Wha......what?

Do you have a single picture of the whole playfield? It'll be a lot easier to evaluate when you can take it all in at once.

It's on their site but...

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Most Centaurs I've seen are color. Well sort of; they have yellowed significantly. I think I prefer the original over the colored version.

I do want to say I like it a LOT, but I'm just mulling over whether or not I really have 950 bucks (including shipping there) to drop right now on one, especially given that I don't own a Centaur, have never owned a Centaur, and doesn't look like I'll be owning a Centaur anytime soon... There's just not really any other playfield this could be done with. Anything can be made into black and white, but I don't know of anything BUT Centaur that's....just black and white to start with. I really hope this project pans out for you guys regardless of if I end up trying to get one or not, because I love crazy stuff when it comes to redoing playfield art.

Not sure how many there were set up on the site to start with, but I can tell one sold while I was at lunch.

I really like the concept of this.
The color choices are not quite my taste because some are throwing off the symmetry of the art but with some color changes during a cabinet repaint and some colored plastics you could definitely pull a total package together with it and make something very unique.

how about using all that colour and making a nine ball playfield? There is huge demand for them!

Since you asked for opinions:

I prefer the black and white version. It is iconic.

Now, if somebody never knew about the existence of the original black and white art, and this was the first time seeing the playfield, then yes, this is pretty cool.

Sure, modding is the rage, but CENTAUR is killer as it sits. I don’t think the color *improves* it.

Best of success on the project

Beeter yet a complete machine!

I’d do color if I get another centaur someday. Match it w a color cab!
Why not???

Wow. I've owned my Centaur for 10 years and looking at Kevin's artwork above I'm seeing things now that I've never noticed in all the time I've had and played mine. I think that's a plus?

Not sure if I'd pull the trigger because I already have a CPR Centaur playfield, mirrored backglass and matching plastics too which I've been holding onto for a rainy day.

Should I ask them if they'll do an exchange? (as if)

Well, I’ll chime in since you asked for opinions:

It looks interesting. The colors show some nice detail. I applaud the effort that went into it.

But, here’s where it goes downhill: it looks like colors were just randomly thrown around. It would make this game look like clown puke, without turning it on. I can only imagine the stupid color leds that would litter the pf for anyone that installed this.

This is not what Centaur is about. It’s B&W. That’s what makes this game iconic.

Again, very nice effort. No disrespect. But it’s just not right.

In the meantime, I’ll be waiting patiently for the regular pf, from CPR.

yuck
Centaur is a standout in any collection due to its back and white art

Did not like it in 2004, don't like it now

No bueno.

Sacrilege for sure, but the current trend of people washing out their machines in the shittiest colors possible I don't blame you.

For sure looks like shit, but that's what the folks want these days si good luck.
Now with any CPR product, in going to my PC to looks for missing text etc
EDIT: Looks clean

EDIT2: for me the Centaur color himself is the real crime...makes him look like a little bitch.

Yeah, not for me either. Looks interesting, but I’d have to wrap my head around the whole concept for a while.

Keep up the the great work.

Nope!

Since u asked, I'm a nope.
But, the color led folks will be all over it.
Probably.

I love it Babee!!!! I think it makes the art pop. I am traditionally a purist, not big on mods , want to keep games like you would see them in their original condition like they just rolled off the line. This looks so well done that if I had a Centaur I think I'd go color.

I can appreciate the effort to pull this off, and while I’m sure some will like it, to me centaur is masterpiece, which makes this sacrilege.

Very happy with my black and white CPR centaur playfield.

Keep original.

I love CPR.

Sacrilege. (but not the good kind)

-mof

Remember when you were a kid in a diner, and they'd give you those black and white paper placemats with a drawing on there, and they didn't give you a full set of crayons, and you'd start them and not finish, because the food came?

-mof

It's always good to have a choice, but the colored PF would not be mine.

I also appreciate the little touches that CPR offers like "white shooter lane" or not -- compared the original. Those types of options are cool.
-mof

I dig the color

Honestly it's mainly the color of the Centaur and the lady's hair that doesn't do it for me.

Centaur <> Ogre so green isn't right. I mean he's half motorcycle. He has to be bad-ass looking even if colorized.

It's Glenn Misfits vs New Misfits

Whees Gryzz when I need him

Kevin, why not offer clear inserts as well?
that way people could use what ever colored LEDs to complete the colorization

Seeing a machine put together with this would be a curiosity, but ultimately I just don't think it's a very interesting project. Taking the thing that makes Centaur so unique and striking and stripping it away to make it like any other game, what's the point?

Even if the end result looks fine, and it does, it doesn't hold any appeal because of what it takes away. You might as well look at a Gorgar or something instead.

Still, I'm glad CPR has the ability to play with stuff like this now. I'm all for experimenting. But since you're asking for feedback I can't say I'm a fan of this idea.

That is exactly what I was thinking and is probably as far as I would go. The white “no wood” playfield was super cool and I’m still kicking myself for not buying one.

I like the colorizing, but I agree with HEP, some of the color choices are too much.

Centaur is striking as a black and white playfield with a little red thrown in. I bought a beautiful CPR from the 2nd run to replace my yellowed original.

Not a fan of the color. Love the black, red and white original.

Cool idea. Poor execution.

Honestly I would love the idea of seeing centaur in color, just not these colors and in this sort of way.

Any chance since you can print one offs of letting someone colorize it professionally and then print? I have a buddy that is a really good artist and often takes great B&W stuff and makes it even better with colorizing.

I wonder what the original Centaur team would think, doing it in black and white was obviously a very specific choice.

I think its beautiful. If youd like to donate a playfield and backglass to me i will gladly buy an original and convert it to color so you can see your dream come to fruition. Just PM me and ill give you my address. Again I think it looks spectacularly beautiful!

I loved the black and white and I love the color, both are great! I appreciate Kevin mixing it up!

I think the color does look really nice, but Centaur’s “it” factor is the fact that it’s black and white. When properly restored, there’s nothing more impressive than the B&W.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Now it just looks like any other game, the black and white set it apart from anything else that had ever been done either before or after. Leave perfection alone and do Nine Ball like someone else suggested.

John

Get rid of ALL the green. Centaur is perfect as an Edgar Winter/Albino looking
creature.

I think if you remove the green from the monsters, it would look ok. Otherwise, the playfield is unbalanced and looks a bit odd.

Limiting color to highlighting the smaller elements would probably be fine.

[edit]: I ended up doing a quick mock-up without the green on the monsters.

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Color backglass from the CPR website.

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Agreed! That looks so much better with Centaur being white.

The black and white is a major part of what makes Centaur great. It's like someone took the mood of an early Mario Bava horror film, added some Clive Barker creatures, and gave it an overdose of Road Warrior. There is nothing colorful about it. Even if Paul Faris the man himself somehow says Centaur was intended to be in color, I would still stick with the black n' white.

It's perfect just the way it is. If your stock Centaur isn't good enough, then take your favorite volume and crank up the drugs, just like the old LSD hippie bikers it was made for, yuppie.

I prefer the original centaur art.

I’d love it as just an art print honestly but I couldn’t install that into my machine and feel good about it. I do love that you guys are trying new things and giving the community options. I was fortunate enough to track down one of your original Centaur playfields not long ago, and I loved the all white version you did a few years back. Thanks for providing a way to save so many games.

THIS IS HOT GARBAGE

I think that it's an interesting take on an older design. It will sure make your machine stand out from the other Centaurs!

Upvote from me.

Ill be wating on the standard version, almost pulled the trigger on Illinois repro recently.

Billy likes the Idea of seeing centaur in color some day.
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