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CTF~Flag Mod... Weekend Project

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zeusenergy

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Well, here's another mod for you all..... This one takes up that urge I originally had to make the Railgun. It's not a high-end machine by any means, these are the specs:
800 MHZ 133 FSB Pentium III, 256 MB, 18 GB laptop drive, gF2 32 MB, SB Live, and a decent PS. This is my son's rig. Like I said in another post, he's 7 and has been playing Q3 since he was about 2! I was gonna do a Star Wars Death Star, but this is easier and also dear to both his and my heart.
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As you can see in the (dark) pic, the outer cover is designed to be just as close to the real blue flag as I could get. It has a reflective texture, so the acrylic went well with the theme. It's been heated in many spots and bent or folded to represent the fabric consistancy of a real flag. The entire cover was masked from behind like normal. But I started by masking off just a bit of the edge that will meet the pole. In the game, the seam is shown and the fabric reinforcement on this end is lighter in color. So I went over this area in white with the airbrush, being more liberal towards the edges of this area. The mask was removed and more white was applied over the high points of the folds and bumps in the glass. You can barely see them in these pics, I could have sprayed more and gotten away with it.
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For the hardware, I had to dismember an old case for the scraps I would need. Drilling rivets is fun!
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Then the hardware was applied to the backing after much tailoring to the folds in the mobo tray to fit both aluminum mount supports plus other stuff that was in the way. The whole mod started at noon today with the hardware and it was 10pm by the time the cover had been finished. That's not bad- and I had at least two hours worth of breaks....
 
Next, I had to mount up the optical drive from the Railgun mod. Now my kid will have his own DVD! Yay!
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Before long, all the hardware was mounted and connected ready for Win2k install...
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Then the thing was bolted to my son's wall and install commenced.
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Running fine now. Oh yeah... During the time I was making the hardware side of the mod, a clay model of the skull that lives atop the CTF flag pole was cooking in the oven.
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There will be wings attched to the sides of the skull, that's why it has that slot on the side. The two wings will be cut from acrylic and etched by hand to represent the feathers/bones then airbrushed on the outside to match the bony colors of the skull. A little hot glue, and they'll be attached, too. Yummy..... :D
You can see in this next pic that the flag has two circles masked out in the black part of the logo.
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I have some window tint going inside there to hide the LED's which will light up polystyrene parts with these logos for DVD and HDD activity.
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I'll be finishing up most of the things I need tomorrow. The skull will be sprayed white and airbrushed. The pole will be painted black and airbrushed. Two hinges will be attched to the outer cover and the pole. The pole will be mounted to the wall beside the machine instead of directly to the rest of the rig. And the two brass pieces for the rope of the flag will be made and secured. The cables will go down inside the pole so you won't be able to see them. Since it's an open concept, no extra fans are required. Red LED's will illuminate the insides of the eye sockets in a "good" way, not like a dumb shift knob :) And those will serve as power LEDs. The indicators for DVD and HDD will be very cool, and only glow from behind the black glass when activity is present. You won't see the round masked parts of the glass at all... But the power supply still needs serious modding, the whole frame needs paint, and the wiring could be much better. Oh well, just like Monster Garage... You can only do so much in a limited time frame! :rolleyes:
 
99 views and no one cares to post? WTF is up with that? Is my modding job or subject that bad????
 
Nah, I looked at it and thought it was pretty cool. I especially like the HDD and CD Rom status light decals.

I've noticed with this forum that it takes a while for people to post. There's a lot of content on this site.

My HP Star Wars Mod thread hasn't had a hit in a few weeks. Mainly because I haven't done anything with it. But when I do, do something I post an update and eventually someone hits it with a reply.

Give it time, I'm sure you'll get some more hits.
 
Moose777 said:
My HP Star Wars Mod thread hasn't had a hit in a few weeks. Mainly because I haven't done anything with it. But when I do, do something I post an update and eventually someone hits it with a reply.

