Project: Obsidian: A Scratchbuild "HTPC"

Great work so far...

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finally an update. the last time I made a post in this thread it wasn't really assuring that I would finish this mod. but we are back on track and slowly Obsidian is moving towards the finish. so this is what I have done.

As you can see we now have a "nice" rounded front. I know it needs a lot of work from here but we are back on track. thanks to chaksq

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Originally Posted by chaksq

Oh too bad I would have liked to see this one done. How were you trying to make the front. Bend something into a round shape? I would think it might work out if you carved the front out of foam and then put bondo or fiberglass over it and sanded that to a nice smooth finish.

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I tuned out to fiberglass it with a styrene skeleton. the inside isn't the most beautiful. but It will do.
Now on to sanding :suspicious:

more to come. stay close. as you can see I might need you.

Yours Cheron.

looking good...

I'm digging this. The flow is alot like one of my ideas. But I'm liking your idea alot better. Nice!

I'm glad to see you decided to continue the project. I really like the concept of it. It looks like that front is off to a good start.

People what I will show you today is a render of a changed design for Obsidian's front.

The original:

The new and simplified version:

As you can see (if you look hard). I changed the dvd drive stealthing front. to something a bit smaller. also I added the bulgin switch in the model(the one I showed you earlier). The old blow hole looked to small when I removed the Obsidian logo from the front. So I made it Bigger. It will be fitted with a 80 mm fan just for the good looks and some extra fresh air.

Why change all this? Yes I Know loved the old setup too. Only the front i made from Fiberglass isnt to good for the cut out logo so I had to remove it.
otherwise I would weaken it substantially.

No pictures on the actual build right now but ill be sure to post some in the up coming week since I have been due for some time now. but I can tell you all that the sanding bit is going well Its a lot of work but its coming out really fine. still a bit bumpy but we will straighten them out.

Hope to be back Soon with pictures.

Great modding
Yours Cheron

Those designs look fantastic. I like that mesh window/vent on the front, a perfect piece of detail.

I'm glad you are continuing with it, it's looking good.

Very nice renders :D looking forward for more progress

Very Impressed! Lovin it so far dude! Keep it up!:up::up: