Project Tribal Dragons [front done UPDATED july 17th]

Project Tribal Dragons [front done::Now with 110 pics::UPDATED july 17th]

well... after finishing me first project, I wanted to do another

here's the victim... an old generic ugly case







so here's the fun comming I'm cutting windows on the right and top panel. the top panel will have a tribal design in it. here it is half done from under it.


and from above. you see the green markings that aren't cut yet but I should be done by tommorow



and the icing on the cake, the right panel it's a tribal design with 2 winged dragons A friend of mine helped me with the drawing but it sure looks bad ass it SHOULD take me about 6 hours to cut it and ready to sand for painting




now, I'm doing all the cuting with a dremel. I wanted to do it myself and not waterjet cut... it's going smootly so far

also, I'll replace the face plate by a alu sheet with a plexi in 2 parts. the bottom part will be fixed but the higher part will be a door. The drives will be flush with the frame (which will be painted too).

I'm gonna paint the case very dark charcoal metallic and I'll paint the tribal designs red metallic with an airbrush

so what you think about it so far? any comments/suggestion?

 

Pics?

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it's all X

 

No X
Good job

 

Looks really good, I hope that side panel turns out, that will look KICK ASS!


Have fun and don't slice any fingers off!


DDK

 

now everything's fixed

thx cderalow for hosting the pics while I was sleeping

gonna fishish the top today and will try to borrow a digi cam from a friend

 

I have finished the top and I'm gonna start the panel tommorow... if it doesn't rain...

I didn,t cut my fingers... but I touched a several times by accident the tips of the tribals... ouch. my hands are now pierced... just need to find a couple of hearings

I'm gonna post pics tom since I'm going to my friend's house tonight and I'll take some there

 

Great! Looking forward to more pics!


DDK

 

UPDATE!!!

well I've done more cutting and here's the results so far

here's the top panel finished just need to put some putty at some places



Another pic of the top panel but the way it will be on the case



I've started to cut the right panel. Here where I am so far.
[note that I cut the curves one shot, no trimming... by cutting both sides of the panel, I can cut little curves without break the disk ]



I've let my reinforced disk aside and I use normal cutting disks so when it's small, I can cut little details



same pic but behing the panel



and here's the 2 pieces that I'm gonna glue to the plexi. need to trim them a bit so they are more the same... they're pretty the same anyways



that's it for now... there's about 2 hours left of cutting now so more pics coming up this week

 

thats gonna look radical (yes i used that word!) when yer done

 

Lookin good!

I love the side window design. Can't wait to see it finished!

 

I also usually make a note of it when I use that word on a forum. That's odd.

@Tribal - That's some very ambitious dremel work. I'm glad that everything is going smoothly. Keep it up.

 

-> love the dragons dude
-> can't wait to see it finished.

 

well with so many people that get theirs panel water jet/laser cut... I wanted to do something complex but on my own and shows that you can do complex designs with only a dremel

but the cutting will be done pretty soon

 

text update

well I've almost cut everything

only the wings are left to cut...

but unfortunatly I don't have a digital camera so I'll have to wait a day or 2 to take some pics... by that time, everything will be done but I've kept the parts that I've cut for pics

learning how to cut curves helped me a lot and I'll have to do very little trimming after cutting.

gonna post pics as soon as they are taken

 

Dremel cut done!

well the cut is done

been a few days tho... but now I bought a digital camera so I'll be able to update this log faster and more often

since everything was done while I didn't had the camera, I kept the parts so here's the results







and what it will look like when it's done



here's what was drawn, does it looks right?



this weekend I'll put some putty to block the ventilation holes and I'll put some where I've cut a little on the panel

I'll take pics with panels on the case tom and will post them

 

Dude, sweet dremel skills there!

 

I wish I could use a dremell like u

Good Job!

 

Wow, that's going to look great!

Can't wait to see it lit up and painted

You

 

well, it,s not as hard as it may seems... by cutting from both sides of the panels, you can cut curves easily without breaking your disks

took a pic with panels on the case