Win A Hand-painted Custom Xbox 360 Faceplate! [UPDATE]
[Update] To clear up some confusion, the examples above are faceplates that have already been painted and have been sold. The contest is for a custom faceplate that hasn’t been created yet. I will paint (pretty much) anything the winner decides he or she would like on a faceplate. The winner’s faceplate will be one of a kind (I never paint the same design twice). Sorry for any confusion. ^_^’
Rules and details after the jump.
First place winner will receive a hand-painted faceplate, painted JUST for them.
Second place winner will receive this Fight Club faceplate, painted by our own Sarah Tomesky:
• You MUST include a valid email address to be eligible for the contest. We will email the winners on Jan 15, and post the results.
• Spam comments and trackbacks will not be considered.
• The comment must be relevant to each post be considered. So that means no comments like, “I like cheese.” Also, excessively short comments will not be considered, such as “Awesome.” Or “That was cool.”
• Obviously, comments made by What The Geek contributors are not eligible.
• Comments made after 12:00 am EST on Jan 15, 2007 will not be considered.
• The faceplate cannot be a design I’ve painted previously. I reserve the right to refuse any design/idea. (But I’m pretty easy going)
-JENNI CHASTEEN
Tags: contests, faceplates, mods
December 15th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Excellent designs! I wish I had more than a 2nd grade artistic bone in my body. A horizontal faceplate featuring Gears of War would be too freakin’ cool.
Nice contest — thanks.
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December 15th, 2006 at 2:29 pm
Thanks! Yeah, me and Sarah both have been talking about doing some Gears faceplates… which would most likely end up on Mike’s Xbox and ebay respectively.
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December 15th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Wow o3O.
The fight club one got me the most ;D.
That’s really good hand painted cover ;]
Nice contest buy the way ;D. (i don’t t@lk much)
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December 15th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
OMG those are really good, I wish I had that kinda of talent so then my 360 would look sweet!
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December 15th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
Wow, these are some awesome designs - would love to see a photo diary of the making of one of them - must be alot of preparation and work into each of them. I love the Assassins Creed plates - would love to have it adorning my Xbox 360.
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December 15th, 2006 at 8:30 pm
they’re all cool, but i’m actually hoping for the second place, fight club one lol
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December 15th, 2006 at 8:35 pm
FACEPLATE GOODNESS!
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December 15th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
Hi there, Cool faceplates. I was looking for a DOAX2 faceplate, but the assasin’s creed will work just as well.
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December 15th, 2006 at 8:52 pm
Your custom faceplates are the cat’s pajamas.
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December 15th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
I love the custom faceplates! I too wish I was talented enough to make something like that. By xbox is looking bare…
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December 15th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
woot i love the assassains creed one.
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December 15th, 2006 at 9:03 pm
Those are hand-painted?! Wow! I’m impressed.
We all know Assassin’s Creed will be the one chosen
At least for me it would/will be.
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December 15th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Awesome contest, great looking face plates…I’m so torn between Assassin’s Creed and Lego Star Wars!
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December 15th, 2006 at 9:20 pm
I want to win a custom faceplate so badly. I think all the creativity and artistic style really catch my eye. Thanks for the opportunity to win one of these.
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December 15th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Well I’m obviously commenting here for the first time to try and have a tiny shot at winning a faceplate. My 360 looks dull without one, and it looks like you (Jenni) have amazing talent… I would love to see one of these babies on my 360! Great work on every single one of them
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December 15th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
That is definitely kick-ass Jenni. Damn they would look good on my 360
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December 15th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Hehe, sorry again to everyone about the confusion… I’m not sure why it didn’t occur to me that my wording was horribly wrong. ^^’
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December 15th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
Man you have some talent to make such sweet faceplates. Here is hoping I win one!
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December 15th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
I LOVE ASSASSIN’S CREED! Well the videos I’ve seen of it anyways. Game is going to be amazing. Faceplate would be awesome. Let’s go me!!! Come on everybody. “Let’s Go Chris!!!”
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December 15th, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Dude, Fight Club is the bomb… especially at the end!
