Very nice. I do like they way you have done the lighting on that. Makes it look really good.
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Very nice. I do like they way you have done the lighting on that. Makes it look really good.
Thanks Defyant, nice little project there. Also neat how you used the headphone type jacks and how you made them. One last question, do you take pictures of everything? It's great to have all those pictures, especially for nubs like myself, but I think you spend as much time taking pictures as you do modding. Thanks for taking the time to answer questions way beyond what I was expecting to get.
your welcoome mate :)Quote:
Originally Posted by X child
Seriously the taking of the pics is nothing, if your setup! it's usally a qik hit hit the cam button wich is already set on a tripod.
The real time as most modders know is in the picture selection cropping and posting to sites.... compare this to the time actually spent modding and you know your doing this for the love! and not the loss of social and family time :)
Hahaha, with the quality of the mods you're dishing out defyant, i think its obvious that no time is being 'wasted' with the camera... The class of your mods deserves as much attention as it can get... :D Which is a lot.
ummm... ya... That has done me in, I truely believe that ANY case can really modded. :)
y'know, it's when you see stuff like this that you wish you had gone with the old chepo case instead of the shiny piece of junk that you cant do anything with.
After seeing how well the last 2 lighting mods came off, i deciced to try somthing a lil more challenging.
This also solved the prop and allows me to start making some progress again.
i was stuck what to add as the "top feature" of the case.
This is still in very very early stages, but i was so excited by how it was looking i had to post :)
The idea is that the skelleton will sit on top of the case, with some heat will also take the shape and "mould" to the top. a ruff sand for now, but will have a proper wetrub and clean up over the weekend.
but i think you can see the potential of this idea.
The pattern is marked out on a peice of 6mm thick plex.
Some cut out fun.
You can see here how the skel will sit on the top of the case, with some heat it will mould to the shape of the top panel.....
After a qik sand,
this is very very ruff, and the final result will look a lot better shaped and just have a full frosted look.
Add some lights.
ATM the ligting is not very even..... this is becasue the skel hasnt been properly sanded, with proper placed lights and full sanding "diffusing"
the light will have a much better even glow.
Ahaha....that looks sick....what gave you that idea?
Very nice indeed... So will that be placed on top? Or embedded into the case with some bondo?
nice.
To put it simply, I am awe struck by your work. :eek:
I love the motherboard back panel and I'm anxious to see the top feature finished!!! Great work man!
Hey guys ,Nice to get back into this mod.
while i was waiting for some parts to arrive for H-1 i'd get a bit of work done on hpr3.
As much as i liked the first fan box, it was drifting away from the internal theme i was going for.
I decided to make the Fan box again!and this time keep it plex rather than bondoing over it.
I decided to rout the edges this time and also do the inner circles.
Because the PLEX is soo thick this time "10mm" i had to countersink the screw holes.
The routed edges are shined clear with flame.
the end result one lit proper the box wiill become a light feature inside the case as well has being a fan holder.
Not quiet sure whats to say about this next mod for HPR3!
just decided to do it! :) thought it would work in well with the rest of the mod and it's a great way to spend a sunday arvo :)
Plex PSU
Off to the plex shop and get some cut to size bits!
next was to measure and install some stand offs
a quick check....this is just ageneric 400watter from an oldserver
Some heat sink bending will be needed!!!!!
Some drilling!!!
Some fitting of a switch and power socket
Some sanding with wet and dry to get that nice frosted finish...1200g is used.
Some wiring/soldering back up up wires!
The outer walls are glued on and the 120mm fan is added.
Some drilling thread tapping and countersinking of holes are done to secure the lid.
The end result!!! i may still give the edges a hand beveling for a rounded look.
Hows it look?
Its nice to be getting some work done to this again :)
I like your work. This is my kind of work. Great job. Question,... the top piece you made. You are going to heat it and form it so that it contours with the top of the case right? Tell me you are? I would love to see that and I'm sure everyone else would too.
wow!!!
