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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #30 on: April 16, 2009, 09:57:34 AM »
Oh that sucks.....yeah, there had to be some catch one way or the other..... :S

Sorry about that...



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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #31 on: April 16, 2009, 10:05:18 AM »
Oh that sucks.....yeah, there had to be some catch one way or the other..... :S

Sorry about that...




It's all good bud  ;D

I need to ask, as it looks like it's a 'paitned' CP do I full colour it or you wanting it as is (with the black gaps) ??? I'll colour a section and send it to you and see  :)

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #32 on: April 17, 2009, 11:54:44 AM »
What technique do you use to Half Tone?

Do you build up a load of circles (blending a line of circles then creating lots of lines of those circles) and create a clipping mask over it? I used that technique and when I resize the vector the colours royally f*ck up!

Example of my Rolling Thunder marquee resized. See how his trousers and the enemies mask screw up:


When output at the original size it looks superb....

Dex? Answering this will really help me out the CPO has loads of Halftone on it. Does your technique scale well?

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #33 on: April 17, 2009, 04:03:55 PM »
Oh that sucks.....yeah, there had to be some catch one way or the other..... :S

Sorry about that...




It's all good bud  ;D

I need to ask, as it looks like it's a 'paitned' CP do I full colour it or you wanting it as is (with the black gaps) ??? I'll colour a section and send it to you and see  :)
I checked again, and I am now convinced this _is_ a vinyl CPO !

I scraped away a little part at one of the bolt holes near the joystick and it's definitely bare metal under it. I already thought so because of the structure, a metal CPO doesn't have a structure like that. It's just very thin vinyl.

If I understand correctly, you mean the black gaps in the structure ? It looks somewhat like a fingerprint...

I guess it would be best to completely fill the colors. The new vinyl on which it will be printed has it's own structure and I'll be fine with that.

Don't know if I already mentioned this, but all the holes around the joystick can be filled up. My end-goal is to have no holes there anymore. Originally there were 4 of those holes. Clearly, they later changed the joystick that needed to be mounted at an angle compared to the original and so they made those extra holes. The original holes were simply filled up with a bolt and nut.

It all looks ugly IMHO. I will mounting an original Midway Pac Man joystick in there.

Anyway if you could mail me an example I would know for sure I guess :D
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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #34 on: April 17, 2009, 11:09:46 PM »
Oh that sucks.....yeah, there had to be some catch one way or the other..... :S

Sorry about that...




It's all good bud  ;D

I need to ask, as it looks like it's a 'paitned' CP do I full colour it or you wanting it as is (with the black gaps) ??? I'll colour a section and send it to you and see  :)
I checked again, and I am now convinced this _is_ a vinyl CPO !

I scraped away a little part at one of the bolt holes near the joystick and it's definitely bare metal under it. I already thought so because of the structure, a metal CPO doesn't have a structure like that. It's just very thin vinyl.

If I understand correctly, you mean the black gaps in the structure ? It looks somewhat like a fingerprint...

I guess it would be best to completely fill the colors. The new vinyl on which it will be printed has it's own structure and I'll be fine with that.

Don't know if I already mentioned this, but all the holes around the joystick can be filled up. My end-goal is to have no holes there anymore. Originally there were 4 of those holes. Clearly, they later changed the joystick that needed to be mounted at an angle compared to the original and so they made those extra holes. The original holes were simply filled up with a bolt and nut.

It all looks ugly IMHO. I will mounting an original Midway Pac Man joystick in there.

Anyway if you could mail me an example I would know for sure I guess :D

Yes to the finger print type of thing  :D So full colour then, cool.

I'll e-mail you a sample later today and if you are happy then I'll continue :-)

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #35 on: April 18, 2009, 06:11:15 PM »
Third times the charm. Dexter..... could you please impart your half tone technique while vectorising?

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #36 on: April 18, 2009, 06:33:10 PM »
Guess he's busy working on the art :D

I've found some nice things for Dexter to add to his DL/SA collection :D

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #37 on: April 18, 2009, 09:32:15 PM »
Just a little appetizer Dexter ! :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfSBon7qWL8

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #38 on: April 19, 2009, 12:55:19 AM »
I'll reply to you when I am back home Daz.

Awesome stuff Level 42

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #39 on: May 01, 2009, 03:05:51 PM »
I'll reply to you when I am back home Daz.

I've completed everything now. Just have to do the Half Tone colouring now. Could really use that help now Dex.

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #40 on: May 01, 2009, 11:23:15 PM »
Shhhhh, don't disturb the artist, he's doing the final touches on the Joust ;)

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #41 on: May 13, 2009, 11:21:23 PM »
Level 42 tip-toes in and kindly enquires if there is any progress.......just curious no rush at all !!! :lol:

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #42 on: May 14, 2009, 12:10:29 AM »
Level 42 tip-toes in and kindly enquires if there is any progress.......just curious no rush at all !!! :lol:

Yes there is  ;D Almost finished. I've been working on your other project more  :o

Stay tuned

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #43 on: June 08, 2009, 03:27:18 PM »
Staying tuned  ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Euro Joust needs Marquee fixed up....
« Reply #44 on: July 28, 2009, 11:47:12 PM »
Any update at all ??? Please ?