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December 15th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
this is a really cool thing you guys are doing. any one of those would be a perfect addition to my faceplate wall
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December 15th, 2006 at 10:22 pm
Travace,
Hey, do you have pics of your faceplate wall? I think its so kick ass that faceplates are actually considered artwork and not just something to stick on your console.
By the way, the winner gets to pick the design on the faceplace… I wasn’t clear on that in the first place… but all those faceplates are long gone.
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December 15th, 2006 at 10:24 pm
I love being unique, thats why i love these cool faceplate’s.
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December 15th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
This is a great contest, very good idea. The faceplates that you have done are very nice. That Assassin’s Creed faceplate is just amazing…I am not exactly sure what I would get for my personal faceplate, maybe a nice UNC college basketball faceplate. That would look nice on my 360.
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December 15th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
Hi, If I win, I would ask you to to do a psychonauts design, probably rasputin or the “diablo bull” in one of the chapters…
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December 15th, 2006 at 10:45 pm
Those face plates kick ass.
An Aliens vs Predator themed plate would be original, and awesome.
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December 15th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
Wonderful work, I must say!
If I won, I think it would we awsome to see you do your own version of one of my games characters. Or maybe all on one faceplate?
By “my games”, I mean games that I’ve created. If you like, you can check them out over at http://www.deadtoast.com.
I wish I could paint my own faceplate.
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
Sweet art. If I won, I don’t know what I would want.
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
A bioshock face plate would be sweet to me.
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
WOuld so love a custom Volcom Faceplate or something along those lines.
Skate for life
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:30 pm
Another good one would be a plaid detail or any skate fasion total cover would be so mint. Considering Tony Hawk Project 8 is one of the best games on the 360. In my humble opinion anyways. Good luck everyone
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
Sweet. I can’t wait.
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
I wish they make assasain creed to be X360 LIVE and when playing multiplayer you assasinate each other like in splinter cell but the weopon used will be swords,blades, and crossbows. Also, I WISH to win those custom handpainted Faceplate.
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
They look so good, I thought they were from the real screenshots/source. There is no debate for me on which one is the best…Assassin’s Creed….but I would love to see a Crackdown faceplate (if the game turns out very well like I believe it will).
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
The artwork on the faceplates is superb! I really like the Dead Rising one.
Good Luck everyone.
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:53 pm
“His name was Robert Paulson.”
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
I am a big fan of the Lego Star Wars faceplate. Excellent work, by the way.
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December 16th, 2006 at 12:14 am
That Fight Club one is pretty sweet. I hope you’re up to doing other movie-based Faceplates.
Imagine a Rocky faceplate…
Well sign me up!
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December 16th, 2006 at 12:25 am
I’m so indecisive I’m afraid to even enter.
The examples all look great, which just makes one wonder more about what this or that would look like. Maybe I shouldn’t even try
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December 16th, 2006 at 12:45 am
Very nice job! Would be awesome to see some type of R6 vegas plate!
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December 16th, 2006 at 12:55 am
[quote]Travace,
Hey, do you have pics of your faceplate Wall I think its so kick ass that faceplates are actually considered artwork and not just something to stick on your console.
By the way, the winner gets to pick the design on the faceplate I wasn’t clear on that in the first place but all those faceplates are long gone. [/quote]
i actually don’t have them up as I’m still building my office/gaming room but a few months and they will all go up thats why I’m starting to collect as many as i can now
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December 16th, 2006 at 12:55 am
Outstanding work! I can’t imagine the hours you put into each plate.
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December 16th, 2006 at 12:56 am
awesome faceplates =P
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December 16th, 2006 at 1:00 am
ohh and Jenni what do you paint the faceplates with ?
i started to play around with spray painting a couple extra faceplates i have do to me having to send my 360 in. Anyhow i was creating a stencil of the logo and font of http://www.tribalwar.com (my home forums for 5+ years now)out of tape. well it always runs a little or gets under the tape and makes it look really messed up
ive sanded my faceplate so many times now that the sharp edges (like by the poer button) are completely rounded :P. it still looks ok if i can ever get it painted correctly.
so any suggestions for a noob faceplate painter?
