Project: Blue-Hellfire

Sucks about your experience with that store, I would stay right away from them if I was you.

That card looks exactly like my 6600GT lol. A standard Zalman cooler should fit it , they work great.

live and learn i guess..

another month wont kill me as it will take me atleast that long to finish my tweaks and bits to the case but it sure does deflate the wind from the sails when you are looking forward to something and they throw a spanner in the works.

heres a quick question for the plexi heads..i read on here somewhere a tile saw works well for cutting plexi ( need info for this build and also for my next which i have already started the planning stages of)
i have 10mm plexi i need to do a few straight cuts on. what i have used in the past was a router locked up upside down in my tablemate workbench and then set up a form of a stop rail. this is "OK" but i would prefer something similar to table saw ethics because the router has a tendancy to try to shift the plexi around a bit and not give a perfectly straight cut.
if a tile cutter works, what type of blade should i look for and what tips can anyone give.
thanks in advance for any info

A drop or a bench saw would work. I dunno about the blade, I don't have one.

At school the Design & Tech teacher used to buy 6x6m 10mm sheets of plexi and cut it on his bench saw without changing the blade, he used the same blade for all the wood also.

hmm dont have a table saw so i think this round is gonna go to the router again. buys me a bit of time before i have to worry about laser straight cuts.
woke up this morning and decided.. Ok today is modding day! suprisingly wifey didnt kick my ass since i finished reasealing the bathtub last night so i had the weekend to mod.
and also i didnt think she would yell when a mojor chunk of the day was spent on her rig lol.
so heres where we start the journey today.

wifeys rig, waiting for bits but still needs wiring sorted out a bit and still needs switches installed and lighting.
2 switches need to go in for the lighting.

most inconspicuous place i can find to put them is on either side of the case in the side panels

down in this area

so i was lazy, grabbed my trusty dremel with a small drill bit on it, and went to work.
notice how clean cut and machine made the hole looks?

nah me either...
important bit is the switches fit.
yay me.

once those were popped in it was time for a bit of wiring for the lights
ccfl's ended up at the top and bottom of the window panel side.
had to notch the upper and lower pillars so they fit along the case tho

used a bit of 5 min epoxy to stick them in place ( cant stand that velcro crap they give you with em.. does anyone actually use it?)

then we had a set of 4 inch ccfl's to illuminate the front si i found homes for these as well.
first ine just inside the front lower frame rail.. then the second mounted on top of the front fan assembly

let em sit for a bit then peeled the tape off so they are perm mounted now.
next had to find a home for the little resistor packs they come with.

a bit more 5 min epoxy

squish in place

tape so it cant move

then go back to it in a half hour. can remove the tape then and it should be perm mounted

same deal for the other side resistor. ended up something like this ( one chrome and one black.. figures i couldnt have 2 match because diff manufacturers lol)

this side also had a hole in the housing so i riveted it to one of the holes in the case =o)

all this stull was starting to feel a bit like work and it was coming up on 9 AM..seemed like a good time for breakfast..
mmmmmmmm ham n cheese omlette

eh while i am relaxin.. look what wifey got me on xmas just so ya wont have to look at me feet so much =o)~

ok back to work
decided to sort out some of the wiring on hers so when the new bits get here i have less to do.
eww beige wires

much better now

did the same with the header connector set

ran the wires for the lighting

thats kinda where i left off on chicks rig today.
now it was time to mess with mine a lil bit.
grabbed the dull black power supply

and decided to ummm errr improve on it a touch

tis ok but its the first time i have actually messed with an airbrush in about 10 years so i wasnt expecting a picasso.
then i grabbed my Maxtor 250 gig sata hd i will be using for this rig

removed the sticker the day after i got it.
thinkin this has to match everything else so grab the masking tape

trim out the area to be painted

and your left with this...

