Quoted from Vespula:I like it but two things I would want to change.. since it's a concert stage replica make the back art feature the band in skull characters with their instruments placed in a concert situation and look like they are backing up Axl.
The art is good but the pin art is better and the topper art detracts, plus doesn't support the singer or GnR concert theme going on. Then you can Change the art to iron maiden band and then market it for that pin. ( Edit. The post after mine from pinballjah talks about the art looking like a dinosaur, I thought the EXACT same thing!)
Second, the side speakers should be black coordinate with the top.. Silver doesn't do it for me with this pin. It's too much and washes out the singer sculpture. Looks too techno, not rock and roll.
Nothing is silver on the pin either and overall it's too washed out looking. The silver scaffolding accent in silver looks good. If that was the only silver, then it would make Axl pop.
Final comment, the back drop lighting in the pic looks a little weak and concentrated to the bottom. Maybe the photos.. but I'd like to see it more even instead of just at the bottom and illuminate the entire art up to the top, not too bright to wash out Axl, but more even. I feel like I can see the bulbs/ LED behind the art
Great job overall.
This is great feedback. Thanks for laying it all out, and to all the others who have too.
People might not be aware but we are a very small outfit of like minded pinball hackers, not even a company really (James runs pinball bazaar but the rest of us work solo usually). We don't have a massive budget. We work nights and weekends around non pinball day gigs. There's no market research or focus groups, we rely on ourselves and forum feedback to inform decisions. Any help we get to assist in the goal of producing kickass pinball mods is massively appreciated.
We have been talking behind the scenes today and making changes where we can. We want it to be as good as it possibly can be! Things we're looking at are
- Updating the lighting for the back artwork. This might be moving existing strips into a better position or using different lighting.
- Updating the acrylic used on the side panels, moving this to a clear acrylic so it doesn’t look “silver”. Possibly a black shroud.
- Updating the lighting of the front model to make him stand out more, either via a strip or a spot.
We'll post some updates soon!