Total Nuclear Annihilation
Spooky Pinball, 2017Quoted from cooked71:The breaker board is an awesome idea, but wondering if it would look better with all slots populated with breakers?
Not done yet. I bought wrong type just got six for it.
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"The power on will be one of the breakers. I will spend more on the breakers then I did on the panel!"
If it was my game to code or alter it I would figure out a way to connect solenoids to the other 5 breakers and to trip them mechanicaly. When a reactor explodes they tripped off and you had to reset them by hand I would be all over that idea. Make that part of the game would just be fun. Kill power to auto launch, vuk, bumper etc...
Quoted from Loganpinball:If it was my game to code or alter it I would figure out a way to connect solenoids to the other 5 breakers and to trip them mechanicaly. When a reactor explodes they tripped off and you had to reset them by hand I would be all over that idea. Make that part of the game would just be fun. Kill power to auto launch, vuk, bumper etc...
It's a fun idea. I know a lot of players hate stuff like action buttons where they have to take their hands off the flippers for a moment, but I like it. I think it plays into the very physical nature of pinball and it makes sense to challenge the player with some physical movement for risk/reward scenarios.
I'm not sure how you'd hook up lighting to the circuit breakers, but that could be fun in addition to particular coils. Although think to yourself, why would anyone want to turn the pop bumper back on if it's disabled with the breaker? It makes the game easier with it off. Now turning off flipper hold coils with the breaker.... Maybe wire it up to the grid panel to disable the switches that you need to hit to start a reactor.
Quoted from cooked71:The breaker board is an awesome idea, but wondering if it would look better with all slots populated with breakers?
I was thinking the same thing.
Quoted from TreyBo69:It's a fun idea. I know a lot of players hate stuff like action buttons where they have to take their hands off the flippers for a moment, but I like it. I think it plays into the very physical nature of pinball and it makes sense to challenge the player with some physical movement for risk/reward scenarios.
I'm not sure how you'd hook up lighting to the circuit breakers, but that could be fun in addition to particular coils. Although think to yourself, why would anyone want to turn the pop bumper back on if it's disabled with the breaker? It makes the game easier with it off. Now turning off flipper hold coils with the breaker.... Maybe wire it up to the grid panel to disable the switches that you need to hit to start a reactor.
The killing reactor switches would be the way to go. That is a great idea and would be fun to reset them with the rocker switch after each one blows up. Great idea Sir!
Quoted from thedarkknight77:Love this! It would look awesome if you added some LEDs to that breaker door!
I agree! Small led style red and green lights. Red off green on. Also a great idea!
I'm finally catching up with your progress on this - it's so impressive! I'm looking forward to an opportunity to pick up a TNA 2.0 eventually 
Painted it will look 100 percent better. I just wanted to see if I was happy with where I am headed. I am...I never used colored coal, so this was my first experience. The lightning is not as vibrant in this drawing. The backglass colors are very unique and trying to have artwork fhat kinda works! The coal is hard to work with and it looks off. I know her painting skills will do what I am trying to go for. I gave her sketches on Star Trek that were black and white. I need to stick to that as she is awesome at it. This just looks so funky bad. I have to fix scale on a tower and line out flames, but the other side is mostly drawn out. I am trying a soldier in radiation suit, still messing with it for backbox. Not sure its staying...
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I will bring to Allentown pinfest if this covid thing is in a better place. My son is high risk with astma so I have to be carefull. Also depends on the artist. I give her no timeline (you never rush an artist). I should be giving her the cabinet next weekend. She took a few months on Star Trek, but she did cabinet and playfield. If its back and put together and I feel ok going to a show it will be there in the summer if they have pinfest this year.
Quoted from Loganpinball:I will bring to Allentown pinfest if this covid thing is in a better place. My son is high risk with astma so I have to be carefull. Also depends on the artist. I give her no timeline (you never rush an artist). I should be giving her the cabinet next weekend. She took a few months on Star Trek, but she did cabinet and playfield. If its back and put together and I feel ok going to a show it will be there in the summer if they have pinfest this year.