3 layers of white primer later and this is whats left

tima to make it match the psu(sort of)
grabbed my net hacked and home cut stencil (can you say ghetto air brush supplies?)

and started messin about

almost to the point i want it.

pick curtosey of da chick
and heres a HD

so now here was the dilema.. clean up all the airbrush gear and continue again messing about tomorrow , or...say the hell with it and start on the case with the layout in mind.
starting on the case won.
here is early early progress pics.
found a cool demon skull n the web a while back and decided that would be the focal point.

after basic outline and shading i started adding a few of the surrounding images i will need to make this look the way i want it to.

at this point wifey actually turned to me and said " that looks like crap"
/hmmmmph.. back to painting and biting tongue.

brought a few of the skulls into the intake area.. thought it looked cool

after about an hour i ended up with this

still got more detail to add and all that but overall i am happy with the way it turned out.
once i got done with the skulls i kinda figured it was time to pack up the airbrush and paint and call it a day.
i am sure i will find something different to mess with tomorrow while i twiddle thumbs waiting for hdwe.
cya soon

Paint looks nice. I like the way the skulls spill over into the intake area and flow down onto the flames. Great job! +rep

But honestly, I'm LOVIN' me some house shoes! :D

Wow..im loving that paint, great job

Both mods are looking sweet, your wife should be really happy with hers.

Actually I do use velcro to attach my CCFLs and the inverters,I don't use the weak stuff that comes with them though, I use industrial strength velcro lol.

You say you haven't touched the ari brush in 10 years ey? Damn fine work mate, looks bloody fantastic. I just hope you didn't paint over the vent hole on the HDD:eek:. +rep

TY for the kind comments on the paint. its not done yet and i feel fortunate atm because wifey pushed me into doing the case itself yesterday. otherwise i would have taken another 2 weeks to practice and relearn what i used to know 10 yrs ago. overall i am happy with the outcome so far. i will hit it with a bit more shadowing and highlights this week to bring the skulls out a bit more then next week i work the "blue" into the equation.
off for another day of modding today so i should see ya this evening.
have a good one.

PS bleh to velcro!! lol :banana:

todays adventure takes us to keyboard land first.
remember that Saitek Eclipse 2 that wifey clause got me for Xmas?

heres the before pic

yanno i cant leave anything stock if i can help it at all.
soooooo
it had to come apart..screws were easy enough to drop out of it.

pop the wrist rest off so it can be disassembled too

then off comes the keyboard surround

that took a lil bit of prying even after all the screws were out.. its my guess that saitek really didnt want me to take the keyboard apart.. pffffft
tima for a few more ghetto skull stencils cause of course everything has to match.. so i found a few on the web.

and then proceded to cut em out.

this is the set i will be using for the keyboard

heres a pic of the airbrush i am using for this.. wifey picked it up for me off ebay for £21 + shipping.

i used to have a testors aztec in the states before i came to the Uk and i have to say, as far as fine line and control work goes this one spanks the testors one.
repeated random patterning on the surround and wrist rest till i came out with this

popped things back together to make sure how they look

bingo.. works for me.
now on to the next part of what i worked on today.
that cool Giel memory cooler..

quick show of hands here.. who thought this would stay stock......?

as if...
lol

dont know what about it just doesnt sit right with me so i will take it apart till i figure it out.

construction is simple on it.. basically the fan holds everything together..should make cutting it up all the more fun =o)
fans out

leaves me with these 3 main pieces

i found the one that annoys me so i grab the dremel n the cut off wheel and attack the offending eyesore

put the baseplate/outer cage on a diet

reassembled after streamlining

i like that much better now.
even with the side clip mounting plates on it i think it is better than stock looks

maybe i am biased (duh) lol
eh thats enough for this weekend.. this week i will fit more modding in.. see what i can get done and if i get anything good i will be sure to throw it up on here for people to point and laugh at =o)~
cya soon.

Skulls + flames = awesome!!!:twisted: This is looking better and better.