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Title: Anyone done a Wooden Victorian/Steampunk look? What colours would work?
Post by: ugleymatt on January 30, 2017, 05:41:38 am

I'm in the process of designing my bartop that will be made out of plywood as i need it to be portable. Seeing as the plywood has a nice wood grain finish i am considering waxing it a dark oak, that will match a lot of the woodwork in our Victorian house. I then thought of maybe going for a steampunk theme.

So then i start thinking about colour schemes for the controls. Black would be an obvious choice but then i though maybe light up blue buttons and joystick might fit with that theme too. Black T-molding maybe as well. I would have antique brass handles on the side to carry it.

The only issue is that i had set my heart on leaf spring buttons and joy sticks, so that kinda rules out the illimunated ones right?

Title: Re: Anyone done a Wooden Victorian/Steampunk look? What colours would work?
Post by: Ian on January 30, 2017, 09:33:30 am

Well, there is monster arcade...

http://steampunkworkshop.com/steampunk-mame/ (http://steampunkworkshop.com/steampunk-mame/)

Title: Re: Anyone done a Wooden Victorian/Steampunk look? What colours would work?
Post by: Ond on January 30, 2017, 03:40:55 pm

For a steampunk style project documented on BYOAC with plenty of timber work brass fittings etc, check out drventure's project below:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,88515.680.html. (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,88515.680.html.)