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Title: Help!! I have color scheme paralysis! Give me your opinion!
Post by: VanillaGorilla on November 15, 2011, 03:16:55 pm
Hi folks. Im about to buy paint, order marquee, CPO. Last step is settling on the color scheme. I have worked out a couple, but I'd like to get some impartial input from those, like yourselves, with good taste ;) So what do you say? Give me your opinion/feedback?
Title: Re: Help!! I have color scheme paralysis! Give me your opinion!
Post by: Rando on November 15, 2011, 03:24:44 pm
Hi folks. Im about to buy paint, order marquee, CPO. Last step is settling on the color scheme. I have worked out a couple, but I'd like to get some impartial input from those, like yourselves, with good taste ;) So what do you say? Give me your opinion/feedback?
Based on nothing else but a quick glance,
image 1 (blue/green) is more pleasing/inviting to my eyes.
Title: Re: Help!! I have color scheme paralysis! Give me your opinion!
Post by: Nephasth on November 15, 2011, 03:31:27 pm
Top one, with the green sides. Can't wait to see progress on this project!
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Post by: codefenix on November 15, 2011, 03:51:40 pm
Top one.  Not enough contrast between colors in the bottom one.
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Post by: RandyT on November 15, 2011, 04:22:58 pm

Looks like you are going with a space theme here.  I'm going to break with the pack and say that the purple is more appropriate.  Green, is a warm, earthy tone, and it's not really compatible with the cold depths of space. 

Of course, if it's contrast you are shooting for, green is the ticket.  8)
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Post by: stu33 on November 15, 2011, 04:30:59 pm
Can you replace the green in the first one with the purple in the second?
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Post by: drventure on November 15, 2011, 04:41:09 pm
Personally, I prefer to the top (with the greens) more, but I can see what RandyT means about the whole space idea with the purple in the bottom.

But, my votes for green!
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Post by: RandyT on November 15, 2011, 04:52:07 pm
There's always this option  ;D

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Post by: lordnacho on November 15, 2011, 04:57:08 pm
Personally, I prefer to the top (with the greens) more, but I can see what RandyT means about the whole space idea with the purple in the bottom.

But, my votes for green!

+1 
Little too much purple on the side art for me, but I like the CPO
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Post by: jennifer on November 15, 2011, 06:52:28 pm

     The bottem one I like best, with the exception of the white [distracting] also hard to choose without seeing the marqee.
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Post by: mgb on November 15, 2011, 07:05:56 pm
First off, let me  :applaud: Very nice theme.
I'd go with the top one, green sides.
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Post by: TopJimmyCooks on November 15, 2011, 07:13:36 pm
Ya gonna stencil/paint the taito sides or vinyl over paint?  or printed?  Taito cab=sweet.
Title: Re: Help!! I have color scheme paralysis! Give me your opinion!
Post by: VanillaGorilla on November 15, 2011, 11:06:21 pm
Awesome, thank you, thats a ton of feedback! The green seems to have the clear edge, thats my gut feeling too, and the consensus at work :)

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Ya gonna stencil/paint the taito sides or vinyl over paint?  or printed?  Taito cab=sweet.

I have the stencil set from gamestencils.com. Spraying with alkyd enamel.

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Looks like you are going with a space theme here.
 

Sorta, kinda. I wasn't trying to genre-fy it really, I just want it to stay consistent with the cab series/era that it came from. I'd like to wind up with something that could sit next to a Jungle Hunt/Space Dungeon/Wild Western/Arkanoid and more or less blend in.

I appreciate the association of the purple with 'space'. Hadn't looked at it like that really. I think I am going to fool around a bit more with the blue/purple and see if anything comes of it. I'll throw a pic of the marquee up too, and maybe get some input there.
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Post by: VanillaGorilla on November 15, 2011, 11:14:10 pm
Marquee...
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Post by: mgb on November 16, 2011, 08:14:16 am
The artwork really looks great. Awesome job.
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Post by: leapinlew on November 16, 2011, 08:17:42 am
Whats your t-mold options?
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Post by: VanillaGorilla on November 16, 2011, 08:43:17 am
Whats your t-mold options?

T-mold is the same as original, leather texture black.
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Post by: yaksplat on November 16, 2011, 09:22:09 am
I like the bottom one.  I guess i'm in the minority.

What program did you use for drawing?
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Post by: VanillaGorilla on November 16, 2011, 12:11:01 pm
I like the bottom one.  I guess i'm in the minority.

What program did you use for drawing?

Adobe Illustrator CS3. Pain in the ass to learn, but once you do, boy you get some options...
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Post by: VanillaGorilla on November 16, 2011, 12:14:38 pm
And thanks, MGB. I always liked your cab too (that curved marquee is so cool!), great use of restraint on your control panel. Your wiring job makes me feel like a caveman, too.
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Post by: Well Fed Games on November 16, 2011, 06:15:01 pm
I'll also chime into say "great design! "

Based on a gallon of "oops" ($7) green paint I got at home depot today and some blue balltops I bought, I might be going for a similar green/blue scheme myself for my next project (that is the scheme I like the best out of the pics you posted, btw).
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Post by: joe_heppy on November 17, 2011, 11:19:49 am
There's always this option  ;D


I really like the purple and green one you just made. But as someone said I think there is abit much of just purple on the sideart. Gonna look awesome though!