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[PeteB]

That does look fantastic. Well done!

When you say "they don't look like a mod" - that's exactly what we're aiming for. Some of the designs may look basic compared to what other people are doing, but I think it can be over the top sometimes. When the artwork compliments the playfield, it looks much more natural.

 

[astyy]

Awesome alternate Hookiness received today thanks to our fellow forum member PeteB - nice one Pete I appreciate you investing in the lesser loved (by some) machines

 

[PeteB]

New SideBlades this week:

High Roller Casino:

World Poker Tour - Cards:

World Poker Tour - Chips:

WWF Royal Rumble:

WWF Royal Rumble - Flag:

WWF Royal Rumble - Flashes:

Checkpoint:

Checkpoint - Checkers:

Lord of The Rings - Elvish:

 

[insx]

I got my JM Cyberspace Sideblades but I have to say that I'm unsure about them. The mock up looks great but when that artwork is scaled up to pinball size and printed it all gets a bit dull and grainy. I'm really not sure whether I want to install them or not but they do look OK when you are not staring at them.

 

[Bandit Boy]

Look Great.............

 

[insx]

Look Great.............

Well yes, they do from a distance but I was a bit disappointed when they were in my hand. Hence being unsure about them.

 

[Poibug]

Well yes, they do from a distance but I was a bit disappointed when they were in my hand. Hence being unsure about them.

Try temporarily sticking em on orvuse strong neodymium magnets to temporarily hold,then install playfield for a week to try

 

[PeteB]

The image for this came from an official source, released by the movie studio - it's 5184x3456 pixels and 300dpi resolution. This is more than high enough to print something large, however a print which is over 1.1m wide isn't intended to be viewed a few inches from your face.

I think the problem with this image is the fact it's a CGI from the early 90's, so sharpness is no where near what it would be these days. The anti scratch coating also adds a little fuzziness but again this should be ok when stood in the player postition. Official Stern inside art is the same.

Compare with 2 other sideblades for example - the top one is for BOP and is made up from actual photos of lightning. The bottom one is The Getaway, hand drawn art. Both images are much sharper but the anti scratch coating still adds a little fuzziness when you look very close.

And this is the publicity image from the movie which was used on things like Posters and also the pin's translite background.

 

[insx]

So I decided to stick them on and I used the smallest clamps I could find

 

[insx]

They don't want to stick very well to the rough cabinet sides, is there anything I can do?

 

[BigIan]

Sand the sides lightly ?

 

[PeteB]

They don't want to stick very well to the rough cabinet sides, is there anything I can do?

Try heating them with a hot air gun, or hair dryer with high heat setting.

 

[insx]

I think the heat probably helped. The machine's back together now and they do look good.

 

[PBrookfield]

Dare I ask...

...any plans for F-14 Tomcat blades?

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

@PeteB.... you have mail [emoji3]

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[PeteB]

Been a while since an update. Here's some new blades and things:

Batman Data East, 2 versions:

Phantom of The Opera:

Back To The Future (3 versions):

Maverick (2 verisons):

Robocop:

Data East Playboy:

Frankenstien (2 versions):

 

[PeteB]

Also new alternate translites:

 

[PeteB]

New stuff appearing on the site at an almost daily rate right now. Some more sideblades:

Baywatch:

Rollercoaster Tycoon:

Mustang:

The Sopranos (2 versions):

Wrestlemania (3 versions):

Apollo 13:

Goldeneye:

Twister:

 

[AlanJ]

hi @PeteB - do you do these for White Water? If so how thick are they? similar to a normal mirror blade or thinner? My Whitewater has ramps tight to the cab on the lhs.

 

[PeteB]

Some custom cabinet decals:

Judge Dredd (mulitple versions on the site but here is the red one):

Space Shuttle:

Strange Sciene:

Now back to some more SideBlades.....

Independence Day (2 versions):

Space Jam:

The Lost World Jurassic Park:

Star Wars Trilogy:

Starship Troopers:

The X Files (2 versions):

...and so many other new things. Always new products being added to the site every day, and many many new products in the development.

 

[PeteB]

hi @PeteB - do you do these for White Water? If so how thick are they? similar to a normal mirror blade or thinner? My Whitewater has ramps tight to the cab on the lhs.

Nothing for White Water yet but we'll get around to it.

Thickness is thinner than mirror blades but thicker than normal sticker decals. They are made on anti-scratch material. See the previous page for a video demonstration of that!

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Some fantastic designs there! [emoji3] Nice one Pete

Any chance if an alternate Stern Rolling Stones? [emoji16]

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[Monkeyboypaul]

How long did you spend on the DE PlayBoy design?

Weeks, presumably. Just tweaking it a bit now and again.

 

[ronsplooter]

How long did you spend on the DE PlayBoy design?

Photoshop and Illustrator must be tricky one handed

@PeteB you've got sideblades for loads of the early DE games but no love for Torpedo Alley, the greatest of them all?

 

[Spandangler]

Photoshop and Illustrator must be tricky one handed

@PeteB you've got sideblades for loads of the early DE games but no love for Torpedo Alley, the greatest of them all?

Prepare for a load of naked sailors

 

[PeteB]

How long did you spend on the DE PlayBoy design?

Weeks, presumably. Just tweaking it a bit now and again.

Haha, I didn't design them. But the guy who did probably spent about as much time as he did on this

 

[Wiredworm]

You'd make a killing if you could come up with an alternate backglass for Rocky & Bullwinkle.

They're all scratched to hell near the nose and the mirrored effect they have means they're unlikely to be recreated as they are.

 

[PeteB]

You'd make a killing if you could come up with an alternate backglass for Rocky & Bullwinkle.

They're all scratched to hell near the nose and the mirrored effect they have means they're unlikely to be recreated as they are.

Will make repro's one day hopefully. Still looking into the best way to have mirrored backglasses made in the UK. It's not easy.

 

[Paul]

Nothing for White Water yet but we'll get around to it.

Pffft

Anything for Addams in the pipeline?? Nothing on the website...

 

[PeteB]

Pffft

Anything for Addams in the pipeline?? Nothing on the website...

Williams/Bally games are kinda the lowest priorities. Will get around to them all, one day haha!