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December 16th, 2006 at 1:10 am
Oh, man, that Lego Star Wars faceplate looks beautiful! The Assasin’s Creed one looks nice also. My 360 looks sexy regardless, but one of those would be really sweet. Good luck to everyone.
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December 16th, 2006 at 1:52 am
Those are amazing faceplates… I don’t know what other designs I could think of.
Something non-game related would be cool actually imo…
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December 16th, 2006 at 2:26 am
Wow, those designs are pretty goshdarned cool. The whole idea and concept behind interchangeable faceplates was a good move by Microsoft, and hand-painted ones have really elevated them to an artform. Nice work.
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December 16th, 2006 at 2:39 am
Those are nice faceplates I love the The Assassin’s Creed one, I am all about everything The Assassin’s Creed right now can’t wait for that game, anyway nice skills
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December 16th, 2006 at 2:42 am
Great idea, I just got my Box today and I took a bit of time to put something on it. I’ve got me a GoW face plate that’s fine but feels convyor belted then whenI saw these, great ideas. I’m certainly going to try painting some myself!
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December 16th, 2006 at 2:53 am
these look amazing
me want!
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December 16th, 2006 at 3:27 am
I wish I had the time, patience and skill to paint my own faceplates!
Stunning stuff!
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December 16th, 2006 at 4:15 am
Damn, that’s a great idea! I would have never thought of that… anyway, they all look really awesome. I can just imagine what kinds of cool things you could do with total artistic freedom.
Sweet!
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December 16th, 2006 at 5:14 am
I’m really glad you’ve taken the initiative to do all this, I’m impressed. You get some good deep colors, I imagine it’s acrylic, how long does it take the faceplates to dry with your process?
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December 16th, 2006 at 5:45 am
This is why I love the option to change your 360’s faceplate, it gives artists a new way to show their creativity! I imagine the shape of a faceplate makes it hard to come up with a suitable design.
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December 16th, 2006 at 6:15 am
Really impressive talent you have there, I like the one from assassins creed and lego star wars. Those are some great faceplates. I can’t wait to see how the faceplate for the winner will look like. (maybe i’ll be the winner :-p). I think you have a lot of skills.
Good luck to everyone.
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December 16th, 2006 at 7:44 am
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December 16th, 2006 at 8:48 am
What is the game on the right? Is it also assasins creed? (because it looks very cool
You should make a geometry wars faceplate
Have the ring of light as a gravity well thingy 
It would be very cool, but require some really awesome bright paint (UV paint!)
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December 16th, 2006 at 9:08 am
Great designs!!!
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December 16th, 2006 at 9:18 am
If I could paint like this I would leave my 360 alone
only a joke but these designs are so cool if you win won for your xbox your even cooler
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December 16th, 2006 at 9:27 am
Wow. Having a faceplate like that would certainly spruce up my 360.
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December 16th, 2006 at 9:30 am
Dang, I would love to get my hands one some of those face plates!
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December 16th, 2006 at 9:49 am
WoW i love that assassins creed faceplate, only draw back is my xbox is aways on its side :P. Nice work
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:09 am
yea those are some hot designs especially that assasins creed one wooh!
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:09 am
I wish i had the talent to paint a faceplate like that props to the artist
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:15 am
those painted faceplates are awesome. hope I win one!
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:16 am
Beautiful artwork on the faceplates. I would be proud to have any of those grace my Xbox. I especially love the Dead Rising plate but all are great.
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:17 am
W00T! this competition sounds great, i love that Assassins Creed one above, i would love a halo 3 one. I’ll never win though, I’ve never one anything, but i can at least try! I looked through your gallery, some nice work there.
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:22 am
Cool stuff, wouldn’t mind a GOW faceplate
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:24 am
Nice job on Assains creed looks mad good
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:30 am
Man, I LOVE that Lego Star Wars face plate! Very nice job.
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:44 am
Weel really nice, love to talk about what paints you use for this because i was looking at doing this myself for my faceplate, anyway the contest seems intresting and i like the way of entering .lol.
Anyway nice work, i had a quick view of your portfoloio and there is some very good work there and of course taken some time, anyway bit of a long comment but irll leave it on this sentence.
