Project: Blue-Hellfire

[The boy 4rm oz]

I would do a white base with the purple bubbles. OR silver base with white and silver bubbles.

[Tavarin]

I can't say which colour bubbled would look best, but the case looks very nice where it is. +rep

[Cobra]

thanks for the comments guys.
they are all much appreciated
i did a bit o playin around with some of the smaller stuff in the past few days.
remember these?

well.. i did a bit of filing, grinding and sanding to them just to clean em up a bit.

they did look like this after a few coats of primer

but now they look like this

all nice and purty and gloss black
while i was at it i hit the rest of the chassis bits with some primer(yes i did sand everything down previously with 600 grit paper to the primer had something to "etch" onto)

also remember these things?

it was time to give them a bit of a makeover as well.
since they are going to be full stealth i removed the front bezel totally
i peeled off the stickers on the drives ( whats a warranty worth now a days anyhow to a modder? lol)
the rear of the drive (the header panel SATA connection) for some reason they cast in tan plastic..thats horrible in my opinion but thats why paint was created.so i taped off all the electronics inside of it and sprayed the back panels black and also the exterior casings

since the front bezel isnt going to go back on these drives i need to add some auxiliary wiring to them so i can relocate the open/close buttons.
broke out the soldering iron

and some spare wire from my lil extinct PC spare parts bin.
then i soldered the 2 bits of wire to the front 2 points for the micro switch on the pcb board

and one with the outer casing back on.

ok thats where i have to leave off for today. more to do this weekend
cya soon

[DonT-FeaR]

kool you tought me something i didnt know how to do that nice...

[The boy 4rm oz]

Nice drive rack hacking lol.

[Cobra]

yanno. sometimes they make those things with a bit too much metal for me.
i was contemplating building a complete new drive tower out of plexi or whatever i could find but to be honest i dont have the materials, patience or skill to pull off the visual aspect i would be looking for.
so modding the included one seemed the best option for me

[The boy 4rm oz]

AC Ryan have a drive bay kit you can buy made out of plexi. All you have to do is install it.
ConstructX Bay Columns:
http://www1.acryan.com/_constructx/ACR-CX31052.shtml

[Cobra]

yea i have seen em.. and even contemplated them.
problem is i am a tinkerer
i couldnt simply buy them and use them as is, i would have to cut bend tweak paint blah blah
much easier and keeps the wife from killing me if i try to keep budget low and just work with what i have =o)

[Dane Bramage]

very cool work, man. very impressed with all of it. i especially like the "bubbled" technique. can you post a link for us newbs to the video you mentioned? i love your wife's case so far. even for just a pain job, i think it's gonna look excellent.

also, the trick with the opticals is kewl. one more thing to add to my impending design.

rep/sub.

[Cobra]

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...ad.php?t=12621
there ya go bud..the origional tute i saw that gave me the idea for the water effect.
enjoy