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Title: led lighting
Post by: slotter312 on November 11, 2015, 12:53:38 am: Just finishing my cab . Thought I would add some bling. Just wondering is the floor light too much?
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: Frank Drebin on November 11, 2015, 01:06:21 am: Hard to tell from the pic. Is it?
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: vwalbridge on November 11, 2015, 01:16:40 am: I'd ditch the LED lights for better marquee artwork. Then backlight the marquee if it isn't already.
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: drventure on November 11, 2015, 08:32:17 am: +1 on the marquee

I'd maybe dim it down a little. Do you have lights up the back (to light up the wall it's up against) as well?

Also, if the lights changed color to whatever the major screen color is at the time, or whatever the major color of the running games artwork is, that could be interesting.
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: matsadona on November 11, 2015, 09:54:09 am: Well, this is the only valid arcade LED if you ask me, unless it doubles as a jukebox :P
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: SavannahLion on November 11, 2015, 10:35:27 am: Quote from: matsadona on November 11, 2015, 09:54:09 am
Well, this is the only valid arcade LED if you ask me, unless it doubles as a jukebox :P

That's rather mean of you to include one for player 1 but not for player 2. ;)
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: Token on November 11, 2015, 03:12:26 pm: I am not opposed to LEDs, but it should fit the cabinet. Your cab has a retro feel, and the floor light is distracting, IMO.

It's kind of like adding LED ground lights on an original VW Beetle.
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: Brizzle on November 12, 2015, 11:58:33 am: I agree with Token. However, if you toned the light brightness down many notches, maybe match cab colors, it might just be a tasty mix of old and new :)
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Post by: yotsuya on November 12, 2015, 12:02:54 pm: Token is right in this instance.

If you want to add lights, buttons would be better than a ground effects package.
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: drventure on November 12, 2015, 12:03:11 pm: +1 on tokens comment.
The woodgrain esp smacks of old school and LED's aren't really very old school.

Maybe a faint brown or orangy glow...
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: mgb on November 13, 2015, 08:33:59 am: I agree with the above points.
At the very least, dim the light down to a much more subtle level.

But, as already said, the ground light doesn't really go with the style of your cab,
Especially considering you have no other lighting such as lit buttons or even a lit marquee
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: Shaz on December 03, 2015, 01:03:16 am: That might look better on a Tron
Title: Re: led lighting
Post by: aldub516 on December 03, 2015, 09:13:22 pm: i agree with the general.. It looks ok, but doesnt belong. My analogy would be like putting spinners on mini vans in the mid 2000's lol.