Mod of the Month Mod of the Month November 2018 in Association with Corsair

Machine. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

 

Throw me a bone here.

Do you honestly think that’s what a 900D looks like stock?

 

Imperial Stardestroyer takes it home for me

 

For me it's spartacus abbas-it is just a true artisan no one can do what he does.

I think the line between Client system builds and case modding is getting very very blurred.... but then this is the "Project LOGS" forums..... Singularity / coldzero

 

Abbas takes my vote. True craftmanship and dedication.

 

Crapman - A little extreme there. You're saying that because his connectors, screws, and cable organizers are not modded, that it doesn't count? That's just silly. You could make a similar list for every single mod or build out there, as everyone buys computer parts or pieces to put together...

 

"A little extreme" throwing in loose oxy's......How can facts be considered extreme?

"You're saying that because his connectors, screws, and cable organizers are not modded, that it doesn't count?" wasn't that obvious?

"That's just silly" says who?

"You could make a similar list for every single mod or build out there" a build yes but not a mod..... you seem be missing his whole point.

What he is saying is NOTHING is modded.... Period.


I'm not bagging his build i like it ! its sexy it's nice (it has zip ties!) it's clean as hell it's so damm clean it really does look like a render but it's not a case mod. Nor was it a project log.

 

I see both sides of the argument here.

Firstly, so long as he made the cables up himself IMO then that constitutes a mod. Whenever I vote (and I usually do unless I miss it) I vote on what appeals to me at the time aesthetically. If there was proof beyond proof he did not do anything then fair enough, I would understand.

I would also like to say from a personal perspective that work in does not mean great out. I'm not going to name any names here (because we all like different things) but there are a few modders within the scene that completely overdo mods making them look gaudy and nasty. That's just my opinion. They usually get me onboard with their ideas and right up to about 50% I like what I see, then you turn one screw too much and that's it, ruined.

And look right, I am mainly criticising myself here. I've done several mods over the years and I know which ones I still like and those that I don't. None of us gets it right every time, including myself. I am my main critic and believe me, you could never understand what a critical brain and pair of eyes I have.

And I must have gotten it right at least once, because the results and so on all came back positive. This is another reason why I decided to tell B-T not to include any of my mods, because I am hard enough on myself. I mod for me, not for prizes. I do what I want, not for others. And whilst it stays like that I can enjoy it.

And like I said, work in does not mean prizes out. Everything I do will take me ten times longer than pressing send on a laser cutter. That doesn't, however, mean that the end results look better.

So yup, just a few cents there and some change for you all.

 

I would also like to add. Anything water cooling (like real water cooling not AIOs) is custom and therefore constitutes modding, IMO. You don't run your case through a configuration and get a list of all of the parts you need that will fit and work. It takes planning, and creation.

That is why they call it a custom loop.

 

haha get your broom I'm calling shenanigans

 

I'm just going to say I saw a lot of worse situations in other MOTMs, with "not-so-modded" mods nominated, and we're even talking AIOs and pre-fabricated extensions here... but that's ok, it can happen.
I understand every point of view stated here, he doesn't have a worklog, he didn't fabricate any of the parts other than cables and custom loop, while in this section you normally see scratch builds, extreme handworks and so on... on the other hand, that build is valuable in taste, execution and overall tidiness, that must be given.
I still think all the other three nominations are way more fitting for a MOTM, but most people are attracted by minimalism so it will stand out anyway.

 

hi guys. what do i see here, am not exactly sure whether i follow you, but i just wanted to say something to the evolution of casemodding too, becuase its actually one of my favourite topics.
i literally preach "only hand made is man made" here and thats wh i will also give my two cents to this discussion.
in the last few years we have all seen the discussions and the mods like it was quoted here "bought in mounted lego type stuff."
i can not stress the point i want to make though enough. I make every little peice of **** myself.. i never cut anything for competitive mods with lasers, cnc or 3d printers either, absolutely no automation. i leave nothing standard and if something is easy i throw it overboard straight away. i always assume that thats what someone else might do, so I do it different. I know, everyone likes to think this is what they do, but its becoming easier and easier all the time to pick up plans ideas from the net and automate their being built. taking more time, delving deeper into the theme, walking the extra mile on the inspiration highway and designing my personal version of something is the only way to go.
while having made many what i like to call "cultural mods" like in this case SPARTACUS, i straight away leave the comfort of non paint sucking materials like aluminium and acrylics etc.. i always make the theme, but my version of it. never replicas.
i just finished anothe one called LAGERTHA, THE SHIELD MAIDEN and she is yet another example of how we can combine modern day hardware with themes of the past. i do it not because its easy, but because its hard and it seems to be a way of doing things that no one else really does. i also dont like to go with the presently in themes. even though some of them are very inspiring.
anyway,
but i do agree that nicely placing hardware which has just been bought and not really much more is making it too easy. but never the less, they are unique in some way, in a way which can be replicated though.
the automation subject is something that i am always against and dont want to get into too much detail again. i like the results of some modders like stefan ulrich who deosnt just slap the 3d printed parts together but puts effort into each part to make them really stand out.
the point is, of course even if you change the screws or just stick ina LED strip, you have modified your case by definition.

i however will always make my parts by hand, makie details because they are hard, take accents and elements from the theme and derive some function for the parts. even though i have a laser cutter, cnc and 3d printer. its a different story when they are commisioned orders, like the spaceship i am now making, worklog is coming soon.
but even their, i am making my own design because of course i am a star wars fan and star trek fan, but those ships were designing be someone, who i as a designer may never consider superior to me. i must aklways thinks, nice cgi or nice cad sketiching drawing etc.. i will make it in real life and it will be my design, because its harder. of course sucking plans out the net would be easy, but like i said, easy aint my style.
I have projects that take from 200, 500, 750, 100 and even 2500 hours (ARMAGEDON)
i sincerely hope that the hand made stuff in our common passion has a chance in the future. it takes more time and is then unique, but its getting more scarce by the day.
i will stick to my line and hope to inpire the youngster here in the scene, not to be seduced by all the auomotive possibilites we now have, unles of course its a commisisoned build, thats different and the result and speed is all that counts.
i for my part want to be able to call my style ART, "Functional Art"
its the fine difference between the painting and the poster. they both look the same, but the painting was designed and made by and artist, the poster is a replica and was automatically printed.

mod on guys,,,,, and i am always glad to recieve votes for SPARTACUS MOD OF THE ARENA.750 hours of hand made modding passion

 

Yes exactly. Sometimes it's not what goes into it (as much as it should be, but there you go...) it's inevitably what pleases the eye at the end.

I do hope that you do not think I was implicating you in anything I said. I wasn't. I think your mods are incredible (because I mod too !) but at the end of the day like I say it's just about what individuals like to look at.