My First SketchUp Arcade Cabinet build - Blades of Steel

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I recently had someone reach out to me for measurements on my Blades of Steel cabinet. Once I took the measurements for him I decided to do something I've been meaning to do for awhile -- build a cabinet model in SketchUp. Figured this is the perfect time to give it a go and thought I would share the results with you guys. For those that use SketchUp the model has also been uploaded to the 3D Warehouse for other people to download/use.

I stole the coin door and some buttons off another model I had downloaded previously, I don't want to steal credit from whoever made those originally.

Hoping to do some more in the future, but I don't have that many games on hand to measure and Gozer has done a lot of the heavy lifting already.


Blades of Steel Full.jpgBlades of Steel Front.jpgBlades of Steel Controls.jpgBlades of Steel Side.jpg
 
Nice! Does anyone have a high-res scan of the side art?
Or even just the photos on the side art? I wouldn't mind recreating the scratched-up ones on my cab...
 
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If you want to send me the CPO image you used for the skin, I can get rid of that gamesdatabase tag...
Thanks, but that's okay. I could get rid of it, but I just didn't think it was worth it with such a low res images anyway lol

I have a populated CP in my storage unit. Eventually l'll grab a good image from it myself and update the model..
 
great job. I really gotta learn to use sketchup.
It is SUPER easy to get started and then youtube to learn a couple new skills each time you make something new
I did 2D for a weekend and got into full 3D designs within two weeks.

 
It is SUPER easy to get started and then youtube to learn a couple new skills each time you make something new
I did 2D for a weekend and got into full 3D designs within two weeks.

SketchUp is definitely a "easy to learn, hard to master" type of thing. You can get it and start making simple objects very quickly, then you need to do some research (e.g. YouTube) to start getting into more complex stuff. But the tools are fairly intuitive if you have any design or art software experience.

I think the most complex things I did in this model were making a sphere and using a projected texture lol
 
I recommend learning Fusion 360 over Sketchup. It's also free (for personal use) and it's more useful.

I.e. It's a full cad / cam program so you can use it to make parts on 3d printers and CNC machines.

I use It to make molds for carbon fiber parts. It's not super intuitive but there's so many free tutorials on Youtube. Someone of average intelligence can be designing parts within hours.

At a high level, they all work the same way (draw, extrude then join).
 
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