NIce, the nos symbols is a little corny, but the color is just so damn beautiful.
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NIce, the nos symbols is a little corny, but the color is just so damn beautiful.
Ahhhhh... ok! I have *that*!!!! Hehehe, thank you for the spoon feeding... I'll be expecting a bib in the mail in a few days time from you! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Defyant
That does me good! Glad I could give a little enjoyment back to you, with as much as you have given to me! Cheers mate! Keep up the INCREDIBLE work!Quote:
Originally Posted by Defyant
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A change of colour!
Today was a day of paint! and a lot of it and a change of colour, i decided to go one shade darker on the silver , basically from a light to a medium range platinum silver.
I liked the orig colour vey much! it's just under some lights the case simply looked white! and white is the colour i want for HP-3!
Theres 8 panels in all that make a HP case, and ive thrown in a second front panel for the heck of it, all the panels were highfilled 800 wet a dry rubbed prepsoled, tackrag'd dust coated and given @ least 4 coats of acrylic platinum silver.
Unfortunatly i ran out of clear! so the top and far side and spare front penels are yet to be cleared.
Ive given the front and base are given 4 very very wet coats of acylic clear over the new colour and have a pretty good shine even before buffing!
the RAD is painted and cleared as well to colour match and blend in better.
The fingys show the best part of 40+ coats of paint :P
All thats left to decide is weather to leave the side vents black! or paint them platinum silver to match ?
Off to the shop early this morn to PU some more Clear to finsih the last 3 panels.
The Can paint i'm using for this mod! is just a generic type can acrylic, being acrylic it will not dry shiny and will have to be chopped and buffed.
I still manage to get some shine becuase i put the paint on very thick and wet. Not somthing i'd recomend doing with heat lamps and a clean spray area.
With the last of the painting out of the way for now , time to move onto some wire management!
Like all the HP's i want this one to also to look clean!
for wire cover matching silver tech flex is used, i cant buy this unfortunatly so i wil plastic prime and then paint my own.
What you see is pretty much the basic wiring you will see in the case! bugger all :)
All that will be added will be IDE and Power later.
At this stage the paper can now be removed to show the matching silver floor.
Next was to install the motherboard cover, as you can see ive cheeted and added a few new extra's to it with out posting :) i thought adding active cooling would look "cooler" then the mesh grill and added a lil flame grill with a accent around the CPU tube hole.
After a few new mounting holes are drilled to the floor and pump mounts i can actually move onto the plumbing (always my fav part)
I love a plumbing challange! and wanted to try and come up with a new design for the water tubes!
The rad is a tight fit! and i usually fit them externally! but wanted the challenge of making everthing fit inside this mod :)
The Good old NOS res is mounted and installed.
All hoses are tie clamped!
The pump was a tight fit! and i may swap it over for a MPC-350.
I like this LOOP! the coil effect works in well and stil has a clean flowing look to it.
The res lifts up easily for filling.
And she's full! and blue! :) i think my green water days are long gone!
Better add the first of the lighting effect for this mod.
and of course some mandatory night shots :P
More chop & shine!
Every one of these flames have to be hand chopped and hand buffed! it was @ about this stage i was thinking that maybe i should have stuck with a 2pak paint job!
The Vent panel was done using a block! this will sand qiker and flatter.
It was @ this stage i was thinking "2pak" aint all that! :P
With the chop and shine session now over! i can start hanging these panels on the case :)
First panel to go on will of course be the base! SS hex heads replace the orig crap plastick bolts.
With the base one next is to wire and bolt in the front fan assembly
Mesh grills are added to the side vents
and the front panel is test fitted.
Next on the agenda is to fit the Matix orbital LCD HDD and cdrom
Now that the rest of the hardware is installed the front panel can be heated shaped cut and fitted.
A simple solution for the CDROM is the same as used on HP1
Something i wanted to do to the last HP's but couldn't due to the external RADS was install the "backpanel"
YES! THE STICKER IS UPSIDE DOWN! AND HAS BEEN RIGHTED.
This is such a cool looking addition to the over all complete look of the case.
Just for the sake of being "quirky" i glued back on the original sticker :)
The rest of the wires are covered and connected.
The light wire for the NOS res is now routed from the back of the case
the marks for the Side vents are added and the vents are stuck into place
For the SIDE flame window i brought 2 peices of plex! Dark and light tint.
for now i will go with the lighter of the 2 windows
All that was left to do was fit the panels on and hang the white sheet for some final'e shots!
Ive photochoped a selection together.