-WiLdStOrM211
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:49 am
Travace Says:
December 16th, 2006 at 1:00 am e
ohh and Jenni what do you paint the faceplates with ?
i started to play around with spray painting a couple extra faceplates i have do to me having to send my 360 in. Anyhow i was creating a stencil of the logo and font of http://www.tribalwar.com (my home forums for 5+ years now)out of tape. well it always runs a little or gets under the tape and makes it look really messed up
ive sanded my faceplate so many times now that the sharp edges (like by the poer button) are completely rounded
. it still looks ok if i can ever get it painted correctly.
so any suggestions for a noob faceplate painter?
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This might be a dumb question but did you put primer on it after you sanded it? That would be my first guess as to why your paint would run. (And if you can, use a primer meant for plastic.)
Anyway, I think soon we’ll add a tutorial on faceplates.
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December 16th, 2006 at 10:59 am
Graham Says:
December 16th, 2006 at 8:48 am e
What is the game on the right? Is it also assasins creed? (because it looks very cool
You should make a geometry wars faceplate
Have the ring of light as a gravity well thingy 
It would be very cool, but require some really awesome bright paint (UV paint!)
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Hehe, Sarah actually did make a geometry wars faceplate. I believe it was for a friend though, so she no longer has it.
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:01 am
Oh yeah, and the faceplates (in order) are Dead Rising, Lego Star Wars 2, and the last two are Assasin’s Creed. And right now I’m working on a Spawn one for someone.
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:02 am
those faceplates are amazing for hand draws,at first i thought they were official ones
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:18 am
Wow, i like the lego star wars and assasins creed ones, ive been wanting to try to make some of these myself.
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:31 am
The lego starwars looks great!
And gamehunter101 is right - those looks like official prints!
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Those designs are awsome.
it would be really cool to have a pic of The Chuckster aka. Chuck Norris.
Or maby master chief, got to love master chief.
i’m really impressed by your skill, just keep on getting impressed.
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:36 am
i like the a.c. one but i dont stand my 360 up. thats a prob i have with some of the face plates i like, i would need to stand my 360 up and it just wouldnt work out for me
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:45 am
Wow that’s some pretty talented stuff! I’d love to win for a new custom design!
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:45 am
very nice work guys, a redwings logo, or maybe some family guy would look sweet!
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:51 am
[...] Over at what the geek they’re in the holiday spirit and giving away a choice of hand painted custom 360 faceplates. All you have to do to enter is write up a comment from now until January 15th, 2007 and you’ll be automatically entered in the drawing. One lucky guy (or girl) will get to choose the faceplate of their choice and most of their painted faceplates are game inspired, so anyone would be proud to sport these detailed paintings on their 360. Check out the site, enter, and if you win pick the Assassin’s Creed faceplate and be sure to FedEx it over to Fanboy Towers … for “safe keeping” … of course. [...]
December 16th, 2006 at 11:51 am
[...] Over at what the geek they’re in the holiday spirit and giving away a choice of hand painted custom 360 faceplates. All you have to do to enter is write up a comment from now until January 15th, 2007 and you’ll be automatically entered in the drawing. One lucky guy (or girl) will get to choose the faceplate of their choice and most of their painted faceplates are game inspired, so anyone would be proud to sport these detailed paintings on their 360. Check out the site, enter, and if you win pick the Assassin’s Creed faceplate and be sure to FedEx it over to Fanboy Towers … for “safe keeping” … of course. [...]
December 16th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Very cool contest. Saw it on xbox360fanboy.com.
If I don’t win, I’m pretty interested in doing a commission anyway. If I can afford that, lol.
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December 16th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
Is that Ken Katuragi on the “Fight Club” faceplate? O.o
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December 16th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
nice faceplates
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December 16th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
beautiful work, i only wish i were half as talanted..lego and assassin’s creed are my favs
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December 16th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
sweet. I like that assasins creed one
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December 16th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Can I come in second place? The Fight Club faceplate is so cool. All of them are cool. The Assissin’s Creed faceplate is very nicely done.
