8-Bit Airship (Final Fantasy)

[thorkon]

http://i.imgur.com/JhVZB.jpg

Here is the video of the case: http://youtu.be/Cz5muWnFMmg


Components:

ASUS Maximus IV Extreme
ASUS GTX 660 SLI
i5-3570k
12gb DDR3 Ram
200 Gb SSD
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series (800W)

Hi, I have been building 8-Bit mods out of wood cubes for the last 4 years and I always start a new one at the beginning of the year. Last year I made Link from Legend of Zelda, here's a pic of that to give you a idea of what my style is:
http://i.imgur.com/GvG81.jpg

While I will be doing a picture log I am also really big into making a time lapse video from the beginning of the build to the finished project. I have those in my other builds on this forum or my youtube page.

I am moving into building a rather big mod this year, this one will be twice the length of any of my other mods. It is a Airship from Final Fantasy. I will have moving propellers on it, 6 propeller LED fans, and have the motherboard/cpu visible from outside looking in using clear plastic cubes. I haven't got the exact pc components but one of my main goals is to SLI in this case and give this case some good power.

I have made a mock-up of the image in minecraft (which works perfect as I am using 1 inch cubes and I enjoy playing survival minecraft :D ). The clouds on the bottom will hold the ship off the ground 2 inches to help give it the feel of flying.

Here's the minecraft mockup:
http://i.imgur.com/UzS2C.jpg

I expect to be done in a month or so...so lets get to it!

Starting from the bottom of the hull:
http://i.imgur.com/PF8da.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NYbPx.jpg

The holes are where the fans will be going
http://i.imgur.com/o55Xm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/shvtX.jpg

The finished hull with holes in place. Moved the camera a bit so it came out a bit blurry and I didn't realize

http://i.imgur.com/XLZQ7.jpg

Front end
http://i.imgur.com/tDqyP.jpg

Front end with top. This top will be removable so I am able to open the case and get to the parts
http://i.imgur.com/6UJO3.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/nKVbA.jpg?1


Gonna try to finish the top and start working on the propellors and rigging pulley system for them to spin.

That is all I have done right now. I will update soon with some more completed pictures.

[d_stilgar]

That is pretty awesome for sure. I can't wait to see more. Where do you get your cubes? They look pre-made or at least finished very well before you begin assembly.

Also, welcome to the forums!

[thorkon]

The cubes are acquired from Caseyswood. Com. It would be a pain to do them all myself as I'm using almost 2000 cubes :O

[Cale_Hagan]

looking good! :D

[TLHarrell]

I may have to look into getting some of those blocks to feed my laser cutter/engraver. Cool stuff. Good to see you working on another one of these projects.

[thorkon]

Mo' updates:
Some size reference pics (i'm 6 ft tall)
http://i.imgur.com/2SMON.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xaXbx.jpg

Top main hull finished:
http://i.imgur.com/2Knb6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qCvUF.jpg

Working on the clouds on the bottom. The clouds hold the ship 2 inches off the ground to give it a flying look. It may be hard to tell they are clouds until they are painted white
http://i.imgur.com/bOKEt.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1PN5J.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yR8ot.jpg

*Not actual propellor, just testing a fan spinning it and how it may look on the hull
http://i.imgur.com/x067S.jpg

[thorkon]

New pics:

Finished corner with stairs and mock propellers.
http://i.imgur.com/cQxEb.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rv42O.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/iqrki.jpg

My propellers being driven by case fan. The dowel rod goes through the cubes and will be loose and will drive the propellers on the top.

http://i.imgur.com/lrSFQ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/t6lxC.jpg

Fan controller that will control the hull fans on the side. The knobs will go in the holes and the barrels will connect to the knobs so by turning the barrels will control the fan speeds

http://i.imgur.com/qxeH7.jpg

[d_stilgar]

Nice progress and hilarious progress shots. This is going to be huge when it's done.

