View Full Version : Project: Paradise Lost
TheGreatSatan
10-27-2005, 12:45 AM
I really do like the Kaypro mod, but something is in my head. Something big.
I had a flood of ideas hit me today. This is how I felt when I first created El Diablo. I want to make something horrific, I want to be a part of something evil. I have a pretty good picture in my head of what I want this case to look like, but I have no idea on the specs. The specs are not important anyway. Once I finish the case and get the swarm out of my head I can go back to the Kaypro mod. Even if the finished product sits empty, at least I'll know it's done.
It's gonna be black, it's gonna be red. There will be sharp things, there will be blood. There will be Inverted Pentagrams, skulls, devil heads, and body parts. It's gonna be different. It's gonna be a wasteland.
Here's the case. An old P2 system that I've been using to test cathodes, fans, etc.
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/3386/10001673ly.jpg
The face plate.
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/1632/10001686yf.jpg
The IO ports
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/2274/10001695fy.jpg
I pulled the mobo out
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/7279/10001705xv.jpg
The empty victim
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/9691/10001717fy.jpg
Some wingdings that I'm gonna encorporate
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/7344/10001721wk.jpg
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/3449/10001737en.jpg
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/8518/10001751tu.jpg
The panel for the window.
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/1446/10001766kd.jpg
TheGreatSatan
10-28-2005, 01:03 AM
I got to work on the Primer.
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/2184/primer7pa.jpg
Then the black under coat.
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/7482/base12gk.jpg
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/3356/base29jp.jpg
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/5108/base38xg.jpg
Next, I played with how the faceplate may be set up after it's done.
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/755/idealbezel4jc.jpg
Here's where it gets good. The whole case is pretty much going to be covered in expanding foam. I want the case to be bumpy and porous. I want it to look like what you'd expect if you ripped off someones skin. Think of the muscles, tendons, fat and all that blood. I've tested it on the original faceplate for El Diablo.
Here's the original.
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/1607/foam16cd.jpg
Then with the foam. I waited about 2 hours for it to settle.
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/5515/foam27qm.jpg
Then I sprayed it with a mixture of black and red. The red goes on thick and the black undercoats and helps create the look of natural shadowing.
I think it turned out pretty damn good. Almost too good, it looks sick!
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/5273/foam30yd.jpg
I'll start applying it to the case tommorrow.
TheGreatSatan
10-29-2005, 12:53 AM
I have a huge UPDATE. I spent the last 14 hours on this mod and I've accomplished lots! First just want to show you what the dried look of the "skinned flesh" is.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7509/driedblood1op.jpg
First thing I did was Primer the faceplate.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/5458/primerbezel7fb.jpg
Then after 3 coats of black.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/2047/blackbezel6gz.jpg
I added it to the case and let it dry.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/5066/casedried7um.jpg
Then I worked on another slot loading CD drive.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/5283/blackcd2oh.jpg
Next up was prepping the fan grill for the front blow hole.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/8682/fan13aa.jpg
Dried.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/1817/fan28el.jpg
And I wired the power and reset switches. These were the originals. I also cleaned the surface where I was putting the fan.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/2541/fan38bt.jpg
Then I cut it out and screwed the fan in.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/5821/fan43vn.jpg
The power buttons got a face lift. First with primer.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/2872/onoff11wg.jpg
Then with red and clear coats.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/8348/onoff22gh.jpg
Lastly I primered the skull and covered the eyes and nose with tape.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/8979/skull13kz.jpg
And painted it black too.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/1295/skull28ac.jpg
3 coats later.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/681/skull32lp.jpg
Peeled the tape off. Looks great.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/2388/skull42dg.jpg
Here's where I marked off my screw placement for the skull.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/2263/skull50vh.jpg
I use a hole punch to divet where I want my drill bit to sit at. This way it won't slide.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7378/skull60oh.jpg
And I cut the holes.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/4782/skull76qh.jpg
Then I had to wire up his eyes so they could glow.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/8050/skull89bq.jpg
And I screwed it down.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/9829/skull94qk.jpg
Here's a pic of the front mostly completed.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7233/frontdone17ih.jpg
And without the flash.
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/3127/frontdone22mb.jpg
I still have to put a bit of the meaty blood look on the front. (1) To cover the exposed drive bay covers and (2) around the fan. In a couple of days I'm gonna start cutting the side panel.
TheGreatSatan
10-31-2005, 01:10 AM
I sprayed on the foam on the bezel.
http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/9259/bezelguts13dh.jpg
http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/7218/bezelguts24ld.jpg
And added the red! I'll be touching this up some more later with red, black and clear coats.
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1759/bezelguts37lk.jpg
And I cut the saw blade in half for later.
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/795/halfblade7yo.jpg
TheGreatSatan
11-01-2005, 07:25 PM
Well, the front panel is all dry.
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7054/bezeldry18st.jpg
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/6190/bezeldry25tk.jpg
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/5408/bezeldry39na.jpg
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2760/bezeldry43jq.jpg
And I changed the way I wanted the panel window to look.
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/6161/flamingpanel0oo.jpg
TheGreatSatan
11-02-2005, 05:54 PM
It's time to put my old Koolance to work.
http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/8651/pump10of.jpg
But first it had to be gutted.
http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/5715/pump20pj.jpg
http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/319/pump37gz.jpg
And the pump with reservoir needs to be removed.
http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/7982/pump41pd.jpg
Now that it's out what do you think I'm going to do?
http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/566/pump50vp.jpg
More tonight.
