Awesome job as usual. I think you've sanded enough to make our hands hurt too!
Is this one getting heavy? It looks like weighs a bit.
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Awesome job as usual. I think you've sanded enough to make our hands hurt too!
Is this one getting heavy? It looks like weighs a bit.
Thanks buddy! Unfortunately it weighs around 8 kgs but I couldnt achieve all that depth and 3d effects without sacrificing something!
So guys here I am after a long period of time cause as most people know I moved to my new place! Wasnt an easy case for me as I had to move a lot of things and also I had to make the desks and tables by myself due to lack of money.
I am back and I will be away from this project for some time again, as I have to make a new mod in only one month, in order to show it on the latest Campus Party in Spain. Difficult task yet I have to work really hard to make it to the deadline.
I primed the top part before I moved to the new house with the filler primer and when I finished the new house I start sanding it, in order to fix any imperfections by adding isopon and more filler primer at the end.
I will not comment between the pictures as it is sanding, filling, primer and the repeat till the final 2 primer coats.
But first lets see what I got from the sponsors!
My thanks goes to MSI and Coolermaster!
And now the work I did these last days on the mod.
The top part is ready for final inside primer coats and black matte with some candy blue touches at the end.
A random sunset shot not something professional though lolz ;)
Thats all for now guys, I am glad I got back to my work and off course amongst you.
I would like to dedicate this update and this mod to my friend Syrillian who passed out recently from cancer.
As I told before I will put this mod on hold once more as I am going to build a new one so I will see you over the new small worklog!
Thanks for reading my worklog guys, till the next update, peace! :)
About time you started working on this!!!
I did but I will put in on hold again as I said on the update! ;)
So I am back after a long time (due to my trip to Spain and my new mod) and the first thing I did, was to experiment with various paints and techniques on the main part of the mod.
After a discussion I had with my friend and fellow modder voigts, we agreed that one single color on this big piece wouldnt look nice, especially the black color. So after a lot of experiments I conclude to that I had to use a kind of texture painting effect, as it looks like a modern "building". I aint going to comment between the pictures but you are going to see the process between the different stages of experimenting. I would love to hear your opinion and as always I will take notes and follow accordingly!
Also I cut some holes for the USB 3 and.... lets start with a "modded" snack! ;)
So....
The technique of this texture painting was using silver with black, 2 different brushes and also I created darker spots fading out to lighter ones as a "fake" lighting effect. It has a glossy surface which I am going to make it ever more glossy by adding acrylic varnish. If you like it though... ;)
Thats all for now guys, I am glad to be back on this project and with all of my friends here, tell me your opinions and ideas and until next time, peace!!!
Time for one more update guys! This is a very random update with some of the things I did during these days.
Lets begin with the GPU modification. As many of you might now, there isnt any full waterblock for the GTX 560 Ti or at least there wasnt till the day I was searching for one so I had to find a solution. I found a kit from Arctic Cooling but I didnt have money for the universal GPU block so... improvising time!!
First of all I disassembled the card by removing the heatsink and inspecting the card further.
I also removed that heatsink in order to attach the Arctic Cooling ones but later I changed my mind as you will see in the process.
You will see that I decided to use the fins along with that original heatsink for 2 reasons. The first reason is that the fins that came with the package there were insufficient and also the size of them wasnt correct. The second reason is that by combining the fins with the heatsink I can hypothetically improve the cooling. So I attached the fins with an adhesive thermal paste.
As I couldnt afford to buy a waterblock for the GPU (also no access to a cnc mill) I had to dig in my water cooling stuff to find a solution. The only compatible in a way block I could find was a Heatkiller CPU block which with some modification would fit just right! So I start measuring and marking the block.
One note to all of my modder friends out there! Working with stainless steel by hand its a PITA for sure!!! It took me 45 minutes to find a proper way to drill 4 holes!! I had to use a cone carbide drill bit after I did some reading on the webs. Also I used some reinforced discs on my dremel to do the cuts.
I polished the copper too as it was really messy lolz!
That backplate came with the Arctic Cooling set.
And after this and that I finished my custom made waterblock and now the card is finished and ready for some tests (crossing fingers!)
Now some other things I did. USB holder modding in process...
Spacers cut and filed after measuring the proper distance between the top part and the USB holder....
Holes for the Bitspower's fan controller....
Clamped the face of the controller to make perfect holes the ghetto way!
Finished!!!
And finally the creation of the power and restart buttons. I cut 1 mm clear acrylic to glue it on the back of the buttons, sanded it, glued it, filled it and last I attached the part from the switch on them. And yes... I also painted them blue candy! I have to tell you that the combination of the colors will look awesome as I did some minor tests with the various items and colors to see how it look and I have to admit that it looks pretty nice!
