Help Alfred and win a prize!

[Cymae]

Alfred has decided to run a small unofficial Modding challenge (with the help of Bucko and myself, seeing as he has a bit of trouble typing without fingers...)

Meet Alfred:

Alfred would very much like to become a real case monster instead of concept drawing.

He'd like you to plan out how to build him so he still looks like Alfred.

Here are the rules Alfred set:
1. Alfred doesn't want anything like cd drives or lights or buttons showing at the front. he wants to look like Alfred.
2. Add in anything you like though it has to be barely visible, as Alfred doesn't want strange things sticking out of him.
3. Show me the case and all the items you want to use. Important stuff has to be branded (For example, you can't just say I want green water cooling, you have to specify the make and model).
4. Alfred has hair. Alfred would like to keep his hair.
5. Make the instructions on how to build Alfred relatively detailed, so we know what you would use for everything and how you would go about it

Here's the bit where it gets interesting:
Bucko and I will be judging, and we will pick the most reasonable plan (time, design and price-wise), and first place will win this:

and two of these great keyrings Bucko made:

Second place gets a keyring too!

Alfred says he'd like to give you guys until the 16th of August! That's about 2 weeks from today.

[Bucko]

That's right, we thought we'd have a mini-modders challenge. As this isn't an official modders challenge, you won't get the special Modders Challenge signature picture or the certificate, but I'm sure you guys and gals can still have fun with this one.

[D1337]

Your actually gonna build it? Or the contest just for fun.
lets hope nobody tries to suggest pubs as the hair =.=

[Bucko]

The contest is just for fun, you just have to post your plans on how you would build it, not actually build it.

[Cymae]

Might build it..you never know. Depends how easy and inexpensive it ends up being... maybe Bucko will lend me his workbench *makes puppy eyes*

As a side note (from what Elenril asked me in IM):
The tshirt comes with a marker. You can wash the shirt with a damp cloth and it's re-writeable so you can change your mind as much as you like! It's really quite nifty. if they came in ladies sizes i'd get one instead of running this contest, but you're all incredibly lucky cos they don't!

[Bucko]

You can use my workbench anytime. *wink*

[The boy 4rm oz]

Interesting, can't wait to see what some people come up with.

[lukeisthecoolest]

Here is my contest entry:

lets start off with a case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811108044) an IN WIN mini ATX case. I chose this case because it is small and compact and reminds me of Alfred's face. The power supply that it comes with will save me time when building Alfred.

Next we need to find hair for Alfred (http://www.bjcraftsupplies.com/generalCrafts/fur01.asp) it comes in dark brown and has the consistency of Alfred's coat.

How is all that hair gonna stay on? (http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...cStoreNum=8125) should keep a tight bond between the case's metal and the faux fur.

Now onto those reptilish eyes (http://www.glasseyes.com/cgi-bin/pro...ductcode=132-R) they are closest resembled to Alfred's snake-like vertically lined eyes. code 132-R41!

What to do for the glossy face? where the faux fur isn't going to be placed a high-gloss brown paint will be applied by either air-brush or spraypaint. Then a sheet of cracked ice acrylic (http://www.professionalplastics.com/...---Cracked-Ice) will be layed over the paint to have the wetness and shininess that Alfred has on his face.

Their is no way i can buy a tongue online so i will have to make one using this process (http://www.stagework.org.uk/webdav/h...j0E89gsM143B7p) although i will not make the tongue edible.

These will come in handy later (http://www.frozencpu.com/products/52...k_-_Black.html)

Alfred is a monster so he should get some monster specs:

CPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115016
MOBO:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128048
RAM:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227124
VGA:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130073
HD:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152052
DVD:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827101131
3 FANS:http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-si...130mm-fan.html i thought Alfred will want to be quiet so he can sneak up on people

how to build Alfred:

1. Disassemble Alfred and prepare for paint on front end
2. Paint below the bay drives only using high-gloss brown paint
3. Begin cutting and glueing the sheets of dark brown faux fur upon the case and let dry.
4. cut the cracked ice acrylic into the right dimensions and past the repltile fake eyes onto it.
5. Paste the acrylic onto the front panel and cut out a hole in the acrylic so when the middle eye is pressed the case powers on.
6. cut out the faux fur above the first bay drive and use it to stealth the dvd bay insert.
7. create a fake tongue like in the guide and attach it using 2-part epoxy.

This is where the going gets rough:


8. flip the case upside down and using a hole saw cut out three 120 mm holes and screws the holes in place
9. also screw a 100mm hole near the end of the case as this will be very importante later
10. gluw on the case feet and we are ready to assemble.
11. screw six holes precisely 5 mm to the front of the case in order to match the mobo's holes
12.screw in the motherboard normally and install all of the features (HD,CPU,VGA.....)
13. congrats u are done

explanation:

three high-powered silent fans pump low-laying cold air from the ground up into the mainframe and allows for no fans to be showing

the 100mm hole will be used to pass cables UNDER the case instead of behind the case so Alfred will not be self-concious about his wires sticking out the back

the acrylic panel is used for lighting and when light hits it, it resembles wetness and glossiness like the concept that is drawn.

please notify me if u see i have made any mistakes or if any changes should be made

Thanks,
LukeIsTheCoolest

[lukeisthecoolest]

oh and if u were wondering the whole thing took me 2 hours

[Cymae]

I'd like to point out that Alfred says the skin he has is bumpy..it's actually like alien skin..

mighty fine entry. You can only enter once and you need to post finished on your entry so that I know it's done and you're not changing anything. Then I will add it to a text document to make sure you aren't cheating