Dying Your Gp32
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MrGay
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howdy. i was thinking about doing it myself a while back.. but i heard nothing but bad things. some people had trouble putting their gp back together, while alot of dye jobs actually looked really bad. i remember hearing alot about how people tried to dye it black and it came out dirty gray. i would advise against, though ive never personally tried it.
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just use spraypaint...its easier and it turns out MUCH nicer than dye...
spraypaint will come off I reckon.
and dye... either makes your gp32 look like it's been dipped in mud, or it comes out pink or blotchy purple...
plus it'll knock most of the value off it if you ever want to sell it in 20 years when GP32s are rare.
and dye... either makes your gp32 look like it's been dipped in mud, or it comes out pink or blotchy purple...
plus it'll knock most of the value off it if you ever want to sell it in 20 years when GP32s are rare.
diablo2
Virtual Boy
i like my gp32 white
but i would like to change the gray thing around the screen sometime
but i would like to change the gray thing around the screen sometime
well spray paint will rub off unless you seal it. i hand painted my gba with acrylic but didnt seal it so i tall rubbed off and turned my hands gold. so i wanted to dye it like bright read and make the grey thing with a clear resing or colored one ( you know like making a mold with klean klay or latex then pouring in the resin, ive done it with gundam models and it does good remakes) then have like a cool gp32. or just making a mold of every plastic peice and making resin replicas. like doff bodies for your gp32.
Daz_Genetic
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Personally, I think painting or dying your case is a recipie for disaster. It will never look right and will eventually wear off or scuff.
I am going to order some air hardening clay from an art store and attempt to make a mould of something disposable (like an old joypad casing or something like that). I will then attempt to recreate the casing in dyed resin. If I am successful I will definatly create a bunch of colored GP32 cases and sell them online.
I am going to order some air hardening clay from an art store and attempt to make a mould of something disposable (like an old joypad casing or something like that). I will then attempt to recreate the casing in dyed resin. If I am successful I will definatly create a bunch of colored GP32 cases and sell them online.
Enslaved
Guy.
Man that would be awesome, but how would you get the fine details in?
Lethe
Thew away PSP for a DS! WOOT
Why can't gamepark just make colored gp32s? It's not gonna affect their sales. I would like a silver one... 
Daz_Genetic
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Like I said, I will see how it goes before I make any commitment to the project. They should turn out ok, but they would probably be a lot lower quality. Probably like those cheap cell phone facias.Enslaved posted on Apr 23 2004 at 04:59 AM said:
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Daz_Genetic
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http://www.alumilite.com/howto.cfm?ID=14
This site has the goods. They even have colored and metallic powders to mix into the resin.
This site has the goods. They even have colored and metallic powders to mix into the resin.
yaustar
UK GP32 & GP2X Owner
I was thinking about doing that for my GBA... but after my Afterburner experience I think I give it a miss...
cant you spray vanish it afterwards?
cant you spray vanish it afterwards?
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hmmmm...aparently hobby town usa is a distributor, which there is one of those in my town...if that crap isn't TOO expensive...dot dot dot...Daz_Genetic posted on Apr 23 2004 at 01:13 AM said:
would be fun to play around with...
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