New marquee design for 2P fighter cab

[flampoo]

I'm thinking of a way to sexy it up a little without going overboard. Any suggestions?

[Witchboard]

Ha.. "Illegally emulating since 2000".

Is this what you're starting with or the new image you're going to replace the old one with?

[flampoo]

I've got one on my cab that's similar but uses different colors. Since I'm redoing the cab and going with different colors I wanted to redo the marquee.

New Control Panel:
http://www.flampoo.com/images/mcmame/DCP_0002.jpg

Old Cabinet color (was red, soon to be black)
http://www.flampoo.com/images/mcmame/DSCF0133.jpg

[TalkingOctopus]

I'm thinking of a way to sexy it up a little without going overboard. Any suggestions?

I like it as is.  I think if you added much more it would be cluttered.  Nice work!

[dmsuchy]

I like the cabinet red, any reason you want it black now? And is it painted? Laminated? Stained?

[SNAAAKE]

Nice,I like the illegal part
(very...unique)

[flampoo]

When I painted it red I didn't do a good enough job of sanding and after the finish had dried you could still see wood grain through the paint. It looked more like a stain. I didn't want that. So I'm going to put some black vinyl on the sides. I already sanded the front side completely. I liked the red, too, but methinks I'll save that for my NeoGeo cab.

[TalkingOctopus]

When I painted it red I didn't do a good enough job of sanding and after the finish had dried you could still see wood grain through the paint. It looked more like a stain. I didn't want that. So I'm going to put some black vinyl on the sides. I already sanded the front side completely. I liked the red, too, but methinks I'll save that for my NeoGeo cab.

Did you put a few coats of primer first?  

I used MDF.  I put 2 coats of primer on it and after putting on the first coat of paint I could not see the grain.  I did 3 coats of paint overall.

[BobbyG66]

I'm thinking of a way to sexy it up a little without going overboard. Any suggestions?

That looks good just like that.
Don't try to "sexy" up the guys...

The green/black/white will look good with the control buttons.

[abrannan]

I'd add a fake ESRB rating box to the corner, something like "rated ARRR, for extreme piracy"

[flampoo]

That is a good idea because pirates kick ass...

[wakerlet]

Flampoo,

Any chance you could remove the McClain's Arcade Machine Emulator text and post a large version of the image somewhere?

I simply love this marquee but have too little creative talent to do make one myself

Thanks,
Todd

[Stingray]

I'm thinking of a way to sexy it up a little without going overboard. Any suggestions?

I like it as is.  I think if you added much more it would be cluttered.  Nice work!

I agree completely.

-S