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Comet and Cyclone full restorations

By Tomass

5 years ago


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#176 5 years ago

I surely hope you will clean up your work. The touchups are sloppy, cannot imagine they will come out nice after the clearcoat.

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#181 5 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

Constructive criticism is one thing, but if you want to be an ass, go to another thread.
For those actually following, I have been cleaning up my work. It just takes many tries before I am ok with it. My hands are extremely shaky so I have more misses than hits.

If you're only looking for the replies with people praising the lord and heaven and your work I think you must rethink why you're posting in the first place. I honestly respect all the effort that's been done to both playfields, but want to express my deepest concerns. Your work is sloppy and can be done much better with propably a little more effort. I hope this inspires you, if not, please continue but it's not my cup of tea.

And yeah, I know what I'm talking about: http://www.flipperforum.be/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8542

#184 5 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

The link is a half completed project, which has issue as well. I am not going to jump on your thread to point them out however. I am not restoring this for you, so Don't worry about it. It will be perfect for my use and much better than when I started. If you followed, I admitted that It needed cleaned up and that I was working on that very thing. I am not going to sweat some areas that will never be seen once populated. This game is for my enjoyment and will not be sold. If you have pointers as to how to improve please add them. I am sure there are plenty of other threads where people enjoy arguing if that's what you are looking for.

Fair enough. I love all the effort of people, I enjoy when people take the time to make something better and if your work fits within your own vision then hey, I vote for that.
The only thing I want to accomplish is that you might think twice before accepting your work to be "better than it ever was before" if you can do better.

Some tips:
1. In a previous post I read that the rough edges were caused by a worn out blade (or did I misunderstand that??). Renew the blade before anything else.
2. Yellow and orange are difficult colors to airbrush, apply a layer of white as a base coat first
3. Stay away from the brush too much when doing touchups. Paint will be thick (and I see that on your pictures as well).

If you are stuck somewhere, don't hesitate to contact me.

Here are some of my projects (in Dutch but has lots of pictures):

http://www.flipperforum.be/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9512&start=25
http://www.flipperforum.be/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3478
http://www.flipperforum.be/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5288

#191 5 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

Getting real close now.
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That's a very difficult color to match, I always add just a touch of black with a toothpick. One drop black is way too much most of the times because dark colors are dominant.

#192 5 years ago
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

Not part of original restoration, but I've developed a new "toy" for those who are interested: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cyclone-comet-coaster[quoted image]

Very nice sir. I sold my Cyclone (yeah yeah, blasphemie, I know), otherwise this should be a nice addition.

5 months later
#227 4 years ago
Quoted from Tomass:

Man, breaking out the parts, I remembered that I have new ramps for my Comet! Can't wait to see these on the game. If anyone hasn't seen Freeplay40 's ramps, you need to check them out. Excellent to deal with too. At some point I will be looking at the blue Demo Man ramps too.
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Aargh, the horror! Whenever doing a restore I testfit the new shiny parts and cannot wait until the final build. I need to learn to be patient.

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#248 4 years ago

What I do: close my eyes en feel the cabinet with my hands to find any imperfections.

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