Looks fantastic so far--Hopefully you can answer some questions from the members about this mod--I'm seeing this thread on a lot of forums, just wondering ;)
Photo bucket Limited exceded
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Originally Posted by Xbrid
Ouch, that sucks. Should have used Imageshack ;)
Do you guys think youd like me to host some images for a while? I have like 30gb of bandwidth and only use like 1mb a month for over a year i could set it up so you guys could upload ur images later this month :)
soz guys ...got cought off guard with over 800k hits last month :(
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Originally Posted by Matthew
ive been playing with new plex lighting techniques and ideas for a while now..
im very big on not actually using "lights" to feature the insides of cases but rather using "light features" to highlight the insides of modded cases.....
i think wer'e all pretty much past the point of just putting a light inside a case as a modding idea.
this is just the internal idea being used on the outside...much like the custom crafted plex strips on the fron , just on a grander scale :)
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Originally Posted by tribaloverkill
Tribal cheers mate , i feel the same way about your work too mate.
its my fav worklog in all the forums atm and its a mod i can really relate too.
sorry to say....im actually scrapping the top mod...
the idea was to "heat" it to shape over the top... i feel its great idea! and a sexy looking mod....but it's not for HPRES3... i will add a light feature to the top of the case...it just wont be that.
i was thinking of moulding it over the face of another mod im owrking on atm.... sorta "ala" alien effect.
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Originally Posted by Crimson Sky
cheers Crimson :) comming from one of the internets great case modders i am humbled :)
sXenoG cheers mate :) should be all fixed now,
appols guys for the delays in replys...i do get a bit snowed under at times and a posting after midnight is usually my only option..when i shoud be sleeping :)
To keep in-theme with the rest of the inside idecided to make afrosted plex hdd and cdrom box as well
Defyant style "Frost tubes"
The next idea was just a "twist" in the defyant style flex leads, and will also have its own light source for a glowy effect and is integrated
with the RCA type power plugs.
the fan box is modded to fit a female RCA and wired to the 2 x 120mm front mega blowhole fans.
next is ome expreimenting..... the idea is to fill the tube with sand....this will stop the plex tube from kinking flat when bending with heat.
once the plex tube is bent the sand is emptied and your wires are passed thru.
lots more to come :)
DUDE! Thats friggin cool! I love it! Is that an acrylic tube? Thats hot!
very sharp looking. That's a great way to clean up wires.
Puuuuurty! Damn fine job.
Im so jealous of ur creativity lol :)
I am not worthy... I am not worthy....
;)
That is a DAMN fine application! I'm going to run with this one on a later mod, I hope you don't mind? I had a similar idea (2 - 3 mods down right now) and could not get my head around the kinking of the tubes during bending....
BRILLIANT!
thanx guys :)
i hope this next post give you guys a proper idea of the full effect im after in this mod.
you all seen the mock up and the type oflight effect im after.. but i need to fit the lights in a permanat way but in away that i caan replace one if needed,
here what i came up with for the back panel.
I decided the best way was to groove a channel, with deeper holes @ 5 x intervals to fit the LEDs into. the back plate is an incredible 10mm thick! so a 6mm groove
was no probs and still left enud strenght in the plex.
the full channel, this was first pass the end channel is almost 10mm deep.
small tunnels are drilled for the LEDs to be placed into.
a qik test to see how the light was goin to travel.
this was an early shot but shows how the wire will fit into the channel.
a more final shot...shows how the wire loom will feed thru the base of the pc
the blue/White wires are for the 3 x 5000mcd 5mm LEDs and the red/white wire will be for the 2 x 10,000mCd RED Leds!!!!! :)
the effect is more than i'd hoped for.... and when finished should look a real treat.
here is the 3 x blue LED's with 2 LEDs also mounted in the floor and one single one lighting up the front fan box.
the HDD is lit only using the back pansl lightes!!!!
the floor will also be a main internal feature, and a groove has been cut out in the shape of the MPC350 pump wich will sit down into the plex.
This shot shows how effectivly the light travels
Now it was time to fire up the 3 10kmcd RED LEDs
you can see just how well this way of lighting works as a feature....and you can see the "bleeding " effect as the red light hits the blue!
The idea will be with a flick of a switch.....to have the internals of HPR3 look as HOT or as COOL as i want! :)
or
as you seen in these shots a combo of both!!!
Dude,... you are the man! I want to do this!!! Seriously!!! Damn. So jealous.
Looks really cool.. i'm thinking of something like this... doesn't look extremely difficult.. and yet so fine...
Just got to find some store or sumn' to get the parts.. really cool indeed
tribal the jelousy is mutual mate :)
antedos thanx mate, its not hard @ all, be sure to post your piccys here @ TBS :)
nothing final yet guys..but this shows you where i'm heading using the frost tubes. this is just a test run and the final layout and tubes runs may lokk different.
the "frost box" @ the reat of the mod will be the Hub.
well done.
:drool:
