Case Mod - Complete ⭐ Wrynn ( Sponsored )

Hi everyone!

It´s time once again to start a new project and this time i will do a case mod on the Corsair 280X. The theme for this build will be a Warcraft, specifically the Alliance. The name Wrynn comes from the human king with the same name and the build will heavily be infuenced by their city Stormwind.

Most of the parts for this build has been modeled by me and then 3d-printed. The whole build will later be hand painted aswell.

The parts i will be using for the project is,

Chassi: Corsair 280X
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair VII Impact ( Sponsored by Asus )
CPU: AMD 3700X
Memory: Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB 2x8gb 3200mhz ( Sponsored by Corsair )
SSD: Corsair MP510 240gb ( Sponsored by Corsair )
GPU: Asus Strix RX 5700 XT ( Sponsored by Asus )
PSU: Corsair RM650 ( Sponsored by Corsair )
Cooler(s): Corsair H100i Platinum ( Sponsored by Corsair )

The build is sponsored by Asus and Corsair so a big thanks to you guys for helping out with this project! Here are the components that they provided








Lets start with the case which is the Corsair 280X

Here we see the top of the case which i've started to measure up for the "planks" that will go on top

Took a trip to the lumber yard!

Organized chaos of planks before assembly

First run of the planks glued in place

The middle part of the top is at an angle so it's going to be a little tricky

"MORE PLANKS!" i yelled to the computer and it listened, sliceat and done!

The top done, time to move on to the front

The start of whats going to be a room in the castle wall

The start of the top ledge of the wall

Lower ledge and the backplate in place

First part of the wall in place

And a corner

First part which really indicates the theme, FOR THE ALLIANCE!

The front bars bellow the logo is supposed to look like the dungeons inside the walls of Stormwind

Time for some more walls and bars for the right side panel

1/4 of the panels for the right side panel done

Half way!

There we go! the right side done

The same type of bars here since the vents for the PSU is right behind it

Lets start with the other side

The left side panel here with it's panels attached

Mounted on the case

Another angle, turned out quite well imo

Did we forget a side? Ooh yea the backside of the case, more walls!

Lower half done

Everything printed, time to glue

Holder for a sign complete with a magnet

 

The holder you saw in the last picture will hold a "tavern-sign" with my logo on it that will be detachable for transit when i go to events like Dreamhack and here it is in pieces

Starting with the base of the sign

Logo next

Tried to 3d-print a chain for it but it turned out quite bad which a good friend of mine @timpelay kindly pointed out this will be adressed in the future

The beam which holds the sign

Mounted with the ugly chain

Magnet attached, will it work ?

It did!

The power-button must get some love aswell

Starting to make a piece that can reach down to press the original button

And then a frame that goes around that to keep it in place

And finally a button with WoW's logo on it

In the middle of everything i decided my printer needed a home. The blueprints for this enclosure can be found here https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2864118

Welcome home!

Here we have the "room" for the front panel which i showed you in an earlier picture

Complete with chairs, a table, dishes, pints and ofc cheesehttps://imgur.com/pOjp386.png[/IMG]
Time for some painting, this needs to be done now since it's going to be impossible to do it when its mounted

Starting with a black base which i can recommend if you are going for a stone or metal look

Painted Corsairs logo yellow the using a spunge with differend shades of grey, white, brown and black i made the rest look like stone

Accessories for the "doll house" painted

Glued in place

You have to put in some goodies in these types of builds and this time it's the legendary sword Ashbringer

It will get a place of honor in the other room where Asus logo is

Ashbringer, barrel and holder for the sign painted. Note that i also switched out the chain for some real one instead of the 3d-printed one, happy now @timpelay ? ;D

Room painted and everything is in it's place

 

I decided to mod the cooler aswell and give it a fiting look for the theme. I modeled a sleeve for the pump that slides over it and utilize the built in lights for the alliance logo

Comes in two parts to ensure the best quality without supports

Mounted but not painted, ill fix that!

Took the dremel and made some gashes and bumps in it since stone is not uniform

Basecoat of black, time for some grey's

The best thing about using black as a base is that all of the lowspots will come through nicely with the grey paint on top


A good coat of grey has been applied, time to make it dirty and weather it

The weathering as begun

There we go, time for some lights

As i said im using the built in lights on the pump/block for the logo lights and ive used a thin sheet of polystyren as a diffuser and it works quite nice

Lets switch to the right color, blue!

The light on the side leaks out to give it a sublte effect around it aswell

Giving my motherboard a fiting make-up aswell

Let's start by installing the cpu

Installing the ssd in the dimm.2 adapter that comes with the motherboard

This panel can be removed from the motherboard by removing two screws

There we go

Two panels for the motherboard straight from the printer

They will be attached like so

After they have been painted and it sort of looks like powdered candy ( dont eat them )

The soundcard have a little plate that will get a nice treatment aswell

Poof!

Starting to mask of the part thats going to be "metal"

The other parts get a "stone-effekt" applied

After that i go over some of the other parts to give it a torn look

Panel attached with a distressed look aswell

Same for the other one

After some weathering

Done!

 

Time to fix the chain and paint this! ( A big thanks to my girlfriend for helping be with some painting )

Chain bought at Panduro

A little piece done

BAM! there we go, what do you think ? It's going to get the weathered and distressed look aswell before it's done

Time to start making the stones on the walls look less like Legos and more like stones

A Dremel with a grind bit works well for this

Half the front done

There we go, then it's just the whole other case to do

Here we have the floor for the main chamber in the case which is inspired by the floor inside Stormwind keep

Rombs!

Test fit and it seems to fit, time for paint

This was all i hade for now but more will come so stay tuned. If you want the latest updates and some otherwise nerdy content you can check out my Instagram @forsbergcustoms

Until next time friends!

 

That's a tidy cladding job. Whoever painted the wood did a fantastic job, too.

 

amazing

 

Well thank you sir!

Thanks Cheaps Yea the wood turned out real nice

Thanks!

 

i like that i modded the motherboard to make it fit in with the theme!
the whole theme and work is great

 

Nice job!

 

Thanks dude! Yea they're subtle mods but i think it will look cool in the build

Well thanks

 

Now I'm satisfied

 

Update!

So since last time a couple of things have happend. I hope you like it and feel free to leave a comment

 

Thanks bro!

 

Update! So a couple of things have happend since the last update. The biggest thing is that me and my partner have become parents which explains the lack of updates . Besides that ill let the pictures do the talking. Feel free to comment and tell me what you think about it. The graphicscard should coming in early next week so stay tuned .

Until we speak again, cya!

 

the rgb on the ram and fans are an eyesore - to me...
you did such good work with everything else and kept the theme together well

 

OK, You might want to scale back some of the less important pictures. It was like I was back in the dialup era, then Chrome crashed. What little I saw was awesome.