Doom 3: Hell inside

[mashie]

This will be the easy to read version of my worklog for Doom 3: Hell inside. For comments please use this (http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=795096) dedicated thread.

Doom 3 has inspired a fair number of casemods and even more will come, this is my take at it. The general idea is to make a case that looks like some poor unsuspecting machinery that has been infested by Hell. :D

The canvas this time is a Shuttle SK83G that somehow will house the following:

AMD64 3400+
BFG 6800 GT OC 256MB
1GB OCZ Platinum PC3200
36GB WD Raptor
Panasonic slim slot in CD-RW/DVD
Dangerden TDX block with nozzle 5
Dangerden NV-68 block
Laing D-4 12V pump
BlackIce Micro
1/2" tubing just for the challenge :D



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This is how the case looked like for about 5 minutes.



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Then all unneeded parts started to fall off from the case :wink:



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This is a nice feature of the Shuttle case, threaded HSF mounts on the bottom for heavy heatsinks.



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Well they had been if they actually had lined up with the holes in the motherboard...



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This is as far as I can do before the watercooling parts arrive.

[mashie]

Some of the watercooling gear arrived today as well, unfortunately I forgot stuff like reservoir, hoseclamps and thermal paste so that will hopefully be here early next week.




http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_008.jpg


DangerDen had run out of black radiators so I got a chrome one instead, ah well it won't make any difference in the end...

[mashie]

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The NV-68 block is installed for testing only due to lack of thermal paste.
This thing is massive, both in size and weight :)



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This is the big hold down device that successfully will block any attempt to use the PCI slot, had been nice to use for a gigabit NIC but nevermind.


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Well, to be able to fit the card in the AGP slot the aluminium crossbar had to be removable. So with four rivets drilled out I could finally fit it.


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With the crossbar installed again you can see why it had to be removable...

Some good and bad news regarding the NV-68 block, it do indeed fit inside the shell of an XPC with a good 0.5mm to spare. It will however block the space needed by a normal CD-player.

[mashie]

Some further development...



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The perforated area for the stock cooling was cut away to give unrestricted airflow to the radiator. Nice and shiny chrome, isn't it?



http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_014.jpg

On the inside the Tornado will reside. If anyone know a fancontroller like this (http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_3715.html) that can handle 10W or know if that particular one do, please let me know.



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Shiny stuff do not belong in the world of Doom so here we are a few layers of paint later... :D

[mashie]

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The Laing D4 pump got to taste some paint as well.



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Here we have some extended aluminium (also known as mesh).



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The mesh is installed on both left and right side, however I didn't want it flush with the case panel so a few bends were added.



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Here is a better view of the extrusion. Oh and don't worry, it will not stay gold...



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And finally the last of the main pieces has arrived in the mail.

[mashie]

When testing out the placement of the pump and reservoir I noticed the barbs pointing in the wrong directions. It was however something I had expected so a bit of plumber putty and two copper bends were added. Also a bit mor testing revealed the need of a different mounting mechanism which was cut out from sheet aluminium and attached to the pump with Milliput. An hour of flow testing proved the seal around the barbs was working as expected. When everything is set tomorrow it will be painted again.


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[mashie]

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First out was to complete the paintjob on the pump.



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The bit with clear copper will be covered by tube and a hose clamp so the end result should be no copper visible at all.



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Before anything more can be done on the front the location for the slimline CD must be defined. After hacking up the drive cage to four pieces and adding another 3 this is the result.



http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_025.jpg

No pop rivet are used, instead I went for Loctite Super Steel (epoxy weld). I'm very impressed by the ease to use and strenght.

It isn't likely I will use pop rivets again.

[mashie]

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I decided to completely rebuild the front, it wasn't much to salvage after all considering it looked like a swiss cheeze on steroids. So with a bit of cleanup this was the result, a big sqaure hole.



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A new panel was made from 1mm thick aluminium sheet. The angular pieces are attached with epoxy weld and will hold the reservoir in place.



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Pump and reservoir fitted for testing, it will be a very short piece of tube between the pump and the reservoir.

The only remaining bits to do regarding the cutting is a slot for the slimline CD and a hole for the powerbutton.

[mashie]

First up for the day was to install the slimline CD.



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Two strips of doublesided tape and it was secured in place.



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The IDE adaptor is in place as well.



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With the CD in place the final holes could be cut in the front panel. It was later attached using epoxy.



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If you have problem guessing what's under the aluminium foil, well it is the reservoir. The alu foil is needed when working with Milliput unless you intend to install it permanently. Considering the reservoir is clear it could be nice to paint the milliput facing the res as well.



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I must admit I'm looking forward to drybrush these bits and pieces.

[mashie]

The more interesting part of the project has started, to bring hell :D


This is the texture I got the inspiration from, very suitable with only shades of red in it:

http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_texture.jpg



So here are the pieces from previous page, slightly less beige this time...

http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_034.jpg

Drybrushing is the way to go for this kind of stuff.



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As well as clear epoxy resin for the wet look.



