May 01 2011
Ice Cold Beer: The Side Art – Part 3
Tagged Under : ICB, Ice Cold Beer, Reproduction, Side Art, This Old Game
After close to a year and a half the Ice Cold Beer side art reproduction project is finally complete!!!
January 26 2011
Taito’s Ice Cold Beer Control Panel Artwork Vectorized – Part 1
Tagged Under : Control Panel Overlay, CPO, ICB, Ice Cold Beer, Reproduction, Taito, Vector
October 27 2010
“The Dirty Beer Wench” Gets All Dolled Up!
Tagged Under : ICB, Ice Cold Beer, restoration
It’s been a little over two months since I started restoring Ice Cold Beer and it’s time to wrap up this restoration and do some final detailing and assembly.
October 26 2010
“The Dirty Beer Wench” Puts on Makeup!
Tagged Under : ICB, Ice Cold Beer, restoration
Ice Cold Beer finally got a final cleaning and a couple coats satin black. When you plan to apply vinyl to a cabinet it a very important to put a couple of good coats of paint on your cabinet to give the vinyl something to stick too. Just remember, adhesive on vinyl WILL NOT stick to a flat finish so always use a satin, semi gloss or glossy finish. I prefer to use oil based paint with a satin finish with a foam roller.
Overall Ice Cold Beer was not in too bad of shape and the cabinet was pretty solid. But after restoring more than a few games games I’ve learned that even the easiest restoration takes longer than expected.
August 24 2010
“The Dirty Beer Wench” Gets a Makeover!
Tagged Under : ICB, Ice Cold Beer, restoration
When I added an Asteroids, Mouse Trap and a Mad Planets to my collection in January I figured it was going to be a busy year for collecting and restoring. However between family, work, freelance, reproducing Nintendo T-molding and building my new e-commerce store I haven’t fully restored anything this year. I mean, I was able to detail Mouse Trap and Mad Planets but as far as a full fledge restoration it just hasn’t happened this year. Until today when I decided that “Ice Cold Beer” was going to be my first (and probably only) restoration of 2010.
December 02 2009
Ice Cold Beer: The Side Art – Part 2
Tagged Under : Artwork, ICB, Ice Cold Beer, Reproduction, Side Art, Taito, This Old Game, thisoldgame.com
It’s been a few months since starting the Ice Cold Beer side art project was started but the artwork is officially off to Rich at This Old Game for production. When Chris Rhodes and myself originally took on this project I thought it would be a fairly easy project but I was wrong. The original plan was to vector the art. However, after talking to Rich about the final medium (Solvent Ink Jet with Screened Clear Coat) it came apparent that all the halftones were going to be next to impossible to recreate by vectoring the art and retouching in photoshop was the best way to start.
September 14 2009
Ice Cold Beer: The Side Art
Tagged Under : ICB, Ice Cold Beer, Reproduction, Side Art, Taito, This Old Game, thisoldgame.com
A couple of months ago I was talking with Chris Rhoades (Chris25810) and he was still trying to locate an Ice Cold Beer that had salvageable side art so it could be scanned and reproduced so that he could complete his own restoration (Be sure to read Chris’s blog post about his Ice Cold Beer restoration). I casually mentioned that if he lived in Michigan that I knew of two for sale. Next thing I knew we were in discussions on purchasing one of the machines and making this project a reality.
I won’t get into to many details at this point and time but yes I officially have an Ice Cold Beer (ICB) in my garage. Ahhhh yes, the ultimate party novelty arcade has arrived. A big thanks to MudManTim, another MI collector who was generous enough to have delivered it to me out of his personal collection. Also, another big thanks to someone we’ll leave unnamed at this time who also helped make this happen.
