modded stuff

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111582]

I should be studying for finals right now but instead I'm gonna post Game Boys I've modded.
Post your modded stuff if you've got any.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111586]

Here's a pretty recent one.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111590]

Any fans of Rhett & Link here?

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111592]

>>2111590
backside

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111595]

My personal favorite.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111596]

>>2111595
backside

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111603]

>>2111595
Almost forgot, here's video of the variable clock on this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it4x4YeNsPk

...anybody here?

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111610]

Simple paintjob recreating a rare Game Boy that was given away on a gameshow in the UK in the 80s.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111623]

Got a friend to paint these for me.

[Anonymous No.2111624]

>>2111595
Needs more LEDs

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111627]

>>2111623
Backside of the Kirby one.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111631]

>>2111623
Backside of the Link one.

[Anonymous No.2111634]

>>2111627
>>2111623

I hope you kept the receipt.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111636]

>>2111624
I know, right?
Next time I'll install some backlit buttons, too.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111645]

>>2111634
>>2111634
Ouch.
Those two were pretty much testruns, she hadn't worked with something like that before and paint markers and the like can be pretty runny on a surface like the DMG's shell. I thought she'd done well given the circumstances, and I had a few people people interested in buying both, so whatever, man.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111667]

Nobody?
Surely I'm not the only one who's into this sort of thing.

[Anonymous No.2111697]

>>2111586
I really like this one with the holidays in season.
>>2111667
I was going to modify my GBC to become dark smoke color with some purple buttons. I however lack a power-tool to remove the screws, so I'm screwed.
I'm not really a fan of painting the GBC unless its with spray.

[Anonymous No.2111701]

>>2111667

OP, I'd respond, but I'm so hopelessly obsessed with these creations I can't bear to carry on a conversation that doesn't end in "Sure, have 'em all!"
Beautiful work, man.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111702]

>>2111697
What you're looking for is a Tri-Wing Screwdriver.
You can usually find one on eBay for a buck or two.
Protip: if you have one of the various translucent-colored CGBs, paint the shell from the inside. It looks neat.

>>2111667
Thanks~

[Anonymous No.2111707]

>>2111645
Um, no they just look like shit

[Anonymous No.2111709]

>>2111702
I have a million of these tri-wing screwdrivers. I have bad luck with the screws and always waste them though.

I'll take a picture of my GB collection tomorrow when I'm out of work.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111740]

>>2111707
IMO it really all depends on what color you use and how good of a painter you are, they can turn out either way. But to each his own, I suppose.
Pic related, not mine. Not a big fan of the one on the left, but center and one to the right of it are my favorites.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111741]

>>2111707
>>2111740
Another one I thought looked nice.

[Anonymous No.2111767]

>>2111590
Hey, not bad at all. Have you sent these pics to them? I'm sure they would appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.2111770]

>>2111645
I heard sanding the surface beforehand works pretty well (though I'm sure you've heard that before by now).

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111780]

>>2111767
Actually, I sent it to them!

[Anonymous No.2111791]

>>2111741
I want to eat those buttons.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111795]

>>2111770
If it's something like an SP or a DS/3DS, it helps to sand it with something lower-grit to rough it up so that the paint has something to better stick to, but with the original gameboy's texture it doesn't really make that much of a difference.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111802]

>>2111791
If you do, you're gonna have a bad time.
Trust me, I've tried.

[Anonymous No.2111805]

They all look like shit.

[Anonymous No.2111806]

>>2111805
I wouldn't use those words, but I agree.
But then again, if that's your thing, go for it.

[Anonymous No.2111809]

>>2111805
>i-it's not st-stock so it's sh-shit

You tried, buddy. Go back to /v/ now, you need more time.

[Anonymous No.2111820]

>>2111805

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111821]

>>2111806
>>2111805
As I said earlier, to each his own.
If I may ask, though, what would you suggest I do to improve (inb4 "u can improve by quitting"), or what's something you'd like to see? (inb4 stock dmg)

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111823]

Still disappointed in the lack of other people's stuff.

[Anonymous No.2111827]

>>2111821
Whenever people draw on them I just sigh and move on.
Changing buttons like the one on the right in >>2111740 or >>2111636 would be as far as I'd go. For the rest, it looks like you're using gameboys as grafitti surface.

If it were me, I'd play with colors on the original thing, or go for themed stuff related to gameboy games.

But like I said, if that's your thing, go for it, man. I just don't think you'll find a lot of people here who does that.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2111831]

>>2111827
see
>>2111809
...No seriously though, I get what you're saying.
I like to keep my own personal Game Boys pretty simple and they're are all mostly how you described. Change of buttons, backlight, and not much else.
Pic related.
Also I'm actually planning on taking a trip over winter break for a few weeks to hang out with another friend who does this sort of stuff and we're planning on putting together a bunch of Nintendo series-themed systems.
Otherwise nearly everything I do is custom commissioned, so it's all whatever the customer wants.

