THREE New Darkside Stikz!!!

[Tha-Darkside]

Here's some my latest.

"Street Fighter Mini" - My ultra compact design. The joystick is a sanwa JLF w/mini balltop & square gate but I can swap it for an octagon+regular size balltop if preferred & the buttons are 24mm sanwas. SOLD

http://www.byrdo.org/Street%20Fighter%20Mini%203.jpg
http://www.byrdo.org/Street%20Fighter%20Mini%202.jpg

"Bebop" - I themed this one around the "Cowboy Bebop" anime and it also happens to be a HimuraGames Exclusive Stik so if anyone is interested in this one then you'll have to send your inquiries to Rod at himuragames. The joystick is a sanwa JLF and the buttons are very high quality sanwa 'RG' pushbuttons which are very responsive and even more durable. Comparitively, Sanwa sells these for close to 3 times the price of its standard buttons because of the heavy duty microswitches.

http://www.byrdo.org/Bebop.jpg

"TriForce" - Another all sanwa stik in one of my compact designs. Themed around a good & evil cast from 3 different fighting series meshed into a unifying design. It has a JLF joystick w/octagon gate and all sanwa buttons.

http://www.byrdo.org/TriForce%202.jpg

Well...that's it for now, but more will surely follow, plus I've got several new case designs so hopefully in the near future I'll be posting those as well.

[The Mullah]

uh oh the case design is getting funky already! that dipped slant on the front corners is bad! damn it, i love the way everyone keeps outdoing the last stick to look good in this forum. great stuff darkside!

[DarkChylde]

Nothing short of amazing, keep it up.

[454Casull]

Very clean. Typical of your great work. :)

uh oh the case design is getting funky already! that dipped slant on the front corners is bad! damn it, i love the way everyone keeps outdoing the last stick to look good in this forum. great stuff darkside!
The chamfer on the SF stick?

[LTK]

Man Darkside, you really are something else. Every time I see one of your joysticks I always have to do a double take, just to get ideas and whatnot.

Keep up the good work man. Those sticks are masterpieces.

[gaijin]

That SFMini is top-notch, man. Shit, that looks fantastic!

The others... Well, I'm not really down with the box design anymore. But the art is quite nice, none the less.

[nothingxs]

Darkside's sticks give me little heart attacks from how sweet they are.

Pass the aspirin...

[ArcadeStickMonk]

OH EM GEE !!

Did you finally run out of Flash sticks?!

The Mini SF looks amazing. I love it when you do non-lipped case designs.

[laurie]

That SF stick is gorgeous, I dont know how you do it, And how in gods name do you get your paint finish to look so good?

[454Casull]

That SF stick is gorgeous, I dont know how you do it, And how in gods name do you get your paint finish to look so good?
Lots of work. :D

[Mr-Megalo]

Darkside - lovin your artworks man :tup:

[TheRealNeoGeo]

Very nice! Some insidepics would also be cool.
3 thumbs up!

[APOKALIPZE]

how much for the street fighter mini?

[SNAAAAKE]

I like the first one :tup:
Where do you get all those 'ninja/samurai' background pics ? ?

[ssj2jeff]

i like the new design for last 2, it's not quite as mini as the first one but it has that slant arm rest for an arcade feel when it's on a flat surface or your lap. of course the mini is sexy too very portable.

[Gaijinblaze]

I love the box design of the SF one. Doesn't even look like wood... just incredible.

[Ducky]

If you guys have a chance and the cash, definitely shell out for a Darkside stick - I can't say it enough that the custom stick I own from him is simply the best stick I've ever played on, not to mention the highest quality build I've ever seen. It's worth every cent to get one of his sticks... the man does quality work that is unmatched.

[Tha-Darkside]

Glad you received & are pleased with that stik Ducky, I really liked that one alot and I'm sure it'll serve you well in the future. About the paint finish, as someone replied, it really does take excess work to get them like that. I don't like to do any rushed jobs so the whole process of sanding and painting my cases usually takes time because of the multiple coats and resanding, not to mention the protective finish I'll apply afterward. It's hard to tell from the pik but the bebop stik actually has a unique texture to it, sort of a scaley look thats subtle but it looks really cool up close. Every now and then I'll use different finishes/textures but it's really hard to show the full effect on the images since I have to resize them for my site. As for the 'ninja/samurai' background piks on some of the stiks, that's just photoshoping, most of the images I use would never look like they would go together until after I'm finished with them. I just visualize the finished look before I begin, it's mainly a habit that I've picked up through oil painting but it works really well in designing stiks sometimes.

[UrIeNaToR]

what's the price for either of the stix? I am interested in plopping over a bill down but not over 200.

[APOKALIPZE]

I pm'd him and the first stick is going for 300 smackers? Out of the range for me in terms of $ on a stick, but it seems well worth it

[UrIeNaToR]

dayem........3 bills? might as well get a glass case for that shit and add it to your mom's precious china plates.......

[kin3tix]

dayem........3 bills? might as well get a glass case for that shit and add it to your mom's precious china plates.......

:rofl: maybe that's what all of his customers do. and there's art exhibits for his sticks as well. but yeah, that SF stick is too dope. would 30mm buttons fit on that case?

[The Mullah]

if youy'd ever built a stick to that standard you'd understand that it's not that high a price. That sort of labour doesn't come cheap! over here i've had someone offer me £210, but everythings a rip off over here lol

[WasFemto]

The CB stick is the best one imo. They all kick ass but it's CB.

[m121akuma]

I rarely post in Hardware Discussion...but that SF mini is one of the sexiest things I have ever seen in my life.

[lseelba]

Can I register for one of those sticks? So that someone will buy me one as a wedding present? :clap:

Rather have that than China...

[Street_Solder]

Nice stuff Darkslide!!!!!!!!I really love the SF one.If I had 300 bucks,Id ask for a Ken one.But,Im poor.Anyway,keep this up man!!!!!!!

[AssassiNate]

Man, you're sticks never fail to impress. All three of those are really nice. :tup: :tup:

The SF Mini, though! :wow: :wow: :wow: So nice. Great job, man. If I had the extra cash to shell out for one of those, I would.

[ConKhi]

I have the Bebop stick and the SF mini. Both play really well. Even though the SF mini is small, it is very playable and has a ton of weight to it so it doesn't move much during play. Both are awesome sticks and well worth the money. Would definitely recommend him if you want any high quality stick.

[Stanman]

You have both of the other ones? I guess I'll go ahead and say that I have the triforce one. Most of the compliments went to the SF mini but mine is exactly how I wanted it and I think it is perfect. It plays extremely well and I don't regret waiting the 9 months to get one at all.

[TSC]

Darkside, do you build sticks on request? I am interested in getting one designed, please let me know.

[galfordo]

From what I understand, he makes his own designs. Never heard of any of them being by request by individuals, I could be wrong though. His website does state that he will not make reproductions of previous sticks, so at that level requests will not be fulfilled.

[Rei]

Yo Darkside, did you go to the Albukkake (http://x-topia.com/Tournaments/May%2028%202005.htm) tournament?

[Tha-Darkside]

yeah I went to that tournament, I was only there for a little while though since I had to take care of some other business. as far as building by request, I've done several of those. I don't do it as much anymore because I don't usually have the time to create specific cases & art, every now and then I will though.