Project "tensa sama ke-shi" (Heavenly Chain Computer Case :P)

Window looks great.

Exams are over (I hope), so I have plenty of time :) What for: this project! So, today I've been doing some more tricky cuts, cleaning up, sanding, filing... even some work around the house that got me tired.. But I'm happy 98% ;) Still some things need doing, then I'll be 100% pleased.

Modding day started really badly, as I had to do some stuff before it and got my fingers sliced and my hands really..sanded :) As I started filing the window, I noticed my finger was dripping:

..well, the file went right into my finger.. so I had to change my working finger for a while..

..this is where I am now.. I cleaned the cuts as much as I could, but I must wait till tomorrow for my finger to get better.

I marked the window on a piece of paper and made sure I had enough overlapping material to fix later.. I'm not sure whether I should use nuts&bolts or try something different, to keep the outside clean..

And here is the plexi.. I marked it and cut it more than half way. I had to stop, cause the tool is getting really warm and it is 8 o'clock..

The plan is to have the panel white, the black flames on top, clear plexi with some sort of etch.. more ragged flames, red LEDs and some tinting :)

Tomorrow I'm doing the rest of the window, cutting the vinyl and maybe bondoing the front part's honeycomb grill...

Cool design man, I am liking how the hollow mask is coming.

10ks

Well, now I have 3 cuts that bled, countless that are just skin deep and my hands hurt.. I've been also sanding some walls, to get them smoother before painting, in my house.. so.. I want a mechanical sander :(

This is where I am now (did some stuff today, but there is tons more to be done and time is flying):

..while cleaning the cuts I made with the 'dremel', I was thinking: careful not to cut yourself >> bam!

..window cut and tested..

..window installed and some things marked.. I teared the backing off later, but I remember my plans :)

..a bit of the etching and wiring done.. a bit I say because I put in only 7 LEDs, 7 + 4 to go.. And I have to make some nice etches too, not just the back of the mask..

..I was thinking of adding LEDs to the side of the mask, to light it up more evenly, and on the lower part of the panel, where the bleach name would be etched. I'm gonna go with the name of the series style as it appears in the beginning of the anime, each and every time :)

..my fingers hurt.. I'm tired.. I'm gonna watch some zombie movies and listen to my bleach music collection :) night.

So cool, I wish I had the same skills as you for cutting with a dremel. BTW which is your favorite opening/ending in the anime?

10ks :) I like the current ones the most.. It has to do with the action and the video part too: the intro was eerie the first time I saw it, but I could tell the action was going somewhere I won't like :) but mostly because I have a bad memory and the others are blurry in my head :) good thing I have them all. I'm a member of bleach exile and it's a good thing they offer a lot of the anime materials there for download, although I only have fan art and music from them.

There are 6 openings and 12 endings. I remember the openings better, but I don't think I've ever said "Man, why did they change it?" twice.. I was always shocked when they changed something.. but.. it was all for the best :)

Worklog related.. I'm really tired, didn't have time to sleep last night.. Gonna do some light stuff today, if I feel like it. I think bondo will do.. I like the fumes ;) (THEY ARE DANGEROUS, IT WAS A JOKE! :))

EDIT: now you made me listen all day to bleach songs :) I think my favorites are (in order):
aqua timez - alones
rie fu - life is like a boat
asterisk - orange range
tsumasaki - oreskaband

and my ringtone: shiro sagisu - on the precipe of defeat
:) I hate u know :p

Wow. This is amazing. Cant wait to see it done and painted this is going to be awesome.

looking good mate

10ks guys

I'm gonna paint some parts black, mainly the interior.. but no I don't have any paint.
Seeing as I'll be leaving home tomorrow, I wanted to spend my last night here doing what I like most: detail work.. I mean modding :)

After a long tedious working day yesterday (grape harvesting.. prepping the wine-to-be mixture..) and a long shopping day today, I spent the last 6 hours cutting and assembling stuff. Of course, the window panel was firsted for the first time - now. And oh big surprise, it didn't fit cause of the huge sonic tower. Some force and I bent it into submission. A 3 millimeter
job, but it was in the way of the 4mm acrylic. After making it fit, the pc wouldn't boot and I had to reset the CMOS, re-seat stuff inside.. wasted some time, cause I'm an idiot sometime.. well, all is working now and with no problems.

So, some pics:

after lots of fidgeting, cleaning the surface and applying and reapplying the vinyl, I got it smooth and started cutting with a new blade.. I made some stencil-thingy to trace the top flames, cause I wanted them to be as close as manually possible to the design.

The several manual steps have changed the design by a slight amount, but if I ever do this again, I will be more careful :)

some shots of the panel, with leds and ambient light on or off.. not much difference. It's clear to me the other leds are needed, and also the etch. But that will have to wait.

this is a step not in the 3d design, cause it would be too much of a hassle and I did it faster the freehand way.

drew some ragged flames and cut them :)

and this is the look I'm going with. It isn't finished as I am keeping a trick up my sleeve. Think of this as the "primer".

I found another thing that is a bit representative for Bleach: their way of communicating. Thru hell butterflies.. or moths, whatever they are. I just think that no one made black ones before. This surely removes all happy, spring/summer time happiness out of them :) I hope. I'm gonna do one for the top of the case, which looks a tad empty to me, in the back.. I'm not sure whether to use any, but I'm thinking of making a couple.. At least as practice for cutting the vinyl.

also, If I would have a laser etching machine.. I think you know where I'm going ;)
What remains now is some black painting, some ethcing, some more leds.. some more vinyl art and then some secret stuff I'm planning. See you next time (hopefully not in 2 months time..)

That looks great!!