[Anonymous No.2111839]

>>2111821
I'd avoid art almost entirely, or bring it to the back. For example, an all-pink case with a Kirby face on the back, and maybe keep the star on the front over the d-pad.

There just isn't enough space to accommodate a lot of little details without it becoming overwhelming. The original design of the Game Boy is to put the focus on the screen, not distract from it by putting something where the hand rests.

[Anonymous No.2112042]

>>2111595
shit, nigga, is that LSDJ?
>I-Is that you, Chipzel?

[Anonymous No.2112047]

I remember back in the day, this guy released a kit to add front lighting to the original GBA, pre-SP.

shit was cash.

[Anonymous No.2112273]

>>2111623
>>2111627
These are terrible.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2112330]

>>2112042
Nope, not Chipzel, but I am friends with her on Facebook, hahah.
LSDJ is where it's at, man. I've given Nanoloop so many tries but I just can't get into it.
Besides that I like to layer some piano over my stuff sometimes (took lessons for like a million years since I was a kid), and I also like to dick around with various DS synths/noise makers like DS10/M01, Jam Sessions (lol I can't play guitar), Electroplankton, etc.

[Anonymous No.2112341]

>>2111805
Pretty much this.

All these look like some kids art project.

How about some professional paint jobs?

[Anonymous No.2112384]

I've modded both my snes and megadrive. Sadly nothing cosmetic. The only thing I have of visual interest is my modded psp, and it has more of a morbid curiosity thing about it. If there is any interest, I'll upload some pics.

I was thinking about putting a backlight on my pikachu GBC, but have not really looked into it.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2113481]

>>2112341
Yoooooooooo hold up. Troll or not, this has to be addressed because there are people out there who legitimately believe that stuff like this is the highest-quality shit and it's sad.
I'm not even gonna argue with you about what you think of any of the previously posted stuff. I will admit I am not the best (I like to think that I'm slowly improving, though) but you're gonna come in here and call fuckin' 8bitevolution's stuff "professional"? lolol
1. Aside from the occasional stenciled stuff, a large portion of their designs aren't much different from the kind of stuff seen in >>2111740
2. They don't seem to bother to take their systems apart and clean them before they paint them, resulting in crappy edges, and shit like that grimey controller.
3. Dat clearcoat. Not sure what they're using, I suspect enamel (or maybe even acrylic?) clearcoat, but anyway, that super-glossy look is great, but after it's been handled it wrinkles up BAD (you can already kinda see it on the red bit on the right). If you're not gonna bother with some higher-quality professional auto gloss, don't bother at all. Go get a $4 can of Rustoleum Laquer-Clear and call it a day.

Srsly, you could've at least posted some of 8bitaesthetics or RoseColoredGaming's stuff.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2113496]

>>2112384
CGBs can't actually be backlit, you have to either gut an earlier-model SP for its frontlight, or find a frontlight kit online somewhere. I believe Kitsch-Bent.com still sells them.
I strongly suggest looking into buying/applying some Loca to their kit, though. Otherwise it can end up looking washed-out like pic related.

[Anonymous No.2113625]

>>2112341
That also looks ugly as shit.

[Anonymous No.2113629]

>>2113496
You can't possibly agree that the GBC in the picture was a good job done, right?

[Josh-Shmosh No.2113635]

Well, at least nothing in this thread has been quite as bad as this gem I found on eBay a while back.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2113636]

>>2113629
Nope. That one wasn't even mine, lol. It's just an example of a poorly frontlit cgb due to not using Loca.

[Josh-Shmosh No.2113637]

>>2113635
Closer shot of the controller.
Sad thing is it actually sold for over $100.

[Anonymous No.2113640]

>>2113636
I never said it was, I'm just saying that it sucked.
If you want useful criticism I can give you, let me know which ones are yours, or you'd like to know opinions.

[Anonymous No.2113642]

>>2113496
I love the paint on this gameboy. Doesn't seem too complicated, either.
Where do I go to get started on customizing Gameboys? I have a few original ones I'm looking to do something with.

[Anonymous No.2115545]

>>2113481
and yet they still look miles better than your stuff.

[Anonymous No.2115549]

OP, why on earth are you using a name on 4chan?
This isn't Reddit, this isn't a hugbox for special snowflakes. Nobody here gives a shit about your name, yet you've chosen to give yourself one so as to stand apart from the rest of us. Why?

Nothing about this thread requires you to identify yourself.

[Anonymous No.2115565]

People, please stop destroying original hardware. ;_;

[Anonymous No.2115571]

>>2113637
>sold for over $100

[Anonymous No.2115574]

>>2115549
Yes, to identify himself while dumping pictures of gameboys he's personally modded. Back to your board, /v/agabond.

[Anonymous No.2115580]

8bitevolution is shit. I fucked his gf at retropalooza