Project Lament: HellRaiser Cenobite PC -=FINISHED=-

LOL

I hope Defyant sees your post, cool part of it is that we are both CMG staff.

 

Indeed two thumbs up to you on your efforts with this mod, the level of craftsmanship is amazing, well done.

 

Go look at his HP Res 3 MEGA Post, I mention about craping my pants in awe, and running out of them!! Again I love how your PC looks, very sweet!!

 

amazing... and one of a kind

 

whered u get this little power plug thing, i could use it for plugging in my lcd

 

And you both are also in the same league when it comes to modding as well ...

Bboy_Jon: here's one ... http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...=2954&osCsid=d6cfa0cfc2bed8a36519ace1ffe53d39

DB

 

I have been asked a couple of times how much this mod cost to make so I added up the cost and listed individual parts descriptions, where acquired and all prices... total at the end.

HARDWARE

CHAINTECH 7NIF2 Socket A (Socket 462) NVIDIA nForce2 IGP Micro ATX AMD Motherboard... $73.00, NewEgg.
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton 333MHz FSB Socket A Processor... $96.00, NewEgg.
Kingston HyperX 512MB (2 x 256MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700)... $113.00, NewEgg.
HITACHI Deskstar 7K250 120GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive... $77.00, NewEgg.
POWERCOLOR R92U-LD3 Radeon 9250 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card... $71.00, NewEgg.
ViewSonic SP2002 20 W 2.0 Speaker... $29.00, NewEgg.
POWMAX MUACR01 Black 3 Buttons 1x Wheel PS/2 Optical Mouse... $10.00, NewEgg.
COOLMAX CX-400B ATX 400W Power Supply... $37.99, NewEgg.
CDRW/DVD slim drive and adapter... $109.95 shipped, PCAlchemy.
Logitech basic black keyboard... $11.00, NewEgg.
Silver braided round ATA cablesx2... $3.98, SVC
6" ATX PSU extender... $4.95, Digilink Computers
Male to male RCA adapter... $3.95, PCCables.
6" TFT LCD Monitor... $168.00, PartsExpress

MODS

Red led rocker switchesx4... $12.00, ebay.
10 12V prewired red LEDs (killer deal)... $12.98 shipped, ebay.
LaserPod... sponsored by LaserPod.
80mm atomic fan grill (no longer available)... $14.95.
Black thumbscrews... sponsored by ACRyan.
3x red laser LEDs... $12.00 shipped, SVC
Black momentery switchesX2... $5.96, Radio Shack
UV laser led... sponsored by ACRyan.
3x Sunbeam Night Magic Light - Red... $35.97, SVC
2x red meteor lights kits... sponsored by Xoxide.
4x red LED brakelight assembly... $15.80, AllElectronicsCorp.
2x 5ft. red EL wire... sponsored by UltraProducts.

WATER COOLING

Fass-o-matic reservoir... $76.99, HighSpeedPC.
Tubingx2... $25.98 total, HighSpeedPC.
HD-O-Matic MICRO hard drive cooler... $49.99, HighSpeedPC.
Visual Flow Meter... $16.99, HighSpeedPC.
Innovatek Single Fan 120mm Radiator... $69.99, HighSpeedPC.
Eheim 1048 Centrifugal Pump... $65.99, HighSpeedPC.
Innovatek Graph-O-Matic VGA/Chipset Water Blockx2... $39.90, Sharka.
Innovatek Cool Rev.3 CPU Water Block for AMD Athlon XP Socket A... $59.95, Sharka.
Springs for 8x1mm Tubing (4 Pk)x5... $29.70, Sharka.
Fass-o-matic LED light... sponsored by HighSpeedPC.
AseTek Pump Control Unit for Water Pumps - 3 Pin Power Up... $24.95, Sharka.
Danger Den Water Cooling System Fill & Bleed Port... $12.95, Sharka.
120mm Ultra titanium fan... sponsored by UltraProducts.
InnovaProtect... $11.99, HighSpeedPC.

PARTS

Mannequin... $34.95 (won it for $10.00USD and paid $24.95 shipping), ebay.
Leather jacket... free, leather pants for the arms... $19.99 shipped, ebay.
Puzzle box... $21.85 total, ebay.
5 lbs. magic sculp... $29.95, MagicSculp.com
2 boxes Milliput... $17.95, Ryders Hobbies.
Super sculpey... $15.95, Michaels arts and crafts.
Plexi Glass... $9.00, ACE Hardware.
Hannible mask... $4.95, HalloweenUSA.
Rubber hands... $12.00, HalloweenUSA.
Leather gloves... sponsored by my wife.
Handtruck (black) w/pneumatic tires... $24.95, ebay.
Alum-angle (various sizes)... $28.00, ACE Hardware.
ACRyan AcrylPanel base... sponsored by ACRyan.
Wiring, solder and such... $15.00, AllElectronicsCorp.
Nuts, bolts and hardware... $20.00, ACE Hardware.
Paints and glaze... $35.00, BenFranklin.
Stuff I am forgetting...$150.00, including neglected shipping on most items.

