Chemical Warfare

[apHytHiaTe]

Holy krabcakes that is looking good. Love that paint job. Can't wait to see more! Totally freaking awesome!

 

[Captain Colonoscopy]

Agreed, camo paint job is awesome.

 

[KodiakStar]

[H] appy New Year!

 

[KodiakStar]

One last one before bed

9:30pm -> 12:00am
My fingers, and my eyes, are tired.

Quick Paint job... and let it sit overnight... err... over early morning..
and we will see what we have when we wake up tomorow

 

[KodiakStar]

Ok.

You are right.

I couldnt wait

 

[kubalaTF]

wow, that turned out AWSOME. Can't wait to see what you do next to 1 up it. you could have the worst components in the world and we'd still drool.

 

[dj_2004]

sweet! turning out really nice.

 

[BB Gun]

Agreed, that signage turned out GREAT!

Nice effect! Gonna have to chip up that nice Camo paint job to match the "wear" of the signage, IMO.

BB

 

[KodiakStar]

Ok. Time for todays Update. It is a good year already. was 65 outside...

So what does a handsome nerd like me do for the warm sunny day on
an East Coast Winter?

Go to the beach? naw...
Go cruise... hmm. nope...
Look for pretty girls?! thats a negative (besides, my fiance would kill me )

So. what did i do? I painted, of course

But first, here is some more glowey goodness for you...

First task of today.. those pesky side panels..

All mask'd up

Teaser shot of the top (again)

Other side of the case...

Paint by numbers again...

I am getting tired of xacto knives

I could almost pass as a street tagger, maybe after my next case..

While I wait for the paint to try.. time to tackle the tray..

To get anything done on it (the right way) I drill out all the rivets..

Sand down everything...

Break time... Mmmm. Got Milk?

Little paint to go on the back of the case (flat black for that
stealthy look)

I did say it was a painting day, didnt I?

Drat... I knew I forgot to sand *something*

Sanding it all down to the bare metal (again)

 

[KodiakStar]

I dont know why it came out like this in the picture, but it is
all black, I swear...

After a quick trip to walmart (drill bits, painters tape, spray paint..)
Back to paint by numbers, I wont bore you with all the details (again)

Clear Coat and Assembled Teaser shot. you like?

Little different.. but it looks better in the end you will see

Oooh.

You can almost not even see them....

Teaser

Another Teaser!

The flat black is hard to see, but it comes out nice in person,
like a "mini" powdercoat..

Plexi mounted on the back plate and glowey fan..

Putting it all back together (one part is finally done! yay)

ABIT-NF7-SG2 =-)

Of course, the best part of making a computer is playing hide
and seek with everything...

PCI.. and another word that starts with P and ends with an N "or" not..

Little more of that glowey stuff...

Ass shot..

Another...

 

[KodiakStar]

You like?

Not to bad eh? doesnt look *that cluttered*

Lights off Flash on

Lights/Flash off

Glowey stuff. kinda..

It looks much better IRL

 

[KodiakStar]

*wonders how many 56k'ers I have killed so far...*

 

[apHytHiaTe]

Dude, I cream my jeans every time I see this thing. Awesome. I am simply speachless.

 

[KodiakStar]

1. Paint 5 1/4 covers
2. Stealth DVD/CDRW Combo (sony )
3. Finish Painting doors (Insides)
4. Mount Plexi on doors
5. Paint case skel
6. Figure out what to do with bottom of case
7. Wait for arrival of "dummy" ammo and mod them..
8. Fix front B
9. Wire Power button and Front USB port
10. Mount HDD's in 5 1/4 Bay
11. Add fan to cool HDD's
12. Paint/Style feet or buy new ones
13. Mount front dual fans (after finished painting)
14. Find best place and mount CCFL's

ummm. am i forgetting anything?