[thorkon]

Thanks, it is going to be huge, I will most likely need assistance when moving it to go to lans. It's actually not going to have that much space in it due to the V shape. It definitely doesn't have as much as I expected anyway. The sli cards are going to be a tight fit.

[thorkon]

A few days since my last update? Not on my watch!


Here are the propellers in action. I am using Lepa Casino 1C fans in propeller mode. This is the single fan mode:
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/504/airship5.gif

I made some figurines to go with the ship. These are the heroes from Final Fantasy 4. (FF2 in US).

http://i.imgur.com/4TvLN.jpg



The acrylic bitting begins!

http://i.imgur.com/YxQnX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/F4Zzv.jpg


Inspecting the acrylic
http://i.imgur.com/ND27o.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mVjZK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Uo4Sf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3DskK.jpg

[d_stilgar]

You would have been a pretty cool neighbor growing up. This stuff is awesome.

[thorkon]

Thanks, I would still be a cool neighbor now :D
I wish I had this stuff growing up... I have no idea what crazy stuff I would of made

[Waynio]

Awesome, good to see another 8-bit project from you, looks fun to make. :D:banana:

[thorkon]

No plans to stop, not yet anyway :)


Here is the top plastic part about to be complete:

http://i.imgur.com/rkbC4gW.jpg

The go pro in action, it's being used for another angle for the time lapse video of this airship being made
http://i.imgur.com/rnxSwRk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OrSkHLt.jpg

Inside view where the motherboard is going to be (Most likely a ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z)
http://i.imgur.com/96emIfE.jpg

Far away view
http://i.imgur.com/AD1REdb.jpg

Next will be finishing the fine details on top and then working on the Propeller system.

[Scottie Daddy]

Wow. Awesome.

I'm really liking this. Good job so far!

[Yeticorn]

Agreed, nice to see another 8bit project from you

[thorkon]

Just about done on the propellers, here's a gif
http://www.pictureshack.us/images/28076_airshippropella.gif

I'll have more pics in a day or so, just excited to get this part done with :D

[d_stilgar]

Looking good. Keep it up!

[thorkon]

Updated with new pictures with the motherboard (Maximus IV Extreme, which is really nice with the lights on the mobo giving it style) and other equipment

ASUS was amazing (!) and supplied me with 2 cards and this motherboard. I got some overclocking planned for these bad boys, no doubt :D
http://i.imgur.com/5ik1Igk.jpg

Here is the back almost finished with the Mobo in place and the 2 660s in position
http://i.imgur.com/p90Uj7z.jpg

Outside view with the middle layer absent
http://i.imgur.com/KlDlu8L.jpg

All the juicy insides
http://i.imgur.com/V6aiq09.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Iscp2Il.jpg


LIGHTS! I ended up clipping a few fins off of the heatsink in order to make the Republic Of Gamer logo more visible and it makes a good focus point when looking in the windows

http://i.imgur.com/raRh2Ft.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/o8AfEw2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IfZQ2uW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7NKTT7p.jpg

More pics and videos coming through the week, I plan to have this thing done by monday! (with video of the whole creation :D)

[thorkon]

Got some paint down:
http://i.imgur.com/QomEIz4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5VNXcD7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/n9nfUTi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BNxX95S.jpg

[d_stilgar]

Looks great! Getting close to finished? I'm still loving that animated gif.

[thorkon]

I'm using oil based paint so it takes 24hours between each coat so I probably wont have everything done til the end of the week. I'm looking forward to getting it into service.

[thorkon]

It's done!

Heres the video: http://youtu.be/Cz5muWnFMmg
(not sure how to embed :( )

http://i.imgur.com/cgnz4l4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jXTgQjZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/iYWQ4YU.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vrVoERV.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/va8dlUR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RIFOPiS.jpg

The barrels control the fan speed on the propellors
http://i.imgur.com/cIgz95a.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/4tlTReR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mhEOpWV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/02kRIJq.jpg

[d_stilgar]

That turned out awesome. Love the lineup of all your other projects too.