Rolling Thunder CPO

[drevans112]

Does anyone have artwork or scans for a Rolling Thunder CPO?

Mamemarquees produce reproductions of the American version (so artwork must exist). I would like to use the American one as a basis to create a vector version of the Atari Ireland version which has extended graphics.

[sean-o-mac]

I have the marquee, sideart & CPO if you want them.

 

[drevans112]

Artwork? Or real ones?

Are they the American version or the Atari Ireland ones?

[sean-o-mac]

hold on Ill post what I have.  They have been vectorized.

[drevans112]

Sweet, I managed to get hold of an American CPO scan but vectorised versions would be superb!

[sean-o-mac]

I was wrong, the CPO needs to be cleaned up a little.  But would not take a few hours.  Hold on the CPO is huge...

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[sean-o-mac]

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[drevans112]

Cheers for that! 

Do you have the actual vector files for the CPO? I need to extend it (Atari Ireland version has more graphics) and having the actual vector for what is currently there would obviously save a huge amount of time.

[sean-o-mac]

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[smalltownguy]

Along the lines of the Rolling Thunder CPO...

I'm converting a RT cabinet, and I'm re-using the original control panel for my new layout. I've cut the holes for my added buttons and widened the center hole for a Happs Trackball.

Now I'm working on artwork for the CPO, and I'm looking for some guidance. I've decided that the original marquee is too nice to get rid of, so I'm going to leave it. I'm taking cues & colors from it for my panel art. I'm thinking of taking a minimalist approach...



Too simple? Too busy?

[drevans112]

Too simple? Too busy?

Hmmm, a bit of both.

I like the borders for the joysticks / buttons, but the red / yellow lines over the whole CPO with nothing else to break it up seems a bit much. I would personally have some graphics on there, maybe go for some kinda watermark...

If the marquee is based on the one I uploaded you have to be careful with the emulated halftone colouring. For some reason it does not resize well, as you can see from your picture albatross's trousers are now black!

Does anyone know of a good halftone colouring method that does resize well?

[smalltownguy]

I get what you're saying about the red & yellow lines seeming to be a bit much. I thought about that too, but considering my whole cab is black (sides too), I think a bit of color on the panel might compliment the only other color on the cab, which is the marquee. Add to the fact that the marquee isn't lit -- it's just an overlay on the headerboard -- I'll need to brighten this thing up through the use of color.

I have another problem. I took out the ruler today and plotted the exact locations of my buttons and controllers using millimeter measurements. Here's what I found:



Guess I didn't do a very good job positioning my joystick clusters. Now I am forced to make a choice: do I abandon the bottom angled buttons to preserve my rectangular borders, or try and re-work the graphic somehow?

I'm leaning towards just filling in the holes & just using the top ones.

[smalltownguy]

Bump. I still haven't taken my design to the printing stage. I thought I was on to something with some harmony here, but the more I look at it, the more I get frustrated. Can anyone else offer any words of wisdom on this? I really want to put this control panel to bed so I can get this cab out of my basement and start my newer, bigger, faster, (insert adjective)-er  cab construction started!