If my GNR came with an original topper I would probably cash it in on ebay for the ridiculous amount of money it gets and it won't clear my ceiling anyways :lol:
The idea for this topper I've had in my head since March when I committed to a GNR+TOM package deal I couldn't refuse from my buddy down the street Elliot. Deep down inside I knew he just wanted me to buy both his games so he could still play them anytime he wanted and have the funds to buy WOZ
Anyways, I hit up Dollarama on my way home from work yesterday and got these two rose stems for $1.00/each and toy guns were $1.50/each = $5.00 :mrgreen:
I couldn't help myself and had some fun with the gun and shot up Axl the douchenozzle for not wanting any part of this pinball and being impossible to work with during the sound recording sessions according to an interview I read over on the gameroomblog.com --> http://gameroomblog.com/guides/the-maki ... ll-machine
I had to figure out a way to make the guns stand securely without having screwing anything down to the head. My other friend Adriano had CNC'd me some button inserts for my P2K PinMAME donor cab and were too big. Totally my fault and what was that saying again? Measure twice and cut once? Well good thing I didn't throw them out and they worked perfectly for the guns. I wanted the guns standing up right but it wouldn't clear the ceiling so had to settle for having them angled downwards.
Next up was integrating the roses with the guns and basically wanted to replicate the artwork on the sides of the cab.
Final step is integrating it into the game and adding some lights or LEDs in this case to tie into the game's flashers in the backbox. If this was more of a permanent mod or addition like adding a spot light on the playfield I would normally just tap and solder onto an existing bulb socket. I opted to use gator clips so it can be removed easily or I can change it to whatever flasher I'd like in the backbox in the future. I didn't have any #906 bulb sockets so I soldered the wires directly onto the bulb and wrapped with some electrical tape. Did a quick test with a 12V power supply and we are good to go for all 3 wired LED flashers.
I had to remove a few staples holding the mesh to feed the wires into the head and I covered the middle white LED flasher with an extra clear dome I had from a previous project. I tied the middle flasher to go off during ball launch and for the two outside orange LED flashers I just clipped to some random flashers.
After some testing I might the orange ones into the flashers which go off with the pop bumpers or have them on all the time with the GI to make the roses glow, it was 2am when I shot this video and DE games are significantly louder compared to B/W games. Last thing I wanted to do was wake up my daughter or have my wife come down and give me hell for playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... yN2C2S6UHc
One other mod that I knew I had to do when I got this game was add the McFarlane Slash doll by the pop bumper area. I had my buddy next door order it for me from ebay for $85 shipped and it arrived earlier this week. He was bustin' my balls and said "You spent $85 on that?" followed by "You do realize you are turning 34 soon and still playing with dolls?" :lol:
Anyways, this one was an easy mod... sort of until I realized unlike my other games I can't lift and lock the play field because of my low ceiling! :FP: Good thing that day my wife's cousin was over so I had him help me out.
Securing Slash was as simple as removing the right red plastic, drilling a small hole to thread a screw into one of the legs. I used some double sided foam tape and put the bigger amp above the snake pit and smaller amp I just stuck above the wire form in the shooter lane.
Something didn't look right and realized the area where Slash wasn't lit very well from the front so I added a spot light and tied it into the GI.
Anyways hope you enjoyed reading and seeing these pics, any questions feel free to ask.
-Mike
The idea for this topper I've had in my head since March when I committed to a GNR+TOM package deal I couldn't refuse from my buddy down the street Elliot. Deep down inside I knew he just wanted me to buy both his games so he could still play them anytime he wanted and have the funds to buy WOZ
Anyways, I hit up Dollarama on my way home from work yesterday and got these two rose stems for $1.00/each and toy guns were $1.50/each = $5.00 :mrgreen:
I couldn't help myself and had some fun with the gun and shot up Axl the douchenozzle for not wanting any part of this pinball and being impossible to work with during the sound recording sessions according to an interview I read over on the gameroomblog.com --> http://gameroomblog.com/guides/the-maki ... ll-machine
I had to figure out a way to make the guns stand securely without having screwing anything down to the head. My other friend Adriano had CNC'd me some button inserts for my P2K PinMAME donor cab and were too big. Totally my fault and what was that saying again? Measure twice and cut once? Well good thing I didn't throw them out and they worked perfectly for the guns. I wanted the guns standing up right but it wouldn't clear the ceiling so had to settle for having them angled downwards.
Next up was integrating the roses with the guns and basically wanted to replicate the artwork on the sides of the cab.
Final step is integrating it into the game and adding some lights or LEDs in this case to tie into the game's flashers in the backbox. If this was more of a permanent mod or addition like adding a spot light on the playfield I would normally just tap and solder onto an existing bulb socket. I opted to use gator clips so it can be removed easily or I can change it to whatever flasher I'd like in the backbox in the future. I didn't have any #906 bulb sockets so I soldered the wires directly onto the bulb and wrapped with some electrical tape. Did a quick test with a 12V power supply and we are good to go for all 3 wired LED flashers.
I had to remove a few staples holding the mesh to feed the wires into the head and I covered the middle white LED flasher with an extra clear dome I had from a previous project. I tied the middle flasher to go off during ball launch and for the two outside orange LED flashers I just clipped to some random flashers.
After some testing I might the orange ones into the flashers which go off with the pop bumpers or have them on all the time with the GI to make the roses glow, it was 2am when I shot this video and DE games are significantly louder compared to B/W games. Last thing I wanted to do was wake up my daughter or have my wife come down and give me hell for playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... yN2C2S6UHc
One other mod that I knew I had to do when I got this game was add the McFarlane Slash doll by the pop bumper area. I had my buddy next door order it for me from ebay for $85 shipped and it arrived earlier this week. He was bustin' my balls and said "You spent $85 on that?" followed by "You do realize you are turning 34 soon and still playing with dolls?" :lol:
Anyways, this one was an easy mod... sort of until I realized unlike my other games I can't lift and lock the play field because of my low ceiling! :FP: Good thing that day my wife's cousin was over so I had him help me out.
Securing Slash was as simple as removing the right red plastic, drilling a small hole to thread a screw into one of the legs. I used some double sided foam tape and put the bigger amp above the snake pit and smaller amp I just stuck above the wire form in the shooter lane.
Something didn't look right and realized the area where Slash wasn't lit very well from the front so I added a spot light and tied it into the GI.
Anyways hope you enjoyed reading and seeing these pics, any questions feel free to ask.
-Mike
