Im with pOPe. Sleeve all of it. That would look awesome. Looking good man. Did you say the sleeving shrunk or were you just talking about the heat shrink tube?
Printable View
Im with pOPe. Sleeve all of it. That would look awesome. Looking good man. Did you say the sleeving shrunk or were you just talking about the heat shrink tube?
I was just talking about heat shrink lol. But thanks for the complement.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigJohnson
UPDATE - PAINTING
So i bought my paints yesterday and spent all day today painting. And it looks pretty good. Mind you I'm no painter... but for me it was good.
Pics of the empty case.
I took out the side supports so I could paint them green :D
And here's the lid.
Case after the lid, sides and supports are taken out.
PCI slot fillers. Gonna be green.
All the guts after i took the case appart.
So to paint here's what you need:
Paint
Sandpaper
And Newspaper
All of these parts will be white.
These will be black.
Now I couldn't take pics while I was painting cuz it was only me and I had paint on my hands. So here's after I was done.
Having them side by side looks sooooo cool :D
Now.... its time to take this mod to the next level with a... PSU MOD!!:banana::banana: Now if you've been watching you'll remember that ugly blue that lit my PSU. So ya I took that out lol.
Outside
Top off
There is the connector that connects the fan.
Cables
Back pannel
LED's after I took them out of the fan. Wasn't to hard to my surprise.
Have to tape up the back mesh before painting.
Tape over the power input and switch.
After I covered the innards.
After the paint.
And here is the test to make sure the computer starts after I messed with the PSU. Ya I was a bit worried lol.
But its a success and it works :D:banana:
So I kinda miscalculated on the amount of paint I needed.... Here's how much I ended up using. 3 cans to 9 lol
Good thing the hobby shop is close.
I'll have some more close up shots once I find the rivet gun. My dad says there is one here but I don't think so. I think its at our other house up north... So I won't get it till like Sunday. I just wanna get it together and look at its beauty lol.
So until then I'll be waiting for some more sleeving to come so I can finish up all the other little cables in the case. And I'll post some more shots once I get it together. Then next moth I'll probably start a bit more on designing the front and how its gonna work.
Till then,
-Fuga
Wow Great work
Everything is looking real good!!
I have the same graphics card on my regular machine! Its a beast, too bad I only play starcraft and zombie panic source :)
UPDATE - ASSEMBLY
Well 1st off I got so pumped about my PSU paint job that I put it together without the fan guard :dead:
So I slapped it in and now its all good.
My dad felt kinda guilty about not having a rivet gun here so he went out and bought one.
For $3 at Harbor Freight you cant beat it :D.
Ok... now for the juicy part!!
THE ASSEMBLY!!!
I really love the contrast between the green and black.
After the 2 supports are riveted on.
After I installed the 2 HDD bays.
I painted a bunch of screws green for a nice accent on the back of the PC.
PS. I had to do this 3 times to get enough screws. :dead: Felt like forever for all of them to dry.
I then put some of the spraypaint into a little plastic container for touch up. Also I painted the rivets that I put in on the green supports green. (Another accent idea)
Finally get to put some hardware in.
Mobo
PSU & Video Card
CD/DVD-ROM's, HDD, Media card reader and fans. I also tried to manage some of the cables.
I found this nifty hole in where the 5 1/4" drives go. I've had this case for almost 4 years and never notices it before lol. So I used it for cable management and man it works awesome.
Here's a shot of the back after all parts are assembled and the side panel is put on.
With the screws.
POWER ON TIME!!!
Have to do a dark pic! :P
Please let me know what you guys think so far. Input is great. + I get to know who's watching ;)
Now here is the question I need to ask everyone...
Do you guys like the accent I did to the back?
Recap pic
If so, do you think I should do all of the rivets in the green? It would deff make the back stand out more.
Oh wait one more!
Do you think I should paint the ESATA and Cathode Switch panels in the back green as well? They are the only silver back there and I don't think it would be too hard to do. And what about the Mobo port panel?
Recap pic. (bottom)
Let me know. I'd like to do this on Sunday cuz Saturday I have to cut grass all day :(. But at least it will give me some mod money! Which is always a good thing :D
Till then,
-Fuga
Thats a nice green you are using there. Very Nvidia esque.
The black and green look great. And the accent pieces look very nice. But I would take anything thats left silver and change it. The black and green go well together but I knew something about that back panel looked off.
I say paint the I/O cover and the riser card panels, will definitely complete the look. It's easy to take the back covers off the video card and eSATA card. Just unscrew the the threaded stand offs that the DVI plug screws into, and take the screws out on either side of the eSATA port.
UPDATE - NEW IDEA
OK.... so I sat down with my dad and showed him the front panel of the case and my drawings in sketchup.
Here is what I showed him.
And yes I worked on this drawing like ALL last night.
After closely examining the panel he said it couldn't be done. The reason is because of the way that the door is held on. it not a hinge or anything like that. Its held in with pressure....
Couldn't get a great pic with my sisters camera...
So here is my dads idea:
He suggested that I keep the door the way it is. And put the 3 lights at the bottom. Like this:
(The gray area will be black. Its just gray so you can see the tubes.)
Now I wanna know what ya'll think about it. If anything else... Imma just paint the front the way it is. With the middle being green and the surrounding areas be black.
Here's my idea for the lights:
Make the POWER indicator be the Green light.
Make the HDD indicator be the Yellow light.
Make the Red light be the... something. (suggest please)
Do you think this is too much lights going on at once?
I can add more LED's to the ones that are already there and put them in the plexi to give the lighting effect I want. (The way Spawn showed me)
So lemme know what you guys think so far. If you have another idea for the front please tell me. All help is welcome!
Till then,
-Fuga
Who's to say you can't install a hinge on the door now, and keep your original idea. I like that idea much better, the new one doesn't really get the point across and think you'd be shortchanging yourself to pare down the idea. It certainly isn't impossible. Personally as a modder I have an issue with the concept of impossible, I rather like doing the "impossible".
