Mod'n Roll 2012: APASF ("A Post-Apocalyptic Steampunk Future")
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Update.
Today I´ve started to cut and test mount the side covers. While they look like wood, they are plastic and they are not the final look, they simply come like that from the store, I will be using vinyl and ageing process so they match the PSU. The same treatment will be done on both sides of the case.
Originally I was going to use rubber covers for the cuts so they don´t look sharp, however in order to add more "wood" to the design, I will be using the same parts cut in half as on the side, this should increase the wood/copper ratio of the final look.
I´ve also ordered all the liquid cooling stuff I need, and it will hopefully arrive on Friday so I have the weekend to mount everything and start and finish the front of the case so on Monday I can go to the plumbing suplies shop and cut, test mount and buy all remaining fittings and copper tubing to complete the loop.
If the parts don´t come by friday I´ll have to delay the plumbing details till tuesday or wednesday which will only give me a 2 day painting window to finish the project, so it´d definately cutting it short, but I feel confident at this point.
Aniway, photos!
Hopefully more tomorrow.
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wow amazing update
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Quick Update.
It doesn´t seem like much but it took me all the time I had to spare today to do this, the steel on this case is really stubborn (specially on the back where it´s thicker)!
Aniway, the screws I ordered (yes I had to order them, it seems no one locally had 3mm x 50mm screws) arrived and I they did the job perfectly, now the GPUs are properly secured.
And all the borders have been cut to size and test mounted. Some trimming left to do on them and adjusting for a perfect fit, but it´s really starting to take shape now.
Aniway, more tomorrow hopefully.
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Good!
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so cool
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First update of the day...
To freshen up your memory, this is what the front looked like once I had cut out everything I didnt need out of it, remember that originally it had 2 doors and all sorts of things.
So I cut a further section to incorporate a new idea I had for the front (which you will partially see by the end of this update but not completely by a long shot till, with a bit of luck, the second and final update of today (i.e. tonight).
I then filled it all up with epoxy filler.
Once it was dry I started with what will become a couple of hours of sanding.
That´s how it looked yesterday before I called it a day and went out for a drink as I needed to disconnect badly.
Today, I started fresh this morning at around 10am and continued sanding until it was ready.
Next I used a bit of filler for the places where it had created air bubbles and ended up empty and continued sanding until it was as ready as it was ever going to be with the limited timeframe I have left (I no longer feel my hands lol).
Next I cleaned it up and aplied the vinyl (yes the front will be going in that wood look, the same as the PSU).
I thend modified the picture frame I had bought so it will simply slide in and "hug" the bottom and sides of the frontal.
.Lastly and more importantly, I aplied all the ageing effects to both the vinyl and the frame and put them togueter.
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.Later today I will be triming the leftovers and keep on working on the rest of the design of the frontal.
Until then.
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amazing frame
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I know I said only one more update today... but I´ve just finished the front of the case, or at least until the package from Lamptron arrives, fingers crossed it arrives before friday or I wont meet my deadline.
Point is, I´m in love with how it turned out so I wanted to come upstairs and post it so you guys can see it.
So what I did is, using the back of the back plastic of the frame, I sanded it down and throw some matt black paint on it. I cut it down to size and fit it in the opening. I then added two screws on the back of the middle of the frontal of the case to hang the 2 mini-pocket-watches from. I then stack them to the back plate using a bit of hot glue.
Mounted the frame on the case to make sure it all looked ok before I screwed the frame in (with it´s glass).
All good, then I put the glass in and screwed the frame on to the frontal and aplied the same paint effect to the screws so they would not be visible. I also added the same effect to the borders of the glass to make it look old and stained.
And the result...
3rd and last update for today later on.
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thanks tom1! : )
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ahhhhhh so has a pendulum clock
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thanks!! ^^ I was going to do something different and the the missus had that idea!, but since there´s no space for the clock itself, I though, if I can find small enough pocket watches, the pendulums themselves can be the clock, and I found them!
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exactly , very nice looks even so
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thanks a bunch tom1, I´m freaking out to finish in time for the 15th, water cooling stuff doesnt arrive till wednesday and who knows if the lamptron packet with the switches and FC10 will arrive in time : ( do you know if we can use the extra couple of days to "upload" the finished pictures, to continue working on it?
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Right, final small update of the day.
I am officially knakered, I need a shower, badly (lol), a bit of dinner, a movie, and bed, can´t believe the weekend is already over and work tomorrow :S
Aniway, I finished preparing two of the borders.
Vinyl:
Leftovers on the wall, yep.
And the ageing proccess aplied, i.e. final result:
And with this we reach 99 pictures on the project! I hope you all have a pleaseant evening and again, thanks for reading.
More tomorrow.
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OMG! that look's amazing dude!
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cheers dude
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congratulations! very good job with the painting and the frame with watches is excellent. You must hurry that it is almost time.
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Thanks ArgOs!!! Believe me it´s been hectic, I´ve been working on it for every spare minute that I have, the problem now isn´t so much time as I´m used to doing fast modding, it´s parts delivery, water cooling kit not arriving till wednesday and god knows if the Lamptron package will arrive in time (switches and FC10)
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come on its final days
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I like this style.
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