The Baddest Modded Case Contest!

So we begin the Next Contest. The contest is about creating the biggest baddest modded case on the planet.

Except, all you have to do is draw it!!

Entries can be submitted in MS Paint, CAD, SketchUp, etc. It can be a Modded case or a scratch built that looks nothing like a case. One Entry per member. Any member can participate (except Me). There is no limit on how outrageous the Mod may seem. I don't care about system specs, just the modded case. In fact, if you tell me system specs I may just disqualify you. The contest ends on 28 March.

Submit your entries in this thread. Limit 4 pics per member. I want you to tell me about Lights, windows, fan grills, case handles, etc. Be specific! There's a prize on the line!!

The winner will receive an empty Apple Power Mac G4 (with Mirrored Drive Doors). I will ship to it to anywhere in the world for FREE.

This sound cool, i might just enter :)

You should have them use that case as a base model. While I'd love to enter if I get any less sleep Im going to turn into a zombie. So good luck everyone.

Everyone please enter. I would love to have to choose from a pile of entries!

can i get another prize?

Uh, no. But I am working on getting a cool 2nd prize.:up:

Man. If only I had an idea. I think I could win this from presentation alone.

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Originally Posted by TheGreatSatan

Uh, no. But I am working on getting a cool 2nd prize.:up:

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what is it?

Builders copy of Microsoft Office!

I want that case! O_O

Definately going to enter...i've been wanting one of those >:3

Edit: Heck, even the 2nd prize sounds good to work for ^^

I hope you're not the only participant.....

count me in:) ill do EVERYTHING i can to rock your socks off:D

gl to everybody! now lets have all 5000 members throw in a entry! (lol that would be nice for you to have to go through 5000 entrys xD)

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Originally Posted by TheGreatSatan

I hope you're not the only participant.....

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haha, well, i hope not either. I'd like some competition.

So what happens if the baddest modded Case has already been built? -not implying anything here, Paul :)

It has to be new.

I have to get an idea... Gahh.

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Originally Posted by Katosen

haha, well, i hope not either. I'd like some competition.

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you will have:P... (and if it turns out that you makes a cooler mod then mine a cruise misil could esially remove the evidences :twisted:)

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Originally Posted by Lord Ned

I have to get an idea... Gahh.

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In the same boat...but I have a couple of idea's...now to flesh them out somehow...

I had an idea floating around in my head on the way to school, i'll have to test some ideas out.

More the merrier!!!

finally, got an idea. Now to flesh 'er out

Ohhh!!!
I'm definitely in.

I think I have an idea but I'm gonna brainstorm for a bit before I start anything.

Great contest.

Just In! The Winner will receive the Apple Tower as stated originally and a Volume Licensed Copy of Microsoft Office XP (Runs on Vista too!!).

Secong place will get just the Volume Licensed Copy of Microsoft Office XP.:banana:

Man, wish I could come up with something... some great prizes there. :D

Hey when you say "as outrageous as you want it", does that mean it has to be feasibly buildable or can it weight 60 lbs and stand on 1 square centimeter?

Another thing, are you judging on quality of the picture itself, i.e. intricate details or just the general concept and layout? I understand we should have like all the major components such as the windows, grills, etc. with their locations well defined, but I was more referring to say if we wanted "rustic paint" and I just fail miserably at it so I color it blue and write a note that says "rustic blue with aged paint". I'm asking because I just started out with google sketchup and my skills aren't nearly up to par with what some people can produce with it and photoshop. I have an idea on all the functions and layout, just not the visual presentation that some other people may produce. I understand that it'll weigh in subconsciously no matter what, but will it be a big factor in deciding a winner?

It's general concept. I understand that some will have better software/ability than others. Color is NICE, but not necessary. How you get a case to stand on a centimeter with that kind of weight is beyond me, but if I can tell it's a computer than that's good enough.

just a little taster on what i'm doing, so far this is an hours work :rolleyes:

hope you like

not quite sure if i understand what it is hahaha

Looks pretty awesome so far. Quick question, did you import those wheels premade or did you make them yourself?

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Originally Posted by ShadowNyfe

not quite sure if i understand what it is hahaha

Looks pretty awesome so far. Quick question, did you import those wheels premade or did you make them yourself?

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i got them off the 3d warhouse :up:

just thought i wound put up another tease

i'll shound finish it tomoz

Holy hell.....God, i wish my drawing skills were as impressive! XD

My Design Entry
Lean Mean Folding Machine

Heres The Four Pictures

About The Design

well i wanted to make a big case that wound hold a folding farm, a computer to monitor the folding machines and a high end gaming machine, and i wanted it to be able to move, thats where the wheels come in :D

it has 8 mother board trays taken from the sketchup components collection, and is a SilverStone Temjin SST-TJ07SW, every computer accept one is water cooled and each has it's own tripe rad, the holes for the rad are on one side of the case and the res's are on top, the computer that isn't water cooled is the monitoring pc which is just used to control the fans, and the power and settings of the other machines. :D

there is 3 massive 250mm fan intakes in the front of the case (thats what them big pipes are), the medium size cables are tubing for the water cooling setups, and the little ones are for power. :D

every part of the case is spilt into different section for thermal control which is monitored by the control pc.

