I'm thinking about rehabilitating my basement with Super Mario 1-2

[Generic Eric]

Anyone have an idea of the color codes to use to match level 1-2 in Super Mario Bros. ?

[Vigo]

Should be doable in Photoshop with the dropper. I'm not around my computer but I think you can convert it to Pantone.

[jaharr01]

Hey Eric are u painting it? if so you could old school it and print it off and match to paint cards at lowes or home depot. I think lowes has a computer that will match their paint to your colors like on a piece of paper.

Jay

[Louis Tully]

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[ChadTower]

I would be surprised if you can't find the vinyl clings that could make that happen.

[Vigo]

I think I got a package of vintage Mario Bros wall trim hiding in my basement. 

[ChadTower]

Ha!  It's prepasted!   

[Generic Eric]

Thanks folks.  I'm looking forward to painting over the yellow.

[Generic Eric]

I'm looking at the floor again.

I want to use the floor block pattern for the floor (obviously) and the "wall" brick pattern for the wall. 



Is 9x9 inch apprpriate for the floor? or bigger like 18x18?  I think 18 squares would be more appropriate.

[PL1]

What are the dimensions of the areas you are painting with the stone and brick patterns?


Scott

[Xiaou2]

Not sure how that all would turn out..   but if your trying to figure out scale..  It might be best to make the bricks the size of actual bricks.  Then you could scale the other art to the relevant size based on the bricks.

 You may wish to do a full 3d mock up of the room as well.. to get a better idea of what the final look would be like.. along with some furniture & people for good scale.     If the tiles are too small..  they would be too plentiful,  and make things look too busy.

 In the later Mario's, theres nice backdrops to add a bit more depth.

 Also, you may try to emulate a Crt blending effect / look   such as this pic:




 

[Generic Eric]

What are the dimensions of the areas you are painting with the stone and brick patterns?


Scott

The floor is irrregularly shaped, but at its squarest, it is 21' x 11', shrinking down to 10'4."  I have another section that is about 8x8 it has the washer & dryer.  The wall is some old style block, I can't see the vertical seams in the lighting, but each row is 7" and the wall is 6'10."

The tiles in the adjacent room are 9" squares.  The vinyl floor upstairs has 8" squares.   The chimney bricks upstairs are roughly 8"x 4" x 2." It would make sense to make them similar.

Part of the reason I am considering doing this is that floor is already red and green and natural cement color.  The walls have are this old yellow color that reminds me of my room from when I was 12.  25 years later, I don't mind being reminded of my childhood, but still don't care for the yellow.


I'm not going to paint the wall black, but had considered painting it a faded brick color so that it looked like it was farther away.  OTOH, I had wanted to try some space invader graffiti so I may stick to the blue colored wall.

It might be fun to make a few of the walls like solid block.  There is a lot of exposed framing.  It might be fun to make it look like the steel beams from Donkey Kong.  *shrug*   

[ChadTower]

Maybe the Millennium Falcon's cockpit on the wall and everything else the pattern for being in Hyperspace...

[Generic Eric]

Maybe the Millennium Falcon's cockpit on the wall and everything else the pattern for being in Hyperspace...

Any ideas on how to make this look cooler?