Basic CS Mod

[gaz_the_chav]

That case is looking smart!

I spent 2.30 hours yesterday sorting my wiring inside the case by using heat shrink, insulation tape and that wire wrap stuff. I only have two thick wire wrap thing going around my computer!

-gaz

[Ironcat]

Just mask off the area you want to apply the brick effect. Do NOT sand... you want paint pimples on this effect.

Spray the entire area grey (or whatever color you want your mortar to be). Let it dry.

Now get 1/2" masking tape and lay it out in a brick pattern, that is, alternating your horizontal lines at the midway point of the bricks above and below it.
______________|_________|___________|__________|__ ____________|
___|_______________|_________|_________|__________ |

If you want thick standout bricks you will need bondo and you will need to work fast, just the brick effect is just paint and you can skip the next step.

Mix your bondo light on the activator so it stays wet longer. Bondo the whole area very very lightly and then scrape off excess... It can get heavy so you don't want thicker than 1/4 inch max.

Pick the three colors that you think best make up your bricks and spray them onto the bondo (or case if you skipped the bondo step) darkest first and farthest away, then get lighter colored and closer, spray them all while still wet and then pull off tape before your bondo seals it away forever. You don't need textured paint cuz all these paints are gonna "dot up" when you spray wet on wet.

I had a friend "brick" an entire Yugo this way in high school. It works.

[Airbozo]

Just mask off the area you want to apply the brick effect. Do NOT sand... you want paint pimples on this effect.

Spray the entire area grey (or whatever color you want your mortar to be). Let it dry.

Now get 1/2" masking tape and lay it out in a brick pattern, that is, alternating your horizontal lines at the midway point of the bricks above and below it.
______________|_________|___________|__________|__ ____________|
___|_______________|_________|_________|__________ |

If you want thick standout bricks you will need bondo and you will need to work fast, just the brick effect is just paint and you can skip the next step.

Mix your bondo light on the activator so it stays wet longer. Bondo the whole area very very lightly and then scrape off excess... It can get heavy so you don't want thicker than 1/4 inch max.

Pick the three colors that you think best make up your bricks and spray them onto the bondo (or case if you skipped the bondo step) darkest first and farthest away, then get lighter colored and closer, spray them all while still wet and then pull off tape before your bondo seals it away forever. You don't need textured paint cuz all these paints are gonna "dot up" when you spray wet on wet.

I had a friend "brick" an entire Yugo this way in high school. It works.

Instead of bondo, you could use the filler primer just don't sand it. it will give a slight raised appearance depending on how many coats of the filler you put on. I have used the filler primer to raise a couple small scratches out of the body of my landcruiser and it worked great. Still have not painted it 5 years later and the filler primer still holds...

I would love to see a pic of that yugo...

[Ironcat]

Did you hear Yugo is getting back into the car market with a new station wagon?

It's called the Weallgo! (insert drum riff)

Seriously though, I graduated in '85, I barely made it out of the 80's with my mullet and Members Only jacket so I don't have any pics... but let me tell you, it was sah-weeeeet!

[jdbnsn]

There is another alternative that would greatly reduce the amount of labor need to make the bricks. You could do the majority of the sides to look like sod or stone by smearing on your bondo or filler and sponging the surface to look authentic. You could accent the edges with stone columns or round pillars, or whatever. This would be alot easier than sculpting the bricks.

[Vertigo]

One option if you're going for a stone walled look, is to look for model castles, things like that. Warhammer scenery comes to mind, you could do a lot of nice case modifying with bits from those types of models.

Here's an example that might work:
http://www.jeffholbrook.com/castle-kits.htm

[simon275]

Hmm warhammer scenry. I play warhammer 40k so I might be able to get my hands on some just normal warhammer scenry. Once again jdbnsn that is lookin smick nice work.

[ajmilton]

Did you hear Yugo is getting back into the car market with a new station wagon?

It's called the Weallgo! (insert drum riff)

oh man. you evil, evil person :p that was awful

[simon275]

The mod is going on hold until around december 4. As I am going to visit my relatives in New Zealand and some friends and I are going to schoolies which is a giant week long party on the Gold Coast in Queensland (Up the east coast of Australia).

So stay safe and keep modding all

-Simon275

[Vertigo]

Ah well good luck, be safe, and have fun Simon.