the 8 tubes which are together on the top of the case are fans at each end that suck the air out of the case

at the back of the case the is room for 8 psu, which go into a junction box at the end of the psu, where the power get routed to the computers

where the rads are there is a rad grill which has got the words "lean mean folding machine" written diagonally along them, with black mesh behind it. the case has a total of 6,000 white leds in it and everything is light up from the tubing to the cables and the motherboard trays to the psu's.

the case has 3 windows 2 by the 5.12 bays and one at the back of the case, with the case having clear and plexi in the windows and other parts of the case.


let me now if you wound like any more information, good luck guys, but i really want this case, i am a true mac fan and have a macbook and a ibook at home ;);)

whoa... that is... pretty awesome hahaha. I was looking at it for the longest time, and I really couldn't wrap my mind around it so I decided to ask. =P

First and foremost, I'm not criticizing your work in any way; it's very creative and different, definitely different from what mine looks like hahaha.

That being said, I think there might be some scale issues here... Going off what your description said as the front 3 tubes being 250mm fans, this case is about the size of a good 2.5 meter cabinet on it's side :eek: That would make those the PSU the largest I've ever seen made, as standard ones are around 14 x 15 x 8 cm.

I looked it over and decided that with regards to the 5 1/2 bays in comparison to the PSU, the fan size is probably the thing that is off. Then I noticed if that were the case [haha pun], then there's no way to fit 8 mobos in there....Then the whole back panel with the triple rads... with double rads being 240 mm in length, triples I would stand to assume would be 360mm in length. Guestimating that you could fit about 1.5 radiators over each wheel width, that makes it... 1.8 meters in the back :eek:

Again, definitely not bashing you or anything because I like the idea of the folding machine, but there's some size issues i think need to be slightly revised and worked out.

P.S. If this posts offends anybody, let me know or delete it please. I purely meant it as constructive commenting.

yer the front fans our out the rest is to scale

Hi,
Thought I'd try this. Started doing some freehand sketches and will try and set my scanner up tomorrow so I can post something final when I'm ready. Just wondering, can I post my early concepts or do those count towards my four picture limit and are we judged on drawing quality? I'm doing all my stuff in rough freehand because I prefer to draw that way and just hope it won't affect my chance of winning (like I would anyway :p).

As a side note, is it just me or does the introductions forum not exist?

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Originally Posted by Tomos

Hi,
Thought I'd try this. Started doing some freehand sketches and will try and set my scanner up tomorrow so I can post something final when I'm ready. Just wondering, can I post my early concepts or do those count towards my four picture limit and are we judged on drawing quality? I'm doing all my stuff in rough freehand because I prefer to draw that way and just hope it won't affect my chance of winning (like I would anyway :p).

As a side note, is it just me or does the introductions forum not exist?

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sounds good, i put a few tease shots up will i was making it so i thnk you are alound :D:D,

and i'm looking forward to seeing to see what i'm up agasit, i was'nt going to enter but i really want that case big time want that case mega big time want that case :D:D:up::up::banana::banana:

good luck

Yeah, the case makes me want to actually complete this (I don't finish a lot of what I start) and the easter break means I've got time to do this. I'm design a sort of water cooled sentinel from the Matrix, reference pictures I'm using:

Image One
Image Two

By the way, what program are you doing your work in? Sorry if this has already been asked, I've only skimmed through the thread.

i'm using sketup, 3, 4, 5, 6

the reason i use old ones aswell because of some of the tools, and stuff

but you can get sketchup here for free http://sketchup.google.com/download.html

Yeah, I've used sketch up before, didnt know you could do that kind of stuff in it though. I'm downloading my scanner drivers now (lost the CD) so I should have my drawings up pretty soon.

Update
Okay, here are my current drawings. They're not in any particular order but Image 01 is probably the closest to what I want to finish with.

Image 01
Image 02
Image 03
Image 04
Image 05
Image 06
Image 07

I don't know much about water cooling (not yet anyways) so I'm probably missing some things and needing some things for it to actually work. Also, Image 01 probably couldn't support itself (you'll know what I mean when I draw the other views) so I'll need some kind of supports for the head/body).

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Update
Okay, here are my current drawings. They're not in any particular order but Image 01 is probably the closest to what I want to finish with.

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I don't know much about water cooling (not yet anyways) so I'm probably missing some things and needing some things for it to actually work. Also, Image 01 probably couldn't support itself (you'll know what I mean when I draw the other views) so I'll need some kind of supports for the head/body).

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pic 01 almost looks like an older cash register to me.

oh, W/C is easy. block, pump, rad, reservoir for the basics :)

I understand what your getting at, is it the mobo thats suspened in the orb by waterpipes or a monitor? Also, is the base attached to the head?

Some sharper diagrams would help :)