Project: Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 !!!UPDATE!!! 26 April 2010

This will be my first real themed mod and I am basing it around Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. The case that will be modded is the Thermaltake Armor+ and will get a custom airbrushed digital camo paint job. I have several companies sponsoring this build which are listed below. This mod would not be possible with out their support.

Sponsors.

• Thermaltake
• NZXT
• Ultra Products
• Plextor

I would like to take a moment and list the items provided by my sponsors.

Thermaltake has sponsored me with a full compliment of water cooling parts from their Watercooling upgrade line. This will include 2 reservoirs, a pump, CPU water block, Chipset waterblock, 2 HDD waterblocks, 3/8 tubing with quick connects, 1000ml of green UV reactive coolant, a flow meter with digital temperature screen, a dual 120mm radiator, 2 120mm silent fans, 3 120mm Green LED fans, cable sleeving kit, Armor+ case and a few more goodies.

NZXT has sponsored me with an Avatar Gaming mouse and a Sentry 2 touch screen fan controller.

Ultra Products has sponsored me with an 850w X4 PSU

Plextor has sponsored me with a PX-b320sa Blu-ray super multi writer and a PX880SA DVD combo drive.

Ok now on to the plans.

Things the case will have.

• Sentry 2 Touch Screen Fan Controller donated by NZXT
• 5" LCD in front of case
• Water Cooling using Thermaltake donated parts
• RGB LEDs with Arduino controll
• Airbrushed Digital Camo paint Job
• Airbrushed Digital Camo Avatar Gaming Mouse Donated by NZXT
• Airbrushed Digital Camo X4 850w PSU Ultra Products
• Airbrushed Digital Camo Gaming keyboard

Things I am working on incorporating in the build.

• Laser Etched COD MW2 logo in plexi Side lit with green LEDs
• Custom 20mm Dummy round handles
• Digital Camo Xbox 360 controller
• Custom Radiator Shroud made from .308 or 30-06 inert ammo
• Removing the 5.25" drive bays and replacing them with a converted .50cal Ammo Can to hold the drives with 1.5-2 feet of .50bmg linked ammo entering from the side.
• Sponsors logos etched on Acrylic somewhere in the case

The case has changed to a Thermaltake Armor+ that was generously donated by Thermaltake USA. I made the decision to switch to this case purely for its size.

Pics of the case. (Flickr set here)

Update Index:

1. Paint Scheme mock up

Can't wait to see it.

:pics:

At least post a picture of the case :D

Interesting....yeah, that front panel definitely needs an LCD :D

Added some pics of the case.

Ow!!! My eyes!! My EYES!!!!!


Seriously, that thing is.... hideous.


Good luck.

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Originally Posted by blueonblack

Ow!!! My eyes!! My EYES!!!!!


Seriously, that thing is.... hideous.


Good luck.

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Huh, I thought it looked kinda alright. It definitely has a mechanical/angular look to it that will work well for a helicopter/tank look.

I do agree the shape is well suited to a well-done military mod.

I didn't mean the "good luck" in a "you'll never be able to do anything with that" kind of way. And even if I did, CJ should take that as a challenge. :)

It should prove interesting to watch.

I agree the case isn't to everyones taste lol - personally I wouldn't want it myself but, I can see how the anglular nature will really work well with the COD mod idea - please PLEASE tell me you're changing those BLUE leds for yellow or green in the band around the optical drive - I don't see blue fitting in well with a camo look.....

Check Big Lots Ad and Bi Lo Ad.

this should be good :up:

does anyone have a link to a site that sells fake .50cal ammo?

You looking for something like this?
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/BELT500-5.html

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They also have .30-06 and .308 dummy rounds.

man I just spent a few hours playing this game (bought it today) and just finished the first oil rig mission. HOLY CRAP is this game good :bowdown: I cant want to see what you do with this mod!

Ok so far I know that a pack of these 20mm rounds will be used in the build somewhere.