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December 16th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Even though the Fight Club faceplate is rad i think if i was getting a movie faceplate i would go with some Blazing Saddles.
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December 16th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
[...] Over at what the geek they’re in the holiday spirit and iving away a choice of hand painted custom 360 faceplates. All you have to do to enter is write up a comment from now until January 15th, 2007 and you’ll be automatically entered in the drawing. One lucky guy (or girl) will get to choose the faceplate of their choice and most of their painted faceplates are game inspired, so anyone would be proud to sport these detailed paintings on their 360. Check out the site, enter, and if you win pick the Assassin’s Creed faceplate and be sure to FedEx it over to Fanboy Towers … for “safe keeping” … of course.[Via Digg] [...]
December 16th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
Proof that faceplates are now truly an art form. Any 360 owner would love to have there very own masterpiece attached to their hardware. Awesome work! I might have to save up money to buy one if I don’t win.
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December 16th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
Wow. This artwork is amazing. I have no artistic talent whatsoever, and can pretty much only draw hands, heh.
If I win, I’ll probably ask for some sort of design where Master Chief, Marcus Fenix, and Altair (Assassin’s Creed) are in it together.
That would be awesome, especially since my 360 needs a good faceplate and I haven’t been able to find one thats great for me.
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December 16th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
So it occured to us that there may be more than one Mike, Jenni, or Sarah in the world. So, from now, posts from official What The Geek staffers will look like this.
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December 16th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Well, I’ve been trying for weeks now trying to find a faceplate I like. Lately I’ve been switching between my argyle and flames, but neither give me that satisfying umph.
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December 16th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Excellent. A custom faceplate for my son would make for a nice Christmas present. Now to think about what would make for his favorite…Lego Star Wars or Cloning Clyde..LOL
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December 16th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Nice job folks. My xbox360 is waiting for me under the Xmas tree. Looking forward to play with it. It would be great to have one of this painted faceplates. Love the Lego Star Wars.
Best regards and happy Xmas - Fernando
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December 16th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Those are some pretty cool looking faceplates. I think I like the Assassins Creed one, on the left, the best. I would like to see/get one for one of my all time favorite games, Nights: Into Dreams, which was on the Saturn. Though looking at it each day would probably make me sad, since Sega doesn’t seem to be interested in created a sequel.
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December 16th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
Those are pretty nicely done, love the Assassin Creed and the Star Wars Lego faceplate.
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December 16th, 2006 at 7:09 pm
Wow, those are pretty cool faceplates. I especially love the detail in the Assassin’s Creed one. If I won a custom one, I’d probably get one with a pink spartan.
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December 16th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
O man i am going to get a Uk Launch team faceplate but i dont know what i will do with it if i were to win this
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December 16th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Those definitely look very impressive, I reckon that a Halo 3 one would look pretty cool, or a Gears of War, or maybe something from tv like Futurama. Theres just so many cool things you could do if you know how.
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December 16th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
I really like the crusader themed one, thats impressive that you have that kinda talent.
Now you need to make a WoW one for all us geeks out there.
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:15 pm
jenny
i did primer it and i should have worded it a bit better. its not like a run from spraying too much spray paint in spot so to speak its more like a airbrush look but out of the line of the logo. i wish i took a pic of it but maybe ill give it another shot and see if it does it again and ill take pics.
on another note i seen that geometry wars faceplate a long time ago that cool to know who made it. BTW i loved that game and i have all 200 points. still to this day i think my survive 1 million achievement is my proudest
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December 16th, 2006 at 11:38 pm
Wow,really cool faceplates!! How long do one of these take to make? The Assassins Creed on is the best yet. How about one for Lost Planet? Hope I win!! It would look good with my XCM Chameleon case!!
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December 17th, 2006 at 1:21 am
Travace,
The only other piece of advice I had is intead of using tape, maybe you can try adhesive vellum. You can get it at craft stores. I’ve never tried it but thats the stuff they use to decal mirrors… the only thing is, I wonder if it would pull up your paint job… I’m really not sure what to tell you.
Anyway, I use acrylic paint on mine… maybe you would have better luck with a brush than spraypaint.
