Well after buying a FG on a whim (I love the series) it turned out to kinda hit the spot with its humour and never ceases to amaze me with the amount of call outs it has.
Also the layout albeit simple like the gameplay is a nice break from the deep stuff I own so it’s a keeper and will have a full super shop at some point.
But in the meantime I bought this pair and stuck them on top of the pin and they kinda enhance for the time being
With those in place I set about Designing a better one loosely based on one some American dude made years back that looks like this.
Now a friend on pinfo actually had one of these and said although quite cool and funky the quality was a little suspect for the price and it was mostly down to the poor 3d printed bits that looked quite rubbish close up. So after trying to source one and giving up I set about designing my own so here’s the build so far.
So I took a still pic from the cartoon and draw up on my lappy side by side and this is how it went
When I was kinda happy I sourced some nice pastel acrylics, cut out some bits and bobs on the laser and made a start
Quite happy with the outcome I done a few more and it started to take shape
Whilst that lot was bonding overnight I worked on the 3 stage animation on an old digital picture frame that simply flips between each picture at one second intervals to give the impression of a neon sign. BTW I think the original may have only been 2 frames but on the show it’s definitely 3 so it had to be right.
A quick bodge together to see how it looks before I get my head around the next phase of lighting and maybe added door animation
And finally a little video of it working in its present state
I’ve lost count of the hrs it’s took as I’m not the fastest and family commitments and a little fella to keep happy is time consuming but being a labour of love it’s been well worth the effort.
Gonna have a little break as I have a few pin protector sets to for members of the forum then I’ll get back to it maybe after the WE
Thx for looking Col
Also the layout albeit simple like the gameplay is a nice break from the deep stuff I own so it’s a keeper and will have a full super shop at some point.
But in the meantime I bought this pair and stuck them on top of the pin and they kinda enhance for the time being
With those in place I set about Designing a better one loosely based on one some American dude made years back that looks like this.
Now a friend on pinfo actually had one of these and said although quite cool and funky the quality was a little suspect for the price and it was mostly down to the poor 3d printed bits that looked quite rubbish close up. So after trying to source one and giving up I set about designing my own so here’s the build so far.
So I took a still pic from the cartoon and draw up on my lappy side by side and this is how it went
When I was kinda happy I sourced some nice pastel acrylics, cut out some bits and bobs on the laser and made a start
Quite happy with the outcome I done a few more and it started to take shape
Whilst that lot was bonding overnight I worked on the 3 stage animation on an old digital picture frame that simply flips between each picture at one second intervals to give the impression of a neon sign. BTW I think the original may have only been 2 frames but on the show it’s definitely 3 so it had to be right.
A quick bodge together to see how it looks before I get my head around the next phase of lighting and maybe added door animation
And finally a little video of it working in its present state
I’ve lost count of the hrs it’s took as I’m not the fastest and family commitments and a little fella to keep happy is time consuming but being a labour of love it’s been well worth the effort.
Gonna have a little break as I have a few pin protector sets to for members of the forum then I’ll get back to it maybe after the WE
Thx for looking Col
