Guide To Re-Spray Painting your controllers for melee(Updated 4/3/07)

[Undrwings]

hmmm

seems that modifying the controllers is almost too much work because they wear out too fast. Some seem to wear out after only about 50 hours. Oh well, does lok cool.

 

[Flamestar666]

i been plaing with it for hours, and none of the buttons/triggers have chi[s or scratched at all

 

[Stimpy]

Okay, I sprayed on the primer, tomorrow i'll add my fav. color..RED.

 

[element_of_fire]

seems that modifying the controllers is almost too much work because they wear out too fast. Some seem to wear out after only about 50 hours. Oh well, does lok cool.

painted four controllers over a year ago and they've gone to many tournies, paint hasn't faided a bit

 

[Flamestar666]

Okay, I sprayed on the primer, tomorrow i'll add my fav. color..RED.

*cough*biter

lol, jk...


but i wanted to mention, that if you wanna paint the analogs i suggest you paint them with plastic paint, wait 2 days, peel it off, and either dyt it or leave it showing

 

[JustaPnoy]

how do u put images on ur posts i wanna show ppl how im gonna try to make my controller.. it'll be kinda like flamestarts but with webs

 

[Sizzle]

Assuming you have a host for your pictures (a popular one is photobucket.com) you use the tags

 

[Eaode]

Lol, I'm not gonna modify my GC controller ever. I might modify my Wii controller or the "standard shell" when I get it.

What if you used painter's tape and painted the top half of each shell red, and the bottom half of each shell white? Leave the start button grey, and paint the buttons and sticks to match the side they're on. Red on top, White on bottom, grey circle in the middle and you'd have yourself a pokeball!

 

[Sizzle]

If you look at my controller on the first page, it kinda looks like a pokeball with its red and silver ^_^

 

[Eaode]

yeah, but i mean have both the top and bottom shell be split by color, so you have the start button in the middle like a pokeball.

EDIT: I don't think this topic will ge sticky because it's not about Melee

 

[lord_of_destruction]

if ever i paint mine i'm gonna put a metallic red as a base, then put a tribal cut-out put on top, then cover the whole thing in metallic dark blue

CRAZY

 

[ZMan]

I need to do this **** to my controller. Gold with red would look cool.

 

[MZero17]

I need to do this **** to my controller. Gold with red would look cool.

You should try it.

 

[Eaode]

Has anyone thought of gold and silver? Or red and blue? Sorry, I'm a Pokemon fan ;D

 

[Flamestar666]

why don't you try it out and let us know how it turns out

 

[MZero17]

Screwdriver STILL hasn't come...

 

[JustaPnoy]

lol i'm getting a friend to order mine... its takin forever too.....

 

[Flamestar666]

i would have just used a 1.8MM screw driver

 

[Falco&Victory]

I just made an awesome controller.I would post a pic,but no access to digital camera.It is bright redish gold on top,and the bottom is a shiny baby blue.Also,I replaced my f***ed up jostick.WOOHOO!Thnx.I got pissed off on several occasions.I nearly popped a stress ball at one point.

 

[Flamestar666]

can you show is?
it's not that hard to find a camera.... even a camera phone will do

 

[Deleted member]

How the hell do you remove the L and R triggers?

My controller is open, and everything's going fine, but I don't know how to remove these...do I unscrew?

 

[Flamestar666]

yes.
unscrew.

actually, it depends, does it have a plastic cover, or just open and the spring visable?

 

[Deleted member]

I can see the spring, but I have to look underneath... doesn't matter anyway, I just put some tape over it and painted over

 

[Flamestar666]

just squeeze the trigger, and pull it out.
it's simple

 

[Sizzle]

Yeah all you have to do is unscrew the little plate things covering the triggers, push down on them, and take them out.

 

[Deleted member]

I want to thank everyone who was involved with making this guide, my controller looks sexy (blood red)

Just to let people know, I used a 2mm flathead screwdriver to open it, and I used special paint for plastics that required no previous sanding or priming. Then I used a lacquer for gloss (same effect as clear coat)

Looks sexy as hell. I'll post pics later

For anyone who is scared: It's pretty **** simple. The hardest part for me was opening the **** thing.

 

[Falco&Victory]

One thing that pisses me off bout all nitendo systems is the triple etched screws.I had to use a pocket knife to unscrew it,since my family is,well,nvrmnd.Anyway,I replaced those screws with regular screw of equal size,lol.

 

[Lanowen]

I made my own screwdriver. I bought a Torx (five-point star like) screwdriver from the hardware store, then used a rotary tool to shave off 3 of the points. ^^

 

[Flamestar666]

One thing that pisses me off bout all nitendo systems is the triple etched screws.I had to use a pocket knife to unscrew it,since my family is,well,nvrmnd.Anyway,I replaced those screws with regular screw of equal size,lol.

you're lying... you woudn't be able to get a nife that fat down, and if you did somehow get in in there, the knife would break

 

[Bailey]

Flamestar PM the info about the controller, I will send some stuff to you.

 

[Uli]

how should the controller look like after the first sanding and the second, and can u post a pic or something?

 

[MZero17]

Screwdriver came, but I can't get the L and R triggers out >_>

 

[Sizzle]

Umm if you look on the first post, you can kinda see my controller sanded but its not really a good shot. MZero, you can use a 1.8 mm screwdriver for that part as well. All it takes is unscrewing those little black plate things off and then taking the triggers out.

 

[Flamestar666]

if they have black plates., newer ones don't.

i suggest you open the plate with a screw driver, and squeeze the triggeer in and "roll" it out towards the top of the controller.

that's how i did mine.

 

[Numbuh 214]

I think this will be a great way to spend time with my dad. A couple of ideas I have if you were curious:

1. Nostalgia 1: N64 (dull gray shell, blue A button, green B button, red Start button, yellow X,Y, and Z buttons, dark gray shoulder buttons, all but the top surface of the C-Stick painted gray like the controller)

2. Nostalgia 2: SNES (dull gray shell and sticks, dark purple A & B, light purple X & Y) (optional: swap D-pad with control stick)

I know the optional part for the second one would go beyond "cosmetic" modifications, but that's why it's optional!!

 

[Fliperotchy]

my friend wants to know if he could do something like this...

hes in an electronics class, and he was thinking about making a shell for his gamecube controller that looks like an N64 controller. he was wondering if that would be allowed. he would just technically be using a normal gamecube controller, but it would be shaped like an N64 one.

 

[TheMerchant]

or could i possibly be able to stuff a gamecube controller's guts into other shells like maybe an xbox controller shell or a dreamcast one?

 

[Marthsmasher]

or could i possibly be able to stuff a gamecube controller's guts into other shells like maybe an xbox controller shell or a dreamcast one?

Yeah, but only if you want kicked out in tournaments. (Although they may let you by, but it seems like a fairly large cosmetic change to me.)

 

[Deleted member]

Screwdriver came, but I can't get the L and R triggers out >_>

Just cover all the screw holes, the triggers, the shoulders, everything you don't think should be painted, cover it with duct tape. Works fine.

 

[Flamestar666]

Yeah, but only if you want kicked out in tournaments. (Although they may let you by, but it seems like a fairly large cosmetic change to me.)

you might be able to splice wires to make it do that,