Thats all for now guys, till next time, Peace!!! :)
Still looking amazing dude!
Thanks bro!!!
WOW!! :eek: that thing is looking amazing!
Great attention to detail as always, I'm especially fond of the painting style you went with. Very interesting.
Thanks bro nice to see you again!!! :)Quote:
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These days I am working really hard in order to finish the mod as I have some other things that I have to do and ... I dont like leaving unfinished jobs behind!
This will be a quick update as my time is very limited but you will get the "idea"!
So lets begin!
As you will see in this update, I did some mistakes on the designing of one of the aluminum parts and while I was trying to fix it by changing my original plans I was only making it worse.
The most of the pictures are my efforts that gone wasted...
First, the holes for the fan controller and the addition of threads on the face of it.
Some extra shots of the power and restart buttons after the acrylic varnish.
A real mess!!!! Only if you could see the rest of my house.... Here I start measuring for the i/o holes of most of the components and also marking the aluminum.
I also messed with the idea of the creation of a backplate for the mobo i/o shield. More on a following update.
The beginning.... :p
The middle...
Me... messing with my previous "backplate" idea!
And here is... my mistake. I placed the hole for the DVD rom in a wrong place so I decided to use a slim DVD in a different place. I was going to cover the old hole with an acrylic illuminated logo of the mod... Yeah I messed it up!
And here is my creation of the GPU stand-holder. I did something easy but... functional! More on this on an upcoming update!
And here we are!!! New pieces.... I decided to change these 3 not only the "faulty" one as I wanted to do some minor changes. Special thanks to my friend who works in the laser company for the quick delivery and not only!!
And I finally got the acrylic parts!
The cpu block was painted by using a new technique which is textured were the black color is only! Quite amazing huh? :p I thought I could use this technique as from far is distinctive and it blends quite nice with the rest of the "inside" theme!
It also has 3 layers of acrylic varnish which it gives it extra durability and also glossiness.
These are the feet of the mod. Are composed by 6mm a grade black acrylic and 3mm blue fluorescent. I will add a white led in each one of them in order to give them a very smooth ambient light effect. The polish.... gosh it took me forever as the particular black acrylic is very hard as its a good quality one. These pictures are one step before the final.
And the reservoir stand painted a darker blue candy with a very small portion on the right edge treated with the same technique as the cpu. Not visible from far.
The reservoir was frosted except from a horizontal line of 1.5 cm.
Random shots of the ssd cage assembly.
I ve spend one whole day trying to cut the holes on the top black acrylic piece!! I also made some minor changes as you will see.
Final polished feet!
Changed the stand for the usb due to the new laser cut aluminum face...!!!
And one of the ...many test assemblies!
Thanks for reading the update guys, till the next time, peace!! :)
This is looking so good. I've been feeling guilty about not having time to read through lots of the builds lately so I've been going through them today and making sure to comment. I'm reminded a bit by why it's a bad idea to do that. It gives me too many ideas! I can't be thiking about things to build. I have too much school work to do!
Build looks great. I can't wait to see more. You progress pics are awesome.
Looks amazing! I love it all, especially the CPU paint job. What polish did you use on the acrylic?
I am glad that you came by my friend and I also appreciate your comment and support!! Ideas are good bro just find the time and enjoy modding!!! But school comes first always!!! :)Quote:
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Thanks buddy!!! Its a process going from 600-280-320-600-1000 sanding grit and a polish buffer pad along with white finishing wax!Quote:
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It's been awhile since I've looked at this thread... and wow... looking amazing. Very cool work sir!
Thank you my friend!!! :)
amazo quality man!
Thanks man!! ;)
One more update for you guys is on the way!
Many things I did these days and I am a couple of steps (or more) before the finish line.
First of all is the creation of a "proper" slim dvd stand. The first one wasnt the best solution so I had to create something better. So I came up with that.....
A single piece of aluminum angle which I used to create a housing for the slim dvd.
Neat idea huh? :p
Holes for cathode and led switches..... done!
Various steps of the top acrylic polishing process. 180-230-320-400-600 and polishing buffer wheel at the end.
Led stands were made out of 3mm acrylic and 1mm cnc precut pieces. I gave them the shape accordingly of their placement in the case.
Pieces filed and sanded.
Glued together with plastic welder epoxy.
Filing, sanding and final fixes with some isopon. And ready for painting!
Here is also the gpu stand after the addition of aluminum putty. I filed it into the desired shape and its ready for some painting too!
I used black hammered paint for those parts as it naturally gives a thick and textured surface and its durable as ****!!
I also finished the corners of the bottom case. I used black hammered paint here too for the reasons explained above even though it wont be visible I wanted that textured-durable touch inside the bottom case too.