TheGreatSatan
11-08-2005, 02:03 AM
First for the day, I cut notches into the blade.
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/5764/bladenotch10lp.jpg
And set it on the panel to see how it would look.
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/2659/bladenotch28sk.jpg
Here's some of my extra parts. A fake chain.
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/3162/chain8ag.jpg
And some misc. body parts (2 eyes, 2 finger tips, and an ear)
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/5694/gooey16va.jpg
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/6127/gooey22yp.jpg
Next up came the foam.
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/5098/sidefoam10jf.jpg
Painted it black
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/1710/sidefoam29qr.jpg
Then red and added the parts.
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/1637/sidefoam36em.jpg
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/540/sidefoam41dg.jpg
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/3241/sidefoam50gc.jpg
http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/1236/sidefoam67ai.jpg
Next up is the top of the case.
TheGreatSatan
11-08-2005, 09:41 AM
I added some blood to the blade. I just sprayed it into an empty spray paint lid and when I got enough, I dripped it all over.
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/2738/bloodyblade11ws.jpg
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/3405/bloodyblade25oc.jpg
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/6500/bloodyblade30wj.jpg
TheGreatSatan
11-09-2005, 01:12 AM
So, last week I went to an online Halloween gift shop and bought some fake Femurs. They look pretty real and weigh about 1.5lbs each. I actually only need one so the other? Anyone need a femur?
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2424/handle10ep.jpg
As you can see I want to have a femur case handle.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7130/handle27ml.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3220/handle32ny.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1060/handle44bu.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5912/handle58fz.jpg
I removed the finger tip in the middle of the side panel and moved one eye further to the top right. Hopefully this will break up the face I had going on there. That was a bit too cartoony.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2396/reside19ia.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8153/reside22jg.jpg
Next I started on the top. First with the foam.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1294/top16qx.jpg
Then I attached the bone handle.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3284/top28iq.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1812/top32od.jpg
And after the foam dried I taped off the femur.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1393/top45tu.jpg
The black went on.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/781/top53zp.jpg
And the red.
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5866/top68iq.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7826/top71dg.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5568/top83up.jpg
TheGreatSatan
11-09-2005, 01:10 PM
I took the tape off.
http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/4899/handledone14uz.jpg
http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/6104/handledone26gu.jpg
http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/584/handledone38xa.jpg
TheGreatSatan
11-11-2005, 11:21 PM
The left panel is on the way. The goo....
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/1883/leftblood14dh.jpg
Painted black, started red.
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/4439/leftblood29gp.jpg
Red done.
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/4962/leftblood30qm.jpg
Things that glow.
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/3438/leftparts9ip.jpg
Fan and grill mounted.
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/457/leftblood41fn.jpg
I did some more gooey on the trim.
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/6122/trim0vw.jpg
The rest are the "Nearly Complete" pics. There's still some touch up painting to do, but as you can see I did add a little color to the handle.
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/7128/nearly16aq.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/5325/nearly26fx.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/2703/nearly36tx.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9866/nearly47my.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/3895/nearly52uf.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9557/nearly66kb.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/223/nearly72dw.jpg
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9587/nearly82js.jpg
I still have to add the plexi too.
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/462/plexi7nw.jpg
TheGreatSatan
11-28-2005, 02:13 AM
While I wait for a solution to R2 not working, I decided to put the system I was going to use for the Kaypro into Paradise Lost.
The copper stand offs were fun looking for. 3 different sizes!
http://img495.imageshack.us/img495/1613/3standoffs4qf.jpg
Jackpot!!
http://img495.imageshack.us/img495/5133/jackpot5dt.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6853/standoffset7yg.jpg
Go figure I only have one stick of 128MB PC2100 for this system. Pictured is a 1GB stick that doesn't work.....
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4708/badmemory2jc.jpg
Before I start I wear gloves. I don't want to risk getting any residue from my fingers on the motherboard.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7509/gloves2yk.jpg
Here's my cabling.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/79/cabling6il.jpg
And my 80GB Maxtor
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5966/maxtor800pl.jpg
Before mounting the motherboard I realized that the case doesn't have a hole for this screw area. I could cut one, but I'm confident that I won't actually need one there.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/381/noscrew0pj.jpg
Here's the building process. PSU First.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2333/withpsu13rr.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2489/withpsu25ep.jpg
Then the rest
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2721/system14ce.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8577/system20nj.jpg
Here's where that screwless hole is. That sounds perverted.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6057/system30qv.jpg
And the rest.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2852/system42vk.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5205/system55fy.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4408/system62rm.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7096/system78bu.jpg
I still have to put in the window.
TheGreatSatan
12-05-2005, 01:29 AM
I finished the window. Here's what I used.
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/8205/window18ul.jpg
I cut it to fit.
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/8540/window22op.jpg
And stuck it on.
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/6527/window30lm.jpg
And it's done.
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/7204/window49lk.jpg
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/6053/window59hc.jpg
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/271/pldone11cc.jpg
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2039/pldone23zg.jpg
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/4338/pldone33cs.jpg
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/8388/pldone41nd.jpg
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/9296/pldone50kg.jpg
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/3605/pldone67pu.jpg
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