Project "Tikki Aquarium" - [update 040707: piranha madness] - bit-tech.net Forums

thechoozen · 31st May 2007, 06:36

In the last few days we decided to start another new project.
It will be a custom build Aquarium in shape of a Tikki Mask.

First we startet to build the Aquarium itself, therefore we used a 30cm plexiglas tube and a sheet of uv active plexiglas, we transfer the outline of our tube to the sheet of plexi and cut it out. After that the Plexi circle was glued on one side of the tube to seal it, so it can hold the water in.
After that we made a first test run with water etc to see if everything is fine and there is no water coming out.

Then we started to build the Head of our Tikki Aquarium.

We take some sheets of styropor and glued them together to get the right dimensions to fit on top of the tube, then we made some paper clay and put it all over the Head. After the Paper Clay dried out we put a sheet of raw carbon on top of the head to make it more solid.

Then we mixed some bondo and put it all over the head to get a smoot and flat surface on which we can build the details for the tikki face

After a lot of sanding and grinding we could then start to airbrush the head in a real wood style...

Airbrush Video on Youtube

Beside that we already start to build the "main" case which will contain the hardware and will be placed under the Aquarium part.
For that we make 2 sheets of plexi, on one the mainboard will be mounted on the other we will mount PSU, Pump, Radiator and HDD.

fungry · 31st May 2007, 09:25

oh nice. is the two cylindrical things the reservoir or something?

pump?

guysy1110 · 31st May 2007, 09:28

Looks nice. the dual reservoir is a nice idea too. cant wait to see how it turns out.

Koradhil · 31st May 2007, 09:36

Nice start, I like the acrylic work.

Xlixen · 31st May 2007, 09:54

Good work, can't wait to see more

jokkos · 31st May 2007, 12:09

interesting...I like how you put the mobo, psu and drives.

Noobkiller · 31st May 2007, 12:25

Awsome! Can't wait to see it finished

jegerjon · 31st May 2007, 13:38

great work!

widmod · 31st May 2007, 14:08

nice idea! will you route the water cooling tubes true the aquaruium for heat exchange/heating the aquarium?

thechoozen · 31st May 2007, 19:38

thank you guys for your comments!!

here is a small update about the airbrush progress on the upper part....

Airbrush Video on Youtube

Quote:

will you route the water cooling tubes true the aquaruium for heat exchange/heating the aquarium?

at the moment we don´t want to route the tubes through the water...but we have discussed if we should integrate the water reservoir inside the aquarium....but up to now we are not sure if we integrate it or not..so we will see...

Jipa · 31st May 2007, 20:01

Awesome painting there, looks nice and woodish

nissanskyrice · 1st Jun 2007, 04:01

Looks good so far, nice attention to detail with the paint job. I was actually thinking about combining a pc and an aquarium myself. Can't wait to see the finished result.

2JSC · 1st Jun 2007, 05:01

Very cool! Tha airbrushing is top notch! I love it. Also, that green plexi is a nice touch. NOw are the tubes going to run through the tank's water at all?

thechoozen · 1st Jun 2007, 20:12

just a small update for today.......

we prepared the inside of our "Head" to fit in the LED Module which should bring some light to the aquarium.....

i think tomorrow the cable will be covered and we will start to build the base part where the hardware will be mounted in.....

Cabe · 1st Jun 2007, 20:15

That wood grain is pretty damned awesome. Cant wait to see how it turns out.

DeltaFX · 1st Jun 2007, 21:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cabe

That wood grain is pretty damned awesome. Cant wait to see how it turns out.

As he said "We take some sheets of styropor and glued them together to get the right dimensions to fit on top of the tube, then we made some paper clay and put it all over the Head. After the Paper Clay dried out we put a sheet of raw carbon on top of the head to make it more solid."

culley · 1st Jun 2007, 22:06

Nice work!

Cabe · 1st Jun 2007, 22:10

Eh?

I know how it was done, I was commenting on how great the effect was and that I am waiting to see how the rest of the mod turns out.

jegerjon · 1st Jun 2007, 22:27

Great work. Very very nice until now. Think this is going to be a great mod. *Subscribed*

The_Beast · 1st Jun 2007, 22:38

wow great looking job, can't wait to see more on this mod

31st May 2007, 06:36	#1
thechoozen Supermodder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cologne / Germany Posts: 376	Project "Tikki Aquarium" - [update 040707: piranha madness] In the last few days we decided to start another new project. It will be a custom build Aquarium in shape of a Tikki Mask. First we startet to build the Aquarium itself, therefore we used a 30cm plexiglas tube and a sheet of uv active plexiglas, we transfer the outline of our tube to the sheet of plexi and cut it out. After that the Plexi circle was glued on one side of the tube to seal it, so it can hold the water in. After that we made a first test run with water etc to see if everything is fine and there is no water coming out. Then we started to build the Head of our Tikki Aquarium. We take some sheets of styropor and glued them together to get the right dimensions to fit on top of the tube, then we made some paper clay and put it all over the Head. After the Paper Clay dried out we put a sheet of raw carbon on top of the head to make it more solid. Then we mixed some bondo and put it all over the head to get a smoot and flat surface on which we can build the details for the tikki face After a lot of sanding and grinding we could then start to airbrush the head in a real wood style... Airbrush Video on Youtube Beside that we already start to build the "main" case which will contain the hardware and will be placed under the Aquarium part. For that we make 2 sheets of plexi, on one the mainboard will be mounted on the other we will mount PSU, Pump, Radiator and HDD. __________________ BT-CustomPC.de - Custom Computer & Supplies Last edited by thechoozen; 4th Jul 2007 at 20:47.