15. Rewire all fans to make it look smoother
16. Add in my Digital Therm somewhere

 

[KodiakStar]

- AeroCool AeroPower Silver Line 450W Power Supply,
Model "AEROPOWER II + "S L" EDITION 450W"
- Sony Beige 52X32X52X16 Combo Drive, Model CRX320E
- ABIT "NF7-S2G" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket A CPU
- 1GB DDR (forget speed etc )
- Maxtor 40GB HDD (old)
- Western Digital 20FB HDD (old)
- Dual Ultra UV CCFL
- Dual CoolMaster Auora White CCFL
- 4 UV Reactive Yellow Fans ~22db
- ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb DDR 8x AGP
- AMD Duron XP 2800 cpu

Current Case Temp: 29.8 C
With an open case (if you havent noticed the big holes on the doors )

 

[][V][AGIC]

Using discs and the carbide bit i finished off the opening.. but
i have to say this is the first time i saw a disc do this...

must have not been using them long than cuz those shitty ones do it all the time, get the fiberglass ones. theyre a bit more expensive but they last like 10x longer than those dust ones.

anyways, looks nice

 

[kubalaTF]

I'm 56K, so that only shows my dedication to admireing your work. I just got an Idea while looking at your stuff. It's not related BTW, I actually think it would be original. I'm just poor and unskilled. I'll just tuck it away somewhere. Looks like you're coming together nicely, I'm in love with glowy stuff.

 

[KodiakStar]

Alas, I am at work today so no modding until tonight!

But thats ok... as for them discs. I did buy some fiberglass ones at one time, but
I wasnt pleased with the quality (they do last longer) but they are so much thicker it
is hard to get the clean cuts that i like

 

[Spidey329]

Alas, I am at work today so no modding until tonight!

But thats ok... as for them discs. I did buy some fiberglass ones at one time, but
I wasnt pleased with the quality (they do last longer) but they are so much thicker it
is hard to get the clean cuts that i like

WalMart sells the fiberglass ones in a cutting-kit for like $9.95. It includes like 50 of the smaller ones, 4 reinforced (large versions of the smaller ones), and 4 fiberglass. It beats payin $5 for just a tube (kit comes with two) of small cutters or for 5 fiberglass ones.

Lookin very good so far!

 

[Shadowspawn]

You've done a great job with this case so far. I was considering doing a winter camo paint job on my project, but you just made up my mind for me. Keep up the good work!

 

[Garage81]

im really enjoying watching your worklog.

i like watching worklogs where the users actually post well, and you do a great job at building up your mod.

looks great bro, been a good follow so far.

 

[KodiakStar]

Thank you for all the positive comments guys n gals

... time for the update

Remeber that WWII Chemical Warfare Agents Chart?

Reborn... on Vellum Paper!

(NOTE! : I will have to add the second white CCFL later down the
road on the bottom to give it that balanced lighting look, however
first I have to re-wire it as the current wires just aint long enough )
Soo.. have no fear, sit back. and enjoy

Glued in the other window on the MB Door side 12-24 hours till
that sets, used Liquid Nails Sealent "Clear Seal"

Even though I have lights on in the back you can tell that I will
be able to have BOTH the white CCFL and the UV CCFL on at the
same time (my intended goal)

Yes. More glowy stuff to keep you hooked...

I will still have to make a special holder out of plexi for this side. but
in the near future these small vials will be upgraded to the ones you
saw earlier (the massive ones ) This is just a teaser, but these ones
will be used around later on...

 

[RAutrey]

Nice paint job

 

[themark]

I really like how you have brought all of your theme elements together. Very tight. The glowy stuff is great, especially in how it applies to the "Dangerous contents" idea. I can't think of anything more you need. Well done.

 

[Jay Style]

AMAZING, this really is one of my favs on here....normally i think the bio sign is overused but man you have renewed my faith i love it...so cool. great ideas that you have come togehter here...pat yourself on the back, job well done!

 

[Xbrid]

Sweet paintjob. Love the "glowy stuff"

 

[TheArchangel]

Lots of tape... paint by numbers...

X-acto knife and 20 minutes...

Couple coats of paint...

Go to bed... wake up a few hours later... back to work

Still needs the second color, and some clear coats and cleaning up
but you can see where this is going...

Just a couple pics of glowy stuff to statisfy your thirst...