Give it time, I'm sure you'll get some more hits.
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Yeah, the case you are working on is coming along well I see. Too bad about your trouble with the symbol in the window. The latest one you made looked good! You can grab some polystyrene from a hobby store, it comes in sheets and use LEDS to illuminate the piece. Stick it behind the sword and it will diffuse the glow well. If you need to make some room for it all to fit, just cut some more case metal!
I just find it wierd that 100 people come in here to this thread and no response. Sad.
:(
 
Today's update will have to wait a few more days, maybe even next weekend. Gotta go for a four hour ride to sell my car :)
But rest assured the CTF-blue Flag will get done shortly. MAN! I reallllllyy wanted to have it done today...... :mad:
 
zeusenergy said:
Yeah, the case you are working on is coming along well I see. Too bad about your trouble with the symbol in the window. The latest one you made looked good! You can grab some polystyrene from a hobby store, it comes in sheets and use LEDS to illuminate the piece. Stick it behind the sword and it will diffuse the glow well. If you need to make some room for it all to fit, just cut some more case metal!
I just find it wierd that 100 people come in here to this thread and no response. Sad.
:(
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Yeah, the window turned out really nice, unfortunately I am unable to use it, for one the hilt is backwards, and two I can't illuminate it.

I'm working ont he new one now, I'm using faux carbon fiber. I have a few rolls of this stuff laying around I thought I'd use it and see how it turns out.

And I can't cut more case metal because the metal behind the window, and I mean directly behind it is the motherboard tray. And it's impossible to take out and cut up. Not to mention, I kind of can't cut it up.
 
very nice job so far...

i wish my dad loved me enough to build me a case :D
 
snoopy said:
very nice job so far...

i wish my dad loved me enough to build me a case :D
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Maybe he does and just doesn't show it. When my boy is a teen he'll have to build his own shit! LMFAO.....
 
sabrewolf732 said:
I like it :D
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Thanks! I did get some time today, not as much as I wanted to spend but it's ok. Heres an update:
Finished the paint work for the skull. Used flat white rattle can and airbrushed black on top...
Turned out quite nicely but the teeth fell off the front of the face. Looks more decreped (sic) this way and it's a keeper! The pole was painted black and airbrushed with aluminum. Still need those wings!
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And the cover looks much better during the day. The window tint was installed on the two masked spots but it was my first attempt... a few tiny bubbles can be seen. I was hoping to avoid that! Notice that most of the modding ideas used in this build are nothing more than practice for ON3 UP? :D I'm gonna need all the practice I can get! The last pic shows the cover close-up so you can kinda see the flaws... It's not so bad.

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Looks damn good. I had several failed attempts at my lightsaber window again today. I had the same problem with air bubbles. I'm actually about to try it again.

But the CTF mod is looking damn nice. That skull is cool as hell.
 
now thats innovative. i like that. I should do something like that to my kids machine. But their machine is already modded--hehe used to be my main rig lol.
 
zeusenergy said:
Maybe he does and just doesn't show it. When my boy is a teen he'll have to build his own shit! LMFAO.....
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that and hes a cheap #*$^&#$.....

but anyway, nice job so far. i just remember playing q2 ( or one, i dont remeber). Id paint the case to look like the ammo boxes :D
 
snoopy said:
that and hes a cheap #*$^&#$.....

but anyway, nice job so far. i just remember playing q2 ( or one, i dont remeber). Id paint the case to look like the ammo boxes :D
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His case is based off of Q3. ;)

I own Q3 Arena, but have never played it. Ever. Dunno why. Hell I never even finished the original Quake, the only one I liked was Quake II.
 
snoopy said:
that and hes a cheap #*$^&#$.....

but anyway, nice job so far. i just remember playing q2 ( or one, i dont remeber). Id paint the case to look like the ammo boxes :D
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Dude, the flag IS the case! ;)
I loved Q2 and it was the game that brought me to online gaming.... Q3 just made it all better!
 
sabrewolf732 said:
is it done except for the wings? imo looks badass
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Yeah, man. The wings still haven't been cut. It'll get done this week. I'll just have to get up earlier :) I work and stay up kinda late. Too bad the kids can hear my drilling/cutting/spraying! Otherwise I'd get it done at night. I might be etching the front glass with the "id" software logo and my logo tonight tho. And maybe even get the two LED assembly blanks done, too... but that's pushing it!
 
