Project: OCM Comp: Welcome to Rapture

[AMD_TaT3rs]

wow dude looks sick. cant wait to see it all done. when i first saw it with the air gutter thing i wasnt so sure it would look right but with the rusted effect it looks amazing. + rep!

[Ciaron23]

here's an idea, i don't know if its cool with you, but what if you used copper pipes for the liquid cooling system? just a thought since i think it'd go great with the cases' theme, although i may be a bit of a pain to make sure all the joints on the piping is watertight... hmm....

[The boy 4rm oz]

The one problem I can see with copper piping (apart from it's cost) is that all your joins will be square (unless you bend the pipe) which means the flow will be greatly restricted.

[Ciaron23]

The one problem I can see with copper piping (apart from it's cost) is that all your joins will be square (unless you bend the pipe) which means the flow will be greatly restricted.

hmm... that's true, pricy and can be a hindrance in cooling performance. alright, what about regular tubing, painted brass but leaving some clean patches, a would be porthole lol XD

[The boy 4rm oz]

Paint tends to not dry quite right on rubber hoses (or most rubber). I believe one of our fellow foremers tried it before. The paint doesn't quite dry and goes all sticky, then dust sticks to it. Nice suggestion though.

[Ciaron23]

hmm, yeah forgot about that little dilemna... guess he could just go straight to regular clear tubing :| would kind of stand out from the rest of the case... well w/e love the case nonetheless! XD

[The boy 4rm oz]

Clear tubing will look good, you just have to chose the correct coolant colour.

[Ciaron23]

green seems to be the most used color for coolants

actually thinking of it now... yeah why not! just needs to add some of that water damage look to it. not sure how it could be applied to the tubing and have it stick tho :|

[The boy 4rm oz]

That is true, but it should depend on the theme of the mod.

[GAM]

Hey, the recent discussion got me thinking... you needn't find alternatives to clear tubing to get the sort of 'inkeeping' effects your talking about... I started conjuring up images of wrapped metal sheets or mesh or combination of both then with the same style of 'aged' effects applied. You'd probably avoid most of the corners, concentrating on the straighter sections. Using a thin, wide expanded alu for instance you could form it to the bends. Anyway, the effect from the combination of aged metal sections and vibrant green tubing would look sweet in my opinion and fit well with the rest of the theme.

EDIT: Copper sleeves even ....or, and slight plug here, Gold Mylar Sleeving over the tubing! (Actually I don't have the Gold in stock, only chrome, but this could be obtained easily )

Slamaa, you're doing a fine job... keep it up!

Cheers
GAM