8-Bit Mystery Block Mod

[thorkon]

Hello!
Welcome to the Mystery Block Mod thread. Guess what were building today? Yes, that's right a "?"! Well sort of, at least that will be in the design a few times. You may know the
http://i.imgur.com/lLE3aEU.png
from Super Mario and that's pretty much what my design will be based off of. In my style of modding I like to mix things up and do my mods in a pix-elated theme building from wood cubes. Luckily, I can build my prototypes in Minecraft and then use that as a template to build the case in person. Here is the build in Minecraft
http://i.imgur.com/ELWaRgl.png

This is the tiger I built in the background based off of the image above. It gives a good example of how I use Minecraft to build my cases.
http://i.imgur.com/kw3ZnHE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ppllhi7.jpg

My goals are to have the front "?" Light up and have the window side "?" clear and see through so you can see the components from the outside. This is a modest build compared to last years mod the Baron Nashor from League of Legends.
(bonus xmas photo of that)
http://i.imgur.com/oTBzykz.jpg.

[thorkon]

First post, here we go!

Cutting down some wood to fit the inside of the case.
http://i.imgur.com/cqf6TFf.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fhIS01t.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/tAdv6Ar.jpg

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

Leaning the pieces together to get an idea of the size of the case
http://i.imgur.com/L1WHzo3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tUP03SK.jpg?1

The cube gluing begins!
http://i.imgur.com/539yaLP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/heW0Fl1.jpg

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/Wa3BB17.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/mubl6w3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/epw4Lup.jpg

Laying the glue foundation down for the bottom fan
http://i.imgur.com/Pnjg3Bh.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/MMl8ee6.jpg

[d_stilgar]

Yeah! New project! Can't wait for more.

[TheMainMan]

:stupid: Always great to see more of your work! Meant to share this a while back but slipped my mind until now. CPU Magazine photo (https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=2AF07D7DF705E064!3649&authkey=!AC5AZC84RCfGgeE&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg)

[thorkon]

Ha, that thing was so big to fit in my vehicle to get it to Boston! It was worth it though since I did win the mod contest :). I'm using that motherboard I won in this case actually too. Thanks for posting the link, thats awesome.

[thorkon]

More pics for the 8bits

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

Close up of side door
http://i.imgur.com/kI7ZH1c.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xTPPY9M.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/YIIz4Rt.jpg

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/fLAOa59.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MtNS4h9.jpg

The power button will be where the hole is
http://i.imgur.com/YrjS8h5.jpg

Other side of the hole with the button
http://i.imgur.com/wPvc91f.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hwMrzM6.jpg

Installing the harddrives
http://i.imgur.com/nk4JOGR.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/3tjx8ks.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lbquKA5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ve8r3Ms.jpg

Brought it up stairs and had it next to the Baron
http://i.imgur.com/FpSTTWU.jpg

[thorkon]

Didn't realise I finished painting it and never came back to finish up this post! This is gonna be a big post...

The power button location in the top right:
http://i.imgur.com/uJKnIfB.jpg

You can see the gaps between the cubes and thin pieces. This gets filled in with wood filler.
http://i.imgur.com/F3wNc2K.jpg

Close up of the motherboard through the side window
http://i.imgur.com/ZQJMzkZ.jpg

A shot of the power button and my "clean" wiring solution by running the cables in the corner through the blocks
http://i.imgur.com/z21OZ8G.jpg

This is where the cathode lights will be hanging from. I sanded down spots for them to rest
http://i.imgur.com/sm2QOWt.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/t3b141Q.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Hq2ujhe.jpg

The power button from the inside
http://i.imgur.com/xtRDjJ7.jpg

Lights on!
http://i.imgur.com/LzO25ow.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CWm5Kn4.jpg

Side where you can see the motherboard's rear
http://i.imgur.com/1XErv4u.jpg

Underneath shot of the legs to give it a floating look
http://i.imgur.com/h08NzON.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/m16VdNh.jpg

Pre-paint taping commence!
http://i.imgur.com/XAicjS9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/a722W3l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Qm64bI2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RlWr2w8.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/tep7dJk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IZ2mqbi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mEer5uk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/H8jIHG8.jpg

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

Removal of some of the tape
http://i.imgur.com/P2bmY4A.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/TLv7D6s.jpg

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

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

Components being installed after painting
http://i.imgur.com/43RUBLa.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/z4iHeY4.jpg

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/4uva7aH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JF2PHDJ.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/h2Mw33Q.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qPkJ1IZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BlIrb6t.jpg

Taking it to PAX East!
http://i.imgur.com/8ydNeJq.jpg

At PAX East!
http://i.imgur.com/NZdqWN8.jpg


I am putting the video together right now of the whole thing being made in a time lapse and will have that up in the next few days! Thanks for checking this out and following along with my build.