You could do this even with a fine sandpaper. Just a little bit to give it a lightly frosted look. Would make it opaque enough to not see through.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonT-FeaR
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You could do this even with a fine sandpaper. Just a little bit to give it a lightly frosted look. Would make it opaque enough to not see through.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonT-FeaR
Yeah sand paper would be best, paint/primer would be too much IMO. Nice work man, im sure your girlfriend loves it ;)
Hmm, yeah painting wouldn't go down to well. Sand the rear of the plexi with 80gritt paper than wet sand toe sanded surface until smooth. That should leave you with a nice smoked effect, I dunno if it will turn white though.
This is probably what I will do. The engraved part is more pink than it is white, so sanding the back should produce the same effect. If it doesn't, then light still has to travel through the rest of the red plexi so it will still glow red anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz
Yeah, I would still try on a test piece first if possible.
Yeah definately try a couple different grit progressions on some test pieces. Good luck!
im surprised how well the engravings turned out, that second engraver was much easier to work with than the first one.
also I am working on the vista mod for you, but im using a VM to do the tests, its the first time I've done a vista softmod so its trial and error to ensure system stability.
im going to need you to install vista than email me some files from the installation, i think i've done it
I ordered the monitor on Friday, so it should be here no later than Wednesday. I'll email you the files then as I'll probably start setting it up immediately. Again, thanks so much X!
sent the list of files needed
Update time. No pictures right now because my old camera bit it and my 'new' camera sucks horribly. I should be able to take some this weekend.
- Repainted the front, it looks awesome
- Sanded and repainted the black part of the front, looks awesome.
- Did a test sand on the plexi, looks awesome, need to finish the pieces I'm going to use
- Touched up the red areas on the top, now all the red comes together and looks awesome
- Did some filing on the cutout, smoothed a lot of the edges now and I'm content.
- Installed an extra fan and will potentially get one more to combat heat
- Nevermind, just fixed it: Accidentally ripped out the connectors on the switch for the CCFL tubes and need to fix that to get the lights working again.
So I'll get pics ASAP, and I'll post screenshots when XcOM gets me the mod. Woo, almost finished!!
Alright, stick a fork in it, it's done. I fixed the lights again (didn't get pics, camera crapped out after the last one below for some reason) I didn't bother sanding the engraved plexi, I think it looks fine. Got her a new graphics card, CPU cooler, PCI slot cooler, and a 80mm fan at the front of the case. The thing still runs really quiet, and the lights still work super well.
As you will see below I cleaned up the wiring a bit, and I secured all the plexi to the case. Since I had gone back and filed the design down a bit after I painted it some of the paint looked a little off, so I did something else that made it look a different kind of off, but you'll see below.
Please move this to the completed worklog forum as well...
My little helper Leo, short for Leonidas:
Here he is protecting the case for Gardens of Versailles:
What the inside did look like:
Reseating some plexi:
Thank you superglue:
Not bad, but I wanted to make it better:
So I found an old laptop power supply who's cord seemed to fit the bill:
Measure twice, cut once, filet down the middle, remove guts, test
Full test fit. Not bad for impromptu edge material:
Glued on with plexi:
My failed attempt at sleeving the power cables:
Black electrical tape fixes all:
And without further ado, final case pics:
I know you were all waiting with baited breath for this mod to finish. Girlfriend still loves it, and has been Sporing it up for the past few months. Glad to have my first one out of the way, and I like how it turned out with my limited experience so far. So, for anyone reading, move this to the completed mod forum, thanks!
Looks pretty good, I have to say using the insulation around the window was inspired. :) +rep
(You need to post a link to this in the "Is Your Worklog Finished?" thread for the admins.)
Looks good man, Very nice work!
Oh yea, forgot!Quote:
Originally Posted by blueonblack
Turned out really well mate, congratz.
looks great man!
looks really good man, one suggestion would be to do the window trim on the other side of the case as well as the heart.
BTW, I love the heart cutout. excellent. +rep.
good work! bet the SO loves it. :D
Haha, if I have any other power cords I don't need I'll throw it on there.
Did a little extra today:
