Far Cry is not the newest game out there but it’s still one of my favorites and with the largest LAN event in the country (New Zealand) only 121days away I figured it was about time to start my mod for the case mod competition.
Basic plan for this is to make a custom case that will hold lots of hard drives. On top if all goes to plan will be a model of my favorite level from the game “Fort” It was the first level I played when I downloaded the demo and I still enjoy playing round on it today. Haven’t fully decided what I will have on the front and sides of the case but it will of course involve the Far Cry name/logo and probably a Trigen in some form or another.
Started on the plans Last week after finally deciding on a theme for the case and after a few hours at work they were pretty much complete.
I was originally going to construct the case using acrylic but after finding the 6-8mm thickness I wanted to use was going to cost me about $300NZ (about $200US) I was quiet supprised by this as the 3mm acrylic I had used for my last case only cost $70NZ (45US) for a whole sheet.
With that in mind I decided to change plans and go with MDF wood which ended up costing me about $30NZ ($20US) In the end it shouldn’t matter to much as most of the initial case will be covered. Im pretty happy with this now that I have started anyway as the MDF is a lot easier to work with.
Off to the garage I went tonight to start building… here are a few pics of what’s done so far.
The wood for the case
Next step was to mark things out. I used a metal ruler for this rather then a tape mesure to insure accuracy.
It pays to check after marking things out that you have actually drawn what you intended to … things like this can sometimes happen.
To make sure I cut the right parts and cut them once I printed out this to show me what I needed to cut and how they fitted into the sheets of wood I had. I also crossed them off as they were cut.
Everything was cut roughly with the jigsaw and away from the actual lines as I intended to run the router along the edge after.
After cutting I clamped the parts to the table with another bit of wood under lined up with the cut line so I could use the router.
All the parts nicely cut out, just a bit of sanding on the edges and they will be done.
After many attempts and bits falling over I finally got the thing to stand up to show the basic shape of the case.
After that it was just after 11pm so I decided to pack up before I started getting yelled at by Mum. I’m Pretty happy with the first days work. 1 hour on it so far…. Many many more to go.
Thats all for tonight more updates tomorrow. I look foward to any comments, ideas or help you guys provide.
Thanks