I work with artists for a living. Always give them deadlines!!! Hahaha...
but I understand this is a different situation. Looks like you are having fun.
Quoted from Aflacjack:I love this. Watching the progress.
I am glad my dementia is paying off.
The cabinet is going to have same artwork on the sides. The back box and front of coin door are brick layers with a simple addition to the symbol with rings. I really like the look. Under it will be a old style master electrical gate switch. I also stole from a british military insignia that I had on my jacket growing up. “Who dares wins” is the moto, I really dug that in highschool and its a simple but true saying. The inner art blades are getting painted and its hard with pencil, but its earth blowing up with radiation streaks going outward. The text is being put inside a electrical hazard symbol of “to save the planet, you must destroy it first. Finishing up some drawings and the cabinet is ready to go to artist. I know she is going to do a great job and I look forward to seeing it with all the artwork, at that point hopefully you will see what I saw in my head.
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45457115-57DF-439B-94E0-DEDFC776A29C (resized).jpegLoganpinball "Who Dares Wins" is the motto for the British SAS, in case you didn't know. There is an old movie about the SAS with the same title. It's pretty good but it's been a long time since I've seen it
I love your ideas and am following to see how it turns out a big thumbs up to your creativity 
Loganpinball You're doing an interesting job for sure here! I'm about to start a course in learning how to weld so I'm amazed by your skills!
Happy I could inspire you a little in your crazy work of changing this TNA! 
Had one too a year ago but sold it to buy other pins as it didn't earn at all at our locations sadly enough 
Do miss it now and than but I can't keep them all!
Quoted from Bingovit:Loganpinball You're doing an interesting job for sure here! I'm about to start a course in learning how to weld so I'm amazed by your skills!
Happy I could inspire you a little in your crazy work of changing this TNA!
Had one too a year ago but sold it to buy other pins as it didn't earn at all at our locations sadly enough
Do miss it now and than but I can't keep them all!
I posted this in Star Trek posts, but spend the money and get a good welding helmet. For years I had a cheap one and had no idea how much a better helmet is. These pictures are through the helmets. The lincoln helmet was $150 us and worth every penny, you can see!
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Looking good so far. Before everything is finalized, I wanted to suggest a mod to this mod. Considerations need to be given for ... adding fiber optic tube lighting on ramp, similar to what was seen on Tron LE’s. That game used 2 light cannons under the playfield, one for each ramp. Fiber optic tubing was tied to outside of plastic ramps. Besides the cool color changing, it is programmable by nerds like you and Scot. Talk about impact, add fo mod to the ramp mod and tie new lighting effects into the existing light show. This would probably bring tears. This is the kind of mod that requires utilizing some playfield through holes and finding real estate under the playfield.
Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:Looking good so far. Before everything is finalized, I wanted to suggest a mod to this mod. Considerations need to be given for ... adding fiber optic tube lighting on ramp, similar to what was seen on Tron LE’s. That game used 2 light cannons under the playfield, one for each ramp. Fiber optic tubing was tied to outside of plastic ramps. Besides the cool color changing, it is programmable by nerds like you and Scot. Talk about impact, add fo mod to the ramp mod and tie new lighting effects into the existing light show. This would probably bring tears. This is the kind of mod that requires utilizing some playfield through holes and finding real estate under the playfield.
I like that idea alot. I dont think the code is open source for liability reasons. So, it would have to be stand alone system. I agree that it would look amazing if done right. I will put it in my figure out pile!
I really appreciate working with an artist that can see my drawings and ideas and just crush it. These are the mock ups she just sent over. She added the cooling towers. No matter how I drew them they just looked off, she however did not have the same problem and put them in. These mock ups show where I was trying to go with it and it will be great to post it when its together. I love this part of the hobby!
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Quoted from Loganpinball:I really appreciate working with an artist that can see my drawings and ideas and just crush it. These are the mock ups she just sent over. She added the cooling towers. No matter how I drew them they just looked off, she however did not have the same problem and put them in. These mock ups show where I was trying to go with it and it will be great to post it when its together. I love this part of the hobby!
