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Fuganater · 20th Aug 2012, 21:24

Time for a good Steampunk mod. And what better case to use than the awesome Silverstone TJ11!

Big shutout to my sponsors!!

Performance-PCs is providing me with the BP mod kits, 240 and 360 rads and the Silverstone slim DVD bay.

EKWB is providing me with a EK-Multioption 250 Res and 90 degree fittings.

Hardware
Mobo: Asus Sabertooth P67
CPU: Intel i5 2500K
GPU: Unknown
RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator 1333
SSD: Curcial M4 128 GB
PSU: Silverstone Strider 1200W
Fan Controller: Lamptron FC10

Cooling
XSPC EX480
EK-CoolStream 360
Another 360 rad
EK-Multioption 150 or 250
EK-RAM Dominator
EK-MOSFET Sabertooth P67
EK-Supreme LTX
2x XSPC 120mm radiator stand

Misc
Sleeving: MDPC-X
Yellow SMD LED Strips
Yellow LED bulbs
Sophisticated Finishes Rust Effect Kit
Old Vacuum Tubes

Lets start working! The first thing I did was do some testing with LEDs in the Vacuum tubes. Here is what they look like with an Orange LED in them. Orange is not the final color, yellow is but at the time I didn't have the Yellow LEDs in yet.

Next up was to see how the rust effect paint would workout. First lets try some fan grills.

The Paint

The Grills

Primer and Iron paint

Rust Paint

Since that test was successful I thought I should try an actual piece of the case. The dual PSU bracket seemed like a good test subject.

And the result

I am very confident in the results so I started doing more, but that's in the next update. Stay tuned by subscribing so you can see all the updates!

Cheers till then,

Fuga

Darkwisdom · 20th Aug 2012, 22:22

This rust effect looks awesome. I love these steampunk builds and those vacuum tubes look great too. Lets hope we see some creative lighting ideas.

Fuganater · 21st Aug 2012, 07:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkwisdom

This rust effect looks awesome. I love these steampunk builds and those vacuum tubes look great too. Lets hope we see some creative lighting ideas.

Thanks. I hope the rest turns out just as good.

crashy1984 · 21st Aug 2012, 07:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fuganater

I am very confident in the results so I started doing more, but that's in the next update. Stay tuned by subscribing so you can see all the updates!

yes, i will. i was very happy and exciting when i read the headline for your Log. The TJ11 is the finest case in my opinion...
i will follow up, so i dont miss an update.... keep on working!

Vetalar · 21st Aug 2012, 08:47

looks good!!! keep it up!!!
for me rust is more about pos-ap/biohazard builds. for steampunk i see wood, copper, brass and patina

Fuganater · 21st Aug 2012, 11:30

Since testing is over its time to start on the case.

Its actually a good thing I'm modding this case because I got it used for pretty cheap. You would never get a good looking build out of this beatup case unless you paint/modify it. There are several screws missing, HDD bays missing and the front bezel was bent. I was able to fix the front bezel mostly and I ordered lots of new screws.

First thing to do is remove all of the buttons, connectors and cables.

Remove the mobo try and fans. I was going to not use the fans but I decided to make a midplate to hide them and that has cutouts for the fans. There will also be some Bitspower passthrough fittings for the tubing.

5.25" bays gone and mobo tray rails are out.

And here it is in pieces.

The first thing to do before you paint is get a nice coat of primer on the parts.

Next I started painting all the parts with the Iron base coat. This actually has iron particles in it which react with the Rust paint.

All the small bits.

And the large ones.

Next is the Rust paint. Its actually not paint. Its a chemical which looks more like blue water but you get the picture.

Just after 1 coat you can see it starting to work.

2-3 coats

5ish coats

And the first coat on the 5.25" bays

It starts the reaction only after maybe 5 minutes after being applied.

Lastly I'll leave you with some of my grill plans. I have a friend who does my laser cutting and he will do up a sick CAD drawing for me and I'll share it with all of you.

