Hehe, My First Paint Job.

[Atomic]

Well yeah, being only 15 and not having access to a range of tools, nor a budget of over $40AUD, I thought it'd be nice to do up an old P3 given to me by my grandmother.

So anyway, here's what I got...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02447.jpg

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02448.jpg

As you can see, it's nothing nice... I'm not even sure the mobo is ATX, and the power supply (200W haha) is a really weird shape.

So I gutted it...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02450.jpg

Sanded and painted it...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02461.jpg

Then stenciled a nice few flames on the front...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02468.jpg

Then the side...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02486.jpg

Then did another little stencil...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02492.jpg

And this is where I'm at so far...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02493.jpg

Next I'm going to put flames on the other side too, and perhaps buy a dremel and cut myself a nice window. We shall see.

I know it's nothing special, and is nothing compared to some of the amazing stuff we see here, but tell me what you think. :D

[calumc]

u need a bit of green glow comin outa that thing!
some green leds in the eyes of the skull maybe? or cut them out, put plexi in and leds behind it

[jdbnsn]

That's not half bad!

[Elenril]

I really like the dripping effect on the skull. Was that part of the stencil or did you do it seperately?

[Atomic]

The dripping effects was actually cut into the stencil, yes. :P


u need a bit of green glow comin outa that thing!
some green less in the eyes of the shull maybe? or cut them out, put plexi in and leds behind it

Wow! That's a mad idea! I'm certainly doing that. Thanks. :D

[rendermandan]

Looks cool man! I agree, It definelty needs some green glow

[Zephik]

That looks pretty good for your first time!

Well done!

[SgtM]

+rep and welcome aboard. We all have to start somewhere man. IMO, for a first paint job, that's really good. I'll agree with calumc about the green cathodes.. it would really set that case off! The only suggestion I could really give is to improve a little on the stencils. There is a little overspray. There's a really good stencil guide in the tips, tricks, and tutorials section. Have a look. http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8334

Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Atomic]

Heh, thanks man. :) And yeh, it took me until half way through the skull to realise that when I hold the can on a 45 degree angle to the stencil, pointing under the paper, it was going to overspray. Haha.

As for LEDs, I think I'm going to grab two green ones, drill a hole in both the eyes and stick the LEDs in. The thing is about the power etc... I'm not sure how to connect LEDs to the motherboard. From what I know know I could just rig them to a nine volt battery and stick it on the side of the case, or I could swap the current Power LED (there is no hard drive LED -.-) for the two.

Can anyone help me with that? Or perhaps you can buy LED (+ - connection) to Molex. That'd be good.

[Mitternacht]

Funny thing is, that I have the exact Gateway tower. Nice paint job so far. +rep

[calumc]

leds can be wired into the 5 or 12v lines on the molex, there are tutorials on the forums somewhere.
But you just got me thinkin wen u mentioned the hdd light, if you don't mind a little bit of soldering you can use a chip to wire them into the hdd curcuit and they would be on with hdd activity. Now how cool would that be?
I saw a thread on doing it recently but i really dont feel like looking for it now.

[SgtM]

LED tut by Slytherock:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8795

LED tut by Eclecticos:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7720

LED tut by Whisp:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=642

LED tut by xmastree:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2669

[Atomic]

Wow thanks a ton for that. :D

[Spacehonkey]

I'm really digging the dripping skull :up:.


The dripping effects was actually cut into the stencil, yes. :P

Did you make the stencil or did you get it from somewhere? If at all possible I would like a copy of the stencil for future use. If that's OK with you?

[SgtM]

You're welcome Atomic. I know you said the computer doesn't have a HDD activity light right now.. is it not there or is it just not working? I think 2 green LED's acting as eyes powered by the HDD activity lead would be awesome for your mod.

[Atomic]

Mmmk, Stencil is here: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/52562334/

Hmm, yeah I think it does have a working HDD light, and I think I know how to hook it up so that the eyes become the HDD lights. So anyway, I went out and bought four LEDs. Two 12v green ones and two 220v green ones. The 12v ones seem fine when hooked up to a molex/9v battery, though the 220v ones don't seem to work hooked up with anything... Maybe nothing yet is outputting enough energy to light them?

Here they are...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02509.jpg

So anyway I took the faceplate off, and checked out the way the power LED etc. works...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02511.jpg

Unplugged the HDD LED...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02515.jpg

Plugged in mine...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02517.jpg

And we have eyes!

[thehilitereel]

very nice man, thumbs up.

[Atomic]

Thanks. :D

Here are the eyes in action...

http://pointofseverity.com/images/DSC02534.jpg

[SgtM]

That looks sweet man!

[Atomic]

Haha thanks, next I'm going to get out the old hacksaw (well it's actually pretty new) and cut myself a nice window.

[Drum Thumper]

That turned out nice man, I love it.

+rep, can't wait to see what you're gonna do next.

[calumc]

turned out nice!

[psychowit]

that's lookin good!!!

[solja]

d00d whoa.. amazing work.... I'm a n00b to modding... I would be willing to try something like this. Infact that gives me an idea

oh yea... +rep 4 j00