Moose777 said:
Looks damn good. I had several failed attempts at my lightsaber window again today. I had the same problem with air bubbles. I'm actually about to try it again.

But the CTF mod is looking damn nice. That skull is cool as hell.
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Thanks for the comments! Hpe all goes well for you, but one thing I can say is that you keep trying, and that's what counts!
 
Thanks. MY case has been in pieces for about a month now. It's got no side panels on it at all. And even if I did put the panels back on there would be gaping holes.

The good news is that I got one of the windows done today. So that's back together at least. I just need to wire the lights on that side. Tomorrow I'll do the other window and then the power switch.

I want to see this project done, so far it's been a lot of trial and error. But it's coming along slowly. Thanks for the support.
 
quake 3 = the definition of fps on the pc back in the day. It was and still is my favorite fps of all time. Only reason I don't play it anymore is I took it over to my friends like a year ago and he lost it and said I took it home. I think he stole it, but he might have just lost it and tried to blame it on me. Anyways, great mod and i'm looking forward to its completion (i remember your railgun mod :(rip) and the coming out of quake 4 :cool: .
 
^^^
Thats a sad story! :p

But back to the Mod....
The flag looks sick as does the skull.
But my fav part is still the CD ROM!

AWESOME!
 
Destonomos said:
.... I think he stole it, but he might have just lost it and tried to blame it on me. Anyways, great mod and i'm looking forward to its completion (i remember your railgun mod :(rip)
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Hey Q3 is still available in CompUsa on the bargain rack for around $10! Grab yerself a copy and keep on fraggin'!
Thanks for the props. And dammit stop with the railgun you are making me sad....
:D :rolleyes:
 
Heh, I would go pick it up but i'm pinching pennies right now to save up enought to buy an audigy 2 and then I'm going to start saving for quake 4. Did anyone ever play the urban terror mod for quake 3? I used to eat that game up.
 
mmm... ctf. good to see that you got some use out of that drive.
<- add about 6k to that, the numbers are off
 
rogue_jedi said:
mmm... ctf. good to see that you got some use out of that drive.
<- add about 6k to that, the numbers are off
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Well its only the 3rd mod that Zeus has put that drive in. :p
 
Destonomos said:
Did anyone ever play the urban terror mod for quake 3? I used to eat that game up.
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Not me. Got too caught up in CTF-Instagib for a while. My wife, cousin, best friend and I all used to hold top-50 honors when "The CLQ" was up and running. The wife and her cousin d
id better than me and my best friend and they are both chicks, too :) Clan Shiny, HOOAHHH.
rogue_jedi said:
mmm... ctf. good to see that you got some use out of that drive.
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Yeah, but like Majin says it IS the third time I wanted to use it for a mod! :p
 
Almost done. Finished the wings, the pass-thru rings for the flag chains, and made the wall brackets. Used some aluminum tubing to cover the threaded rod that goes between the wall brackets and the clamps for the flag pole....:D

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You can knida see the etched symbols in the corner. I'll be painting these eventually.
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MONST3R said:
Looks Great. I must ask though, how is the dust?
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You mean the open design of the PC components (no outer case?)
Framed has been running now for over a year and it's no trouble at all. Just take the cover off once in a while and blow it out with compressed air. The cover itself doesn't get very dusty. Fingerprints are more of an issue there :)
 
that looks awesome. i take it the cover won't actually hang off the pole? or will it?
mwhahaha
 
rogue_jedi said:
that looks awesome. i take it the cover won't actually hang off the pole? or will it?
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Yeah man, the flag will hang from the pole. There will be some hinges attached soon to mount the front cover (flag), so all you will have to do is swivel it aside to work on the PC components. You like the chains? I wasn't sure if that would be too over the top, but it goes with the theme. You CAN kinda see some sort of chain or cord attaching the flag to the pole in the game.
 
I like how this mod has turned out.

One thing I would change if I did it would be to make the flag out of a black transparent plexi and only paint on the blue (maybe put a light in the computer area) so that you could see into the PC (even if it isnt much to look at). Or paint on the black area on clear plexi, then make the rest of the plexi opaque and but a few blue CCFL's in there (Maybe some red ones also so if you were at a LAN you could change the color of your flag to match what team you were on).
 
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