Author Topic: Castlevania Themed pedestal Project (Read 29375 times)

spkywlnt73 · « **on:** January 16, 2012, 09:10:04 am »

Hey guys, This is my latest project. Enjoy the pics!

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:15:27 am »

Its only letting me load one picture at a time, and some of the files are still to big. I'll have to change the size on some of these.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:17:57 am »

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:21:06 am »

The base.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:22:45 am »

Starting to take shape.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:23:45 am »

The sides primed

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:24:34 am »

The cab primed.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:25:47 am »

First of three coats of paint.

DaOld Man · « **Reply #8 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:26:53 am »

Looking good! I love Castlevania. I had the first one for NES years ago, never could get past Dracula on the very last level.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:32:35 am »

Yeah, Castlevania has just allways been one of my favorites.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:35:05 am »

Cut the hole for the fan, you can also see the two doors on the back.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:36:35 am »

Here is a shot of the doors opened.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:42:21 am »

Here you get an idea of what I'm trying to do with the marquee. The marquee art fits together with the panel art to make up one picture.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:43:22 am »

The panel art.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:44:30 am »

T-molding is done.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:45:59 am »

The fan cover and the lock is in.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:46:55 am »

Cutting out the holes in the art

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:50:43 am »

The panel with all the buttons, trackball, and joysticks. The buttons are all rgbs. I haven't wired anything yet.

Le Chuck · « **Reply #18 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:54:39 am »

Looking good, huge fan of the series. I'll follow closely.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:56:01 am »

Well, thats all I have at this point. Now the fun begins with all the wiring, and hooking up the PC. I still have to get this thing pimped out with some side art.

dekar24k · « **Reply #20 on:** January 16, 2012, 10:48:55 am »

That's a sweet looking control panel you got there! Great work!

DaveMMR · « **Reply #21 on:** January 16, 2012, 10:52:43 am »

Quote from: pinballjim on January 16, 2012, 10:15:23 am

Dedicated Haunted Castle machine?

yeah I was about to say that if you didn't decide on graphics you should go with this:

Great artwork and design as is though, I like it!

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #22 on:** January 16, 2012, 11:49:48 am »

Looks great -- was worth the pain of the "I can't upload pics" thread!

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 16, 2012, 11:50:50 am »

Yeah, I almost went with that. Ha Ha!

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 16, 2012, 11:52:45 am »

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on January 16, 2012, 11:49:48 am

Looks great -- was worth the pain of the "I can't upload pics" thread!

Thanks!

Kangum · « **Reply #25 on:** January 16, 2012, 11:58:54 am »

This is coming out really nice. great work keep it up

BurgerKingDiamond · « **Reply #26 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:01:33 am »

WOW! I can't say that I understand how the theme really fits with an arcade pedestal set up for fighting games (don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of the original trilogy for the NES), the execution is excellent. It really looks great.

jmike · « **Reply #27 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:49:20 am »

spkywlnt73 I'd like to say WOW. This is awesome! Love the theme as well. I'm a big fan of Castlevania so I can really appreciate this. Also just wanted you to know that I'm totally stealing this idea. Got any more pics.

emphatic · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:53:22 am »

Love the artwork, especially whip/trackball placement.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 17, 2012, 09:14:09 am »

Quote from: BurgerKingDiamond on January 17, 2012, 05:01:33 am

WOW! I can't say that I understand how the theme really fits with an arcade pedestal set up for fighting games (don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of the original trilogy for the NES), the execution is excellent. It really looks great.

I'm just a huge fan of the series. Especialy the original trilogy! I even thought about doing somthing with the box art for the sides. Maybe Simonsquest on one and draculas curse on the other (Tweeking it a little of coarse to give a more up to date feel). I'm not sure yet. Thanks for the kind words!

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #30 on:** January 17, 2012, 09:25:55 am »

Quote from: jmike on January 17, 2012, 07:49:20 am

spkywlnt73 I'd like to say WOW. This is awesome! Love the theme as well. I'm a big fan of Castlevania so I can really appreciate this. Also just wanted you to know that I'm totally stealing this idea. Got any more pics.

I'm afraid I don't have any pictures that will help you out much. My plan was to take the time and take lots of pics, but when I got going I'd forget to stop in between stages. I've actually built two of these style pedestals. One for a friend of mine. His has a different theme though! Just let me know if you have any questions.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 17, 2012, 09:30:05 am »

Quote from: emphatic on January 17, 2012, 07:53:22 am

Love the artwork, especially whip/trackball placement.

Thanks! I can't take all the credit though. I came up with the general idea, but a Friend of mine does some amazing things with photoshop!

jmike · « **Reply #32 on:** January 17, 2012, 10:05:28 am »

Quote from: spkywlnt73 on January 17, 2012, 09:25:55 am

Quote from: jmike on January 17, 2012, 07:49:20 am

spkywlnt73 I'd like to say WOW. This is awesome! Love the theme as well. I'm a big fan of Castlevania so I can really appreciate this. Also just wanted you to know that I'm totally stealing this idea. Got any more pics.

I'm afraid I don't have any pictures that will help you out much. My plan was to take the time and take lots of pics, but when I got going I'd forget to stop in between stages. I've actually built two of these style pedestals. One for a friend of mine. His has a different theme though! Just let me know if you have any questions.

Yeah got one question, when will it be ready so I can pick it up.

Looking forward to seeing the controls and art lit up.

yaksplat · « **Reply #33 on:** January 17, 2012, 10:13:02 am »

Looks great! Love the castlevania theme.

Just curious, what's holding down the plexiglass, just the buttons?

I did that on one panel and it still lifted really easily around the edges, even with the tmolding in place and slightly overlapping.

Green Giant · « **Reply #34 on:** January 17, 2012, 11:36:33 am »

Quote from: spkywlnt73 on January 17, 2012, 09:30:05 am

Quote from: emphatic on January 17, 2012, 07:53:22 am
Love the artwork, especially whip/trackball placement.
Thanks! I can't take all the credit though. I came up with the general idea, but a Friend of mine does some amazing things with photoshop!

Lucky punk.

I wish all my friends weren't computer illiterate.

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 17, 2012, 01:03:30 pm »

Quote from: yaksplat on January 17, 2012, 10:13:02 am

Looks great! Love the castlevania theme.

Just curious, what's holding down the plexiglass, just the buttons?

I did that on one panel and it still lifted really easily around the edges, even with the tmolding in place and slightly overlapping.

Yeah, you probably can't tell from the picture, but mine lifted too. I'll have to figure something out.

Lucky S.O.B. · « **Reply #36 on:** January 17, 2012, 01:31:52 pm »

Looks great...

I love the idea of how you displayed the marquee. I am currently building a showcase style cabinet but using a LCD TV on the wall for the monitor, so I thought I wasn't going to have a marquee, now I can!

One question do you plan to light up the marquee?

spkywlnt73 · « **Reply #37 on:** January 17, 2012, 03:53:27 pm »

Quote from: Lucky S.O.B. on January 17, 2012, 01:31:52 pm

Looks great...

I love the idea of how you displayed the marquee. I am currently building a showcase style cabinet but using a LCD TV on the wall for the monitor, so I thought I wasn't going to have a marquee, now I can!

One question do you plan to light up the marquee?

Yes on the marquee lighting up. In post/reply #9 you can see the led that will light it up. I'm also adding two RGB leds next to what you see there. Reason being that when I fired it up, it didn't seem bright enough!

Green Giant · « **Reply #38 on:** January 17, 2012, 04:36:55 pm »

Quote from: BurgerKingDiamond on January 17, 2012, 05:01:33 am

WOW! I can't say that I understand how the theme really fits with an arcade pedestal set up for fighting games (don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of the original trilogy for the NES), the execution is excellent. It really looks great.

The way I see it, outside of us(everyone on the forums), people really don't understand the differences and histories behind arcades and consoles.

I can't think of a single friend of mine that would see this Castlevania pedestal and ever think anything but AWESOME. The generic artwork that goes back 8 years and seems so cliche to me is "totally freaking amazing" to my buddies.

Le Chuck · « **Reply #39 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:18:09 pm »

Quote from: Green Giant on January 17, 2012, 04:36:55 pm

The generic artwork that goes back 8 years and seems so cliche to me is "totally freaking amazing" to my buddies.

So... the artwork is blah but your non arcade savy friends would totally dig it? Gee GG, that's one helluva compliment there. Tell us what you really think.

<edit: I cringe at the misuse of your and you're when other people do it but don't take the time to check my own writing.>


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