Good luck. ^_^
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December 17th, 2006 at 1:35 am
Man, I really like that faceplate for Assassins Creed, looking forward to getting that game and hopefully gettin the faceplate. =)
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December 17th, 2006 at 2:14 am
The faceplates you have already designed are amazing. I look forward to more of your faceplates going up on eBay like the previous ones. I know I’ll be bidding next time now that I know about it!
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December 17th, 2006 at 2:20 am
If I win Me wants an Excel Saga Faceplate!
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December 17th, 2006 at 2:30 am
these are some nice designs and the fact that it is a one time custom design - thats pretty sweet
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December 17th, 2006 at 6:04 am
So this competition is worldwide or US only?
Now what would I want to be painted to my faceplate should I win? Hmm hmm… Maybe “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. Which brings up the question do you paint only your own work or would you paint that for example?
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December 17th, 2006 at 6:09 am
ZOMG
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December 17th, 2006 at 6:39 am
samp,
It’s worldwide… in fact, I think most of my faceplates end up in other countries… lol.
And I would paint pretty much anything.
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December 17th, 2006 at 9:06 am
Nice, I wonder which one im gonna pick.
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December 17th, 2006 at 11:57 am
Really nice work, is the first time I see that kind of work. Really original.
Congratulations
I hope to win one!
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December 17th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
Nice way to stir up some interest in your art. Wish I would have thought of it.
NICE!
~Arch~
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December 17th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Woohoo! Niice
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December 17th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
Worldwide? I’m in. There is not much worldwide contests in this world
Although Fight Club faceplate is not so good. I hardly recognized Pitt’s character :). But a Lego faceplate is really something!!
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December 17th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
What if you really do like cheese?
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December 17th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
Awesome faceplates! Loving the Lego Star Wars faceplate the best. However, when you pain the faceplate do you cover the turn on button to like the ring changes color meaning you paint blue over the light?
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December 17th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
Ohhh man, you guys got TALENT. it would be an honor to have a faceplate painted by you guys. Hope it happens!
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December 17th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
Those look amazing.
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December 17th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
OMG I would love a conker faceplate! and judging by your work it would be awesome. speaking of which that needs to be on the 360.
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December 17th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Been waiting for somebody to take advantage of those bland, dull faceplates!
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December 17th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
Kevin O,
I do paint over the ring of light.. I haven’t found a solid method to protect it.. I just paint over the whole button, which still works, you just can’t see the ring anymore. We’ve been playing around with some ideas to keep the light from getting painted, but it’s hard enough to remove the tape from the sensor, which is much bigger.
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December 17th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
This is an awesome idea! I’m really liking the assasin creed and lego star wars plates!
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December 17th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
Awesome faceplates. Very cool designs, dude.
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December 18th, 2006 at 5:02 am
Those are quite amazing works of art, the Assassins Creed ones really caught my eye and the Dead Rising one on your site. I’m actually trying to get some of my friends to make some for me from different games and movies. I bought the Nykon make your own face plate software and and faceplate pack thinger. Gonna draw and paint on that one since there’s not an abundance of white faceplates in any store.
Some face plates that may look nice would be
Sonic/Shadow, something Final Fantasy, Megaman X, Gundam, Matrix not the code but the people, Selene from Underworld, Resident Evil’s Leon Kenedy, maybe even Jack Skellington, would say Spawn but your already working on one, but Green Goblin, Venom and Spider-Man would add a nice touch.
Anyways goodluck to everyone on getting a faceplate
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December 18th, 2006 at 5:37 am
MightyDriden,
Actually, they don’t have to be white… I use silver (or anything I can find). You have to put a primer down on the faceplate first so the paint will stick to it anyway.
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December 18th, 2006 at 7:56 am
Allright! As somebody already said, there are few wordwide contests available. I’ve never won anything in my hole life so I really hope I win this great faceplate
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December 18th, 2006 at 8:54 am
This is some spectacular work! Kinda makes you wish 360 visual modding scene was bigger so more aspiring artists would get their artwork visible.
It would be a great honor to win one of your custom made faceplates.
