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what an interesting idea. it's completely organic... yet... it's a computer case. great juxtaposition. i just have no idea how you are going to finish it (which i'm sure is your idea at this point). fiberglass... bondo... just paint? can't wait to see.
Just paint. Both my side panels are already heavier than a cheapskate Powerlogic case (minus the PSU) before I even patch them up. Had my offday yesterday but didnt do much on it cos needed my sleep lol.
Front Panel Part 4
Added some curves to the side of the front panel cos it looked.. well too empty to my liking
PAINT
Me is gots itchies hands. Can't resist the black spray paint so decided to have a go at it and see how it looks like after the first layer. Brown will be coming up but I need to see if i can wake up earlier than 10am lol.
Dude... you're fugly
Honestly its fugly, the paper suck up most of the first layer and it looked purplish and damp. So a second layer of black to make it more or less shiny. Ahhhh I need to wake up early to get the brown in. This reminds me of a petroleum covered bird lol.
Misc
Did a few more "fingers" for the right panel and some other minor stuffs (non pedo related stuffs lolx). 120mm bracket for the 3 5.25" slots which will be thicken when I have time. And filed a face plate and layered it to stealth the ROM.
There's more to do tonight when I get home. No more spray paint job for these few days.
Looks nice in black.
looks nice but could def use another coat but cant judge till its all painted
The paint in that pic is wet, that's why it looks weird.
you, my friend, do some awesome work with paper.
keep up the great work
Thanks. Actually the paint dried the same way as the pic :O sorta like petroleum covered. Hate that pic cos almost cant diff the texture from the pavement's texture lol. Meh. If I'd wake up tmrw being blessed with wicked painting skills I'll start a new religion; Capelloism heh.
Oh sorry, in the pic the paint looks wet lol. Did you use a primer?
No primer mate. Don't have the time to go to the specific mall that I know for sure sells primer.
That may be the issue. Cool effect anyway.
yea thats what i thought it look weird looks petrolium covered thats the words i wanted
still looks killer
I found something, uber cheap, kinda tough considering the demand of Paperazzi, and I can finally ditch my paper-molded fan grill :D ... Will post pix tomorrow, bloody Nokia's batt died on me again.
Oooooh.. excited & can't wait to try it out. No, its not a new girlfriend.
Could have had me fooled lol.
Mate, the speed of your replies had me wondering if you glued your forehead to the LCD or youve got a built in pc in you. Haha.
Haha, na man, just clicked up on my CP just after you posted I guess.
tell ya what... the effect may not be what you wanted, but i think it looks pretty cool... least from what we have seen so far. totally highlights the texture of the paper. almost like scales. very kewl.
...File found: cable "square tubes"
...Copy: Tried as fan slider
...Warning: custom LED on fan
...Result: LED blocking ROM slot
...Final result: Phailed
...Total damage: Excitement died
Meh... I don't know whats the thing called generally, its those white square tubes that u hide cables, usually nailed onto the wall and has a cover that can slide off? Time for new alternatives..
@Dane: Yeah, it highlighted teh texture, but I need brown shades now to make the base looks better.
Top Panel Part 5
Did a bit here and there for last nite. I'm more or less that type of guy, when I have sorta new vision on how to go on molding the shapes n angles, I work on it first. Spent 3 hours on HALF of the top panel last night. Couldn't go on with the other half cos my back's killing me. Got home at 10pm, finished around 1.30am. Sketched what was intended to be a horn (which eventually turned out to be something of a crocodile's tail in the end, which I like more than my initial idea). When it comes to a larger shaped scale, I don't do freehand molding like the front panel. I use these base first to get the area n gap right.
1/3 of the tail is up by around 30-40 minutes. I need to mold it away from the base before placing it on the panel, as I'll risk tearing the base causing it running out of shape if I do it on top. Its sorta like the front panel curves except its more vertically curved. Those 2 lil fellas at the side are used to shape them around the edges. The L shape holder works pretty well considering how it can be held. And the small sdriver do good at chipping out excessive paper that causes bulges.
After 3 hours, we're finally done. With legs numb as being short circuited by a PSU, and a back that felt like I've just been sleeping for 72 hours, I finished half of it. The other half will be done tonight when I get home. I'm loving it :D Its so worth the pain in the leg and back. Sorry if the pics are blurry, was having a dizzy spell yesterday due to inbalance fluids in the ear (slept too much the previous day).
Side view
My fav shots. Top where I can see the curves :D
Front Panel Part 6
The bezel for the stealth is done patched up. Gave it a lil bumpy surface so I can slime it from above making it sorta drip downwards (yet to make the slime, I don't want it to harden up cos won't be using it now).
