Project: Unholy/Aidoneus

[Dante]

Hey how is everyone doing? I am new here. So, Hello. :)

Well, this is the worklog of a project I am currently working on. As you can tell from the title it is going to be VERY satanic and dark in theme.

This is what it looked like before I started. You can also see the top of the case in this pic. It has a custom cut 120mm fan hole and you can also see where the handles have been cut out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Bezelandtop.bmp

This is what it looks like in it's current state. There is still alot of work to be done to it. What is left of the Antec grill at the top will be gone this weekend and replaced by a plastic human skull. The skull wil also be molded into the bezel.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/TurbinePrimer2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/TurbinePrimer1.jpg

Here you can see that I have added a turbine shaft. It will have a fan installed into it.

And please keep in mind that it is still very early on in this project and things will change and of course as I progress they will certainly look better than they do right now.

This is a pic of the top after primer was applied it is just waitng to be painted.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Top.bmp

This is a pic of when I was making sure the tubine was going to fit right before I glued it in.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/BeforeTurbine.bmp

These are some pics that are from the very beginning when I first started working on the front of the case.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/FrontBezel.bmp

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Frontwithnewpiece.bmp

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Turbineearly.bmp

These are of the right side panel of the case. These cuts are all going to backed by Modders Mesh. I am currently in the process of cutting out all 4 of the tribal designs. Man it takes a long time to do it.

Here is the case before I drew on the tribals.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Rightside.bmp

Here is the tribal layout.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Triballayout.bmp

Here is one of the cut tribals. This has not been filed yet, so I know it looks jagged.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Tribalcut.bmp

This pic is of the chassis with the tubine hole cut into it. The plan is to have the chassis powder coated a very dark purple color.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Turbinecase.bmp

The left side of the case actually had an accident with my car and was mangled beyond repair. I was able to get another side, and it is going to have a really kickass pentagram waterjetted into the side. I was going to dremel the pentagram but I decided it would not look as good as I wanted it to, and would take forever.

I will keep you up to date as soon as I get more done. As soon as I finish a piece I will post it.

Any advice you guys can give will be greatly appreciated.

This is the front with the skull installed and semi finished. You may notice the body filler. LOL

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Skullfront1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Skullfront2.jpg

Sorry for the crappy pics. I took them at night and they came out really bad. I will take some more tomorrow in the daylight. As you can see I have kind of a mock up of how the fan will sit in the front intake.

Here is a pic of one of the fan blades after its second coat of paint. Again I will take some better pics of this as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Paintedfan.jpg

[bountyhunter]

looks promising, can't wait to see the final result.

[NOTD665]

Damn goth.

I keed. Nice job so far, and welcome to the forooms.

[jakuum]

Great job so far. Wish I had the patience/courage to do that kind of work, but I'm getting there, ever so slowly =). Really like the paintjob on the fanblades too, might have to do that to my proc fan, black is so plain :p.

[Qtip42]

I'm glad yer new and everything so be sure to read the subforums at the top....one in particular is called "worklogs" and every single thread in there is a "project"

just FYI :D

[Dante]

I'm glad yer new and everything so be sure to read the subforums at the top....one in particular is called "worklogs" and every single thread in there is a "project"

just FYI :D

Yeah, I saw that after I had posted it already. Sorry!

And thanks for the kind words everyone.:)

[wayne]

I'm glad yer new and everything so be sure to read the subforums at the top....one in particular is called "worklogs" and every single thread in there is a "project"

just FYI :D
at least its not one of those threads that has the guy going like, i plan to do the following blah blah blah, and nothing ever happens

looks nice btw... if i were you, i'd ask bonzanego and see what kinda "skull-themed" fan grills he can make for you

[Dante]

at least its not one of those threads that has the guy going like, i plan to do the following blah blah blah, and nothing ever happens

looks nice btw... if i were you, i'd ask bonzanego and see what kinda "skull-themed" fan grills he can make for you

I was going to see what kind of pentagram grills I could get from him. The new metal grills he is working on look like something I would like use on this project. So I may hit him up to see what he can do for me.

[Dante]

OK, I got some painting done over the weekend. The bummer is, the paint can decided to explode all over what I was painting. Here are some pics of the top of the case after being exploded on and sanded. This is the second of 4 coats of paint.

If you look closely you can see 3 big drops of paint that have been sanded down and hopefully will go away after the next coat.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Top2ndCoat2.jpg

In these two I used a beer can to try and get it to reflect off of the paint.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Top2ndCoat3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Top2ndCoat.jpg

More to come soon.

[wayne]

how did u take the fan blade off the fan?

[Dante]

how did u take the fan blade off the fan?

If you cut off the center part of the label on the center of the fan blades(the hub) you will see the fan shaft. There is a tiny retaining ring that holds it in place just carefully remove the retaining ring and it will slide right out.

[PornoSatan]

Dont lose it, the ring on 30 mm fans ive messed with are small as hell. Case is looking good.

Is it just me or are the rings really hard to get back on? Is there a simpler method that just tweezers?

[CrimandEvil]

I had a hard time getting the ring back in on my 92mm fan, MAKE SURE NOT TO LOSS IT! I almost did. :rolleyes: lol

[Dante]

Thanks for moving my post guys.

[dudewth]

Looks nice. I like what you've done so far. Keep it up.

[gigglebyte]

there is a tool you can use to put them back on...sort of like reverse pliers because when you squeze the handle it opens the tool instead of closing it

[Dante]

Alrighty! I found some time to make a little progress on the project.

Here is the skull, finally done. Except for the top of it's head. I still haven't decided what to do on top of the head. Right now my thoughts are to make it a 4 channel rheobus.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/CompletedSkull3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Completedskull2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Completedskull.jpg

Since I was painting the top, I decided to go ahead and paint the top part of the front bezel. I was able to get 2 coats on to it before I ran out of paint. But this is what it looks like at the moment. I am going to sand it tomorrow so, sorry for the ugliness.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Topoffront2coats.jpg

I finished the 5th coat on the top of the case and I think I am going to stop there. Tomorrow this will be sanded as well, and then shined. It took forever to take out all the marks on it that were left by the paint can exploding on it. But it came out alright in the end.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Casetop1.jpg

And here is the top with it's handles in for a test fit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Dizzante/Unholy/Tophandles1.jpg

Hopefully I will have more pics for you tomorrow of something that is actually done :)

[Grizzy]

Damn thats awesome. About time someone did a decent mod to a Chieftec/Antec style case :D

[CrimsonSky]

Looks great so far!..I'm a huge fan of skulls/skeletons ...

a little suggestion might be to use some bondo to reshape and squint those eye sockets slightly--more of an evil look and less wide and "surprised" Awesome job--love it ;)

[bobsaget]

This should turn out great! It is very artistic... :)

[theshadow27]

awsome sulpting job! the rheobus in the top of the skull would be the coolest thing ever. its lookin great

[[H]arls]

Nice job! That looks very well done :)

[Dante]

Thank you guys.

[cgrant26]

Superb blending on the skull. I like Crim's idea about squinting the eye sockets, although it looks so good now I'd be afraid of messing it up. Another suggestion, I bet the skull would look even more evil with some Red LED lighting in the eyes. Heh, I wondor how hard it would be to put vandal switches inside the eye sockets?

[Dante]

Superb blending on the skull. I like Crim's idea about squinting the eye sockets, although it looks so good now I'd be afraid of messing it up. Another suggestion, I bet the skull would look even more evil with some Red LED lighting in the eyes. Heh, I wondor how hard it would be to put vandal switches inside the eye sockets?

I do agree with Crimson. I need to do something with the eyes. I am going to mess with a few things this week to see how they work out and whether or not they look good. If I screw something up, there is always my trusty sander and more Bondo. :D

I was going to do the Vandal idea in the eyes, but I scrapped it. The skull is too thick and they wouldn't look right.

[gclg2000]

Didn't see it mentioned....but you MUST cut out the eyes in the skull. That sh#t if #$#%ing [H]ardcore. If you cut the eyes out, you could afix a light (tucked away not seen) that would glow out the eyes, nose and mouth. Regardless of what you do. Thats freaking sick.

[wayne]

there is a tool you can use to put them back on...sort of like reverse pliers because when you squeze the handle it opens the tool instead of closing it
almost like clothesline clips?

[AzmoDeus]

i just love the skull you've made there
excellent!!!!!

8oD

[Sheldog23]

Great work so far. I love the skull of course. Very cool. Will be watching this one for sure.

[timetrap]

Very nice job so far.

[theshadow27]

almost like clothesline clips?
lol yes its the same motion as closeline clips, there called snap ring pliars and you can get them anywhere that sells decent tools... i got an awsome micro set on ebay for like 5 bucks, and its not even overly shitty.
I do agree with Crimson. I need to do something with the eyes. I am going to mess with a few things this week to see how they work out and whether or not they look good. If I screw something up, there is always my trusty sander and more Bondo. :D
i love the look your going for... i was playing around with red LEDs you put an idea in my head... theres this semi transparent packing type foam that comes in sheets... ill get a pic ASAP, but if you put 1 or 2 LEDs behind it it will glow even if painted lightly. it also does a great job of difusing the light so it doesnt look like a skull with an LED in the eye. if you cut a small hole in the back of the eye socket you could thread the wires in and use bondo to mold the foam into the same piece as the rest of the socket so it didnt look too wierd.

just a thought

[Dante]

lol yes its the same motion as closeline clips, there called snap ring pliars and you can get them anywhere that sells decent tools... i got an awsome micro set on ebay for like 5 bucks, and its not even overly shitty.

i love the look your going for... i was playing around with red LEDs you put an idea in my head... theres this semi transparent packing type foam that comes in sheets... ill get a pic ASAP, but if you put 1 or 2 LEDs behind it it will glow even if painted lightly. it also does a great job of difusing the light so it doesnt look like a skull with an LED in the eye. if you cut a small hole in the back of the eye socket you could thread the wires in and use bondo to mold the foam into the same piece as the rest of the socket so it didnt look too wierd.

just a thought

Yeah sounds like a good idea. Get a pic of the stuff if you can.

