Mod'n Roll 2012: APASF ("A Post-Apocalyptic Steampunk Future")
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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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Todays Update.
I´ve started with the paint. Basically everything that´s not wood, is copper, but adding the post-apocalyptic flavour in there. This technique I´ve been developing for a while and it´s the first time I implement it in to a mod.
By the end of this update you will not see the final product, you will see what it looks like before the ageing process, i.e. the copper goes in most places a lot darker, like real copper, the reason for the extra light copper color is to be able to have highlights once it´s ben aged. The turquoise is the opposite, it is very pale here, and it will have aged highlights once finished. The reason I can´t do this today is due to the fact that to get to this point requires quite a few coats and it needs a lot more time to dry, which it needs to be completely for me to aply the ageing process to this.
Without further wait, the process pictures.
First, the primer.
To continue, a solid coat of the orange-y copper and before it dries, a light coat of turquoise. Once aplied, using absorbant paper I go all over the fresh paint creating a non solid surface or color which will be the base.
Once dried, I aply a almost solid coat of the copper orange from further away than the usual, as you can see the dried paint uneven surface is doing it´s job by not allowing the fresh coat to reach every corner. I also further the paper usage to create a more uneven surface for the next coats.
This goes on for 2 more coats alternating both colours.
To finish off, I give a completely solid coat of turquoise and very quickly another of the copper. The wet coats and the surface react with eachother giving me the final look before the ageing process.
Here´s a variety of pictures of it with and without flash.
The final rusted copper look coming tomorrow.
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nice painting
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thanks : )
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Go Luciel go! Time is running out!
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Lol I know, but thanks for reminding me again, freaking out here hahahaha
Today I will hopefully finish the paint on these parts, and do the last of the mounts on the main chasis for the 2x 360 rads and start the paint. The liquid cooling equipment arrives tomorroe evening, I will finish the paint on the chasis part then, mount the equipment and on thursday go to the plumbing shop and get the piping done and mounted, then do a loop test run till friday to make sure its all go, mount the whole PC, and were done.
Except of course the lamptron switches and FC10 for the front, which have not arrived yet and do not if theyll arrive in time.
Worst case scenario ill paint a dvd drive to fill in the slot so it looks finished.
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Update,
Had some internet issues last night so you couldn´t upload the pictures.
Aniway, the rust effect is finished, I aplied the ageing technique and several tones of copper to give it a more realistic look. The turquoise is very mild and I can´t quite catch it on camera, I took some pictures outside in the sun, hopefully that helps.
You´ll also notice I decided to add some extra effects and I´ve made it look as if the case had been partially submerged from the bottom left corner upwards.
This has without a doubt been the hardest and most time consuming effect I´ve ever done, the whole copper rust thing.
Hope you like it.
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Luciel ha scritto:
Lol I know, but thanks for reminding me again, freaking out here hahahahaToday I will hopefully finish the paint on these parts, and do the last of the mounts on the main chasis for the 2x 360 rads and start the paint. The liquid cooling equipment arrives tomorroe evening, I will finish the paint on the chasis part then, mount the equipment and on thursday go to the plumbing shop and get the piping done and mounted, then do a loop test run till friday to make sure its all go, mount the whole PC, and were done.
Except of course the lamptron switches and FC10 for the front, which have not arrived yet and do not if theyll arrive in time.
Worst case scenario ill paint a dvd drive to fill in the slot so it looks finished.
I didn't mean to stress you...
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