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So do you want it well done, medium or just raw? :p

There are a few more hours before the resin will set so they won't be attached to the reservoir just yet.

[mashie]

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Before the final sculpting and painting can start it is time to see if everything fit as planned.



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Well almost everything did fit, this nearly gave me a heartattack before I found a solution. Initially the HDD was mounted 1/2" further back effectively blocking the hose from the VGA block. But as you can see that issue was swiftly dealt with by moving the drive forward as far as a possible. The lack of space behing the power connector won't be an issue since a SATA drive will be used that has the power on the other side :D



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These are the hose clamps I went for in the end, the mechanical look reminds me of valves.

Time to rip it all apart again so the content of 6 packages of Milliput can be distributed :D

[mashie]

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The whole front has been coated in Milliput. The yellowish section is the result from one package of normal grade Milliput, unfortunately the store where I pick up this locally decided to only stock the twice as expensive fine grade which feels identical but is white instead.

The completed piece on top was just added to give a hint of what's to come. :D

[mashie]

With a little bit of magic (paint) added to the Milliput on the front this is the result:



http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_041.jpg

The clear resin will be cured in 24h.

[mashie]

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The resin has finally set allowing for a testfit again.

As a certain modder pointed out, the red cap will not stay red :)

[Kyle_Bennett]

FYI, the mashmaster is off on vacation so this thread will go dormant for a couple weeks till he gets back in action. Have fun mashie!!!

[mashie]

FYI, the mashmaster is off on vacation so this thread will go dormant for a couple weeks till he gets back in action. Have fun mashie!!!
Thanks, I had a great time.


A little bit of work was done today, this time a flesh lump containing the DOOM 3 logo.



http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_043.jpg

The letters were cut out from balsa wood, then had the mechanical pattern added with a normal pen (due to the soft wood it made nice groves).
Finally the letters were squeezed into... you can never guess... Milliput. :D

[mashie]

After a bit of painting the logo flesh was done.

http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_044.jpg

This piece required a few more steps than the previous ones. First it was all painted matt black, then drybrushing with dark red, bright red and finally pewter colour on top of the letters. The groves done by the pen in the previous posting were more or less gone at this stage so a bit of black paint had to be added before the final layer of clear epoxy resin.

[mashie]

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The CDROM and the drive tray got a matt black base coat and a nickel coloured drybrush layer on top. The picture is a bit dark so it might be difficult to see though.



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Next up was to generate a bit of texture for the outer shell. 0.5mm plywood was chosen for an armor plating look. The pattern was drawn directly on the plywood with a crayon and a ruler just to make the lines reasonably straight. It seemed to be an exciting piece of action with a fair number of people following the action on the modcam (http://www.modcam.net). The letters plus the horisontal and vertical lines were added last to be able to reassemble the pattern with the correct spacing.



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The plywood was cut to shape with a scissor and glued in place. Then some unused parts from my ISS 1:144 model (http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/cinema_front.jpg) were added in a first ever kitbashing attempt in a mashie mod.

Last but not least a hole were torn open in the mesh right over where the DOOM3 logo will be.



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To finish off the outer shell a black basecoat was added, then drybrushed with nickel, pewter and old bronze paint.



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Crimson Sky is to blame for making me do two panels in a different shade. Can't say I regret it but I was sceptic for a little while. ;)

[mashie]

The final assembly has started and with 99% of the external look completed this is what the case will look like when done:


http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_050.jpg


It is however a lot remaining to do on the inside...

[mashie]

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It was time for the first disaster to strike. During a test of the waterloop it became apparent that a leak existed in the system. Luckily the pump was powered from an external source and everything in the case was powered off. After quite a search to locate where the water actually came from it was found that it was the BI Micro radiator that was leaking.

Further research revealed it was one of the installation screws that had penetrated a water channel in the radiator during one of the many test fittings. Well I'm not impressed by the design with 1/8" clearance between the screw holes and the tubes. A Thermochill HE 80.1 will luckily replace the BI Micro soon.

Only time will tell if the motherboard survived the shower.

[mashie]

The show continues.



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Thermochill (http://www.thermochill.com) were kind to send me a new radiator to use instead of the BI Micro, known as HE 80.1 (http://www.thermochill.com/he801.php). Thanks to the different design it is not likely to rupture a tube while installing it.
The blue barbs are not really the sexiest things under the sun but hey, nothing that a bit of paint can't sort out later :D



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Going for a slightly different approach this time compared to previous rad. An 80 mm fan got butchered and converted to a suitable duct.


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Two packages of Milliput later the radiator plus duct was looking sligtly different. Also some plywood and plastic scraps were added for the over all looks.


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Hmm, I guess the soon to be flesh is attracted to watercooling gear ;)

Painting will follow shortly.

[mashie]

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Time to bring hell yet again, a lot of painting was required this time due to both armor plating and flesh being part of the radiator.


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The 1" added by the duct worked really well. With the fan connected the resulting airflow was evenly distributed over the whole radiator surface with no deadspots to be found. Oh and with radiator filled with water no leaks could be found either. :D


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However, the flesh isn't done until the proper wet look is added with a layer of clear epoxy resin.