Total cost of this mod:$1837.43

Not bad, less than expected actually (I had not been keeping track), the time I spent on it would add up to over five times the parts total amount, but I have enjoyed (mostly) creating this mod.

 

Red X can't see the finished product

 

forget that... they've appeared... and
OH

MY

GOD...

easily my fave mod ever

 

07/11/2005 Update... Finished for real this time.
The longer it sits here the more ideas I get... but enough is enough and it is now good and finished. I swapped in a Geforce 6200 for the Radeon 9250 and also replaced the broken slim line cdrw/dvd drive. Here he is hooked up to my monitor, sitting next to the mod it looks smaller than 21". It is hard to capture the lighting and effects on camera as good as they look in person...

Profile shot to show sculpting and painting detail of the head, the glo-wire is not glued down but fits tight and can be removed if needed.
http://www.casemodgod.com/cmg/modules/Worklog/images/Hell219.jpg
Top down showing the laserpod and laser LED shining up the brain etch, also below is a good representation of the brightness of the red glo-wire.

Close up to show detail around the eyes...
http://www.casemodgod.com/cmg/modules/Worklog/images/Hell220.jpg
CREEPY...

Close up to show detail around the mouth...
http://www.casemodgod.com/cmg/modules/Worklog/images/Hell221.jpg
The completed and fully functioning chest section.

Close up shots of the 6" LCD and Fass-o-Matic res...
http://www.casemodgod.com/cmg/modules/Worklog/images/Hell208.jpg
http://www.casemodgod.com/cmg/modules/Worklog/images/Hell209.jpg
Looking through the belly window you can see the GPU block and nothbridge chipset block, all the tubing was spring covered (21 springs). The following picture shows the CPU water block and connections... not shown is the HDD water cooling block as it resides beneath the removable motherboard tray.


The areas around the arms were difficult to make fit together let alone make look good, but they do.
http://www.casemodgod.com/cmg/modules/Worklog/images/Hell218.jpg
I had to make a trap door in the arm to access the power and volume buttons for the speakers as well as the headphone plug
http://www.casemodgod.com/cmg/modules/Worklog/images/Hell216.jpg
A cut piece of a milk jug, leather scraps, velcro and liquid electrical tape make for a pretty spiffy door.

Flash off, a belly shot...

Flash open shot to show hands and box detail...
http://www.casemodgod.com/cmg/modules/Worklog/images/Hell215.jpg
Here he is evilly eyeballing down the vacuum cleaner...

Finally, a parting shot of me pressing the button to make the eyes glow...

 

The finished product looks sweet. Very nice!

 

Great project, turned out nice.

 

Mod looks utterly amazing, btw. Very impressive

 

Thread cleaned - sorry about that. Hopefully he won't be back again

 

It is a shame when an awsome mod gets flamed by a...well a nobody.

Keep up the good work Troy. I look forward to seeing this beast in person and quakecon. I am sure it is even more impressive "in the flesh" so to speak.

 

Do you have any pets or children? I bet that would scare the hell outta 'em. Looks good though, I'm a little scared.

 

08/06/2005 Update... OK, I finally hear the song of the fat lady... done.

Well, good enough never is and the "mod it til it bleeds" mentality made me mod more. I now have a modded two wheel hand truck to make transporting the mod easier, and the finishing touch to round out the mod... a custom mousepad. I had a broken puzzle box that was crying to become something, so I sanded all the sides of each piece of the box to the edge of the pattern and lined them up. Together the six pieces were not quite large enough to provide a decent mousing surface so I decided to use plexi glass to fill in the rest of the mouse pad and black Krylon fusion (I was out of vinyl dye) to make it all match up.



I like to use folded paper to help me get a center line and measure stuff out, paper also makes for good templates once everything is measured. After I got the size of the mousepad figured out I used a soda cap and a small plate to add the needed curves onto the piece of paper and then cut out a template.



If you are a serious modder and don't own a plexi cutter you need to update your mod toolbox, I cut a piece of plexi big enough for the wrist rest section and also a piece for the base.



Leap of faith time (as Sheldog23 would say) no pictures of the next couple steps. I used a Dremel with a ripsaw blade to cut everything to shape, glued it all down, then filed and sanded everything to fit. I rough sanded then sprayed the black Krylon Fusion onto the wrist rest section and also the back of the mouse pad. I added some non slip black crap to the back of it and this mod is DONE. Below is the finished product.



If you are wondering if an optical mouse will track on the surface of the puzzle box mousepad the answer is yes, it works surprisingly well with my Logitech MX510.

 

I cant wait to see this @ Quakecon!
Mod contest prediction... you... you... oh yeah... you...


Well, I dont know if you'll sweep it... but I have a strange feeling that you will be up there on the stage getting a check!


BTW: Congrats on the Corsair win!

 

Thanks Tech-Daddy, I did not even realize that Corsair had posted it. Hitting the stage at QuakeCon would be awesome, but if not it will still be great to game for four days and exchange ideas with other kick ass modders, I look forward to meeting you there.

 

Congrates

Congratulations on your Quakecon win.... I think I visited your mod around a dozen times to look at it. Stunning. -ric