The Glass for the Table Top has Arrived!

I will post pictures later but it came out pretty good. I had the pieces custom made at the local glass shop and they based it exactly off of my table top which I left with them for reference. Once I print the artwork and apply it, trim the bezel to the correct dimensions and install the t-molding around the sides it will be 100% complete and ready to be attached to the cabinet. That should take no more than an hour or two to do once I have everything in front of me.

I decided to go with two pieces of glass - one smaller smoked piece for the inside that will just cover the surface of the monitor screen and then another clear, tempered piece that will be the actual table top and cover the entire table top. The small piece sits in a groove and is flush with the actual top and the large piece then covers everything.

A smoked piece of glass really makes the monitor picture pop. Check out www.oscarcontrols.com/smoked for a great comparison of smoked versus clear glass over a monitor. The reason I wanted the bigger piece to be clear is so that the artwork would be clearly visible underneath the glass. Any tint or smoke applied to the glass would make the artwork tough to see.

I will be posting detailed pictures later this week so you can see exactly what everything looks like.

Darth Maul = BADASS!!!



I just got back a piece of the artwork for the top of my cabinet. This is the "finished" Darth Maul picture. He is going to be in the same place as he is in the concept sketch posted from last time. It's not much but you can see the kick ass style I'm going for...

I'm positive the other characters and the final piece with the "Knights of the Arcade Table" font will come out amazing.

Any thoughts or comments?