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September 15, 2012, 09:25:04 PM
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Sweet! Got em. Sorry I havent uploaded everything yet. Im working 12 and a half hours for 2 weeks stright right now and the time I get to check my laptop has been limited lately.

September 16, 2012, 04:30:41 AM
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Sweet! Got em. Sorry I havent uploaded everything yet. Im working 12 and a half hours for 2 weeks stright right now and the time I get to check my laptop has been limited lately.

No hurries, no worries, mate!  I know it takes quite a bit of time to go over one of these covers to make sure it's upload-worthy and it doesn't help that I drop a bunch on the thread all at once so just do what you can when you can.  :)

And not meaning to pour water on the drowning man here or anything but...

Solar Jetman - Thanks to BGC for the scans on this game!

Retail



Full Retail



This was my most challenging 'clean' cover so far (Dragonstrike took me longer because it was dirty) because it has no solid colours, not even on the spine, and I'd never done a spine with artwork that matches up to the front before.  The retail actually took me much more time than the FR simply because of me having to remove all the junk at the bottom and put in the logo.  Also, this cover was kind of hard to look at up close because it has a pattern to it almost like an oil painting (and it's not bad scans, that's how the box actually looks) so hopefully this will work for anyone who wants it!

September 16, 2012, 04:36:47 AM
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Finally. Thank you BIG time.

How long have waited on this... ;D

September 16, 2012, 04:44:39 AM
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Solar Jetman - Thanks to BGC for the scans on this game!
I'd never done a spine with artwork that matches up to the front before. 

You are more than welcome - this is excellent work!

And, as for artwork that spreads to the spine, wait until I update the Mad Max scans tomorrow... er, today... whatever. :)
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September 16, 2012, 10:41:43 AM
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Finally. Thank you BIG time.

How long have waited on this... ;D

I agree!  I'm not sure if Lumberjack is still putting together a Solar Jetman cover (if he is you can bet it'll be 10x better than mine :D ) but either way this will hopefully serve a purpose.

You are more than welcome - this is excellent work!

And, as for artwork that spreads to the spine, wait until I update the Mad Max scans tomorrow... er, today... whatever. :)

Oh damn, I just took a lot at the earlier scans you made and I forgot this also had artwork on the spine.  It looks like I'll have to move the title down for the retail as well since the top M would be cut off by the Nintendo logo.  Ah well, where's the fun if there's no challenge, right?!  ;)

Glad you like the cover, guys!

September 16, 2012, 03:04:30 PM
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Finally. Thank you BIG time.

How long have waited on this... ;D

I agree!  I'm not sure if Lumberjack is still putting together a Solar Jetman cover (if he is you can bet it'll be 10x better than mine :D ) but either way this will hopefully serve a purpose.

You are more than welcome - this is excellent work!

And, as for artwork that spreads to the spine, wait until I update the Mad Max scans tomorrow... er, today... whatever. :)

Oh damn, I just took a lot at the earlier scans you made and I forgot this also had artwork on the spine.  It looks like I'll have to move the title down for the retail as well since the top M would be cut off by the Nintendo logo.  Ah well, where's the fun if there's no challenge, right?!  ;)

Glad you like the cover, guys!

Looks good to me! Sorry I haven't posted an NES cover in a while, kinda got obsessed with the Atari 5200. Mainly because it is a whole lot easier to get a complete collection.

September 17, 2012, 10:53:39 PM
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Looks good to me! Sorry I haven't posted an NES cover in a while, kinda got obsessed with the Atari 5200. Mainly because it is a whole lot easier to get a complete collection.

Cheers!  You don't have to apologise for anything, mate...you are responsible for many of the covers that inhabit my wall-of-doom so you don't owe anyone an apology.  Definitely appreciate all you've done for us all. :)

But, if you still have NES covers to make, feel free to just get good scans and upload the raws.  If there are any there that I'm looking for I can start working on them myself.

Now, back to the issue at hand: Mad Max.  I was able to make a fairly decent Full Retail cover:



but I think making a retail cover is beyond my ability.  I don't know how I'll be able to replicate the bushes and ground behind the title on the spine.  I've even gone so far as to download the highest-res movie picture of that scene that I could find, and not only are the colours different than the NES version, the resolution is still wrong (and the picture on the NES box itself is rather blurry and somewhat low-res...pretty much the same way the Rambo box is).  I'm just unsure how to rework the spine and save the artwork while repositioning the title and adding the Nintendo logo at the top.  If any cover artists/gurus have any idea as to how to make this work I'm all ears, otherwise I think I'll just have to settle for using a solid colour spine (the same colour as the back) for use in my own collection.

Also, sorry for the slight moiré on Max's face and neck - as I mentioned the picture already started out relatively low-res so it didn't take too kindly to resampling when I downsized. :P

Edit: Thanks a ton to sheep for allowing me to make a proper Mad Max retail cover:

« Last Edit: September 20, 2012, 06:43:58 PM by WolfAlmighty »

September 18, 2012, 01:05:46 AM
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September 18, 2012, 07:28:14 AM
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September 18, 2012, 07:33:07 AM
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Great work on the covers guys.  I'm lovin' seeing all these new NES covers popping up!  :)

September 18, 2012, 08:14:29 AM
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Looks good to me! Sorry I haven't posted an NES cover in a while, kinda got obsessed with the Atari 5200. Mainly because it is a whole lot easier to get a complete collection.

Cheers!  You don't have to apologise for anything, mate...you are responsible for many of the covers that inhabit my wall-of-doom so you don't owe anyone an apology.  Definitely appreciate all you've done for us all. :)

But, if you still have NES covers to make, feel free to just get good scans and upload the raws.  If there are any there that I'm looking for I can start working on them myself.

Now, back to the issue at hand: Mad Max.  I was able to make a fairly decent Full Retail cover:



but I think making a retail cover is beyond my ability.  I don't know how I'll be able to replicate the bushes and ground behind the title on the spine.  I've even gone so far as to download the highest-res movie picture of that scene that I could find, and not only are the colours different than the NES version, the resolution is still wrong (and the picture on the NES box itself is rather blurry and somewhat low-res...pretty much the same way the Rambo box is).  I'm just unsure how to rework the spine and save the artwork while repositioning the title and adding the Nintendo logo at the top.  If any cover artists/gurus have any idea as to how to make this work I'm all ears, otherwise I think I'll just have to settle for using a solid colour spine (the same colour as the back) for use in my own collection.

Also, sorry for the slight moiré on Max's face and neck - as I mentioned the picture already started out relatively low-res so it didn't take too kindly to resampling when I downsized. :P

This any good to you?


if so, the full size is in my box.net

September 18, 2012, 09:42:15 AM
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This any good to you?

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if so, the full size is in my box.net

Damn, that's great!  :o  I simply don't have an eye for art enough to be able to clone parts of an image and make it look natural.  Well done!  I'll put together the rest of the spine tonight.

Merci mille fois! :D

September 18, 2012, 10:29:37 AM
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Twas nothing!  ;D

5 minutes with the healing/spot healing tools.

Should look just fine with the game logo over it.

September 24, 2012, 12:39:52 PM
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I noticed BadChad was able to use those scans that I provided for Mighty Final Fight!  :)

http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?game_id=5227

Thanks Chad!  Another one off my list.  Glad the scans were able to be used!

September 24, 2012, 02:07:56 PM
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I noticed BadChad was able to use those scans that I provided for Mighty Final Fight!  :)

http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?game_id=5227

Thanks Chad!  Another one off my list.  Glad the scans were able to be used!

Finally!!! :D
Thank you.