8-Bit NES VCI-100 mod
8-Bit NES VCI-100 mod Posted on: 19.08.2008 by Natan/Mateusz Naguszewski/Wierzbicki so i got this idea:i want to make this: look like this: i'm going to start off by doing the arcade button mod (red buttons) and build slowly from there. i'm a student, so it might take a few months to complete - and i'll keep you guys updated. does anyone have any suggestions for this? i was believeing of going the wraps route because i want the detail of the middle (the grey stripes) to be the same and i wouldn't have to paint it really at all. i know people have painted the knobs / sliders, but how about the actual buttons? i was going to try to have the track select as the d-pad. | |
| Random X 21.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Xavier Emanuels 20.08.2008 | The Vestax thingy needs a circle around it like the logo. needs a little |
| Xavier Emanuels 24.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by ryan catcher
The paint pen could work, but will be prone to wearing off, you could counter that by putting a nice healthy coat of clear coat over the top of the knob and lightly lightly sanding down the face of the knob your putting the pen on with 600 grit before you mark it. For any product you use, find the product specification data sheet and read that - dont trust the back of paint cans and ever dont ever believe about trusting the front of one. Ive found time and time again that the product specification data sheet has vital information about the product and what it can and cant bond to thats never displayed on the can at all. Don't trust the people in paint stores either, for the most part they are just as bad unless you know a place that specializes in car panel and paint - one would hope that they know what they are talking about. Even then though you should be reading product specification data sheets - preferably before you buy the product to begin with. Try to stick to pro car products, they are generally higher quality than anything else your going to be able to get your hands on. DIY products generally bite the big one and are always so damn misleading in what the product can and cannot do. Its also handy especially if you don't do this all the time to stick to all the same brand of products that are designed to go with one another, that way you don't have to worry about paint failing because it reacting badly with the primer coat you put on from another company. The 3m sand paper is good thats what i use for the most part, it tends to last a bit longer than other brands. |
| Natan/Mateusz Naguszewski/Wierzbicki 24.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
so to make sure i got this right: sand the knobs down with 400 grit then apply a coat of plastic primer and regular spray paint? could i use a panint marker to mark the knobs? any suggestions on brands of paint / sand paper would be awesome. i'm probably just going to rock 3m sandpaper and krylon paint.. |
| Xavier Emanuels 24.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by ryan catcher
Trust me i work in the industry and all the time companies are like these sell things saying no primer or sanding is required, its all total lies. To do a proper job you need to sand and plastic prime before top coating - i can tell you that companies doing this seriously pisses me off the painting industry is full of people using these sorts of products. In most cases theres so such thing as no primer required, especially on such a high wear area like knobs. |
| Random X 21.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Natan/Mateusz Naguszewski/Wierzbicki 21.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by frankdelo
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| Xavier Emanuels 20.08.2008 | The Vestax thingy needs a circle around it like the logo. needs a little |
| sumit toppo 05.09.2008 | yoo all.. so this is my mock up.. the aligment its not adjust well nothing biggy so here it is.. this files is being reduced, if you need a bigger one I'll send one cheers |
| Xavier Emanuels 24.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by ryan catcher
The paint pen could work, but will be prone to wearing off, you could counter that by putting a nice healthy coat of clear coat over the top of the knob and lightly lightly sanding down the face of the knob your putting the pen on with 600 grit before you mark it. For any product you use, find the product specification data sheet and read that - dont trust the back of paint cans and ever dont ever believe about trusting the front of one. Ive found time and time again that the product specification data sheet has vital information about the product and what it can and cant bond to thats never displayed on the can at all. Don't trust the people in paint stores either, for the most part they are just as bad unless you know a place that specializes in car panel and paint - one would hope that they know what they are talking about. Even then though you should be reading product specification data sheets - preferably before you buy the product to begin with. Try to stick to pro car products, they are generally higher quality than anything else your going to be able to get your hands on. DIY products generally bite the big one and are always so damn misleading in what the product can and cannot do. Its also handy especially if you don't do this all the time to stick to all the same brand of products that are designed to go with one another, that way you don't have to worry about paint failing because it reacting badly with the primer coat you put on from another company. The 3m sand paper is good thats what i use for the most part, it tends to last a bit longer than other brands. |
| Natan/Mateusz Naguszewski/Wierzbicki 24.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
