Blade Runner Atari Sign Finished

Phetishboy

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This one took a while due to other obligations and zero free time until this weekend. Props to prOk for again bringing my illustrator file to life in vinyl. This one got my standard 12x36" box frame made from 1x4 pine boards. I painted the box metallic grey. Aluminum channel holds the 2 pieces of plexi to the light box. This graphic took two 21" fixtures and two 9" fixtures to fully illuminate it. I routed a 1/4 inch channel in the back of the box to inset 1/4 peg board for the backer. Like with all the other signs I am doing, there will be a recessed clock outlet installed behind and within the sign so the the cord will be hidden. It is hanging out at this time just to get pics lit up. Here it is mounted in Galaxy Blue above my Pole Position and Primal Rage:

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Holy crap!.......is that a working Pole Position?

(Just kidding - the sign looks awesome.)
 
Pole Position is one of those skin jobs that self terminates in about 3 months. Poor bastards.

Oh yeah, cool sign. :)
 
Looks hot, Phet. Really hot, Phet. Good work my friend, good work. I have a big sloppy bucket of man-jam with your name on it. You have done well.

I do think the side bands were a little tighter on the original, though. :)
 
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Phet,

Great job as always. Blade Runner is also one of my top 5 movies of all time
and there is actually a Blade Runner "font" which I used for the wording in
my game room mural.



Jim
 
That's right Jim, I think you mentioned that to me when you were here. You know, I coulda curved this one, Data East style, like the original Movie sign, Maybe I'll do that on the next one.
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I'll tell you what Phet. You work on a curved one, and sell me the one currently on your wall. Seriously, start taking orders. I'll take one. Being a fan of Bladerunner, I've been looking for an Atari neon on feebay for awhile now, not that goofy plexiglass Hong Kong stuff thats up there now.
 
Nice sign. Now unleash the fury of Rage! Atari logo surrounded by the red/yellow/orange lava graphics from the control panel and side art of your Primal Rage.
 
Those two signs were kinda fun to do. I used a couple tricks to get the glow in there.. In person there's a certain depth to the glow and some texture from foaming up some glycerine to introduce bubbles to make it have kind of stone look. The black is a nice light blockng matte black mounted on milky white plexiglas, the colorants are provided from translucent vinyls applied to the back in blocks over the white plex on the reverse so when the sign is off it pretty much looks white. I'm working on a tron legacy themed light cycle that uses this kind of thing in addition to some colored plex all layered with EL wire to glow it up.
 
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