hmm, those FANs are looking smooth! Thanks WolfandAngel ! Alright listen up y’all ! Plans are changed, well the plans in my memories actually I planned to make something very special in the upper side (with the wheel of fortune) of the case. But now I found something cooler! I hope I can figure out how to make it though ^^ Just like my last completed casemod HELGHAN, I had a mysterious question what would take place in the front of the case. It wasn’t a LCD, or watercooling stuff, but a HELGHAST head made out of clay. This time I also have 2 mysterious questions in this case. The second questionmark will appear in the future … Tomorrow, I will order the parts of the electricity, and after that I will see what I’m going to do. Probably finishing the bottom. For the progress of the case… I couldn’t work on the frame because we are redecorating the bathroom and toilet in our home. I’ve got lots of work, but I’ll try to give you all an update on the case cheers Tomcatt
Waaw xD it’s a long time ago since I posted an update ! Well, XS is not the only one … I have been busy for school and other stuff … so I didn’t have a lot of time to mod. But – here I am back again, with lots of pictures and info It’s time for a huge UPDATE !!! Elements of Fortune !!! In the beginning of august, I bought some new tools for a good price. There goes my money blahblah, I’m happy ! At least I got some good quality tools now I also made some orders in China for LEDs and electronics, and I got some very nice stuff from MDPC-x. And because pictures say more than 1000 words : tadaa The package from China PSUs Little motors And for these things, I also made a “cabinet” ? Well I mean a thing to store things Kinda WaW huh !? This cabinet will be empty once I finished this mod And then another package from Germany… Now this is quality stuff !! amazing I will sleeve this 1200W PSU from BeQuiet and all the other cables that will be visible inside the project. -- aye – now all eyes back to the case We continue from here: Still remember it? Here we go I continued with the bottom side of the case, the part where the hardware will fit in. Before that, I had no idea what colors I would be using. But when buying the sleeving and LEDs, I made a decision. Colors will be: Black, white, orange and aluminum The hardware components will be black/ orange / the cable-sleeving as well. So I needed to find a color for the background … White ! To make a good white (and not gray looking background) I bought some white acrylic. Behind that white acrylic, I will use small White LEDs to give it a cool look. Placing of the LEDs Started to soldering It’s still a dark look, so let’s begin with making the acrylic. It looks great when because it has a good contrast with the hardware I’m not really satisfied with the result, So I will also make LEDs in the bottom. Don’t mind the rusty look, it will be painted Without acrylic With Still looks a bit dark on the right side… that is because the background is black. I tested the difference with a white sheet of paper. Much better But I’m not going to use paper … aluminum is a better quality material. And I will paint it white in the future. I used small bolts most of the places. Because they would dim the small LEDs. The other ones I gave a smooth finish Meanwhile I also worked on the struts beneath the hardware layer. Remember these? They will be blue – started with soldering Still needs a lot of work, but this is the goal: The UV LEDs on top are fitted on the bottom plate. Ready and steady ^^ UV power ! Perfect angle for that eye-candy reservoir. (It doesn’t shine everywhere, only where needed) The eye-candy reservoir needs to look cool and shiny. After a while I decided not the use aluminum foil but a sheet of aluminum. This will be polished --- So I started working again with the white acrylic. If you take a good look, you will see that I made place for the power supply unit. Whoooo that’s a close one! But it works After filing and sanding …Looks good huh? Aye, another bend Yuppie, I made it ! me looking very happy because working with the acrylic is a tough job. But I’m starting to learning it ^^ But here we go again a small problem … The power supply cable is a little bit bigger because it is a 1200W PSU… ARGH !!! I mailed to BeQuiet for finding a nice solution… If there isn’t a solution, I’ll make one myself - make a 90° angle in the cable - or make a gap in the frame so the cable would fit - maybe something else I could do ? hmm Well – more coming soon I think I continue working on the hard drive casings, and continue with the white acrylic. cheers Tom
I was wondering what was happening to this, and it was worth the wait. The LEDs add a new dimension to the mod already, I can't wait for more.
Great to see you back at it, tomcatt All that led goodness.. sweet jeebas Looking forward to your next update
I have followed this mod from the first post to the last and I am very happy, amazing craftmanship and planning. Hats off
you can get right angled power cable my corby and windsor 5000 trouser presser has one any way i really like the mod it is very good, i really like all the lighting effects and the neatness of the psu's fan grill sowing out of the acrylic looks very professional and i can't wait to see the end result