I never painted a console before but this is what i did to my Sharp Twin Famicom.
I thought it came out nice. I just wanted to post something cool. ;D
(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af118/punkpolitical/0531101331.jpg) (http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af118/punkpolitical/0531101332.jpg)
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Doesn't look bad, but I wouldn't touch my Twin with paint--they're worth too much to mess around with in my opinion.
That is a giant pwn
I like that better than the original! (Twin, not original Famicom :P)
I love it. I still have plans to paint my NES with Famicom World colors and I made a post about it a year ago, but still haven't quite gotten too it yet.
Need some printable sticker paper, and I'm defiantly going to scrap that famicom slot idea.
http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=3814.msg59936#msg59936
Quote from: cubelmariomadness on May 31, 2010, 03:18:49 pm
I like that better than the original! (Twin, not original Famicom :P)
I suppose it depends which one you start with. I personally prefer what a black Twin looks like (I also have the original box for mine, so I suppose that gives additional reason not to paint it)...
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i7/4regt4/Fam.jpg)
I personally like the original better since paint has a tendency to scrape and chip off. It looks like it's already been scraped a bit by the Disk System/Cartridge selector switch. If I had a painted one, I'd have to be too delicate with it. I already know that's not gonna happen. :P If you like it better painted, more power to you. Any reason you didn't opt to paint the controllers, too?
Quote from: ericj on May 31, 2010, 03:55:08 pm
I personally like the original better since paint has a tendency to scrape and chip off. It looks like it's already been scraped a bit by the Disk System/Cartridge selector switch. If I had a painted one, I'd have to be too delicate with it. I already know that's not gonna happen. :P If you like it better painted, more power to you. Any reason you didn't opt to paint the controllers, too?
There is no scrapes on it yet......LOL. I didnt paint the controllers because im going to replace them with original Famicom controllers to give it that original Famicom feel.
I thought it was a cool idea to paint it. ;D
Look's Nice
I gotta admit that it looks pretty schweet that way, and I'm not usually a fan of console paint jobs. ;)
Quote from: ericj on May 31, 2010, 03:55:08 pmpaint has a tendency to scrape and chip off.
True, but if you use the right kind of paint for the material and from a decent brand it'll end up pretty nice and scratch resistant.
I tend to use the cheapest regular spray paint I could find and my results are always horrid and delicate as heck. ::)
Quote from: 133MHz on May 31, 2010, 06:07:02 pm
I gotta admit that it looks pretty schweet that way, and I'm not usually a fan of console paint jobs. ;)
Quote from: ericj on May 31, 2010, 03:55:08 pmpaint has a tendency to scrape and chip off.
True, but if you use the right kind of paint for the material and from a decent brand it'll end up pretty nice and scratch resistant.
I tend to use the cheapest regular spray paint I could find and my results are always horrid and delicate as heck. ::)
i used Krylon Fusion plastic spray paint. it becomes chip resistant after 14 days. its good stuff and only four dollars a can, so only two colors so this only cost me 8 dollars. this is the first time i painted a console and it seems perfect but thats just me
im glad everyone has an opinion about it some hate it some like it. ;D ;D ;D
Very nice job! It's a shame that original TwinFCs didn't came in these colors :)
I'd like to do this to my yellowing SNES. Any tips you can provide to help the process?
You should clear coat it with 3 - 6 layers of clear coat; then you will not have to really worry about scrapes. Also very nice paint job on it.
You should have painted the cartridge doors red,other than that nice colour scheme!
Glorious!
This is epic, I really like it !!! :)
As amurphy245 said, a red cartridge door would have been perfect !
I bet this color scheme would like great on an NES as well.
Okay people i worked on my famicom a bit and i tried to paint it some more. The letters on top did not come out very good so dont talk crap i already know it doesn't look good and i will fix it soon. Enjoy! ;D ;D ;D
(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af118/punkpolitical/0627102135.jpg)
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Now this looks better than before ;D
Wow, nicely enhanced! I like the changes alot.
That does look better!
Final update i think. LOL. I added original famicom controllers and the famicom cover for the expansion port. So now my Sharp twin famicom is complete.........i think. I was thinking of doing a famicom to nes paint job. I want to paint a famicom like an NES but also add controller ports and mod the controllers to fit on the sides. You guys should tell me if i should do this or not. I would like to hear everyones opinion. Thank you guys. Hope you like. ;D ;D ;D
(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af118/punkpolitical/0717101435.jpg)
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Famicom to nes sounds cool.
Wow, that looks really nice. I don't think I'd risk ruing my Twin Famicom with a custom paint job, but maybe I'll try something with one of my extra NESs. You do anything special to it before/after painting?
Please don't paint your famicom to NES colours... There are famiclones in those colours and it will just look like one of them, plus it's not a great look anyway.
(http://133fsb.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/dscn0119.jpg?w=450&h=326)
I've seen NESs painted famicom colours before as well and they just didn't look good for some reason. This looks really nice though, especially with the famicom controllers added :D
Cool, you put original Famicom controllers in the Twin!
although im more or less against modding classic systems, thats awesome!
I like it. Great job. I never liked the colors of the NES so I would be against that. :D
This may be the most awesome thing I've almost ever seen. Too bad you had to take the turbo controllers off... any way to paint those? Really though, you did a fantastic job. And don't be so modest: those letters came out just fine. ;)
This is super-awesome man and I love your FC colour scheme!
If you want, I am willing to trade you a very clean set of original FC controllers for the two on your twin. I need Twin controllers as spares for parts and i am happy to pay the postage each way as well.
As a suggestion, you may want to do the drive face as well, maybe half and half red/white to match the line of the case. You may also want to rewire them with longer cords at the same time...
Also, to anybody interested in doing this kind of work, there are special plastic paints that won.t scratch off. I use SEM brand automotive paints, which bond directly to the plastic and thus don't scratch or flake away.
Let me know if you are willing to trade (or even sell) the original Sharp controllers. Thanks!
-Xious
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