CrazyLefty
Weaksauce
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- May 9, 2013
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-edit- I should have read the rules first, this is no longer a work in progress and can be moved to the gallery
Hi all!
Long time HardOCP fan, but this is my first post here!
I've been modding cases for about ten years, and my Borderlands mod is really the first that I've documented while the work was in progress.
While roaming around Pandora, the weapon and ammo caches stuck out as perfect objects to base a mod on, and the Borderlands mod was conceived.
My big, black HAF 932 was just dying to be modded! First we started by stripping everything out of the case, all plastic bits, wiring, etc. to prep for paint. The inside is already black, and I wasn't going to change that, so I masked it up (do you know how many air vents are on a 932??!!! SO much painters tape!)
The first coat was white primer, then the edges were done in black primer, the idea being that we wanted to add distress to the paint once it was completed, and wanted to be able to 'dig through' multiple layers, and to be able to see the multiple layers of color. We wanted to make it look like it had been sitting in the wastelands taking abuse.
The next coat was grey/metallic
And then the yellow
Fast forward a few steps, taped it off for the white stripe, and added the Borderlands logo
And here she is in all her glory
To get the cell-shaded effect, my wife used black sharpie to accent all the edges and effects. We distressed the case with hammers and the dremel with a grinding wheel and grinding stone to dig through the layers of paint. I riveted metal braces to the sides just for aesthetics.
Hi all!
Long time HardOCP fan, but this is my first post here!
I've been modding cases for about ten years, and my Borderlands mod is really the first that I've documented while the work was in progress.
While roaming around Pandora, the weapon and ammo caches stuck out as perfect objects to base a mod on, and the Borderlands mod was conceived.
My big, black HAF 932 was just dying to be modded! First we started by stripping everything out of the case, all plastic bits, wiring, etc. to prep for paint. The inside is already black, and I wasn't going to change that, so I masked it up (do you know how many air vents are on a 932??!!! SO much painters tape!)
The first coat was white primer, then the edges were done in black primer, the idea being that we wanted to add distress to the paint once it was completed, and wanted to be able to 'dig through' multiple layers, and to be able to see the multiple layers of color. We wanted to make it look like it had been sitting in the wastelands taking abuse.
The next coat was grey/metallic
And then the yellow
Fast forward a few steps, taped it off for the white stripe, and added the Borderlands logo
And here she is in all her glory
To get the cell-shaded effect, my wife used black sharpie to accent all the edges and effects. We distressed the case with hammers and the dremel with a grinding wheel and grinding stone to dig through the layers of paint. I riveted metal braces to the sides just for aesthetics.
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