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scratch all that vinyl stuff...on to more interesting stuff. will post pics as soon as my new mobo comes and gfx.
pulsating LEDs, PSU envy, Black Mamba, Internal Awesomeness, Covert Covers.
these are some of te things you'll see.

will keep u posted and updated on the project

heya guys, i fininshed the project this yesterday.. it took 4 weeks
thats a long time.
as you will see, i didn't do everything that i wanted, but i guess that in time i will be able to do them, just ran out of money and time...pfft

i will update the thread today and tomorrow, lots of pics.

Pics or GTFO.

Pics or we will send Stuart to you

okay ,

first thing is first, the old mod :

i was kinda unhappy, felt i could do more, so, unasseble everything:
the top comes of with effort, its all glued..

the rest of the case is just a matter of screws and removing all the stuff:

the prevoius mod had powder coating... so i sent it off to get sandblasted, but the guys told me that it wont work on the powdercoat...
so they dipped it in acid for 24hrs..that worked like a charm, the case came back looking like it was just built.
after i sanded off the places i wanted smooth, and made a hole in the middle for the wc pipes...it was time for primer:

after that i wanted to use a sort od mesh to cover the back..we first used silicon to stick it...

it turned out a bad idea, cuz when it was time to paint, the silicon made bad doo doo...so off with the silicon, and on with the paint-hope-it-sticks-with-paint :
i used about 3 cans of matt black paint...it worked very well with the whole primer thing...
after paint i cut holes in the mesh for the backplate etc..:


btw, this pic is just one coat of black paint, primer is cool but uses a lot of paint..
so far so good...this all took about 2 weeks

for the next 2 weeks, i did this:
meaure the plexi i want...2 sizes, one see through, one black...
order plexi, pay for and collect plexi.
buy lights, opted for EL lights, i wanted an ambient glow, not in the face lighting..
finish paint and cut and trim and file off neatly, and assemble:



as for the wc..what a mission, i first thought that it wouldnt fit, but then after some very seriuos pondering and demo placing, i decided that it would..
in goes the WC...


now, wherea are those pipes going??? did i make the same mistake? NOOOO!!!! hahahahaha :




as you can see in the last pic, i already started running my EL lights through...

and the bottom of the case:




putting it all together was very dificult, i had a wc leak, but some pro soldering and new fitting later, it was beautiful

Can you post some completed pics?

the last few things was just glueing the ELs, fiting all the fans, RADs, Pumps, Bleeding, drinking beer, etc:








its difficult to really see, but this is the plexi side panle installed:

and with the pretty lights, it didnt come out nice, the camera made funny....i dont know how to properly take a pic with the lights on/out..o well, in real life you can see it nicely, ambient green, but on the pics the colors are strange, but here goes:



and i hope this shows nice:

hope u guys think its good, i think its awesome

and thats it, thanks for watching...btw, this is the continuation of my first mod...which is my first ever..

hahhahahahaha

now i can finally play games again

btw, i will take another few pics with the camera, just need to find the correct setting for the pics to show nice nice, will be uploaded tonight or tmoz:)
oh, and you cant see, but the lights at the bottom of the case are nice and ambient, you almost dont see them..i like

can you get hold of a tripod? or something to balance the camera on?

yeah, will do. and then take some pics

here it goes, the end result of a few weeks of working hard:










thats it. thanks

i am planning on modding an cosmos case soon also, but im gonna go all ot with that one, do all the tricks ive learnt and lots of stuff...but that will be in a while.
cheers.

F1n4l1tY is done.

Nice dude, I like it

Yeah real nice.

thanks thanks

Really a good mod, clean and uncluttered, just the way I like it!

Well done!