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December 18th, 2006 at 10:47 am
What if you PREFER the Fight Club faceplate?
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December 18th, 2006 at 10:59 am
I really like the lego star wars one. A Rainbow Six Vegas or Graw one would be great too!
Hope I win
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December 18th, 2006 at 11:50 am
haha… the lego’s one you’ve painted in the past is awesome!! you should do a horizontal one too!
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December 18th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Oh. My. God. I love these! Great work Jenni!!!
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December 18th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
Those are some incredible face plates. Sure beats the heck out of the crappy ones that they released with the 360. I especially like the Lego Star Wars one. Such an awesome game.
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December 19th, 2006 at 7:52 am
Very nice!
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December 19th, 2006 at 11:08 am
Very impressive designs. Your painting skills are far more advanced than my potato print faceplates (oh the shame, why will nobody buy them). I have to say if I won this competition I would be tempted to have something not game related. Possibly have something movie or music related. If it was movie related it would have to be Donnie Darko themed I could imagine you doing a truly awesome design based on the visuals of that film. If I was going music related I would probably ask for the album design cover of a Nitin Sawhney album either Beyond Skin or Human they are quite basic but very cool you should check them out.
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December 20th, 2006 at 12:17 am
Hmm… This seems like a neat opportunity (and as always, I hope I win). The hard part, if I do win, would be choosing the design! I would like something Roger Dean-esque. I dunno. There are so many choices! You are a great artist, and I am curious to which method you are painting from. It looks to be brushed painted… correct me if I am wrong…
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December 20th, 2006 at 2:01 am
WOW, those are some ‘fine’ faceplates ladies =) Anyways I was trying to figure what I would want done if I won… I don’t know but I’ll think of someting cool… I would want some thing I could incorporate well with a matching body kit… Beautiful designs ladies - Keep up the good work! =)
Gamertag - Master VAL
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December 20th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
The custom faceplates are great looking. Kudos for your talent and skill and producing these fine pieces of art on the 360 faceplate. I think the contest is great and for my 2 cents, would like to see a BioShock faceplate as well. Keep up the good work, I enjoyed looking at all your creations.
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December 21st, 2006 at 6:13 am
WoW!!!! Superb 360 faceplates. I wish I had a steady hand, then I would be able to draw something like that. I’d be lucky for stick figures =) Cheers, gl to everyone, and merry christmas!
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December 21st, 2006 at 10:43 pm
hey jenny just a idea and what ive been doing for the ring of light on mine.
if you look on the back there is 4 tabs that hold the entire center ring and tha clear plastic on the faceplate. I was surprised to see how easly i could pop them off. I wedged a small screw driver under where the tabs are and carefully twisted till they poped loose. this jsut made things a lot easier for me to paint the rest of the faceplate without painting the circle of light part.
You would still have to carefully hand paint the center piece with a brush or something but for someone with skills i think it would be easier off the faceplate to paint.
when done just use a tiny bit of glue and slide over the posts and good as new
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December 23rd, 2006 at 10:52 am
These are great!!! I’m glad to see that Lego Star Wars didn’t make the reserve on eBay because, right now, that would be my choice.
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December 25th, 2006 at 5:31 am
Tark,
Actually that one’s long gone. ^^’
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December 27th, 2006 at 2:48 am
My name is my GT. Add me if you want ;). Anyway. Those are some nice looking paintings ma man. One comment. One chance to win. If I don’t win, oh well. If I do, I get the pleasure of owning one of those beautiful faceplates.
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January 6th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Incredible work…Your faceplates are amazing…How much to commision a whole xbox 360 case? I would love to know.
thanks
Greg aka Grease
http://www.tattoosfromgrease.com
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January 17th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Hello,
Who won the FACEPLATE???
Today is the 17th of January…
Please let me/us know.
thanks
Greg
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January 20th, 2007 at 2:00 am
Dude… check the newest post… it was me.
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January 21st, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Greg,
It really would depend on what you wanted on it. And yes, Imadogg was the winner, and we’ve yet to hear back from the 2nd place winner.
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February 21st, 2007 at 6:28 am
send it 2 me…ill sell it 2 bill gates for $100000
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