Thought it was finished? just a few shots to show the product and the technique used to apply it!!!!
A few shots to show the base with the pc
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Thought it was finished? just a few shots to show the product and the technique used to apply it!!!!
A few shots to show the base with the pc
Wow guys!! thank you all for the great replies :) thyr very much appreciated. :)
another flood update!
For the motherabord side of the PC i'm going to keep with the Auto theme and use some Vents ive had laying around for ages.
these will not only be for looks but serve to help the internals breath as well.
The idea is that the 2 will petrude thru the side panel much like the hood scoops do on hot rods.
These will be attached to the chassis and the side panel will be fitted over the top.
The holes are cut by hand and dremel, so the lines are not as streight as they could be.
A block and paper help to sand them back to near streight.
With one hole cut the Vents can be placed thru for a "look see", the only dilemma is what way to have the vents face?
I decided that now was a good time to cut the second (top) vent hole and do a proper looksee!
Nothing really flash to show you guys, just me cutting a hole! so ive left that out and moved onto the better shots.
A bit of early spray putty was used to help fill in the larger scratches from the cuts and sanding.
Next (using some double sided tape for now)was to sit the side vents in.
Last was to pop the panel on!... i have to admit i really like this look and i think it will fit in with the rest of the theme, not bad for a $2.50 mod :wink:
Maybe some added lighting later :)
I went off on a bit of a Tangent in this next update ! bit more self indulgence. I'd had an idea thru the week! and having a spare front panel to play with i'd thought i'd give it shot!
I wanted to spice up the old "blow hole" mod, give it somthing new :)
The modded panel and the new one i'll use for the new "Defyant style blow hole" :P
I'll pretty much skip thu the cutting hole process, all been seen before.
This blow hole is going to follow the shape of the case and be a raised type.
The new part or extra to the blow hole will be it'd side vents!
This is the first time ive tried this mod, it's ganna be messy soz, but bear with me and hopefully the end result will be worth the time. :)
No rocket science just mark and cut :P
The left over will be bent down to help with the shape of the vents.
Some left over 100mm pvc from the blowhole is cut into 2 small strips.
And pretty much "jammed" and araldite glued into the cut slots.
You all knew this next part was coming :)
Again im skipping thru the several layers of bondo ive applied.
Some final 2pack qick dry fine sand putty is used....more or less fancy blade putty as ive used earlier.
As you can see i'm trying to work 2 contrasting shapes against each other in the hopes that they will become more interesting to look at.
With the one side almost complete ive poped the front facia on for a good old "looksee" :)
I'll update with the other vent completed and the whole panel under putty.
altho still no where near finished i can get a good look as to how the new front will now look.
The 2 vents are not as perfect as would like and one is slightly more open then the other, this i can fix.
now that thyr under spray putty i can get the lines right and finish them for the next update.
The "finishing" putty i'm using id a pro type qick dry 2pak stuff, i'm using this because it drys and is sandable within minutes!it's expensive but gets the job done for me a lot faster.
This stuff is mixed in small amounts and used as needed to fill the pits etc.
The vents are worked some more and put inder a few coats of spray putty.
Finally the dried panel is sat back onto the the case to get and over all final look.
As said before still a way to go before the vents are finished, there's also a bit of modding to be done to the blow hole yet :)
NB*** I opted in the end not to run this mod! the end case looks cleaner without the rings*****
While this mod is not going to be a HP3-MRGA when it comes to lighting effects ,i still wanted to add something new.
What i decided upon was a very simple yet modular design that would allow me (with the use of LED lit fans) to swap lighting around to suit the case. A blue fan id used for now but a RED, GREEN ,UV etc can easily be added to the carridge.
I wanted to add lighting that would add to the blowhole/turbine effect, but not distract too much from air flow.
A qik trip to the local plex shop and i was home with the parts needed :)
The major part of this next mod are the 2x 50mm long Perspex tubes , the outer is 100mm and the inner being 80mm.
The modular part of the mod is an old fan holder from a HP server. I will be altering slightily to suit this mod.
Shown here is the cutting away ow the middle area to allow the nosecone to come thru,
In the end i removed all the round grill bits and just left the 4 support posts.
The next shot pretty much gives you the idea of what im after!
The plex tubes are taken inside for a qick sanding
Dried and cleaned
To help the new paint stick the "inners" of the plex tubes are coated with plastic plex prime.
The the "insides only" are painted with Platinum silver.
Once the paint has dried the ends of each tube are given a qick sand to remove the overspray.
Then these are glued to the also previously painted and dried fan ex holder.
For testing i'm going to use a spare CM BLUE 120, this type of fan is totally perfect for this mod! the 4 placed LED's that are already on the fan will carry along the tubes perfecty.
Rubber gromets are used to support the fan, the fan is then bolted to the assembly.
The assembly now works as one unit and can be installed and removed as needed.