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Wow, looks amazing, though there’s a big disconnect between the side art and the front/backbox. Unless I’m missing something?
If that’s the final front art, Definitely keep the black border for the coin door with that art.
Quoted from cooked71:Wow, looks amazing, though there’s a big disconnect between the side art and the front/backbox. Unless I’m missing something?
If that’s the final front art, Definitely keep the black border for the coin door with that art.
The bricks are meant to be walls. One with circuit breakers the other with a expanded radiation warning and a master switch. The border of coin door will stay black. I think when everything is put together it will make sense.
Inner art and back panel. She has to shrink the artwork on panel, but I think it will look good. I will try to 3d print a half globe that will be centered in that artblade right at the hingebolt. Idealy I want to have it light up when a reactor blows.
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Quoted from cooked71:Wow, looks amazing, though there’s a big disconnect between the side art and the front/backbox. Unless I’m missing something?
If that’s the final front art, Definitely keep the black border for the coin door with that art.
I see the same disconnect that you see. I think to help tie it together, it would have looked good to have the brick wrap slightly around the sides and have it look like the wall had been broken down and crumbling (maybe the first 6 inches or so) and then the art on the side would look like what is in the distance outside past the wall. Maybe have the same broken brick wall effect at the back 6 inches as well which would make it look like you are looking through a gaping hole to the outside and help carry the brick look up to the sides of the head.
But the art looks AMAZING!! I'm sure it will look great all together regardless. Just an idea to tie the side and the front together.
Quoted from Loganpinball:Wow is she fast! Thank you Calfdemon! Awesome idea and it looks great!
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Wow... Just wow! That looks awesome and just ties it all together!! Glad I could help.
Quoted from Calfdemon:Wow... Just wow! That looks awesome and just ties it all together!! Glad I could help.
Thanks again perfect solution. I am going with that a bit further now. I think I am replacing the backglass now. Trying a exploding brick wall with flying bricks and fire eminating from a exploding turbine that spun out of control. My drawing shows the concept, but the fire and other details will look much better painted. The drawback being the backglass lighting might take a bit of twaeking. I am thinkng a small shadow box with lights on outside of painting. Not sure, but I want to try and figure out this new backglass.
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Hard to see again with pencil, but see the magneto and electrical picture as part of the center behind bricks. The bright blue electrical streamers will look closely like that picture shooting out from magneto. Third drawing....
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Procreate is truly amazing software from a cool small company out of Tasmania.
The app really opens up once you purchase some pro brushes.
Check these out, the “nebula” brushes may work well for your project. https://creativemarket.com/StudioDenmark/5992272-Galaxy-Brushes-for-Procreate#fullscreen
Along with some lightening brushes..
https://creativemarket.com/xresch/1875978-102-Lightning-Brushes
Quoted from BeachPickle:Procreate is truly amazing software from a cool small company out of Tasmania.
The app really opens up once you purchase some pro brushes.
Check these out, the “nebula” brushes may work well for your project. https://creativemarket.com/StudioDenmark/5992272-Galaxy-Brushes-for-Procreate#fullscreen
Along with some lightening brushes..
https://creativemarket.com/xresch/1875978-102-Lightning-Brushes
I will check it out. Thanks for the heads up.
I am trying to replace the strobe with a shadow box. If it looks good I will have strobe lights backlighting it. The panel will be yellow with two radiation symbols and working on texts. Open to any other wording so feel free to throw some alternatives. Also going to have artist paint the box. Not done. Just messing with it overall.
I wanted to see this together, its rough and off center. Not sold on it?
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Quoted from Calfdemon:Ha! At first glance (on phone) I thought to myself " I thought this was TNA, not TMNT". But upon zooming in, I could see what they actually are... Lol
But at a quick glance, I swear I saw ninja turtles!
I am going to put you on a retainer.. I see it too now! Snow camo and nuclear winter background coming up next. Thank you Sir. Plus snow camo colors will go well with the rest.
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