so to make sure i got this right: sand the knobs down with 400 grit then apply a coat of plastic primer and regular spray paint? could i use a panint marker to mark the knobs? any suggestions on brands of paint / sand paper would be awesome. i'm probably just going to rock 3m sandpaper and krylon paint.. |
| Xavier Emanuels 24.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by ryan catcher
Trust me i work in the industry and all the time companies are like these sell things saying no primer or sanding is required, its all total lies. To do a proper job you need to sand and plastic prime before top coating - i can tell you that companies doing this seriously pisses me off the painting industry is full of people using these sorts of products. In most cases theres so such thing as no primer required, especially on such a high wear area like knobs. |
| Ryan Konarski 24.08.2008 | here u got the best tutorial......edited and review done by BENTOSAN LOL on how to paint ur vci If you want to make it so your VCI doesnt chip or scratch after sanding the unit down it has to be etch primed. Basicly its an acid that eats tiny microscopic holes into the metal so when the metal primer goes over the top of it, the paint makes its way into these holes and really grips onto the unit, this etch prime coat goes on really thin and diluted. Just because its etch primed doesnt mean it doesn't have to be primed, if you don't put conventional metal primer over the top it will still come off. What really make a paint job expensive is the prep, Eans original VCI got sanded and some paint thrown on over the top of it and it really shows - no primer was used, let alone a etch primer. Clear coats help, but without a doubt the most important coat is the etchprimer and primer coats, they will determine how much of a beating the top coat will be able to take. Soo... when i am painting my VCI which will be very shortly i will go though these steps - Sand unit with 400 grit - Etch prime unit - Prime unit - Sand primer with 600 grit - Paint unit black with two pack polyurethane - 2 or 3 coats - Cut and polish unit - Cover with 2 or 3 coats of Clear. If you want to put some metal flake into your clear thats also possible, however after doing 2 coats with flake in the clear you need to do another one or two coats without any flakes in the clear. This is to make sure all the metallic flake is covered with clear so it doesnt oxidize, if the flake oxidizes it will lose its reflective capabilities and your flakes will look like crap. |
| Natan/Mateusz Naguszewski/Wierzbicki 24.08.2008 | alright. i'm going to make the first jump and paint my knobs and the wheels: i believe for the knobs i'm going to use: has anyone used this before? does it actually work like it's suppose to? should get the job done in the next couple days. i'm going to do a "painting your vci-100" step by step tutorial.... |
| Random X 21.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by BentoSan
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| Natan/Mateusz Naguszewski/Wierzbicki 21.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by frankdelo
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| DJ JoBlaze 21.08.2008 | actually all of the Original NES and SNES stuff is now copyright free. Due to nintendo giving the build and contr. plans away for a few years to people who want to build them selves a NES SNES combo system. |
| 21.08.2008 | Tekki, or anyone else that is interested, hit me up on the email eangolden at gmail.com and I will send you the illustrator file you need. The wraps cover the entire vci-100 top and sides so there are no plates just one nice smooth surface that will be the same material used on those Nintendo controllers. They also will not cover the wheels (as that would remove the touch sensitivity) Nice one Bento, thats exactly what to do. We cant put Nintendo on there otherwise we will get sued for sure but we can make it look just like them. |
| Natan/Mateusz Naguszewski/Wierzbicki 21.08.2008 | wow guys, much appreciated. i did find this site: http://logo54.com/game/nintendo/ for generating nintendo fonts and ean, i believe of doing a run of these wraps would be awesome + sell well. |
| Xavier Emanuels 20.08.2008 | The Vestax thingy needs a circle around it like the logo. needs a little |
| Random X 20.08.2008 | Here goes: version2. |
| Xavier Emanuels 20.08.2008 | This is mario in his first appearance when he was known as jumpman back from the donkey-kong NES game Funny to note his nose is nearly the size of his head. ooo and some trivia, mario has a moustache because they couldn't make a mouth with the limited amount of pixels |
| Random X 20.08.2008 | Jups.. preferably the non multicolour one. |
| Xavier Emanuels 20.08.2008 |
Originally Posted by tekki
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| Random X 20.08.2008 | Was believeing of doing the old old old Mario on the bottom white bar and than add "Vestax VCI-100" in a red nintendo font. |
| Xavier Emanuels 20.08.2008 | Needs Mario on there somewhere too haha |
| Random X 20.08.2008 | OKay... Here's a small mockup: You might even mod the directional buttons into one bigger cross design d- pad. |
| Miloje Savic 20.08.2008 | that would be crazy... haha.. |
| Random X 20.08.2008 | Will design, if anyone has got a black & white drawing of the VCI-100? |
| chris zander 20.08.2008 |
would look exactly like the original nintendo controllers
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| 20.08.2008 | could be cool- if some one wants to do the design we could produce a limited edition run of overlay wraps that would look exactly like the original nintendo controllers |
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