[Shadaloo Laboratory]

Since this has been completed,I've since repainted it with more durable paint, dremelled holes into the case for Neutriks and made cables.

So I'll post them later when I can take pictures. So for now;

Balltop by RoninWarrior (I need to buy more, they're beautiful):






The artwork (Vega himself) was drawn by Gabriel (Link is in the gallery):


That's all for now. Pictures of the process and internals to come later :3

Project M. Bison x Vega is complete!





However, I've been a little busy decorating my Plexi case;

Well my balltop from S_K/BE arrived a while ago, I took pictures but forgot to post here.

Sooo~



It's a really deep purple with a lighter purple streak going through the top, as you'll see with the next picture:



I really do look forward to buying more of these from them. Ahh, the hobby of stick making is sooo hard when you're so sentimental and want to keep all of your work.



Lastly is a side view with a neutrik adapter. I'll be buying a black one to replace it soon so it'll look even cleaner.

Well, for now, that's it. Just waiting on my plexi and artwork now~

[Francys Pai]

Well, it's been a while since I last posted, so I may as well give an update!

Painting is finished, I'm just soldering (And hoping it goes well) and then I just need some artwork and we're done!

So for now have some pictures:


It's got quite a mirror finish on it too~




And here with some parts in it (Not all of it is the final parts)



Regardless! Once it's artworked up and fully soldered, we are DONE DONE DONE DOOOOONE!

[Francys Pai]

I've begun to wire up my stick, aswell as paint it.

For the moment:


It's missing the terminal wires for start/select, which I'll add later.
I also need to solder a 360 pad to it. This should be HILARIOUS.

You can see that the case has been partly primered from the picture, it's going to be painted black.

Well, here's a short snip of black paint on it~



[Francys Pai]

Right, to start things off.
I have been away for a little bit suffering with breathing problems, so until these clean up, I am not to do any sanding/painting/dremeling for a few weeks.
In the mean time, I will be soldering, haunting Blaze to do my artwork and helping Jochen do some more testing.

While I have been gone, I dremeled a few of the slurpee straws:

There's still plenty of straw left to do MANY more.

Here's a quick sample of what one of the purple ones looks like on my purple TE stick:

Beautiful isn't it?

Jochen sent me a few button etches (You can place these beneath your buttons [Seimitsu PS14-K-N ONLY] along with a microswitch holder) to test out.
First I placed one underneath without any paper:

You can see it clearly but not quite. I personally like it like this as it gives way to some friction found in the buttons when they have their default plungers in them. Which is nice if you're like me and like the sensitivity of Sanwa buttons, but really hate the texture/rough edges and prefer Seimitsu like I do.

Next I tried it with some paper behind it (This is moreso ideal if you are not using an Arc-Eye LED mod) It shows up the imprints much better.

Only problem is that I used card, it makes the button a little stiff. So I'd recommend using very thin black paper and cutting it a touch smaller than necessary.

This is how they all look fully installed WITHOUT paper:


And this would be my now fully completed TE stick:


Next up, I'll be Daisy chaining wires and showing you how to wire up an arcade stick bit by bit.

Oh and until then, have a nice clearer picture of my Shadaloo dustwasher:


Beautiful isn't it?

Until then!

[Francys Pai]

Well, as the title says, only a small update until my parcel arrives and stuff.

I designed two dustwashers for my sticks, Shadaloo themed ones to be exact, so the emblem and Vega's mask. Jochen just got back to me with pictures:

Shadaloo:


Vega:


He asked a favour of me, which was to put them up in his shop. Which I happily agreed to, so you can find them up for sale over here:
Arcade Forge Plexi Shop

Well, that's all for now!

[Francys Pai]

Well, my stick case is now here along with my straws.

The stick case is made from MDF, pretty much held together with glue and screws.
At the moment, I've only got test buttons in there to ensure the holes are the correct size (30mm for screw in Seimitsu buttons)
I sanded it down a little, but I think it'll need a little more before painting.





Here's a quick picture of the side, with three holes.
Start, Neutrik, Select is how I'm planning them (Meaning I'll have to wire the start and select to work for the 'home' button).


I also have a plexi cover for it (The cover is still on it to prevent scratching before installation.
However I am going to need to drill/dremel holes into it for it to be placed over it correctly.



On another hand, a friend over at SRK managed to nab me some straws from 7-11 that are used for their Slurpee drinks. These things are made of aluminium, come in beautiful covers and are the perfect size to be cut down for shaft covers for JLF joysticks.

Take a peek:


Well, that is all for the moment on the customizing front as I now need to shove off and paint before I do anything else!

Until next time!

[Francys Pai]

Well, it's that time again for a first entry.
I guess a good place to start, with this being my modding journal and all, would be to have a couple of pictures of my previous mod.

So, here goes!

Madcatz TE Fightstick.
Modded with:
+ Seimitsu PS14-K-N Buttons (Violet)
+ Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT-SK Ball Handle Joystick
+ Seimitsu LB-39 Violet balltop
+ Plexiglass cover by Jochen over at Arcade Forge
+ Artwork, made by me and printed/cut by Jochen.






All of my pictures, including the process, have been uploaded to my Scrapbook.

I'm currently working on a another stick (Building it from scratch) and with the help of Jochen's plexi pieces, it should come out quite beautiful <3
I'll update as it all comes together, so you'll get to see the project as it happens.

[Francys Pai]