PROJECT: Lobo

[Datech]

This case really is looking awesome man! Take some rep.

[slaveofconvention]

ty ty - with a little luck I'll get some time at home this week to do a few bits - I'm working nights on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday this coming week so other than Tuesday afternoon and most of wednesday, the whole week is gone before it even starts!!!

[DonT-FeaR]

love it

[msmrx57]

Yup working nights is a drag. Wondering though if you have power for your tools couldn't you take a work light along? Love the way this is going. Really like that your doing something with the side behind the mobo tray. Looking forward to the next update.

[slaveofconvention]

I have two worklights - a 150w and a 500w and to be honest, they don't really provide good enough light, especially as I'm paying so much attention to details on this project - I admit I'm probably going a little TOO far but I don't care lol - I'm in no hurry to finish it, so I might as well take my time and get things exactly the way I want them...

[slaveofconvention]

So, I want your opinions people....

I've just realised my original plan for the location of the moon on the main window is just not going to work, mainly because the PSU and reinforcer bar are going to seriously get in the way of the light I plan to use to illuminate it - the idea is to try to "aim" a white led (or 2 or 3 or whatever it takes) at the back of the moon and get it to glow...

Originally planned location...

Central...

Wolf's eyeline (this may have to move a little to the left depending on how far the 3 1/2 inch drive bays stick out)

Low on the hills

What do you guys think - the main thing in my head is that there be little or nothing directly behind it so i can get it lit from behind clearly....

The moon may look a little funky because it's a negative greyscale image of the moon lol - just realised I'd used the actual image I'm sending to the engraver (I FOUND ONE - YAY!!!) to put the moons on the images here - they were already uploaded and I didn't really see the point remaking all the images for the sake of lunar accuracy :p

[msmrx57]

I think lined up with the rounded section for the handle and staight line from the snout. just my opinion. As far as paying too much attention to detail, unless you get so obsessed it keeps you from ever finishing it no such thing. Its the attention to detail that lets you get it just the way you want it to be.

[slaveofconvention]

Well I'd like to think it hasn't gotten in the way of some pretty serious progress so far... The only thing I'm really worried about is all the sheet metal is now done - I have all the perspex ready to cut - got the engraver lined up - know how i'm doing the drive bays and cooling - and I still have NO FRIGGIN CLUE what the hell I'm going to do with that damned front panel!!!

Oh yeah, and I'm still only about 65% sure of the colour the whole thing is going to be - found a real nice dark anthracite grey metallic from an Alfa Romeo the other day at the bodyshop....

So anyway.... I got presents today....

There we have, on the bottom of the pile, the 500x500x5mm sheet of light tint for the main feature window. There's a fair offcut on that so that might end up in the front panel.... Then top left is the A3 size 3mm tinted for the smaller window on the opposite side - and there'll be enough left from that to make the window for K-9 as it's just a little one. In the top right we have the red tint A4 x 3mm which I'm going to slice up carefully to make the eyepiece for K-9. Bottom left is a A4 x 3mm light tint - main window on Liquid Yellow - the upcoming Xbox 360 mod (figured I may as well save on postage and get the perspex now, which also explains the clear A4 x 2mm which I'm going to use to TRY to put a window in the DVD drive in the Xbox and the HD in the Xbox...

And finally.... location 5 for the moon, as per suggestions here and at other forums...

I kinda like this one myself, except it's bang in the middle of the window - not sure why that's an issue - but it is lol...

[DonT-FeaR]

man this is wicked!

[Mark_Hardware]

The original location was the best, but I have to admit the spot you decided on in the end works well. I wouldn't worry about it being in the wolf's "eyeline," as when I wolf is in that postition doing that infamous howl, their eyes are typically closed anyway.
Good work for sure man