Project: Paradise Lost

[TheGreatSatan]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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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