I built a box I called inside out once, for a friend, using a similar approach, it was gullwinged with mini RAM pistons to push the gullwing open, what I ran into was that it was more than a little awkward trying to get your hand inside of the gullwinged top to put a CD in, you might want to keep that in mind before it gets too late.
Have u seen this bug project mashie on hardforums? http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=665211 Looks ace
Yes I have seen it. I like the shape of it, too bad that it can't support it's own weight with those legs. I must say it is a very big case for being Mini-ITX
mashie, going back to the organic-techno (or whatever you called it ) did you pretty much just carve little ridges every so often to get the vein look? also, is that milliput stuff only in the UK? (i'm in the US and i've never heard of it ). i think that's my FAVORITE part so far might have to *cough* "borrow" *cough* the technique
This is the process for making techno-organic panels except I skipped the drybrushing part on the final bits. Every little ridge is carved with a dremel, hence why it took a lot of time. Milliput is a UK brand for epoxy based modelling putty.
BIG pimpin' baby! Actually I think this may have had a wee bit of influence on Mashie's project. Right Mashie?
Seriously I love this bug project Great job so far Mashie...... Ahhh..:::: All these talented young'ns....
Time for a little update again. A little bit of freehand drawing and the shell got a few more bug features such as wings. A couple of hours later the hand nibbler had eaten away all the unwanted material. The spaces between the panels was an extra feature added by the nibbler giving some nice contours and a possibility to get a sneak peek inside the bug while it is powered off. This is what will be visible inside the bug when it is done. Now it's time to figure out how to attach the head panel to the rest of the body...
have you tried that spray cheese in a can? if it doesnt work, it'll have flies buzzing round your comp making it look more realistic
I'm not too sure about this case... it's very cool looking but it just doesn't seem like something you would put your computer in. <insight>Now that many of the better modders have already made very good computer cases, it's just a matter of time until they take their art beyond the computer, into things like this. However from their computer background they feel the need to include a computer in it, I would guess mashie wanted to do something different from everyone else but wanted to stay in the familiar realm of computers. The ooutcome is something I think is very cool looking and shows a lot of hard work, but it's not really a computer case. I'm sure many of mashies new techniques will be used in other mods.</overly long insight>
put little motors in it so that when u press a button the wings open up to display the insides. maybe the antenna twitch a little...
Altron, It's simply called pushing the limits. As a modder you alway feel the need of a new challenge. A freeform creation using new materials was the only way to satisfy my little devil inside known as creativity so this was the next logical step after the previous cases. Syrinix - casemod Anemone - non PC to PC conversion Oenone - non PC to PC convertion 3 - freeform case using CAD and thirdparty services Y2k-bug - freeform case using post-it notes and a messed up imagination The question is what to do next... Maybe get another hobby?
I wonder what these small black things with big white arms will be used for... Looking at the images is good, reading the text between them is better
Yup, I just drew out "pushing the limits" into a paragraph. It's become not really a computer, more of a sculpture or art form thta you just happened to put a computer in, looking at you wouldn't think was a computer.
When I saw the sides and the front attached, I wondered when the curved shape was going to take place. Looking really good! Can't wait for more
