Batman : Arkham City CES 2012 Build

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jjsky5000

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Happy Holidays,

My oringinal Idea for the case mod, was to re mod this NZXT Vulcan micro-atz case all i was going to do was Batman etching on the window for my 7 year old son, Just a little weekend project, the ultimate goal was to make a nice little Lan case ,but when i started getting a few more ideas came to mind .

I very thankful for Biostar, Intel and NZXT . With out there support these are just visions on paper. I showed my friend at Boistar the progress of teh case and he ask to showcase it in Vegas for CES.



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I started working on the side panel first to replace it with plexi.

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making the window opening bigger with a dremal tool

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all is left is to is a few places to File.

Next up to see how it look on the case

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removing the rivots and the disassemblyhas begun

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6 differnt grades of sand paper for the finish

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Ok brought out the heavy duty paint stripper!!!! Yea thats a airplane on the can, alwasy use proper Ventilation and a mask or you will feel like your flying !!!

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You know its done its job when it starts to peal off

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60 Grit !!!
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And when the sanding is done

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repainted the top fan cover to a metallic silver

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Decided to change the front panel a bit and add a little Batman touch to it.

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Fan Cut out
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I will be re-using the orginal mesh from the side panel for the front
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I had some left over anodized aluminium from my other super secret project

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With a scroll Saw and a file you can do amaizing things

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all thats is left is have the Rez cut out and add power button and a little polishing
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Alot more too do
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Thank you again for checking the project out.
 
I agree, nice work man !
Initial plan was one weekend, how much time did you end up putting into it?
 
Its all starting to come together down the Final stretch before CES. Primer and paint

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More Primer

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Decided to cut the top out for a place to fill the watercooling

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More Sanding to get the annodized marks removed

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Side panel was next , 50 grit,100, 150, 400, 1000, 1500 and 2000 for a finish

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Interior of teh Side Panal Black with metal flakes

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Small teaser

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Thanks for looking
 
Happy New year !!!! Back to Modding

Finishing painting the frame

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Started assembly Case feet on first

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Adding the rad

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Thanks Db for the idea of adding some lights behind the bat should also cast a shadow

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My intial thought was glue or double sided tape to attched to teh front panel. but it for my son, I better screw it in. :)
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another teaser

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Thanks for looking
 
Small update before the final photos and off to CES

A big thank to NZXT for Sending me the HALE90 850W Power supply to Showcase in the MOD.

The black and white theme ps went perfectly with the mod

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Also another Big Thank you to Biostar supporting the mod as well, By sending the Extreme Edition TH67XE Micro ATX MB

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Adding The Blood Red Danger Den waterblock

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Black and red going together well

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Finished the water cooling loop

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A little Batman

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Teaser ( its time to Signal Batman)
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Thanks again. come back tommorrow for the Finished Photos.
 
Final Pictures are up!!!!! Thanks again for following the MOD. And a Big Thank you to Intel, Biostar and NZXT If you going to CES and stopping by The NZXT Suite you can check it out.

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I don't really get what you were going for here. It looks like you took a case, beat the crap out of it, then added an illuminated bat logo on the front. I also can't figure out what all the red has to do with Batman. The acrylic etching is pretty sweet, but I'm not so sure about the rest.

Idk, I guess I was pretty excited when I saw the first bat symbol cutout, but then I got to the final photos and couldn't understand what happened. Anyway, if your son is happy with it then mission success I guess.
 
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JapaneseGorilla said:
I don't really get what you were going for here. It looks like you took a case, beat the crap out of it, then added an illuminated bat logo on the front. I also can't figure out what all the red has to do with Batman.
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Red was a big theme color through out the game and advertisment for Arkham City.
 
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Red was a big theme color through out the game and advertisment for Arkham City.
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Thnak for help explaining The idea, I was going for the look from of the game cover. But It should have less red it the led from teh fan are over powering. but not to bad. My son loves it and so do teh sponsors And its being Displayed at CES . I cant ask for much more than that.

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2012 CES Biostar Suite pics then its of to The NZXT Suite for the remainder of the Show

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Thanks for looking !!!
 
Is that skinny little rad enough for your whole loop?

Neat build. Congrats!
 
Its fine for its purpose now, Didnt have time to swap before it had to be shipped. I have a few changes when it gets back form vegas
 
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Its fine for its purpose now, Didnt have time to swap before it had to be shipped. I have a few changes when it gets back form vegas
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What were the temps like? Or did you get a chance to run it any?
 
Didnt run any yet, when the GPU isnt on, your really only dealing with the cpu heat, it wasnt blowing out any heat at all, before i packed it.
 
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