Project Nautilus: Revealed

Pyongyang

I finally finished my project tonight. Modifying my SEGA Dreamcast Agetec stick.

It's taken several weeks to complete. Mainly due to finding time in the evenings to do the work, waiting for parts etc, but she is finally finished!

Overhead shot:




Blue VMU:




Buttons:




Seimitsu Forever:




Hipster Shot:




I'm really pleased with the final results, especially as it is my first ever attempt at modding a stick.

Myrddin

Gorgeous looking yoke...well done :cool:

Pyongyang

Cheers chief. I'm not 100% with the artwork. The reason being the crease mark down the side. It's actually a scan of my Mega Drive cover but the crease didn't show in the scan until I printed it.

Getting used to it now though, kind of adds something to it haha! I can always change it though.

The main thing is it's ALL Seimitsu. Even the shaft cover. The dust washer is a one-off custom from the USA.

the groutch

And there you had us all thinking you were going to be making Shenmue 3.

johnny_ultimate

A teaser video for a stick mod?

Bringing Mystery Gets to fascinating new depths / heights (delete as appropriate) :P

(nice looking controller, incidentally)

Pyongyang

I'm going to do a tutorial/making of video as part of it. Thought it would be a cool 'how to idea'. That was the reason behind the video.

safetyboy

Lovely, I need to get rid of the graphics off my 360 brawl stick, just doesn't feel right with wrestlers looking up at me playing shmups. Have the Seimitsu stick and octagonal gate installed, need some decent graphics and new buttons.

CiDeRmAn

Hmm, better if it had a Raiden graphic on there.... ah well.....

Pyongyang

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hmm, better if it had a Raiden graphic on there.... ah well.....

Jack burton

Very nice, the dust washer is slick!

o1s1n

Nice work man. I've been thinking of putting some artwork on my modded agetec. What did you print that image off on to?

Pyongyang

I printed it on a colour laser MFP, then laminated it and carefully cut out the holes using a bunch of different craft knives.

The dust washer is one-of-a-kind, I have another 4 different ones for future projects.

Demosthenese

Nice, how much did it cost roughly ... is there a tutorial for making one or did you just go for it?

Andrew76

Looks lovely Pyongyang, excellent work! :cool:

I love the buttons and the matching shaft cover and Start button, light blue and yellow works really well together. The dust cover looks like a tasty fizzy sweet of some kind. My inner ocd would have me take to that crease with black and red markers though. :pac:

Look forward to the video and seeing the internals.

Pyongyang

Cheers Andrew.

I'm going to redo the artwork in future and clone stamp out the creases in Photoshop. They are hardly there, but it still irks me. I have a dark blue mesh ball too, but it looks more purple in tone and didn't match the buttons. I'll use that on another project!

The dust cover is one of my favourite parts, the idea was for it to look like a planet. It doesn't photograph anywhere near as nice as it looks in real life. A nice blood red and black swirl with sparkles. Looks super cool!

Fully loaded with Seimitsu parts of course. No Sanwa nonsense!

TechnoFreek

Very nice Pyongyang. Pardon my ignorance bit what's behind the name Nautilus. Or is there anything?

Also is there my H5 cable went?

The Last Bandit

Looks great !! Wouldn't know here to start trying to produce artwork like that

safetyboy

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Very nice Pyongyang. Pardon my ignorance bit what's behind the name Nautilus. Or is there anything?

Also is there my H5 cable went?

Based on the Darius under water shmups?

Pyongyang

@Technofreek: Yes sir! This is where your Seimitsu H5P cable went to (for folks not sure what I'm on about, Technofreek very generously mailed me one of his spares as my LS-56-01 shipped from Japan without one. Cheers sir!).

Nautilus is just an 'aquatic' name for the project.

TechnoFreek

Good stuff dude. Looking forward to seeing the transformation video.

Casey120

Very nice but personally I would have zoomed out just a tad to get the whole ship in there .

Pyongyang

Someone on AO asked for a close-up of the washer, so I figured to replicate here too if anyone is keen.

The Last Bandit

Glittery as a strippers nipple..

Jack burton

FILTH

Andrew76

o1s1n

I love fizzy cola bottles. Would eat Taito ashtrays full of them so I would.

Doctor DooM

Love the washer!

Are they Sanwa buttons? I thought they were the only ones doing translucent.

I like the semitsu sticks, take a bit of a battering.

o1s1n

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Love the washer!

Are they Sanwa buttons? I thought they were the only ones doing translucent.

I like the semitsu sticks, take a bit of a battering.

Both of my seimitsu modded sticks had those translucent buttons. So you can get them alright. I think they look really good for stick mods.

Much rather solid coloured buttons on cabs though. They're more 'arcadey' looking or something!

Pyongyang

It's all Seimitsu. I used screw-in's too rather than snap-in buttons. They sit far nicer in the overlay. More sturdy and secure.

The beauty of a fine Seimitsu product!