Heheheh, niice. I think I actually have a pair of 20mm rounds from WWII...that at some point were made into salt and pepper shakers :D

Awesome case to work on, looks brilliant original but has huge potential. Good luck!

ok, beat the game on regular last night and spent some time playin MP. that game was incredible :bowdown:

I'm really looking forward to this mod :up:

Can a guy get some screen caps? I wont be buying it for a few more weeks.

yea sure. what kind of scenes are you lookin for?

anything honestly. The only theme I have in my head so far is Digital Camo paint, 20mm Dummy rounds as handles and .50 bmg dummy rounds as feet. So anything you would like to post would be appreciated.

Oh and I just saw a photo of a Digtal Camo 360 controller.... Gotta find one of them for this.

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Go to a shooting range and ask if you can pick up all the discharged shells. Take the empty brass to a hunting store and ask for lead bullets for reloading. Find some bullets that fit in the empty shells and just tap them in with a hammer when you get home.

Then you can drill hols in it anywhere and hang it if you want.

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idn if you'll get 50cal but might be worth asking - if nothing else they may be able to point you in the right direction....

/\ Good idea, this. It would get you a lot of smaller rounds if you wanna have stuff from hand-weapons.

I actually have a source for disarmed 20mm and .50bmg rounds that are properly seated with a press. Prices are not that bad either. I will be putting in an order in the next few weeks. I am a bit of a gun nut (currently own 31 fire arms and hand guns) so the smaller rounds are no problem. I am thinking about incorporating in some 30-06 or .308 dummys too.

I still need to acquire an airbrush, paints, and some other stuff. I also need to finish my review of the case before I start working on it.

Just wanted to update with some news. I now have 1 confirmed sponsor and possibly 2 more. I will announce the names as soon as I find out what I am being sponsored with.

Can I get a screen shot of the grenades and flash bangs?

I'll see what I can do for ya :up:

thanks!

I have been thinking about the digital camo paint job for the last few days and I think I have the method I am going to use just about figured out.

First I thought about using some frisket like is used in this tutorial. And I may still use some frisket on this but since the case is mostly flat I was thinking I could just cut a stencil out of transparencies you use on overhead projectors. I went to staples today to pick up a pack of transparencies and was surprised that they only sell them in $40 packs. So I asked the cute chick working in the copy center if I could buy a few singles from them and she sold them to me for the price of a copy.. $0.10 each. So I bought 25. She told me to come back if I needed more. So I am going to attempt to cut out some stencils in the next week or two and see how hard its going to be to duplicate the digital camo pattern.

Now here is my delima. Which digi camo pattern do I go with?

ARPAT (ARmy PATtern)

MARPAT Desert (short for MARine PATtern)

heres a shot of some frags, I'm trying to get a decent one of the frags

click for bigguns

Personally I like the ARPAT. I have always like the green camo look, vs the other colors.

I agree - I always thought green is blatently camo whereas the other variants like arctic or desert don't scream it as loudly - a lot more contrast in the colours too and green isn't a colour you see much on cases as opposed to beige's and white/greys

I would go with the ARPAT, since the only character that you play in the game who's in a normal branch is an Army Ranger.

Arpat, one more vote here :D

ARPAT vote here. It says SHOOT ME I'M AN ARMY DUDE
See, I would go as a clown because they're looking for army dudes...
(Looked for the Family Guy clip to go along, but couldnt find it, Im going to keep loooking and Ill post it when i find it)


EDIT: http://thetravisty.com/Family_Guy/wm..._To_Fit_In.htm

ARPAT it is then... Now I gotta match some colors.

I'm biased, but MARPAT. We had it first. Not to mention the ARPAT looks like faded, washed out a$$ if you ask me.

i agree with sgtm but im biased as well Ooh-rah!!!!

Ok guys its official, This build is now Sponsored by NZXT.

congrats! :bowdown:

Ok the source I have for my inert ammo will not be shipping anything until after the first of the year. So that gives me a little time to finish planning everything.

Water Cooling or TEC Cooling?

I want to put an i7 in this but unless I get a mobo or ram sponsored that wont be happening. The same goes with SSD unless I get one of those $80 Kingston 40gb SSD's.

Sponsor!!! Outstanding!!

I vote water cooling. Didn't the Germans have a water-cooled machine gun at one point? That could be some inspiration...