Retro Case Skins for the Most Popular Pi Cases

Kamakiri · 28 Feb 2017, 17:30

I just ordered 2!

Danorak1981 · 1 Mar 2017, 20:59

I think these look great! I have one of the oneninedesign cases: any chance we'll see just plain colours for these?

ChoccyHobNob · 1 Mar 2017, 20:59

@Danorak1981 I don't see any reason why not, what colours would you like?

ChoccyHobNob · 2 Mar 2017, 19:25

OK I have a PizeroW on order, and a case. Any ideas for skin designs? I think maybe nes/famicom controllers would look good, anything else?

mediamogul · 3 Feb 2017, 19:40

@ChoccyHobNob

Any system controller would look great and perhaps even a GameBoy. If you ever decide to branch out from systems, I'd personally like to see Han in carbonite.

Edit: I just have seen that you added a GameBoy to your full size designs, as well as quite a few others. You've really been busy.

Fruitybit · 2 Mar 2017, 20:55

@mediamogul said in Retro Case Skins for the Most Popular Pi Cases:

@ChoccyHobNob
If you ever decide to branch out from systems, I'd personally like to see Han in carbonite.

This^, especially for the new zero case:)))

ChoccyHobNob · 2 Mar 2017, 21:13

@Fruitybit said in Retro Case Skins for the Most Popular Pi Cases:

@mediamogul said in Retro Case Skins for the Most Popular Pi Cases:

@ChoccyHobNob
If you ever decide to branch out from systems, I'd personally like to see Han in carbonite.

This^, especially for the new zero case:)))

OK so game controllers, a gameboy, and Han in carbonite, and elsewhere someone said a pack of wrigleys juicy fruit or a mars bar. O_o

Danorak1981 · 3 Mar 2017, 07:25

@ChoccyHobNob I don't know really! I've got a bit of a thing for orange: I recently ordered a sheet of gloss vinyl to cover just the lid but haven't gotten round to it. I use a multicoloured striped splash screen during start up (I forget the name of it right now), but even something that echoed that would look cool. I like the idea of doing just the lid in a block of colour.

I'll have a go with my vinyl in the next few days and see what it looks like-if it looks ok i may have to tap you up and see how you feel about it!

ChoccyHobNob · 3 Mar 2017, 14:36

@Danorak1981 Orange and Blue is always a good combo, its got to be worth trying at least!

backstander · 19 Mar 2017, 19:48

I finally got around to putting on my NEC TurboGrafx 16 Skin for the Premium case. I decided to cut out the raspberry shaped vent with an x-acto knife. Sorry the first picture is blurry (it was so bright outside I couldn't see my phone's screen).

Here are the pictures:

dankcushions · 20 Mar 2017, 16:40

@ChoccyHobNob
i received my skin. irritatingly i've apparently ordered some small version which is the wrong size. why are there 3 size options for, say, https://www.redbubble.com/people/choccyhobnob/works/24403736-nintendo-entertainment-system-nes-skin-for-the-official-case?p=sticker

surely only one of these is ever appropriate for the 'official case' ?

ChoccyHobNob · 21 Mar 2017, 14:50

@dankcushions Because Redbubble are an art printing service much like cafepress or zazzle. They are one of the few who do vinyl stickers which is why I use them. Sadly they think everyone wants a choice in the size of the stickers they order. There is no way to tell them not to offer the stickers in multiple sizes or to cut them closer to the art.

This is why I state on my redbubble profile page, and the description of each collection, and in the artist notes for each skin, and have put it on the actual art as well, that the medium size is the one to get. There is nowhere else I can put it. I cannot make it any clearer and people still buy the small size. I have no way to contact the buyer either or I'd send a mail to anyone that does order a small.

You can contact Redbubble for a refund and get the correct size, but beyond that there isn't much i can do.

If I sold thousands of these it might be worth buying the $10K printer required to print them myself, but I make so little from them it's just a fun thing I hope people enjoy, not a business.

dankcushions · 21 Mar 2017, 15:03

@ChoccyHobNob i think one way to work around it would be to link to the individual stickers, rather than your redbubble page. that way you could add the size argument to each link. eg https://www.redbubble.com/people/choccyhobnob/works/25466279-nintendo-64-skin-for-the-official-case?p=sticker&size=medium

and/or maybe add the size info to the title if you can. the other places aren't obvious IMO.

luckily redbubble seemed to refund me no questions asked, so it's no skin off my back, so to speak... :)

ChoccyHobNob · 24 Mar 2017, 12:42

@dankcushions I'm glad they were happy to refund. I see refunds occasionally so I shall henceforth assume the refunds are the inverse of the 'small' orders and stop worrying about it so much.

Individual links are a work in progress, I'm making an image of each skin on each case and will be putting them on my website linking to the correct item when you click on it, but there are nearly a hundred so it is slow going.

I've also had (surprisingly) lots of requests for TRS-80/CoCo skins and Dragon 32 as well so those are on the list. I still have a few I haven't finished drawing on my list and I'm going to do a few fun stickers for the top of the official Pi Zero W case (which is just about small enough to hopefully get onto the small sticker size)

This doesn't leave a lot of time to actually play games on my Pi :/

Bigdude · 28 Mar 2017, 16:31

The instructions state "Remove Border Before Use". Does that mean to cut the white border between the design and the edge of the sticker off?

backstander · 28 Mar 2017, 18:37

@Bigdude

The instructions state "Remove Border Before Use". Does that mean to cut the white border between the design and the edge of the sticker off?

Yeah that's what I did with mine. Cut the white borders off before I stuck it to my case.