin buttons.
jasonbar:
--- Quote from: jardine on March 03, 2009, 07:24:38 pm ---looks interesting...do you just lift up the cover to expose the button???
home made or sold somewhere??
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Bought both the stainless steel switch & cover at a local electronic store, Duvac Electronics in Pasadena. Used to be a Marvac Dow, I think.
Cover (meant for a barrel key switch, but who says I have to use things as intended???): http://www.marvac.com/detail.aspx?ID=25108
Switch I used at first (but then I found another one that's all chrome & matches the cover perfectly--the one linked here is a nice fit): http://www.itcelectronics.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=26&products_id=3726&osCsid=9cb6cae20c25039c503507bf6244aff1
Discussion on the topic (note that I have both of the covered buttons mapped to ESC now, rather than the PC power button, as discussed in my thread): http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=65402.0
Furthermore, I covered the PC power pushbutton with one of these: http://www.action-electronics.com/switches.htm#Safety
Sure, the cover's meant for a toggle switch (and it will actuate the switch when it's closed), but I found a small pushbutton that fits under it & won't get pressed by the cover:
http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/infernolab/Arcade%20Game/?action=view¤t=11powerswitchlightstereocontrols.jpg
http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/infernolab/Arcade%20Game/?action=view¤t=16keyboardbracket.jpg
Thanks,
-Jason
deepblue:
--- Quote from: wooowman93 on March 03, 2009, 05:16:30 pm ---i like the second one just straight out the buttons and joysticks
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I agree - I like the boxes around the buttons, etc., but don't angle the joysticks and buttons. Really like the artwork and theme!
jardine:
--- Quote from: deepblue on March 03, 2009, 08:03:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: wooowman93 on March 03, 2009, 05:16:30 pm ---i like the second one just straight out the buttons and joysticks
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I agree - I like the boxes around the buttons, etc., but don't angle the joysticks and buttons. Really like the artwork and theme!
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The only problem with the boxes around joystick once str8ened is that it will cover a lot of the centre artwork and imo i dont want that.
--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on March 03, 2009, 07:26:19 pm ---It's probably going to be hard to match greens in the plastic buttons & sticks with the "poker green" on the CP; green is one of the easiest to clash color, IMO. How about red and black, to go with the suits? White wouldn't clash with the theme either, but maybe as coin, start and/or admin buttons.
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Like the idea of Red and Black to go with the suits...have to buy a whole new set of buttons now :hissy: oh well... can use white for the admin for sure...
deepblue:
--- Quote from: jardine on March 03, 2009, 08:48:10 pm ---The only problem with the boxes around joystick once str8ened is that it will cover a lot of the centre artwork and imo i dont want that.
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What about adjusting the boxes so they only cover the buttons (i.e. not the joystick holes) - that's what I did with mine:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=79019.msg916537#msg916537