Hahaha, that's priceless! So glad you like it, thanks a lot.

(Note to everyone else, he's a friend of the printer and got the hookup early, as soon as I have the order I'll be sending them to everyone else.)

Picture?

No kidding.

I often find myself thinking that it may be my favorite as well.

It's such a unique playing pin, and my interest and appreciation for it only seems be growing the longer it's in my collection.

Picture?

I'd love to see other people's photos, but aside from Sonic no one has one yet. Until he comes back here's the package and a so-so iPhone shot, I haven't had time to get the DSLR out and try and do an HDR, it's hard to photograph backlit sources.

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Nice Aurich, did you illustrate it by yourself?

That looks nice, Aurich! Makes me miss my Shadow. I'll own another one day and will definitely pickup this set to adorn it. Great work!

Thanks. Yeah, it's all original, though I used a lot of things for reference, like Shadow comic books. It's a combination of digital painting, vector drawing, and photo illustration, but any outside sources I used were licensed, it was important to me that the final product be free and clear of anyone else's copyright. That's why there are no Bally or Williams logos on it, though I would have liked to include them for an authentic feel.

FYI I only have a few unclaimed from this run, though we'll see if all the pre-order people come through, still waiting to hear from maybe 20 or so. I can certainly do another run later, but I'll need to get 10 people together first to do it, that's pretty much the minimum print run.

Aurich, you did a fantastic job with this. This is one of the best alternate translites I've seen to date. None of this pixelated stolen from the internet stuff, yours is a genuinely beautiful illustration. It matches the game perfectly.

Now, if we only had a Shadow to put it in....

Have you thought about doing any other games?

Cheers!

That translight is so worng

everybody knows alternate translights are supposed to have boobies and look like shit

that translight looks good

This really does look fantastic! It makes me want a Shadow. Stern should commission you for a pin. You may catch their attention with liberal application of bevel and emboss

BTW is that a real topper or more photoshop trickery? Looks awesome

Thanks! It started as a personal project that kind of snowballed into something bigger, and I'm really humbled by the level of response it's gotten. I really love the Shadow, so anything that gets people to give it some more attention works for me!

Have you thought about doing any other games?

People have asked me that, I dunno. It's a ton of work, and I just don't know how many other games are out there that have the combination of really great gameplay (that brings the love) along with hated artwork. Also, I think I'd have to own the game to really want to put the time it. That pretty much rules out Demolition Man before anyone else asks about that one.

Actually the best suggestion for one that made me sit up and go "hmmm" so far is Lord of the Rings. No Alec Baldwin, but it's a pretty uninspiring photochop for such a great theme. I'd consider picking one up if I came across the right deal.

I'm honestly not an ace illustrator, those skills are pretty rusty, but it's a fun design challenge. I guess I'd say never rule it out, but it's just side hobby stuff.

It's from the CPR plastics repro set. Stu will tell you it's a "desktop display" not a topper, but whatever, I stuck it up there.

Edit: Beat mwong168 to it since he took the time to find a picture.

BTW is that a real topper or more photoshop trickery? Looks
awesome

It came as part of the CPR repro plastic set which was released earlier this year.

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That is the best alternate translite, for a game that really, really needs one, that I've ever seen. Well done!
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Agreed with all...Awesome work! The lights you're using, are those colored leds, whites, or a combo of both?

YGM! All white LEDs in the backboard. It's a hodge podge of brands and styles though, I should probably clean it up, just stuck ones in that I had lying around. Some frosted, some brighter than others, etc. It doesn't show I guess, but I could maybe dial it in just a bit more.

DANG THAT'S GOOD!!! How much are they? I like to buy one just to light up and hang on the wall as an original work of art. How much are they goin for?

Thanks. $175 shipped for the translite, new speaker panel, and instruction cards. Just PM me if you want it, details are in this thread:

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-shadow-new-original-alternate-translite-speaker-panel-cards

They are on the dark side until they're lit up though, so if you wanted to wall hang one you'd definitely want a lighting solution. Sounds like you wouldn't want the speaker panel though. I'm not really set up to break them up at the moment, but I think some people wanted just the speaker panel, maybe we could find one and work something out.

How much for just the translight, no speaker panel or cards. I want just the tl.

I'm not ready at this point to break them up, they're ordered as sets on my end too, so then I'd have a speaker panel that was kinda useless. I'm not even sure how the math would work out for the pricing honestly. If I can figure something out I'm happy to hook you up, thanks for your interest, just not sure how to do it right this moment. Will ponder!

Thanks, see what the printer has to say about just running some tl's. Are they printed on one big sheet then that sheet is cut apart to make the the 4 pieces?

No, they're all different materials, it's just the way the order was set up, and it's already been placed. If I do another small run (need maybe 10 people to do it) I could run off an extra one I'm sure. Or maybe someone wants just the speaker panel to go with their existing alt translite, I dunno, if I can figure out something that makes sense I'm happy to help you. Just don't want to break up a set at this stage when there are people who want to put them all on their machines.

I appreciate your enthusiasm for it though, thanks a lot, I'll see if I can think of some way to help you.

That's all I ask. Your the BEST!

Haha, no worries, and feel free to PM me to ask me, I do get busy and distracted.

Okay, enough sitting in front of the computer, will respond to anything else tomorrow. Thanks for all the support everyone, I'm feeling the love from Pinside for sure.

That looks great but the pic of the machine with the translite all lit up pretty much amazes me. That is gorgeous.

I like it, but I do wish it had more Art Deco style like the rest of the cabinet IMO.

That's gorgeous. That should have been the original art. You've made a lasting contribution.

If there are no licensing concerns, I think you should consider ordering extras while you've got the printer spun up. There's a bigger market than Pinside.

No licensing concerns as far as I know, it's maybe a little grey area even though it's original art. I did base the character off of comic book drawings, but they all seem to be aping the same character going back to the original, so I figure I'm just in on the tradition. I guess the logo maybe, but I dunno who owns the rights to that, I'm not using the movie 3D version, I redrew my own from scratch. It seems to be used in all kinds of mediums all the way back to the 30s pulp novels, so I figured it was safe enough.

I did order a few extras, but I didn't want to sit on a real inventory, I'm just a hobbyist with a day job etc, only so much I can handle. I've already worked out with the printer how to handle doing small runs for the future, so if I get 10 people who want it after it's sold out I can handle that.

Thanks for the photo, I love seeing it in other people's collections. And with incandescents too, haven't seen that yet!

And yeah, you really gotta have the speaker panel. It was the secret to making this whole project work. Talk to our mutual friend about that, make sure you get it.

I think I just figured this out, sending you a PM.

Never wanted a Shadow until now. Funny if that's all it takes.

Stunning job you did.

That is stunning Aurich, if I ever get one of these...

PM sent.

I've actually had more than a few people tell me they were getting Shadows now because of this translite, which is really the biggest compliment anyone could give me, I love it. Not just because it says they like my work, thanks, but also because I really love this game and to have people be interested in it makes me happy.

Maybe some time I'll feel crazy and do new cabinet decals to match. I doubt there would be nearly as much demand, more expensive and a lot more work, but it would be fun to complete the transformation.

Plus if I did new decals I'd remove the extra ball buy in button, smooth it over, and cover it like it was never there! Wish you could take the buy in high scores off the display.

You've found your niche. Any other ugly pin translites you're looking to fix?

I can think of several that need a skilled artist to redo. Destiny is calling!

I dunno. People have been asking me, but I think it would be harder to do it for a machine I didn't own. Logistically, but also just in terms of committing to the time, this took a while. I'm honestly not an illustrator, more of a graphic designer who knows how to fake it.

Plus I'm crazy picky, I get everything looking pretty much together, but then I sit there and tweak it for longer than it took to get to that stage!

WPT and Demolition Man come up a lot, but I can't say either really excite me. What's your list?

Demolition Man gets my vote

BSD

I didn't know Alec Baldwin's nose was so big.

Def Flintstones. Just my 2 cents

I thought there was already a good one for that? Cartoon style. And not the wife swap one, though that's funny. The family safe one.

Great game, can't get it cause of the BG.
-mof

Great game, can't get it cause of the BG.
-mof

See aulrich, you should make a Demolition Man translite so mof can buy one The only alternate translite available is this one which again I'm not too keen on and looks out of place because it doesn't flow with the speaker panel art.

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Well one thing about DM (and games like it) is I'm not interested in violating anyone's copyright. So no pictures of actors, no scenes from the movie, none of that is on the table as an option. Frankly I couldn't sell that here, Rick would probably have an email to Robin within 24 hours asking for the thread to be closed at the very least (as is his right).

Flinstones has the same issue, the characters are real specific, not somewhat generic like the Shadow who could look like a lot of different things. Here's that translite I was thinking of BTW:

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fs-flintstones-alternate-translite-family-friendly-version

That doesn't mean there aren't creative ways to solve that, but it does present a bit of a challenge to ponder. Your point about the speaker panel is well taken, luckily that's solvable.

The Shadow was cool, because I basically said "eh, f--- the movie, it wasn't great anyways, but this character it was based on is bad ass, let's take it back to the roots and just ignore the film". There was a great history to fall back on.

This might work.

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Or even this.

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