Aurich Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Glad to see this thread live, your opening list of links and parts was really invaluable when I started my build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaronSenna Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I agree with Aurich, this is a great thread to follow and helped me making some decisions when I started building my own cab! And I am really curious to see how the artwork turns out! Can't be anything other than awesome, I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Thanks guys. Glad the parts list and the thread in general helped some people out. I got tons of help from others on this site so it was the least I could do to give back to the community. I wished I could find a specific parts list with links when I built my cab so I figured I'd just make one myself. :-) I am helping a couple friends build right now with exactly the same parts as mine so I am really putting my wiring diagrams and pictures to the test. We'll see how good and thorough I was when I made them. :-) Thanks Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 POST UPDATED: I took down all the pics of the sample artwork. The art is now nearly final and I will be posting those pics SOON! Thank you all for the comments! Ok. Here are some sample art pieces. These are not final, but I wanted some input. Pics removed....Final versions coming SOON! Let's hear it guys. I'm sure Josh won't mind any ideas either. I like getting some outside opinions. Sometimes you look at something so much you miss stuff. Thanks Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mameman Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Looking good, don't like the idol myself either. Like the front with the logo at the bottom where it should be. I like the cracks. You need some artwork or word where you plunger or start button will be. Maybe even start done on an Indy font. Don't think you need the ball on the front as its pretty much covered by the coin door and a little tough to work out what it is with only that little bit showing. Sides are nice, given the pinball nature the scene where Indy is being chased by the boulder kinda makes more sense. Head sides I don't really get at this point . You thought about doing any inside panel artwork also ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurich Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 My feedback would be if you're going to use the big pinball ball image don't make it transparent. It looks like a soap bubble instead of a metal ball when you let things bleed through it like that. Be a lot better to take the wall texture or environment and map it over the ball as a reflection. Something like this quick and dirty example (I know you're not using this image but it was easier to isolate ball on this one): Now if you're doing that for real it will take a bit more care than that 20 second slop, a real reflection on a metal ball is going to have a top and bottom, with the bottom environment wrapping around the bottom 2/3rds of the ball, and top in a smaller hot spot up top, like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_bever Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Thanks maxxsinner for spending some time with my last week. I appreciate the electrical help! Flipper LED's tested and working. [ATTACH=CONFIG]15402[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]15403[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]15404[/ATTACH] I have a quick question in regards to the RGB flipper LED's...They are listed as 5 volt, are you driving them through a relay? or did you up the voltage to 12 volts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakenbake Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Great meeting you at the pinball show yesterday. I love the artwork theme!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil eye Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Sides are nice, given the pinball nature the scene where Indy is being chased by the boulder kinda makes more sense. 100% this. The sides should be Indy being chased by the boulder, except the boulder is a giant pinball. The front is cool, I kind of like the cracks as well. Logo should definitely be on the bottom. Try adding Start and Launch ball in the Indy font as Mameman suggested. No idea what to do with the head though. Maybe this bad ass image of Indy (since it's vertical like the head) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 I have a quick question in regards to the RGB flipper LED's...They are listed as 5 volt, are you driving them through a relay? or did you up the voltage to 12 volts? For the 5v flipper LEDs just take the 5v from the pc. I just hacked one of the power connectors and took the 5v from there. Let me know if you have any more questions. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_bever Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 For the 5v flipper LEDs just take the 5v from the pc. I just hacked one of the power connectors and took the 5v from there. Let me know if you have any more questions. Bill And they are controlled through the LED-Wiz on 3 separate channels? I though all the devices on the LED-Wiz in that same bank (ie 1-8) had to have the same voltage... Maybe I'm missing something here... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 And they are controlled through the LED-Wiz on 3 separate channels?I though all the devices on the LED-Wiz in that same bank (ie 1-8) had to have the same voltage... Maybe I'm missing something here... Thanks. Let me take a look at mine. I'm going off memory and its been a whole since I did those. :-) Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_bever Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks in advance Bill...I'm working on the wiring diagram and I'm stuck here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaronSenna Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 da_bever, maybe it helps if I explain what I did to use those leds: 1) I have a ledwiz powered by USB and GND connected to the GND terminal where all other devices interconnect their GND. 2) Each ledwiz channel goes to a separate channel on a booster board (developed by forum member zebulon). Each booster board is capable of 16 channels, so I needed 2. 3) For each booster board to work, you have to supply 5V (I used Bill's solution and cut up a molex from my PSU) and 12V (from a separate PSU). 4) Connect all the bling to the booster boards, in this case the 5V RGB led's for the flipper buttons. In case of using RGB leds (regardless of voltage), you have to hook them up on three consecutive channels and in the order of Red, Green, Blue (that's a ledwiz requirement). So: Ledwiz powered by USB, connected to booster board which takes 5V and 12V. Connect the RGB leds on three consecutive channels, for example (in my case): 4 (red), 5 (green), 6(blue). I use those three for all four flipper buttons, otherwise it would "cost" three channels on the ledwiz per button. That means that all 4 buttons always have the same color. Hope this helps a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks in advance Bill...I'm working on the wiring diagram and I'm stuck here... Ok. I checked mine. It is spliced into a 5v power cable from the pc. The colors each go to the ledwiz. I know what u mean about each bank being 12v or 24v. I don't have a technical answer though but this is how mine is and they work fine. I did check the voltage on the flipper LEDs and it's 8.4v. Maybe that's because the ground is going to the 12v bank and the + is 5v. Not sure. I am sure maxxsinner or another electrical guy could answer it for u. Better than I can. This is how mine is wired though. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_bever Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Ok. I checked mine. It is spliced into a 5v power cable from the pc. The colors each go to the ledwiz. I know what u mean about each bank being 12v or 24v. I don't have a technical answer though but this is how mine is and they work fine. I did check the voltage on the flipper LEDs and it's 8.4v. Maybe that's because the ground is going to the 12v bank and the + is 5v. Not sure. I am sure maxxsinner or another electrical guy could answer it for u. Better than I can. This is how mine is wired though. Bill Thanks so much... I truly appreciate the help. -Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Thanks so much...I truly appreciate the help. -Michael You're welcome. Let me know if you have any more questions. Ill go back and update that post with the flipper LEDs for how I powered them. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 I went back and removed my sample artwork pics from the thread. The art is getting close to being finished and I will post those pics as soon as they are complete! Thanks! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Ok guys. Need some help! My artwork is almost done. Mameman had an idea of doing 'Indy style' button labels. Not just the font but the words as well (i.e.. instead of just 'start' having it say 'start adventure'. Stuff like that.) I have 4 buttons. START EXTRA BALL (actually used as insert coin since I have no idea what extra ball should be configured as or why I need it) EXIT LAUNCH BALL Help me out with some creative Indy style wording for them. I can always stick with the basics if we can't come up with any for one or a couple of them. They need to be short though. No sentence long quotes or anything. Thanks guys! Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeGor Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Escape! for exit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriz99 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 lol. thats a nice idea. how about "You cheat! (Dr Jones)" for extraball and "Choose Wisely" for start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyson171 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 For launch ball.... Indy Time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Ok. How about some final artwork. :-) Sides: Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill55 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Backbox: Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvthatapex Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Nice work Bill, I like the artwork very much! Can't wait to see it on your cab. Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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