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Which Buttons Do I Go With?

Electric Ice ALL THE WAY!!!
Nova Gem Blue
Mix it up . Go with both
Led lights are for punk ass kids with too much bling.
tanslucent clear with rgb
  

Author Topic: Opinion Needed!! LED Buttons and my Control Panel Art  (Read 1760 times)

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Shieldwolf

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Opinion Needed!! LED Buttons and my Control Panel Art
« on: August 07, 2008, 07:29:17 pm »
 I would love to add some light up buttons to my cp but I'm hesitant.  The idea of the Electric Ice is awesome, but I have a feeling that that much white on my cp will look bad. Nova Gem seems to make more sense but again lots of colors would be awesome.  I could do a little combo of both which makes the most sense. My other hesitation is I don't want to detract from the art when the led's aren't on.  What do you guys think?
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Re: Opinion Needed!! LED Buttons and my Control Panel Art
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2008, 06:10:21 am »
Hey there. Was it you that emailed me recently? Your CP looks very familiar thats all.

If you want to have lit buttons but still look similar to how it is at present you could use some translucent blue buttons like these and light them with LEDs:



You can get them from arcadeshop.de and other vendors. I believe divemaster127 carries them too.

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Re: Opinion Needed!! LED Buttons and my Control Panel Art
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2008, 10:48:46 am »
It was me. That's the Nova Gem (Blue) buttons I was talking about unless those are darker when lit. Does anybody have both? A side by side comparison would be awesome.
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Re: Opinion Needed!! LED Buttons and my Control Panel Art
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2008, 04:53:28 pm »
I would like the translucent ones but that's just me.
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