RE: Red Baron Side-art reproduction?

Uh oh, do I sense a possible Battlezone/Red Baron multigame coming???

Regards,
Tom Cloud

From: Clay Cowgill <ClayC@diamondmm.com>
>Reply-To: vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu
>To: "'vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu'" <vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu>
>Subject: RE: Red Baron Side-art reproduction?
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:07:48 -0700
>
> > You beat me to the punch on that game; I had contacted a graphics
>company
> > to get
> > a quote on printing stickers like what it had and the price was
>$300/set.
> > Too
> > pricey in small quantities.
> >
>I think the key to doing it "cheap" (aka, less than $100 for a set) in
>quanties fewer than 100 will be to find a direct ink-jet printer that
>handles roll vinyl or something similar. I've got the company that did the
>Multipac marquees looking around for one for me. Then, maybe pay extra to
>have it over-coated or laminated with a clear plastic to protect the ink--
>that might not be necessary depending on the ink type though.
>
>I think Red Baron's side-art is only five colors, so that's nice for doing
>a
>real silk-screen (cheaper). Printed onto lexan by a silk-screen they'd
>probably be about $50 a side in quantity (and they'd be super-durable!).
>Screened onto vinyl or something would even be less I'm sure. The downside
>is the screens and prep would be multiple $100's, so unless you do lots
>that's probably not economical.
>
> > Have fun with the Red Baron Clay! I used to play it (cockpit version) at
> > the
> > local county fair and had a real ball.
> >
>Yeah, I played it again for the first time in a long time at CA Extereme--
>been wanting one since. ;-)
>
>-Clay
>

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