31st May 2007, 09:36	#4
Koradhil Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hengelo, The Netherlands Posts: 406	Nice start, I like the acrylic work. __________________ » BRAND NEW SITE Projects: Nimex \| Gemini \| Aquamedia \| Mystique \| Orion \| Protoss Powered by A.C.Ryan, Cooler Master, Corsair, EPoX, PQI, Recom, Revoltec, Sapphire.

31st May 2007, 12:09	#6
jokkos Belgian beer modder Join Date: May 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 900	interesting...I like how you put the mobo, psu and drives. __________________ Der_Meister: 100% completed, again... project log here.

31st May 2007, 12:25	#7
Noobkiller Supermodder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Philly Posts: 272	Awsome! Can't wait to see it finished __________________ OS-formers Less than meets the eye! Windowsbots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Mac-icons. OS-formers, Both lame in diguise.OS-formers,Less than meets the eye. Tranformers-I mean OS-formers!

31st May 2007, 13:38	#8
jegerjon Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 431	great work! __________________ Project: Alu-case - FIN: [06/02-2007] Project: NLM - FIN: [02/11-2007]

31st May 2007, 09:25	#2
fungry Multimodder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 200	oh nice. is the two cylindrical things the reservoir or something? pump?

31st May 2007, 09:28	#3
guysy1110 Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 97	Looks nice. the dual reservoir is a nice idea too. cant wait to see how it turns out.

31st May 2007, 09:54	#5
Xlixen Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 79	Good work, can't wait to see more

31st May 2007, 14:08	#9
widmod Supermodder Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: AUSTRIA Posts: 403	nice idea! will you route the water cooling tubes true the aquaruium for heat exchange/heating the aquarium? __________________ Project GTA IV PC : Modding the case and NEW hardware. Gaffa-Tape is a very simple modding device <sings>I'm from AUSTRIA</sings>and NO we have no kangaroos Microsoft NEVER stopped the beta phase of any of its operating systems i will not apologize for my language skills

31st May 2007, 20:01	#11
Jipa Licenced idiot. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 3,350	Awesome painting there, looks nice and woodish __________________ Half a dozen operational setups and truckloads of spare parts. AllTheMods - MetkuMods - LedCalc

1st Jun 2007, 04:01	#12
nissanskyrice Modder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunshine Coast, Australia Posts: 59	Looks good so far, nice attention to detail with the paint job. I was actually thinking about combining a pc and an aquarium myself. Can't wait to see the finished result.

1st Jun 2007, 05:01	#13
2JSC Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 112	Very cool! Tha airbrushing is top notch! I love it. Also, that green plexi is a nice touch. NOw are the tubes going to run through the tank's water at all? __________________ He's no different than the rest of you organisms... shooting DNA at eachother to make babies.

1st Jun 2007, 20:12	#14
thechoozen Supermodder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cologne / Germany Posts: 376	just a small update for today....... we prepared the inside of our "Head" to fit in the LED Module which should bring some light to the aquarium..... i think tomorrow the cable will be covered and we will start to build the base part where the hardware will be mounted in..... __________________ BT-CustomPC.de - Custom Computer & Supplies

1st Jun 2007, 20:15	#15
Cabe Hypermodder Join Date: May 2002 Location: I'll tell ya next time I go out... Posts: 707	That wood grain is pretty damned awesome. Cant wait to see how it turns out. __________________ [hal]"I cant let you do that Dave....."[/hal] "Out the 100 Base-T port, past the Router, off the Bridge, through the Firewall..... Nothing but Net."

1st Jun 2007, 22:06	#17
culley Hypermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gloucester, UK Posts: 715	Nice work! __________________ [Q6600@3.08GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HHD,Gigabyte 512MB 8800GT,700W PSU,Win7] [Xubuntu Home File Server] [CompTIA A+ Certified][75% Through Cicso CCNA]

1st Jun 2007, 22:10	#18
Cabe Hypermodder Join Date: May 2002 Location: I'll tell ya next time I go out... Posts: 707	Eh? I know how it was done, I was commenting on how great the effect was and that I am waiting to see how the rest of the mod turns out. __________________ [hal]"I cant let you do that Dave....."[/hal] "Out the 100 Base-T port, past the Router, off the Bridge, through the Firewall..... Nothing but Net."

1st Jun 2007, 22:27	#19
jegerjon Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 431	Great work. Very very nice until now. Think this is going to be a great mod. Subscribed __________________ Project: Alu-case - FIN: [06/02-2007] Project: NLM - FIN: [02/11-2007]

1st Jun 2007, 22:38	#20
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