Sits snugly into the slot. Carved out all the excessive paper from the sides to make sure it doesn't hold tight.
Will continue with the bottom part for the bezel tonight. Not sure if I still have enough pulp in the bucket for both the bezel and the other half of the top panel.
Misc
Found this thing at my friend's pc shop. Sometimes they do cabling work for offices. Thought I can use it as a fan slider. You know, sticking one half to the bottom part of the fan, the other half to the case, L-shape the front and back of each half to make sure the fan don't slide off when tilted.
Cut off 2 pieces each of 3 inches long. Tucked em under the fan to see how it looks. Looks fine in white but I haven't patch n paint the inside of the case so if I'm using it I'll patch them up to match the black-brown colors as well.
Well, in the end, that "if" in the previous line is a BIG IF. This monster fan (gave me black n blue thumb on a couple of occasions before, cut into my index finger tearing the skin once) is modded by the seller with red LEDs that I asked for during the previous project. I have 2 left, one red lighted, and one normal black. Here's the BIG IF factor.
The LED; it totally gone a bit higher and I wasn't able to slide my mock ROM in. Damn. Easier solution will be plexi, cut drill and superglued to the steel and then patch n paint. Still yet to get a single piece of plexi. With petrol price hike over here, not sure how much does it cost for 1 ft sq rite now. Nevermind, I'll continue with the remaining panels first before moving to the interior. Still need to un-rivet the top panel after I'm done.
That's all for yesterday night :D I'm a night modder cos I don't want the paper to dry "unnaturally", not even with the help of sunlight. Be back soon.
That top panel looks awesome. Nice work.
ok... i love that tail may just that is worth a rep....
+rep
Sigh... 5.5 hours till home n mod time. Can't wait to get the other half done.
dud this mod has totaly inspired me, its amasing what you can do with paper, thats nothing i thought that could ever be donw with it!
keep up the good work
Back with a few new n old stuffs. Touched all 3 remaining panels and basically almost done molding with the front and top panel.
Top Panel Part 6
Was molding it off and on cos "fingers wasn't feeling right". And then I thought I finished the other half but basically its very uneven compared to the first half.
So, had to pull some chipsmore biscuit advertisement on the top panel. Now you see, now you don't. RIPPPPPP. And spent my whole offday afternoon slowly re-doing the second half of the top panel. The front part is slightly thicker than the other side, but I'm leaving gaps between the two so its easier to work forward to the tip of the panel.
Can't really hold the front panel too straight and the floor is so packed so this is the only pic I have for it now. Will take another prior to spray painting. Too damn blurry. Added some random surface to the center of the panel.
Right Panel Part 1
I found a chunk of exhausted kryptonite. Really. Lol its just those aquarium deco thats sold in packs and costs about RM4.50 only for like 30 of them in a pack (USD 1.50 / Euro 0.80 approximately). I found a part of a mini UFO that crashed into my room. Really, again. Well, part of a Crittertrail hamster cage that is. The cage was STOLEN while I was DRYING it outside. I can't imagine a living person, who would steal a hamster cage. So I took half of the running ball.
Looks ok, but since I don't need green on the case imma spray it black too. Firstly do a layer of mold around the.. uh... um.... lets call it a bowl. Then I rip the thing out, put some of those black stones inside the circle. Close it back to see how it looks like.
I took out the bowl so I'll have the base hardened and I can slip the bowl in. Reason: I want to spray the inner circle first before proceeding molding the outside to ensure there's no white thing left and visible due to uneven spray with the bowl on. Thats all for now. I'm getting my own internet in a few days' time so should have another post in a week's time. Out.
wow thats gunna look cool
stole a hampster cage.... wtf what a homo lol
I still can't believe this was all done with paper mache. How much do you think it will weigh in total.
The paper doesnt contribute much but I'll get a weight and put the case on (with the h/w inside) just to see the total weight lol. You better start believing n pinch yourself everytime i update the thread haha
Yea I will have to. Are you going to coat the finished work in a hard coating? My work with paper mache when I was younger found it a bit fragile.
Paper alone it might not stand even a mid-strength knock with the knuckles. So I sorta do my own recipe on it
1. Usual process: layer > dry > mold > refine with pulp > dry
2. Glue layer: gripping glue fully covering the whole panel till its shiny or specks of shine. I saw 2 types of glue, 1 is called bonding glue. I thought I need to hold a big piece of crumbles together so I went for gripping. Not sure what bonding one does. *shrug*
3. Paint layer: this i think it should be "clear > color > clear", i think. The first panel is holding on fine and took a few knocks and the two-finger hook up.
