I have been playing a lot, i am really happy with all the mechanics now. Have to do some minor things, and of course Lord Rage on the Backbox is still to do. I am also very satisfied with my code. It is a pretty hard pinball, so i put in a couple of possibilities to get an extra ball. today i finally beat Lord Rage Boss 5, and even a Bonus Boss after him. Took me a while to learn how to play my machine ..

IMG_20210508_120918.jpg

Hm. Turns out my temporary installment of a piece of metal clamped down with a post was only temporary. It came loose and blocked my droptarget from coming up. So i said to myself screw this. So i screwed it.

And rhe screws are behind the post now so not even visible

IMG_20210509_200829.jpg

I havent had a good idea for Lord Rage on the backbox yet. I made this mockup, i like how it looks, but it is much to small.
So i think i will take some cardboard and draw up a bigger head and go from there. I already have a functioning motor on the backbox. I want a little bit of movement, but i guess that will be the next problem, when everything is bigger, that it might be to heavy.

IMG_20210519_080647.jpg

IMG_20210519_080703.jpg

IMG_20210519_080815.jpg

Yes i want to make one tentacle that goes behind the diver. the rest i don't know. gonna try it out with some bendy things .
and i still want to put a Deep Blue Rage Sign in front of Lord Rage, so maybe he can hold it somehow.

I think so too. i made a 3d printed base already, printing it right now. i trying it with to hard springs. hope that will hold the weight. a tiny, but strong motor will push a little piece to wobble it. it will be very slow, but a coil is just too loud outside the cabinet.

on top goes a cardboard construction. and then i will model details on top with epoxy sculpt. let's see how that goes.
but right now i'm pretty confident that this will all work

I think so too. i made a 3d printed base already, printing it right now. i will try it with 2 hard springs. hope that will hold the weight. a tiny, but strong motor will push a little piece to wobble it. it will be very slow, but a coil is just too loud outside the cabinet.

on top goes a cardboard construction. and then i will model details on top with epoxy sculpt. let's see how that goes.
but right now i'm pretty confident that this will all work

Steampunk goggles still need to be bigger

IMG_20210521_114131.jpg

IMG_20210521_114145.jpg

Thank you

Just a small side project with a bumper i had laying around

IMG_20210523_191840.jpg

IMG_20210523_192215.jpg

It feels a weird when you use white glue and paper towels for your pinball project, but it is my cheap solution of making a giant octopus.

IMG_20210527_093738.jpg

Using techniques from a crafting chanel, she really knows what she is doing!

Thanks i appreciate that!

Trying out a new jellyfish. I like the yellow one

IMG_20210531_185333.jpg

IMG_20210531_185655.jpg

IMG_20210531_185707.jpg

IMG_20210531_190208.jpg

IMG_20210531_190209.jpg

IMG_20210531_190211.jpg

Thanks, at the end of a project i tend to get slower.. Because basically Deep Blue Rage is playable, everything new now is cosmetic. And the next steps with my yucatan are more fun at the moment.

i think i cant get away with just gluing the jellyfisch in this spot. the Leds will wie covered and not further action is required

oh yes there is a rgb led and a rgb flasher. i could definitly put in a lightshow for the jellyfish to make it look more alive

No beak, that is just an inprint from the bottom part. I fixed it, and there will be the DBR Sign in front. I just plan to put 2 leds in the eyes, the cables for that are already finished. And i have a flasher there already, so i guess i'll put that behind both eyes. And flash it when he speaks. So that is next, and then i'll put the motor in it's place. It should slowly push the head forward, and a spring will bring it back again

My idea with a motor shaking the big head doesn't work. Head is too heavy, or motor too weak. Anyway it still wobbles when i nudge the table, so thats cool.

Glued on the tentacles today. Have to do some touch ups but i really like the look. I will make some glasses for the goggles, with transparent filament.
Then i have to code the lights in the goggles, a lightshow for the jellyfish. And hopefully find a solution for the few bugs left in my code.

And fix some broken stuff, but the finishline is in sight

IMG_20210606_195824.jpg

IMG_20210606_202211.jpg

IMG_20210606_202233.jpg

IMG_20210606_202239.jpg

thank you all

Ok so i call it finished.
The jellyfish has now a lightshow, and the lights in Lord Rages Head light up when he speaks.

Thank you very much

thank you

i didn't make the angler fish myself, modeling such complex figures is not something i can do. i searched for a fish on thingiverse and then imported it into the webbased tinkercad. in there i made adjustments to the fish model for the cutout for the flasher.
The line from the fish to the bulb is just 2 strings of 3d filament heated up and twisted.

for the diver: the diving helmet is also from thingiverse, and the gloves and shoes are cut from an astronauts model from thingiverse. then i made the divers body with cardboard, wire and for the details i used epoxy sculpt "milliput". and also some 3d pen for the corals.

i'm sorry about that. it would be really cool to be at a convention in the us where there are homebrew games.. but that is difficult to do.

thank you all.

i just realized that the 2min videos are not in sync. my phone screwed that up, sorry for that, i guess i will make another better video, when i have a good casual play.