OOO Painting by numbers, I remember them thar days, It was fun

Dude, ya bring back them thar days working at Fedex and having to learn all the Bio Harzard Stuff and Hazardass Material Training

Looks mighty good Keepa modding

Dre

 

[KodiakStar]

Well I may have some updates this weekend

Fiance is getting back into town tonight... so we will see

I did get my UV LED's from 123Leds (very fast and low price!)
Now to quality test and install them later on...

I still have alot of work to do on this case, Hopefully i will be
done painting this weekend and then the only thing that will
be left is alot of touchups and mini projects to make it look
better (inside and out) along with preform better etc etc

 

[KodiakStar]

Well. I did alot of work this weekend... took alot of pictures.. but i cant post any of them.

Because... the wire... i got from ratshak... well... it caught on fire

Its all rated like its supposed to be, did not do anything out of the ordinary.. so
until I find some better wire (non ratshack...) I have to tear down all the work
I did this weekend.. so.. no point in posting the pics

 

[KodiakStar]

Hmm. I guess my post died not good enough to generate comments between
real life commitments! oh well mini update time.. its been too damn cold to try and
do any painting, and having a woman around the apt makes it hard to use loud
manly powertools.. drat the luck.. but i will be off on thursday and have time to
do some real modding work...

Off ebay i got 2 of these CoolerMaster CoolDrive2 HDD 5 1/4 bay hdd cooler/silencer
according to all the reviews the fans are great and not as noisy as OTHER 40's

however. I know now why they were being sold on ebay. they are loud. even if I was
not a modder.. i would still hate them. besides which the front looks stupid on them..

thankfully the bay covers work around and over them, so I will have to decide on
a look for them to allow air into the (currently) noisy fan... which will later on be
taken down to 5v, not as much air will get pushed, but more then there was...
and it *should* be much quieter... Plus this frees up the 3 1/2 bay so i removed
that so there is more *space* on the inside of the case for glowy things hinted
at before...

When I first did some of the wiring...

Later on after I wired all the UV LED's and the nice electrical fire..

 

[Xbrid]

That is one ugly front on that cooldrive. too bad about the electrical fire. what started it?

 

[TheArchangel]

WoW dude, hope nothing else burned, But you know maybe you can save that burnt wire and use as part of the Theme, ya know how Chemical Warfare IE:Toxic just distroys everthing, Just a thought?

PS: I have been keeping an eye on your work log, And Ummm you have one those fancy new wigets called a woman? Keep up the work.

Dre

 

[KodiakStar]

LoL. yea i have one of them. for about 5 years... and in about 5 months i get to
keep her forever lol they are nice to have around but they get very cranky with
modding at times "walk the dog... pay attention to me"

 

[TheArchangel]

LoL. yea i have one of them. for about 5 years... and in about 5 months i get to
keep her forever lol they are nice to have around but they get very cranky with
modding at times "walk the dog... pay attention to me"

Well I guess if you want some Nooky now and then, then yeah, ya have to do a few things, i mean walk the dog , I remember the days of having to walk her err the dog i mean , and umm get ear muffs for when ya doing all the manly modding stuff.

Dre

 

[R@Mo]

love the glowy stuff...paint job is very very nice as well....keep up the great work~!~!

 

[mafia11671]

Looks great dood, alot of work in a little time

mafia

 

[KodiakStar]

Ok. so no posts for a long time. real life sucks!

all joking aside, one of the main reasons I havent done work lately is trying to figure
out these drive covers for the CoolDrives

There is the fan that needs airflow, and I am trying to think of some type of cut i can
do to keep it looking both "stealthed" and fit the theme of the mod

just dont know what yet. any ideas? talk to me people!

 

[pilotman2004]

Just picked up on this thread, and have to say that I love how its turning out. I for one was kinda getting tired of BRIGHT GREEN GLOWY BLAH! (capitalized to emphasize the glaringness of the mods). I was kinda suspicious when I read the thread title, but I kept reading, and I must say, amazing stuff. I never would have thought that winter camo would be so fitting for a chemical/biohazard theme case. Keep up the good work, this is definitely one that I am going to watch!

 

[pinktank]

well, I have to say you're skilled and you have the determination(or sumtin like that), I didn't like the mod, but still good work

 

[kubalaTF]

Could you just put a grill or a screen over the intakes?