[theshadow27]

here are some pics i just took...

refrence, my leatherman for scale:
http://www.theeshadow.net/files/DSC00534.JPG

lights on:
http://www.theeshadow.net/files/DSC00528.JPG

lights off:
http://www.theeshadow.net/files/DSC00529.JPG

with paint aplyed:
http://www.theeshadow.net/files/DSC00530.JPG

lol i think it looks prety cool... you can find it at any shipping store i think, i got some at michals (Arts and crafts) if you cant find it if you can paypall me shipping i can have it in the mail tomorow.

EDIT: just a note because i know there will be questions...
*paint is krylon fusion blue (i couldent find black sorry, but i remeber from before it looks about the same)
*leatherman is juice S2
*and yes, i have random airsoft pellets scaterd around my desk...

[JEEVES/whohasmyname?]

bah, those are crappy airsoft bbs, known as the gun killers. do you have any electric/gas guns or just the springers. god i rember having literaly thousands of those things all over my apartment :rolleyes: had to use a shopvac to vacume my floor, *sighs* fun times

I love the project so far, cant wait to see the packing foam inplace on the case. That is a great idea, i might have to steal it from you for future project. great job on the bondo as well. are you planning to leave the front white like that?

JEEVES

[theshadow27]

bah, those are crappy airsoft bbs, known as the gun killers. do you have any electric/gas guns or just the springers. god i rember having literaly thousands of those things all over my apartment :rolleyes: had to use a shopvac to vacume my floor, *sighs* fun times
totaly off topic but: yeah lol my friend got me a spring gun for my birthday, i went out and got a nice CO2 one that also uses greengass but that shit smells so bad i use co2... yeah theres like 14000 (7 2000bottles) over my entire room and i havent even tryed to clean them up... i guess a shopvac would work thats a good idea... i cant do anythign witout pellets commin out lol i find them in my pockets and stuff

so much fun

[Dante]

bah, those are crappy airsoft bbs, known as the gun killers. do you have any electric/gas guns or just the springers. god i rember having literaly thousands of those things all over my apartment :rolleyes: had to use a shopvac to vacume my floor, *sighs* fun times

I love the project so far, cant wait to see the packing foam inplace on the case. That is a great idea, i might have to steal it from you for future project. great job on the bondo as well. are you planning to leave the front white like that?

JEEVES

No, the front will be black also and the skull is being custom airbrushed with some effects to enhance it's look.

@theshadow27
Yeah man, that looks cool, I am going to give it a try tonight and see how it looks. I have some of that stuff around the house.

[theshadow27]

yeah okay the best thing to do is use black vinal dye, then black spraypaint. you can sand of some of the spraypaint, the dye is semi transparent. best of luck

[wood]

omfg the skull looks awesome! That is definitely very slick. You know your way around modding! can't wait to see how this turns out! gj :cool:

[Dante]

Thanks Wood!

[wayne]

totaly off topic but: yeah lol my friend got me a spring gun for my birthday, i went out and got a nice CO2 one that also uses greengass but that shit smells so bad i use co2... yeah theres like 14000 (7 2000bottles) over my entire room and i havent even tryed to clean them up... i guess a shopvac would work thats a good idea... i cant do anythign witout pellets commin out lol i find them in my pockets and stuff

so much fun
i got this real cheap toy gun that shoots those pellets with a spring... dorky :rolleyes:

where do i get the REAL toys?

[][V][AGIC]

that skull job is amazing, lub it

[TANKORR]

sweet bondo work! very smooth and even looking - I soon will be finishing my front intake which I hope will look as nicley finished as yours.

[Dante]

Thanks guys. I should have more pics soon.

[BLG]

wow amazing job can't wait to see more pics and finished results

[wood]

What happened to this project? I've been really excited to see what happens, and it's been about three weeks! Do you have mountains of school work or something? Because then I can relate and sympathize :( But let's see some moar :cool: skull modding action!!

[Mr.B]

nah, hes just been busy with work and stuff. But hell have some pics up very soon, he has progress, just hasny been able to post any pics yet.

[Dante]

Sorry for the delay guys. I do have some updates I will be posting very soon. I have been very busy with work and the website I work for doing reviews and stuff. But hang tight I will be posting quite a bit in the coming weeks. I am really glad you guys like the work I have done so far.

[wood]

Hooray! More updates for this mod! I've been waiting with much anticipation to what how this turns out!

[Dante]

I have my fingers crossed that my side panel shows up today. It was shipped on Wednesday by Chris from Custom Water Cuts.

[Dante]

I have recieved the side panel and I have done a bit of work on the case and the side panel. Pics are coming in the next day or two. And my pics are finally working again. I guess I went over my bandwidth last month.

[UT-Jackal]

Looking great!
where did you get those handles... i like them :D

[Dante]

Looking great!
where did you get those handles... i like them :D

I got them from Bill over at mnpctech.