New customizable faceplate kit now available

[Yankeez]

Thanks to the wonderboys at Nyko, gamers can now deck out their Xbox 360s with a custom design published straight from their home printer. Using Nyko's new GameFace 360 kit and their "easy-to-use" software (Mac supported), creative deviants can design and print their own faceplates.

The whole thing costs about $20 and is pretty ingenious. It uses two snap-together plates (a base and front) and all users have to do is download the software, design something spiffy, and print it out. By placing the design between the transparent top and the lower base, gamers have created their very own custom faceplate! The kit comes with 15 blank templates and promises "high quality construction, designed for easy installation and removal."

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/media/2006/04/gameface360.jpg

[bmdubya]

Sweet, I'm going to make a Breaking Benjamin faceplate.

[Lyrical Gamer]

sweet. Glad this is coming out.

[Diabetico]

uhh, how you supposed to make an image that looks really good to get in there..... good idea, but how will it turn out

[bmdubya]

Nevermind, I was posting to Diabeticos post, but I read it wrong. I thought he ment how are you supposed to make it, not make it look good. Thats a good question. They will all probably look pretty bad.

[Variation]

The program is ass and is VERY basic. There's no real layers or too much other than scale and rotate.

[bmdubya]

That sucks, hopefully soon Microsoft has a similar thing where you could upload pictures to a site, and place them on a faceplate how you want it, and then you can order it and they send it to your house. That would be sweet.

[bmdubya]

Well I have been messing around with the program for a little bit. It is very basic, but you could make some really cool things in Photoshop then import them into the program, which is most likely what I will do.

[Lyrical Gamer]

The program is ass and is VERY basic. There's no real layers or too much other than scale and rotate.

Hmm, I think I'll recind my earlier post and wait until someone that isn't Nyko, Mat Cats, or Pelican comes out w/ one.

[bmdubya]

Well you can still make pretty cool ones, if you make the picture in Photoshop first haha.

[D3STRO]

I think you are better off doing something like this

http://forums.decalgirl.com/showthread.php?t=72

download the template for photshop ... do your thing ... send it in and they print it on a vinyly sticker for you and make the cutouts ... or just print it on a sticker and cut the bitcch out yourself ... word

[Lyrical Gamer]

I think you are better off doing something like this

http://forums.decalgirl.com/showthread.php?t=72

download the template for photshop ... do your thing ... send it in and they print it on a vinyly sticker for you and make the cutouts ... or just print it on a sticker and cut the bitcch out yourself ... word

That's not too shabby.