Need opinions on my Halo inspired CPO WIP

[Anakin]

I'm just messing around trying to find a control panel I like.  I love Halo and thought that a control panel w/Master Chief would be kinda cool.  My photoshop skills are limited and this is what i've come up with so far.  Everything may not be to perfect scale and this pic is obviously at a lower resolution than the real file but it gives you an idea of where i'm heading.  Any suggesstions/opinions would be appr
eciated.  Thanks


Note:  The player 1 and 2 text is blue w/a white border like it is on Halo and the blue ovals are actually black with a small blue border.  The image changed when i lowered the resolution

[gamecreature]

Note:  The player 1 and 2 text is blue w/a white border like it is on Halo and the blue ovals are actually black with a small blue border.  The image changed when i lowered the resolution

Flatten the image before scaling it to fix that problem.

[TehJefe]

You might consider having the arbitor on player two's side for some variation. Might be hard to find a picture at that angle though...

[Anakin]

that would be a really cool idea but, like you said, it would be very hard to get a pic of him like that

[Nannuu]

It's kind of hard to read.  Too much dark coloring maybe?  Have you thought about using the actual numbers 1 and 2?  And is your panel actually square?  Sorry, I'm not much help there.

Here is a good site for ideas and coloring:

http://nikon.bungie.org/wallpaper.html

[Howard_Casto]

I seldom visit this board, now I remember why.  Please don't take this as me just coming in to stirr up trouble because I am really trying to help. 

1.  Centring your design around a mame logo is about as lame and played out as you can get.  Avoid this at all costs. 

2.  Halo is a pc game, a pc game you can't play on your cabinet.  Even if you think you can, no, you really can't.   So it's a really bad choice for a theme as well.  I'm not saying you have to base your cabinet's aw on a arcade game, you can do something totally non-game related and It'll probably turn out even better.  With that being said, making one based off of halo is almost as bad as that guy who did a zelda cab.  The first thing people will ask when they see it is. "Wow let's play halo!"  to which you will reply "Well it doesn't play Halo" to which they'll reply "Well that's dumb, why is master chief all over it then?"


Hope that helps.....

The short is look for a better idea, these guys are real helpful and should be able to point you in the right direction.

[SithMaster]

wasnt there a doom themed cab?  it was in a movie and it looked pretty good.

maybe there should be a doom (orig) arcade game.  would have to work out some stuff but playable......hmmmmm........doom.

but yeah no halo unless you want the cab to open to reveal an xbox but no arcade games.  kinda like an arcade entertainment center.

[melarky]

The doom cab was in the movie Grosse Point Blank (when he goes to where his house used to be and it's a convenient store now, the doom cab is in the background, the cashier kid plays it while they shoot up the place behind him etc...)

[Anakin]

Well in response to some of your statements... First, the mame logo may be played out here but absolutely no one I know even knows what the hell MAME is.  I like the logo on there.  Second,   I'm going for a look that I like.  Hell, I'm gonna be playing mappy and tapper on here but that doesnt mean I want a mouse all over my CP.  I want my cab to have a sleek look to it and I love Halo so I was pretty happy with the end result. 

[arcade-mad]

hhhhmmmmmmmm  been reading byoac forum for ages now and dont seem to recal a post by casto thats positive or complimentary............
not that ive been stalking kasto but he always says negative stuff.

not that i mind but i think if you aint got anything nice to say they dont say owt at all ?

If you love halo like you say you do then use halo art after all its your cab your going to use it and have to look at it so go with somthing you like and to your taste as long as you like it thats all that matters.
As for the mame logo a mame cab isnt a mame cab without the logo stuck somewere on it.

just my two peneth worth.