Project: Paradise Lost

I really do like the Kaypro mod, but something is in my head. Something big.
I had a flood of ideas hit me today. This is how I felt when I first created El Diablo. I want to make something horrific, I want to be a part of something evil. I have a pretty good picture in my head of what I want this case to look like, but I have no idea on the specs. The specs are not important anyway. Once I finish the case and get the swarm out of my head I can go back to the Kaypro mod. Even if the finished product sits empty, at least I'll know it's done.

It's gonna be black, it's gonna be red. There will be sharp things, there will be blood. There will be Inverted Pentagrams, skulls, devil heads, and body parts. It's gonna be different. It's gonna be a wasteland.

Here's the case. An old P2 system that I've been using to test cathodes, fans, etc.

The face plate.

The IO ports

I pulled the mobo out

The empty victim

Some wingdings that I'm gonna encorporate

The panel for the window.

Something evil? From a guy named "TheGreatSatan"? How unexpected!

Seriously, this looks awesome. You've done very nice work on your other mods so far, I can't wait to see what you do with this monstrosity.

I got to work on the Primer.

Then the black under coat.

Next, I played with how the faceplate may be set up after it's done.

Here's where it gets good. The whole case is pretty much going to be covered in expanding foam. I want the case to be bumpy and porous. I want it to look like what you'd expect if you ripped off someones skin. Think of the muscles, tendons, fat and all that blood. I've tested it on the original faceplate for El Diablo.

Here's the original.

Then with the foam. I waited about 2 hours for it to settle.

Then I sprayed it with a mixture of black and red. The red goes on thick and the black undercoats and helps create the look of natural shadowing.

I think it turned out pretty damn good. Almost too good, it looks sick!

I'll start applying it to the case tommorrow.

That is bad ass!

This is gunna be cool.

Mmm...steaming mounds of intestinal meat.

wow thats gonna be a killercase. u should try to ad in some dark brown paint too, i think it would fit in nicely

I have a huge UPDATE. I spent the last 14 hours on this mod and I've accomplished lots! First just want to show you what the dried look of the "skinned flesh" is.

First thing I did was Primer the faceplate.

Then after 3 coats of black.

I added it to the case and let it dry.

Then I worked on another slot loading CD drive.

Next up was prepping the fan grill for the front blow hole.

Dried.

And I wired the power and reset switches. These were the originals. I also cleaned the surface where I was putting the fan.

Then I cut it out and screwed the fan in.

The power buttons got a face lift. First with primer.

Then with red and clear coats.

Lastly I primered the skull and covered the eyes and nose with tape.

And painted it black too.

3 coats later.

Peeled the tape off. Looks great.

Here's where I marked off my screw placement for the skull.

I use a hole punch to divet where I want my drill bit to sit at. This way it won't slide.

And I cut the holes.

Then I had to wire up his eyes so they could glow.

And I screwed it down.

Here's a pic of the front mostly completed.

And without the flash.

I still have to put a bit of the meaty blood look on the front. (1) To cover the exposed drive bay covers and (2) around the fan. In a couple of days I'm gonna start cutting the side panel.

omg that looks so nasty :) (in a positive way offcorse)
that fan is really nice!

I'm thinking about dressing up the side of the drive bay cages, so I may change the window to show it off.

ok dudue thats starting to look creapy already i like big tyme and i was wondering where can i purchase a power supply off the net or some where but remember im in canada

sorry the word is dude not dudue im tired have not slept in three days

sorry the word is dude not dudue i havent slept in three days im kindaa tired and where can i purchase a power supply like that maybe on the net cheap cuz im canadian and cant travel to the us at all

great my internet is screwed sorry about the mixed up posts

Ebay!

I like the signature of the Sentinel. You have seen my Matrix case right?

Just wanted you all to know that the fleshy add on will have to wait a week or so. I'll be adding a handle to the top and other, er....parts

TGS, have you considered adding some red flame/glow paint effects to the front, as well? Airbrushed properly, it could add a lot.

Then again, I haven't seen what you're planning with the fleshy bits (why don't we have more mods on these boards that require the term "fleshy bits"?!?), so I'm probably jumping the gun. Just throwing it out there.

I sprayed on the foam on the bezel.

And added the red! I'll be touching this up some more later with red, black and clear coats.

And I cut the saw blade in half for later.

Like normal.... looking good.

Oh my Lord, that is the sexiest thing I've seen all day.

Well, the front panel is all dry.

And I changed the way I wanted the panel window to look.

Lookin good there mate. Is that going to be more blood and guts of like a freen sludge coming down... Gr8 work mate keep going!!

Titch

It's time to put my old Koolance to work.

But first it had to be gutted.

And the pump with reservoir needs to be removed.

Now that it's out what do you think I'm going to do?

More tonight.

did you jsut have that laying around?!?! :o

Yeah, it was a part of my old system (Pre-R2). But the thing is garbage. It works, but it was the worst cooler I ever had.

It looks real good!!!
I was wondering that how did you paint it...wat colors did you use...
:?
And is the foam strong...like doesn't the color come off?
:p

First for the day, I cut notches into the blade.

And set it on the panel to see how it would look.

Here's some of my extra parts. A fake chain.

And some misc. body parts (2 eyes, 2 finger tips, and an ear)

Next up came the foam.

Painted it black

Then red and added the parts.

Next up is the top of the case.

Bloody brilliant.

Litterally.

This case is brought to you by Jack the Ripper.

I added some blood to the blade. I just sprayed it into an empty spray paint lid and when I got enough, I dripped it all over.

awesome, but is the side panel meant to look like a happy face or is that just me? (notice the two eyes, the finger nose, and the chain for the mouth)

As I said, this case is brought to you by Jack the Ripper.

Gotta love this case.................. in all it's gory.

Yeah, I'm gonna fix that. It looks cartoony.

So, last week I went to an online Halloween gift shop and bought some fake Femurs. They look pretty real and weigh about 1.5lbs each. I actually only need one so the other? Anyone need a femur?

As you can see I want to have a femur case handle.

I removed the finger tip in the middle of the side panel and moved one eye further to the top right. Hopefully this will break up the face I had going on there. That was a bit too cartoony.

Next I started on the top. First with the foam.

Then I attached the bone handle.

And after the foam dried I taped off the femur.

The black went on.

And the red.

I have to say that this is by far the ugliest mod I've ever seen, and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible. It is positively gruesome!

As an idea, running drips of hot glue from different "pustules" and "orificies" (orifi?) is a VERY easy way to simulate dripping snot/mucous. My friends and I, when in grade school, had long gross threads we would hang from our nose to gross out girls.

Just a thought.

I took the tape off.

Thats Freaking Awesome Man!!!

Three cheers! Err.. four.

Gotta say that this mod is positively GRUESOME! I LOVE it!

Wow. Inspiration to keep going!

Also, I was going to use the Koolance to pump blood over the exterior and have it recycle back through, but it just got too complicated. Anyone want the Koolance? I can even try to put it back together.

how much do you want?

How's $40.00 plus shipping?