I'm going to install the 50mm fan on the motherboard so I need a grill to make it look nice. Also since I am keeping the internal 180mm fans I have to keep the side panel vents. I want to dress them up some otherwise they just look funny.

His will obviously look better than what I can draw :P

Cheers till next time,

Fuga

xSoMBrAx · 21st Aug 2012, 13:29

Top rust effect!
Keep us posted and don't let this build "die"!

Luciel · 21st Aug 2012, 13:34

Lookgs good however this seems more post-apocalyptic than steampunk :S

Baguette · 21st Aug 2012, 15:22

Shocker on the looks this is....Very intruiged as to where you'll be taking this

/uselessInfos

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fuganater

....Next is the Rust paint. Its actually not paint. Its a chemical which looks more like blue water but you get the picture....

That's interesting. That means that the solution is probably Copper Sulfate (Copper in sulphuric acid) diluted in water. Probably cheaper to directly buy copper sulfate crystals and add water :P Especially since a bag of 1kg of the crystals would set me back 13€ here in France, and make at least 50L of the stuff in high concentrations...

/end uselessInfos

Waynio · 22nd Aug 2012, 00:57

This is not the typical case for doing a semi damaged look on & steampunk incoming also, keenly subbed.

Steve_of_Death · 22nd Aug 2012, 09:06

Definitely can't wait to see this finished

CptGooch · 22nd Aug 2012, 20:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luciel

Lookgs good however this seems more post-apocalyptic than steampunk :S

As of right now I would have to agree. However this project is young and I will definitely be staying tuned.

The paint looks great.

Pfaffen · 22nd Aug 2012, 21:49

I agree, the paint job is fantastic. I have to admit, looking at the fan grills I thought they were old and rusted and was wondering why you were using them. Well done!

Fuganater · 23rd Aug 2012, 11:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by xSoMBrAx

Top rust effect!
Keep us posted and don't let this build "die"!

Never! I should be able to finish this in just a few months.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luciel

Lookgs good however this seems more post-apocalyptic than steampunk :S

Steampunk is what you make of it. There is no set style for Steampunk and there are no "must haves".

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baguette

Shocker on the looks this is....Very intruiged as to where you'll be taking this

/uselessInfos

That's interesting. That means that the solution is probably Copper Sulfate (Copper in sulphuric acid) diluted in water. Probably cheaper to directly buy copper sulfate crystals and add water :P Especially since a bag of 1kg of the crystals would set me back 13€ here in France, and make at least 50L of the stuff in high concentrations...

/end uselessInfos

Cheers for the info!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waynio

This is not the typical case for doing a semi damaged look on & steampunk incoming also, keenly subbed.

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve_of_Death

Definitely can't wait to see this finished

Thanks! I hope I don't dissapoint.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CptGooch

As of right now I would have to agree. However this project is young and I will definitely be staying tuned.

The paint looks great.

Thanks. I have a few ides how to spice things up. We will have to see how they turn out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pfaffen

I agree, the paint job is fantastic. I have to admit, looking at the fan grills I thought they were old and rusted and was wondering why you were using them. Well done!

Haha!

damien c · 23rd Aug 2012, 13:15

Going to be a interesting mod.

I do like the Steampunk stuff but I am not sure if I will like it on a TJ11.

Sub'd to see how it turns out though and hope it looks amazing in the end.

Sarakon · 23rd Aug 2012, 14:32

Cool start to a promising mod! Looking forward to what you have in store for us

dbradford32 · 25th Aug 2012, 00:38

BAD ASS! lol

alexvdl · 25th Aug 2012, 02:45

Looks incredible Shane! I'll be keeping an eye on this one

And ignore what Toby said, your sketches look great

Ripitup121 · 25th Aug 2012, 16:24

Loving the rust effect, subbed. +rep

Fuganater · 25th Aug 2012, 21:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by damien c

Going to be a interesting mod.

I do like the Steampunk stuff but I am not sure if I will like it on a TJ11.

Sub'd to see how it turns out though and hope it looks amazing in the end.

We shall see

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sarakon

Cool start to a promising mod! Looking forward to what you have in store for us

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbradford32

BAD ASS! lol

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexvdl

Looks incredible Shane! I'll be keeping an eye on this one

And ignore what Toby said, your sketches look great

Hahaha thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ripitup121

Loving the rust effect, subbed. +rep

Thanks!

20th Aug 2012, 21:24	#1
Fuganater Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, USA Posts: 596	Project: Steampunk'd TJ11 DONE!!! October 2012 MOTM Winner!!! Time for a good Steampunk mod. And what better case to use than the awesome Silverstone TJ11! Big shutout to my sponsors!! Performance-PCs is providing me with the BP mod kits, 240 and 360 rads and the Silverstone slim DVD bay. EKWB is providing me with a EK-Multioption 250 Res and 90 degree fittings. Hardware Mobo: Asus Sabertooth P67 CPU: Intel i5 2500K GPU: Unknown RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator 1333 SSD: Curcial M4 128 GB PSU: Silverstone Strider 1200W Fan Controller: Lamptron FC10 Cooling XSPC EX480 EK-CoolStream 360 Another 360 rad EK-Multioption 150 or 250 EK-RAM Dominator EK-MOSFET Sabertooth P67 EK-Supreme LTX 2x XSPC 120mm radiator stand Misc Sleeving: MDPC-X Yellow SMD LED Strips Yellow LED bulbs Sophisticated Finishes Rust Effect Kit Old Vacuum Tubes Lets start working! The first thing I did was do some testing with LEDs in the Vacuum tubes. Here is what they look like with an Orange LED in them. Orange is not the final color, yellow is but at the time I didn't have the Yellow LEDs in yet. Next up was to see how the rust effect paint would workout. First lets try some fan grills. The Paint The Grills Primer and Iron paint Rust Paint Since that test was successful I thought I should try an actual piece of the case. The dual PSU bracket seemed like a good test subject. And the result I am very confident in the results so I started doing more, but that's in the next update. Stay tuned by subscribing so you can see all the updates! Cheers till then, Fuga __________________ -Fugatech-mods- -Facebook- Last edited by Fuganater; 18th Dec 2012 at 01:29.

20th Aug 2012, 22:22	#2
Darkwisdom Retro Fan Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 449	This rust effect looks awesome. I love these steampunk builds and those vacuum tubes look great too. Lets hope we see some creative lighting ideas. __________________ ~Intel Core I3 3220 ~8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz~ CorsairCX600w ~ Asus GTX560ti Direct CUII Core @ 950Mhz Memory @ 2250Mhz ~ P8H77 ~ 128GB Samsung 830 SSD ~ Gelid Tranquillo ~ USB modded NES, Master System, Mega Drive and N64 controllers for Emulation~

21st Aug 2012, 08:47	#5
Vetalar learning english Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Gomel, BY Posts: 426	looks good!!! keep it up!!! for me rust is more about pos-ap/biohazard builds. for steampunk i see wood, copper, brass and patina __________________ 10 re-plan "SuperBestBuild Of My Dream" 20 have a sleep 30 goto 10

21st Aug 2012, 11:30	#6
Fuganater Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, USA Posts: 596	The Case Since testing is over its time to start on the case. Its actually a good thing I'm modding this case because I got it used for pretty cheap. You would never get a good looking build out of this beatup case unless you paint/modify it. There are several screws missing, HDD bays missing and the front bezel was bent. I was able to fix the front bezel mostly and I ordered lots of new screws. First thing to do is remove all of the buttons, connectors and cables. Remove the mobo try and fans. I was going to not use the fans but I decided to make a midplate to hide them and that has cutouts for the fans. There will also be some Bitspower passthrough fittings for the tubing. 5.25" bays gone and mobo tray rails are out. And here it is in pieces. The first thing to do before you paint is get a nice coat of primer on the parts. Next I started painting all the parts with the Iron base coat. This actually has iron particles in it which react with the Rust paint. All the small bits. And the large ones. Next is the Rust paint. Its actually not paint. Its a chemical which looks more like blue water but you get the picture. Just after 1 coat you can see it starting to work. 2-3 coats 5ish coats And the first coat on the 5.25" bays It starts the reaction only after maybe 5 minutes after being applied. Lastly I'll leave you with some of my grill plans. I have a friend who does my laser cutting and he will do up a sick CAD drawing for me and I'll share it with all of you. I'm going to install the 50mm fan on the motherboard so I need a grill to make it look nice. Also since I am keeping the internal 180mm fans I have to keep the side panel vents. I want to dress them up some otherwise they just look funny. His will obviously look better than what I can draw :P Cheers till next time, Fuga __________________ -Fugatech-mods- -Facebook-

21st Aug 2012, 13:29	#7
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21st Aug 2012, 13:34	#8
Luciel Multimodder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Malaga, Spain Posts: 232	Lookgs good however this seems more post-apocalyptic than steampunk :S

22nd Aug 2012, 00:57	#10
Waynio Keep calm & mod on. =) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,589	This is not the typical case for doing a semi damaged look on & steampunk incoming also, keenly subbed. __________________ Air Cube v2 and gaming tower (Fin Aug 2010) Stealthlow (Fin Sep 2011) Lean & Green - Modular Dual PC Paused Midlag Crisis

22nd Aug 2012, 09:06	#11
Steve_of_Death Minimodder Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Dunedin, NZ Posts: 25	Definitely can't wait to see this finished __________________ Current Build: Project Retro

22nd Aug 2012, 21:49	#13
Pfaffen Supermodder Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 414	I agree, the paint job is fantastic. I have to admit, looking at the fan grills I thought they were old and rusted and was wondering why you were using them. Well done! __________________ Pfaffen Wood Case Mods: Completed: World Map, Fibonacci, Canary Mesa, Molesworth, Cray-1, Federal Cellarette, Newbery TARDIS Wood Case Mods: Under Construction: Vogel Haus, Four Hokusai Cases

23rd Aug 2012, 13:15	#15
damien c Mad FPS Gamer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: UK Posts: 1,227	Going to be a interesting mod. I do like the Steampunk stuff but I am not sure if I will like it on a TJ11. Sub'd to see how it turns out though and hope it looks amazing in the end. __________________ Core I7 3930K, Rampage IV Extreme, 16GB Corsair Vengance 1600mhz, GTX 680 SLI, Corsair Force 3 250Gb SSD, Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium, NZXT Switch 810, XSPC RX 360mm + Alphacool 240mm All Copper, 10x Scythe Kazi Jyuni 1900rpm 5v & And It's Silent!!!!!!!!! . Market Place Feedback http://forums.bit-tech.net/showpost....&postcount=104

23rd Aug 2012, 14:32	#16
Sarakon The German Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: JHB, South Africa Posts: 695	Cool start to a promising mod! Looking forward to what you have in store for us __________________ Obsidian 650D \| Asus P8P67 EVO \| Intel i5 2500K \| OCZ Vertex 4 \| Corsair Vengeance 16GB \| MSI GTX 660Ti PE OC \| Cooler Master 850W Silent Pro M Wolves of War \| 650D Mod World Of Tanks: Sarakon \| BF3: SarakonGT

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25th Aug 2012, 02:45	#18
alexvdl Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 72	Looks incredible Shane! I'll be keeping an eye on this one And ignore what Toby said, your sketches look great

25th Aug 2012, 16:24	#19
Ripitup121 MMMMMMm watercooling.... Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kerry, Ireland Posts: 240	Loving the rust effect, subbed. +rep __________________ Asus ROG Maximus V Formula MoBo, Core i5 3570K @ 4.7Ghz, 6GB Corsair Dominator Ram 1600Mhz, SLi GTX460's(1GB), Enermax Revolution 1250W PSU, Xigmatek Elysium Chassis Dual WaterCooling Loops with 12 Noctua NF-P12's = WOOOOSH!!!

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