Case Mod - In Progress Project Storm Shadow

Project: Storm Shadow
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So, time for a GI Joe mod. The victim case is the Raidmax Blackstorm, even though this one is clearly white.



My favorite part is how the case butterflies open



The first thing I had to do was remove the blue trim to paint



Then I cut out that hideous honeycomb wannabe mesh



I painted the trim with a white plastic primer



And then red. You'll see that red and white will be a common theme here



Once it dried I put it back in bezel



I've had these red LED case feet that I've been meaning to use





Next is the window. I just had to draw out a rough shape to cut



And I didn't follow that path at all



I added this cool graphic to the window



Mounting the window was easy because I used the latches that held the previous side vent in place



And there it is. Cool



The panel is back in place, but the blue drive latches look stupid



I just had to paint the drive bay covers



Now to the fix the front intake

 

Great start. I have some of those feet from when CompUSA was closing their brick and mortar stores. I think mine are blue though.

 

This used to be from a mesh intake box found at Office Depot



I cut it out and slid it into place



Next, I have to change the default blue intake to a red one



By itself, it looks odd, so I need a shroud







With the fan on



I changed the rear fan to red too, but the slot covers look dumb



So they get painted white



And now they're back in place



Looking really good thus far



Time to move on to the right side where this cool fan shroud swings out. I won't have to piant it because no one will be able to see the blue here anyway. I will add a 80mm red fan though



Time for a little paint to liven up this panel

 

It's on the right side and no one will see it

I got an red 80mm LED fan from Coolmax



My unique touch to this mod will be a carry handle made of a scabbard. The sword will still be usable too





Like this

 

slick, love the actor who plays that guy. Nice modding so far!

 

hahaa! A very nice case there!
Any plans on hardware yet? I should imagine the CH IV will fit in nicely with the case theme!
You sleeving your cables? Go MDPC-X and order white and red!
Awesome work tho, mod on bro!

 

No, just a case mod for now. Later I'll use the AMD Bulldozer when it ships.

 

I decided to add a little red to the panel with the striped part of the cobra symbol



I just made copies to an 11"x17" page



And then transferred it to the frog taped panel



And there you go...

 

I bought a pipe repair kit



It'll go kind of like this



But first I need to make it white



And then cut it down to two screws



I locked down the rear as well



All of it is bolted to the inside



To carry the theme of the sword handle I added a strap to the bolts holding the scabbard



I even painted the drive to match



I disliked the tooless design, so I went with a screw instead



I'm calling this one complete

 

Impressive work... congratulations!!!