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    Default Wonder Woman Case - Finished - Final pics

    I have started another mod but this time....it's for my wife.

    Lately I've been hearing her grumble about having to use my 7 year old Dell desktop when I have all these cool computers sitting around. She has always been a huge fan of Wonder Woman so I thought that could be something I could use as a theme build for her.

    I've done my planning on design and paint and so now it's time to get moving.

    The first thing to do was find the perfect case.

    I can picture things in my head before they are ever started so I know just what I'm looking for. And after 4 hours of scouring the web I found it!

    It's the NZXT Lexa S.

    It has the perfect shape for what I need. You'll see why later but here is a pic -






    This build will require some air brushing skills that I don't have so I will be contracting that part out. I have contacted Steve Nunez for the work. He seemed really interested to work on this and liked my ideas. If you look at his work you might want to prop up your jaw so it doesn't hit the floor. There are no words great enough to explain his work.

    I have been gathering up art work that will be used (sort of) for the side and front panels. Here are a couple shots that I might have him work from.








    I'll have to prep the case to make it ready. It came with a texture that needs to be smoothed out so it looks like I need to repaint it.

    More to follow-
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    Default Re: Wonder Woman Case Mod

    The sexiest of the superheroines Should be nice man, good to see some modding for the ladies in our lives too You know that case is already a perfect shape for you to top it off with a WW tiara...

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    This should be cool!

    Alas ... Linda Carter... She launched many a lad into puberty.

    Looking forward to what you have in store for us!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Munty View Post
    The sexiest of the superheroines Should be nice man, good to see some modding for the ladies in our lives too You know that case is already a perfect shape for you to top it off with a WW tiara...

    Exactly.
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    No Wonder Woman mod would be complete without pointy boobs and cleavage....

    Let's just hope you don't put someones eye out.
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    I see an LED illumnated red star in this case's future heh

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    Quote Originally Posted by slaveofconvention View Post
    I see an LED illumnated red star in this case's future heh
    Was going to be talked about later but...

    The crown will have the red star with an led behind it and it will also work as the power button.
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    ♥lynda carter♥
    I love her, I was a fan of the series and her. I will follow this work.

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    I got a chance to shoot the primer tonight. It didn't lay down as flat as usual so I'm guessing it's a little older than I thought it was. Not a problem because it gets sanded anyway before the paint goes on.

    I shot a fairly heavy coat on. It will let me sand it without cutting through.








    Since this paint job alone is going to break the bank I will be looking for sponsors to help out on hardware. I'm torn because of course I want to use the coolest thing out there but on the other hand, all my wife plays is Peggle and Bejeweled.


    I see they will be airing a new Wonder Woman. The timing of this build just got better! It's hard to replace LC though!
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    I worked a little more on the painting today.

    I wet sanded the primer. You can see in the picture that the primer wasn't perfectly smooth. It's thick epoxy and it was a little old. You can see where its starting to cut through and flatten it out.




    Once it's perfectly flat all the darker spots will be light gray like the rest of the area. One thing you try to avoid when wet-sanding is cutting into the bare metal like this -



    It's easy to spot repair with some primer and sand back down though.


    After cleaning it really good and wiping it down with a tack cloth I sprayed the first heavy coat. It looks better already!





    After 3 full wet coats it was done. And it looks way better than the rough texture.




    Then I noticed this little beauty -



    A nasty sag/run from getting a little too impatient between coats. It may look disastrous but once it dries I will show you how to fix things like this and it will look like it never happened. .... I hope.


    Here is the side that will get the large mural. It has a little orange peel but once I wet sand it and buff it out it will look like a mirror.




    It has to cure for a while first, so until then, thx for watching.
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