Project Log "Hades"

[RednNeonRT]

A month or so ago I came into a few emachines for free. I decided that my new workbench should have a new custom painted computer to go along with it. So "Hades" was born.

Here is a pic I found of the original case
http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/userpics/emachine.gif

First I sanded down the powder coat that the case came with
http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation1.jpg

Next up clean up the front panel a little bit.

This case had front USB and audio jacks under a slide down panel. It worked like crap so I deleted it.

I added some body filler and a little glazing putty to fill everything in and get a real smooth finish

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation2.jpg


http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation3.jpg

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation5.jpg

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation8.jpg

Next was to primer and add a gloss white paint job. Smooth :D

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/normal_Escape_Creation12.jpg


Time to paint the rest of the case. I put down a few coats of self etching primer and topped it off with a nice gloss black

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation11.jpg

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation13.jpg

Now comes the tricky part. I recently invested in an airbrush setup and have been anxious to try it out. What a perfect excuse 8)

I taped off all the flames.

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation14.JPG

I started with a yellow for the basecoat and moved into a nice orange to start filling in the flames.

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation15.JPG

On to a darker orange and some red to fill out the flames a little more and then a nice mix of yellow/white to blend the sides into the front panel. In this pic you can also see the shadowing I am starting to apply for the flaming skulls.

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation16.JPG


I had my wife handy who went to school for makeup airbrushing at the ready if I made any mistakes

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation19.JPG

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation17.JPG

I then added a dark black to finish up the skulls

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation22.JPG

Peel very carefully...

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation20.JPG

I love the look so far

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation21.JPG

I popped on the front panel to see how its coming along

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/escape/Escape_Creation24.JPG


Part two starts tonight.

I have to airbush some designs on the front panel and add some finishing touches to the flames.

Thanks for looking 8)

Let me know what you all think.

Chris

***Update***5-21-07

I spent some time working on the front panel tonight. I finished up my new power switch and got most of the front graphic done.

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/userpics/Escape_Creation25.JPG

http://www.redneonrt.com/album/albums/userpics/Escape_Creation26.JPG


More tonight I hope....thanks everyone for looking

[Luke122]

Lookin great so far!

[Eclecticos]

:up: :up: Kewl! Looks Fantastic! A Worklog right out the gate. +Rep

Welcome to TBCS.

[RednNeonRT]

Thanks for all the feedback everyone :)

Few change of plans, I am not happy with the front panel so I decided to redo it so stay tuned for that.

Also I had a major "doh" I have been using a laquer based paint for all my painting so far and apparently the airbrush paint was an Acrylic enamel. So I tested the clear coating on the side panel and it started lifing the paint on the flames :(

So I get so sand and re-paint tonight, I'll have to make sure I grab Acrylic enamel from work this time. The other side should be ok, I'll just use the Acrylic enamel clearcoat this time

[Noobkiller]

wicked; enough said

[TheGreatSatan]

Painting is always a HUGE pain, +Rep for your work.