Not really bothered by how-to for this mod anymore cos the remaining parts are basically in my head, just the paint job n mounting the intake fan to teh 3 empty 5.25 bay. More of rolling around in bed for 3-4 hours figuring the next mod :P paper too.
Cool. I was gonna recommend perhaps coating the paper is resin but your method sound strong enough anyway.
Resin.. hmm.. nice idea, will try that out on the next mod. Thanks for the idea mate.
Be free tmrw but need to linger around for the phone guy to come and install my line. Tis my last day helping out at the shop so I probably got more time to do the spray job after Sunday. I'll need to recharge my digicam's batts, had been taking photos using my 6500 slider since the beginning of the mod and photos are getting worst.
LMFAO... check out this reply from the local forum.. this really is a LOL Of The Day for me.. LMFAOLMFAOLMFAO...
OMFG... *can't stop laughin* tell me which part of Paperazzi in post #63 here is feng shui-ish... cos I can't figure it out myself... LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Lol no idea. Perhaps the top panel???
I am in such a WTF state right now after reading that lmfao... jayyysus...
Been sick for few days, havent been touching the mod, but should get back to it by this weekend. Till then
Mwehehehehe. I've recovered... mwehehehehe. :D Didn't go anywhere on Saturday just trying to get the spray job done. Did a few parts on Friday. First the right, last, remaining panel that is still not progressing due to paint job on the left panel. Not much of a looker cos I wanna keep it as plain as possible just in case I need to haul the case somewhere else (I move around a lot)
Right Panel Part 2
Ripped out the running ball from the mold and sprayed it black first. Then I moved to the "stones" in it. A layer of black and straight away another highlight layer of brown back to back so the colors mix and the brown goes darker. After it dried, a bit of swinging of the arm to highlight it a lil with the brown.
Done and done, time to mold the sides of the bowl. First a simple template for the bowl itself. Then extending it to half of the remaining length at 45 degrees. Thats all for the panel now, want to finish the spray job for the top and front panel first, which is already grip glue-layered and cleaned for Saturday morning. And then more of the left panel, slime time :D
Front Panel Part 7
Had been laying around for a couple of days untouched so time to move my lazy ass and get it colored. As usual, one layer of black, dried and crappy purplish looking. Then another black layer to get it all shiny, and immediately a brown layer for highlight of darker brown shades.
One more last job to do for it is to highlight it with brighter brown and then some slime-work (read Left Panel Final Part below) on it and basically the mod will be about 90% done by then
Top Panel Part 7
Another spray job for this part. Usual layers of spray, except that this time it turned tad too dark for the brown =\ One more highlight layer and it'll be done. :)
Left Panel Final Part
The last time you saw it its meta-black with dark brown highlights. Now its fully done for the spray job, except the one last layer of clear spray which I plan to do for all 4 panels at the same time.
Its basically done. Woke up after the slime work and got the shock of my life lol, not to say its good or bad. First thing's first. Some might have played these things earlier; mix poster/water color with glue and it'll eventually harden into a shiny, smooth colored pulp. Thats Happy Tree Friends at the back :D lol
Pour it onto the center part of the panel. Here I accidentally rubbed my finger against one of the molds, and while trying to wipe the stain away I noticed some of the colored glue sipped in between teh cracks and highlighted the cracks. I thought it looked nice with those lines highlighted so eventually rubbed the remaining into the panel to highlight the cracks produced by paper :D
Honestly, I didn't like how the centre turned out, so when I woke up I discovered something I'm very pleased with... ...the paper soaked up all the glue, leaving only streaks of dark purple on it. Phew. So well yeah, just imagine the panel for now from the picture above minus the purple thing in the middle :) No pix, its dark in here.
K, tats all for now, been out of town for the past 2 days so I guess I'll do the rest tomorrow morning when I wake up. Oh yeah, a sneak peek of the thing in the dark.
Man this got the be the longest post I've ever done for this thread. :think:
Later.
Really interesting paint job. Suits the design perfectly.
Nearing completion. Not much sun right now so cant really get a decent pic of the latest paintjob. Maybe in another 24 hours.
I haven't forgotten your banner, just way too busy ATM to get to it. I'll get ya one eventually but I'll be out of town for the next week and a half so it will be a bit longer.
Its alrite mate, everyone's got their own schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdbnsn
Almost there... give and take another 48-72 hours to completion (if I don't oversleep everyday) Right panel remaining. Only 1 clear coat away for 3 panels, highlight-clear-slime for right panel, and a 120mm bracket for the 3 empty 5.25' slot :banana:
Left Panel Pre-Finale
Top Panel Pre-Finale
Posterglue-ised
Front Panel Pre-Finale
Right Panel 2 Episodes to Finale
:banana::banana::banana:
