Case Mod - In Progress RENEGADE, The public Enemy

Hi guys, after The PC-Reforged in 2011, its about time I introduced you to a new project.
This one is depicting a Rebel Fortress, Armoured Vehicle and totally self sufficient PC all in one.
Self sufficient because it needs only one single power cord, all the imaginable hardware will be be hosted in the case, not just the PC. Monitor, Subwoofer, XY controlled camera and laser gun, Keyboard. Mouse CB-Radio, Network Switch, Ignition Key, and much much more.
Here is the deal.
Stardate 2030 AD, The world has been torn by yet another two world wars. Humanity is slaved by warlords and Corrupt systems which are slowly but surely extiguishing any hope of better times.
One man, initially trained to keep these systems up and running turns against all he once believed in and uses all his skills and training now to help the needy, the poor and those who cannot help themselves. He builds himself a lone Fortress, a hideout, a stronghold in which he lives in self sufficiency and plans his actions accordingly while arming himself to the teeth.
He soon realizes that the media, which is also part of the system has declared him an outlaw, an illegal a criminal. He is hunted by those he once hunted with, from the system he once supported. He knows too much and must be annihilated before he can use his knowledge and abilites to harm those who harm others. and bla bla bla etc etc etc.. Good story eh.....
He becomes the RENEGADE, the Public enemy and thats what I want to show in this case.
Why the year 2030 AD, well simply because when set in the future, i can really ravel through my imagination for this one. The Renegade will have futuristic elements as well as nostalgics too. Just like we do in the modern day, where we like mixing the new and modern with older styles.


more to come

 

here are the first pictures
it all started out with the www.we-mod-it.com casemod contest where you can also see the whole worklog.
MS-TECH sent me the case after i qualified. Unfortunatley we wont see much of the case after I am finished with it and it will be 6 or 7 times as big as on delivery.
stripping the case of its identity


making the cutouts for the later wiring








building the 8 and 6 mm plywood inner caseing on the ms-tech outer casein



the original case will later on still be slide out able from the back



put in some slants to break the cube block look, hate that straightforward look.







making the base case which will hold transformers, excess wiring leds and the retractable keyboard with its extracter mechanism



its upside down here

 

still working on the base







roughly sanded off the corners, all slanted no 90 degree-ers, too simply







by the way, forget all these horrible screws, we wont see them afterwards. this is still all just the inner case, on which i will be building the renegade











like i said this is not the actual look yet





wowo i can still slide it out, super

as you can see see i have given one side a slight angle the other is 90 deg.

starting with the front blends





these chucks are all just supporters and spacers for the blends






the rebel hideout bridge
























this mod will have a motorised star wars type of automatic door on the side, here comes the pictures








started the bridge walls


even this, the bridge is all the the base for other elements

made so as to be able to take it off

the star wars door chapter two of god knows how many

getting all the angles right was hell, im telling ya


roughly cut pieces of ply for the door








of course we need a windows behind the door


didnt want to just cut a square or round hole, same style baby, thats waht we need

 

this is how i want to make the door openers so that when one moves, the opposite moves too



as mentioned here is the monitopr that i will integrate, will be a fold out






all these pieces are to hold it in place but let it breath at the same time

cutting out the switch panel




the hinges allow me to open it more than 170 deg. they will by semi gidden later on


whwer i took the picture from is roughly the angle that it would stand when i work on it later on

cut the bacl pane to slant and give it more contours

a very sturdy but ugly part i know. wont see it later

does close flush, super












made this logo, but am not sure whether i will really use it






fixture so that the monitor doenst just dangle there

 

star wars opposite door










fan holder for the front bottom left and speaker out put from the s-woofer











made some templates for the first armour plates



bought a philips subwoofer und will now integrate it after cutting certain parts of teh main ms-tech case out.







sitting snug there

 

the star wars door mechanism












more armour plate work










the first part of the back panel





i decided to change the edges of the blends to then same as the armour plates




acrylic cog wheel for the mecha

 

I heard you love case modding,
so we put case mod inside of case mod inside of case mod
so you can make case mod inside case mod while you modding.

XD

 

keyboard drawer

more to come

 

This is so different Im a little dazed. Its good that you're thinking outside the box (or inside it Im not sure ) I also have to say this is some really nice work the woodwork is so precise

 

WOWWWWW For now

 

I am sooooooooooo ............ sooooooooooo....... speechless! Wowzers my friend you made my mind melt.

 

Perfect...

 

So much awesome! Great work, keep it up

 

This mod so far is looking insane but I won;t lie I love it and hope you have a relativly easy time of making your ideas physical.

 

am glad you like it, still a lot to come though, yes indeed the inner box was only to hold the outer parts that are slowly being built and mounted. more to come
also visit my website to see other creations www.computer-designer.com

 

thans williz, am glad it appeals not even half through yet though, the really good stuff hasnt really started yet more to come
also visit my website to see other creations www.computer-designer.com

 

thanks mosquito, a lot more is on its way, this baby is gonna be bbiiiiiiigggggggggg.

am glad you like it, more to come
also visit my website to see other creations www.computer-designer.com

 

thanks njuso, glad you like it, its far from perfect though, a lot more to come, not even 50% yet

more to come
also visit my website to see other creations www.computer-designer.com

 

more of the RENEGADE

hi guys, thanks for the positive response and here is some of the work done so far.
this baby is gonna weigh a tome hwen finished but seeing as its theme is self sufficiency in the RENEGADE`s fortress, its ok, everything will be in it that he or should i just say the pc could possibly need, less words more pictures now.
once the main structure is finished then i will start what i call the real modding, i need ths wooden base to work on for all the 1000 ideas i have for this one. for all those interested, please check out my other mods like PC-REFORGED and WICKED WIDOW and others at
www.computer-designer.com
will send more pictures tomorrow

 

wow very good