So as always, in 24h the work can continue.

[mashie]

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Full assembly take two.


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If you look closely you can see thath the bright red screw cap on the rad has been taken care of.


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The new and improved rear view. Oh btw, the colourful I/O plate will stay just to annoy you ;)


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It was a bit difficult to see in the previous pics but the water is fairly dyed. Lots of food colouring was used (red and blue).


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The tubes are clear, the content isn't. :D

After this last pic the computer got assembled for a testrun and I can glady tell you it worked just fine after considering the less than kind treatment.

Tomorrow it is time to do the final cable cleanup and maybe add some light if I can find some space in there somewhere... ;)

[mashie]

Ok, time for a gigantic post...



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With the wet section proved working it was time to rip most of the case apart again to do the wiring. This is also the first shot where you can see the full water loop. If you wonder what the green section is on the tube it is simply an extension since I ran out of tube when the radiator ended up a further back than planned.



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This is a dual 4" CCFL kit from ACRyan. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of them in their original state but here you can see them after they got stripped from the acrylic tube and the exposed wire is gone by having one wire connected to each end.



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They were supposed to be red but hot pink is a better description of the colour emitted. The fix is quite simple, just adding a layer of fire red GEL sheet and a nice red colour is produced.



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The camera did not want to play along so the colour corrected CCFL looks yellow here.



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This was an unplanned solution, it is a fan controller to replace the PWM based product used earlier. It was set wrong for the temperature in my apartment so it was running 90% all the time. This new controller use five diodes to drop the voltage from 12v to 9.5v. The 12v source was connected to the same terminal on the switch as the yellow wire. The output to the fan is the terminal in the middle.



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All wires done and the CCFLs are in place.



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The white Molex connector got replaced with a black version to fit in better with the theme.



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Project Doom 3: Hell Inside is completed!



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So here it is almost exactly two months after the start.



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As for time spent I don't know, a few hundred hours as always probably.



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Oh, here you can see the pushbutton to select fan speed. With no overclocking it appears the silent setting is good enough for games.



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And the money shot at last.



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A nightshot is always nice.



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Then during normal light but no camera flash. The light is a lot more red than the camera want to show.



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The other side, showing off the logo, still no flash.



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And at last the new home for this case, taking the position used to be held by Oenone.

Since 500pix wide images suck at showing details here we have some wallpaper sized images:

1024x768 150k (http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_1024x768.jpg)
1600x1200 360k (http://www.mashie.org/hardforum/d3_1600x1200.jpg)

The full and slightly written worklog can be found at my website (http://www.mashie.org/casemods/d3_01html)

[TheBlueChanell]

That is awesome man.

[uzor]

Holy thread resurrection, Batman!! :eek:

http://www.hardfolding.com/ftag1.php/mem/1771.png (http://www.hardfolding.com?go=38&id=1771)

[Stevennoland]

Mashie, while I was reading your thread and admiring your skill, I realized this thread is from 2004! Wow! You have some serious skill. Your creativity is over the top. Nice work. I'm very impressed. I can only imagine what you have done since.

Steven Noland

[mashie]

Mashie, while I was reading your thread and admiring your skill, I realized this thread is from 2004! Wow! You have some serious skill. Your creativity is over the top. Nice work. I'm very impressed. I can only imagine what you have done since.

Steven Noland
Actually I have only made two mods (http://www.mashie.org/casemods/index.html) since then. Will do a proper project again when a DX10 upgrade is needed.

[meinzorn]

Do you have plans for your next mod or will that come when the time comes for it?

and excellent job with the case. I was just browsing your site and admiring all of the work. Some great stuff you have done there. Excellent job.

[Solarfall]

great idea and awesome modding.... :eek: i loved how this mod tuned out.....two thumps up :p

[Unknown-One]

Haha, dang this thread is old. Still awsome work though :D

[Zero82z]

Wow, I can't believe it's already been two years. I remember obsessively following this and Crim's projects and constantly checking to see if there were any updates. Come on mashie, we need some more awesome moddage!

[Xstream]

gravedigger lol

btw awesome mod!

[Jay_oasis]

that is truely outstanding!

[Nobi125]

http://www.systemwars2.com/forums/images/smilies/wow.gif

[Shlomo]

Thats the second time i've seen this thread revive from the dead!

It was a very spectacular mod I have to say though.

[Unknown-One]

Ahh! Zombie thread!

*beats thread back down to page 2 with a shovel*

Still an awsome mod, though :D

[Stabbin]

First time I've seen this. Wow! Awesome bit of modding Mashie. :eek:

[mashie]

First time I've seen this. Wow! Awesome bit of modding Mashie. :eek:
Thanks. This mod is now used by my sisters stepdaughter to browse the web.

I will start a new game inspired mod after Christmas.

[Ozone77]

Thanks. This mod is now used by my sisters stepdaughter to browse the web.

LOL, and the kids are OK with all the guts and stuff "growing" out of this PC?

I am looking forward to your next mod, I hope it is something of a hybrid between this mod and good ol' Annemonae