I let the visible part unpainted in order to apply some carbon Di Noc vinyl I had available.
I finished the modification and installation of the 5 windows on the top part. 2 of these windows are semi frosted for aesthetic and lighting reasons. I also gave the top one, a shape to follow the ventilation's line.
Aluminum parts arrived from the powdercoater with the color of choice : black semi matte.
And I will leave you with some teaser shots!
Thanks for reading my worklog guys, till next time, peace!!
You just keep the bar set high my friend. Great work!
this has turned out so beautifully, i cant wait to see the final stages
This is one of those mods I want to see in person.
Thanks bro I do my best! :)Quote:
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Thanks man, soon enough!! ;)Quote:
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If you ever come to Cyprus feel free to come over!! ;)Quote:
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That is just too cool! the powdercoating turned out awesome!
That is a Masterpiece
Thanks bro glad you like it! :)Quote:
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With this and that here we are guys at the final update of this year and of this mod!!! I wont say much as is nothing left to say but I will let you know that THIS was one of the most difficult builds I ever did after Totechnika! The pump refused to start so I had to dismantle it and fix it, the watercooling loop took me 11 hours to get it right due to tight space and the lack of the proper fittings even though Bitspower gave me more than enough to use, the cable management was a nightmare as I had to create and mod each and every cable so.... ok thats all!!!
First some random pictures of some of the soooooo many things I did these days. I wont show more pictures as I said before is pointless to show me holding a screwdriver and attaching a motherboard. One of the many custom cables and some steps of the final assembly.
I used 2 kind of sleeving in this mod. At the left side is the MDPC one and at the right is a sleeving a friend of mine has send to me from USA. The quality of this sleeving and its density is 10 times better than anything else I ve seen and used so far (sorry MDPC fans) but is quite difficult to work with so this is meant to be for pro modders with lots of experience and patience.
And a small teaser shot of the final build.....
Here are some "artistic" kind of pictures with the sleeving my friend send me from USA. I took these pictures for him and I thought it will be nice to share them with you just to see that I can also take some "nice" shots with my cheap camera but I prefer to stay "true" and while I mod on my bed or kitchen table or in the backyard I will always take shots from there and as bad as it might look, this is were I mod. I have nothing against nice photography I really love it but for me its impossible as the kind of work I do cant be placed under black velvet sheet for some shots! ;)
Thats all for now guys see you soon with the final shots!!! Till then, peace and thanks for the support for one more time!!!! :)
After 7 months and a looooot of sanding, filing, forming etc etc, I am proud to say that I successfully finished one more mod and another journey! But what a journey will that be without all these awesome friends here, with all the support, the kind comments and help and off course the sponsors which helped me for one more time to bring in life my crazy and artistic ideas!!!!
Thanks guys!!!
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And now the final shots of Project : Synthetica! I used various lighting positions with my very cheap equipment but I believe I managed to take some nice shots after all lolz :)
I also did some changes on the mod:
1) The paint on the ventilation holes is changed after some request I had in more soft granite looking color.
2) The Gpu stand was made again from scratch in a more professional way and now it works also as a clip cause you can position the Gpu and then turn the stand inside towards the card and it will hold in place but I also used 2 screws for maximum durability.
3)I used in every component that vibrates (sounds kinky lol ) antivibration rubber mounts and all that effort I can say it worked more than I could believe and the PC is barely audible even with all these holes!
Also I had difficulties capturing the night shots as the lighting was made in a way to be ambient, not strong and distracting as I wanted a smooth effect. I couldnt calculate if that lighting would have been easy to be captured by the camera so the shots was the best thing I could do. The effect of all these ventilation holes is phenomenal as the lighting spreads in every corner of the room creating shapes that look awesome. Unfortunately though after all these efforts it was impossible to take shots....
So now please enjoy the final shots of Project: Synthetica!!!
For one more time, thanks guys for all the support, all the nice comments and hopefully will meet again in a new journey!!! Peace!!!! :)
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I give you the Internet.
That is one very beautiful piece of art, that happens to house a computer. :bowdown:
I like it but I feel like the res needs some lighting.
Wow... just wow. So much awesome!
Dude thats sick! I just...I have no words
ridiculous and extraordinary!
Oh wow, great work. I've been lurking this build for quite some time, and I have to say it looks amazing. +rep
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Thank you so much!!! :)
Thanks buddy I appreciate that!! :)Quote:
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Yeah it would have been nice :)Quote:
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Thanks bro!!!! :)Quote:
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Thank you my friend!!! :)Quote:
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Thanks man!! :)Quote:
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So guys here are the videos!!!
Bravo dude, hell of a nice mod!
