I'm about to do stencils for Pinbot. Doesn't look like it will be too bad.
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Quoted from billybob:Overflow, are you making the stencil yourself? if so can you share the proccess?
thanks
That's the plan. Still working on the process but I will report back
I have been underwhelmed by the cut-your-own-stencil-out-of-contact-paper method so far. From the factory, the paint has a bit of overspray on all the edges, providing some diffusion so that the color does not have sharp edges, whereas with the contact paper stencils you get not only sharp edges but also a distinct difference in the height of the paint from one color to the next. It feels like it would be very easy for something to brush against the cabinet and pick up the edge of the color and scratch it off.
Plus, since the edges are sharp you have to be damn sure that your stencil is completely perfect. Any wobbly cuts or slight corners in a curve will be completely visible in your final product.
Multiple light coats is also a REQUIREMENT. If you spray enough for the paint to run at all, it will pool on the edge of the stencil and look bad.
Overall I am not satisfied at all with the result of the stick-on stencil, and am looking into some other options. I'm glad that the $125 laser cut vinyls for Pinbot are out of print, as I think the results with those would have been disappointing as well.
Quoted from NM:Wonder what they were made out of: metal, wood?
Have any master sets of original factory stencils for a particular title survived?
I asked recently here if anyone had or had seen any original brass stencils and got no responses.
Quoted from gearheaddropping:You are correct on the overspray effect on the older machines. I know of a couple of guys who made "stiff" stencils and rested them on the machine on top of pennies. This allowed for the over-spray effect you are looking for.
That's what I'm looking into now. Trying to find what will be the cheapest / easiest / best way of doing this. Possibly laser-cut acrylic? That would be overkill I think unless multiple people were interested in using it. I think my next step is to test something like card stock to see if a little overspray can visually compensate for less-than-100% accuracy in cutting the stencil by hand.
Quoted from gearheaddropping:Here are some images of my Atlantis using the This Old Game stencils.
Is that airbrushed? Spray cans? How many coats?
Huh. I guess it needs less since it is going onto white. When I was spraying yellow on black for Pinbot it took about 6 coats.
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