welcome guys. Here is my case so far. I've been working on a blue/red/orange UV theme, and I think its coming together well. I'm thinking of removing the stock window from the side and adding a larger window, but am sort of unsure as to what I should do, whether I should try and keep the cross bars, or whether I should make it just a plain window. I do kind of like the biohazard fan grill I added with the fins on the fan behind it painted flourescent yellow because it gives it a look like there is some kind of green fog inside the case behind the biohazard. Anyway, here are some pics. and the keyboard which I drybrushed with UV reactive blue paint: detail of the keys. I like the affect, makes them look like they are made of stone. I bought some UV lazer LEDs off Xoxide to shine onto the keyboard and they turned out to be garbage. They are more like purple lights than UV lights. So far the best UV lights I've found have been the cold cathodes that xoxide sells, and I am thinking of cutting the bottom of my monitor slightly and mounting one of these to that behind a short acrylic window, so that it shines onto the keyboard and illuminates the paint. Unless somoene knows a place that sells very bright, REAL UV LEDs that aren't more like dim purple lights.
Not bad at all... And welcome to the boards. Hope you know there is no turning back NOW!!! .... Keep up the good work..
got some flourescent blue paint and used a technique called drybrushing that I learned back when I used to paint Warhammer figures a long time ago. Basically you get some paint on an old brush, preferrably one that is somewhat stiff, usually like a modeling brush, I used one that is about 1/4" wide, with bristles that were about 1/4" long, you want short bristles so it stays straight, and you wipe off almost ALL of the paint from the brush onto a dry surface like a paper towell, untill you don't really see much more paint coming off. Believe me it is still there though. Next you flick it lightly over the whole keyboard. You'll have to do it several times getting more paint and then wiping it off until you think you have enough. It helps to do this in the dark with a UV light on your keyboard so you can actually see what you're doing, because under a normal light the keyboard almost looked like there was no paint on it at all unless you looked really closely, but as soon as you put the UV light on it it comes to life. I suggest spraying it with clearcoat after you're finished so that the colour is sealed in and all your typing doesn't wear it off the keys I learned the hard way and had to re-do my WASD
that keyboard is really awesome here's a link to a really awesome shop that sells LEDs of all sorts, I haven't ordered from there, but I've only heard good things about them link
switches, I vote red and bloo.. That keyboard does look cool.. hows it look under normal light? Explain this dry brush technique some more.. -scoob8000
dry brushing is where you get paint on your brush then wipe the paint off onto a cloth or something but it leaves a little bit of paint on the brush then you rub the brush all over what you want painting. Well thats what it is with Games Workshop
werd. I used to paint citadel miniatures all the time. still have tons of paints left from that, but I sold all my warhammer stuff a long time ago. Here is a pic of the keyboard under normal light...
basically the idea of drybrushing is that it brings out texture, because there isn't enough paint on the brush to flow into the cracks and crevasses in the texture of things, so it just gets on the very edges and tops of things, (part of why its important to use a brush that has somewhat stiff bristles so it flicks over the texture better). That way all of the protrusions in the texture are hilited and it brings more contrast to it. Notice how the edges of the keys are especially bright.
i want to know what this is: looks kinda like a big boomstick with lighting and sparks and what not welcome to the boards!
its the frayed end of my braided wire harness. I didn't shrink wrap te ends, yet, except now I kinda think that the bright orange looks pretty damned cool.
