Project Lament: HellRaiser Tribute Mod

05/23/2005 Update... Killing time.

Well, the springs did not get here today (damn USPS). Since the springs are holding me up I decided to finish up some other busy work and painted/glazed the arms... I also blacked out the fingernails for visual interest.

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Here is a quick snap of my dining room/work shop, I think that if nothing else the past six months have served to prove to my wife that I need a real workshop added onto our house... she has been missing the dining room.

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I really hope my springs get here tomorrow.
 
ARTbyTROY said:
05/23/2005 Update... Killing time.

Well, the springs did not get here today (damn USPS). Since the springs are holding me up I decided to finish up some other busy work and painted/glazed the arms... I also blacked out the fingernails for visual interest.

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Here is a quick snap of my dining room/work shop, I think that if nothing else the past six months have served to prove to my wife that I need a real workshop added onto our house... she has been missing the dining room.

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I really hope my springs get here tomorrow.
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have you thought about adding a clear matte coat to the flesh parts to make it look a little more real?

side note: if your wife is anything like mine, she only wants it back for her projects. ;)
 
SpangeMonkee said:
have you thought about adding a clear matte coat to the flesh parts to make it look a little more real?
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I originally considered matte glazing it, but I saw it matte finished when the paint dried and it was bland. I like the glazed shine and think it adds something to the whole scary look, plus it kind of ties in with modding and also the back story.

I haven't really given much thought to making it look real, I have been trying to keep it realistic but have focused mainly on making it look interesting and as close to my design sketch as possible. I could always matte glaze it later as an option, after I see all the shiny parts together first.
 
My springs finally arrived a couple days ago, I did not have time to fix up the mod until yesterday, but I got a good deal done... and it is almost done. I painted the grill over the Fass-o-Matic black and glazed it to match the leather, if you look inside the neck you can see the sound activated EL inverter I am using in place of the Ultra EL inverters for the Glo-wire on the head. I also touched up the paint around the Fass hole where glue showed through... it looks pro now.

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Here is a view of the guts of the monster, all the springs are attached (21 in all) and I hope that any kinking issues have been killed.

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And here is the view from the other side, the flow meter sits over the RAM and will provide visual as to whether the W/C is working proper or not.

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I cleaned up the wiring a little and re-attached the chest section, I then attached the abdomen window section to test for kinks... I will add water and test for leaks tomorrow. Almost done, W00T!

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That is some awesome work, the hellraiser series are definitely some of my favorite horror movies of all time. But, I'd have to say I would have trouble sleeping w/ that in my room :D
 
Nice work, nice choice on the Chaintech board too, I had an APOGEE 7VJL and it was awesome.
 
ive really enjoyed your work. im a big hellraiser fan. cant wait to see more . im glad your continuing the project. :D
 
Thanks yang, Borg and knot...

Water is in and the pump is up and running, decided to test a couple of other things at the same time like some of the lighting and the LCD.

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Looking good so far and no leaks yet (knock wood)... I may have killed the CDRW/DVD drive, I will look into it after the leak test is through. Over four hours into leak testing and she looks sealed up tighter than a frogs bung, I know I cinched up everthing real good but I am still going to let it run overnight to make sure. Below is a shot of the flow-meter and guts, dark close up.

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Ladies and gentlemen...

We have first POST!

Pressed the button on the box and it fired right up, video on the little LCD and everything... bit of bad news now, after extensive troubleshooting I have determined that the slim line CDRW/DVD is defunct (there is in fact a blank CD now stuck in it). I have contacted the company I bought it from and now await a call back... I hope they are cool about it as it has only been a month since I bought it.

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I am hopeful that I get an RMA without any "You were using it other than intended" BS, still happy though even if I have to foot buying a new drive... the monster kicks and breathes, it is alive.
 
Good god that would scare the crappy out of me. :)
Good job and on congrates on the first POST!
 
The drive will try and spin up and then try to eject the CD a few times in a row when I press the button, you can see a small piece of metal in the way of the disc ejecting because the housing lifts up a little bit as it runs. It is dead, still waiting for PCAlchemy to call me back.
 
06/08/2005 Update... FINISHED.

I am not going to worry about the slimline CDRW/DVD drive being broken for now, I can replace that later and use the USB 2 CDRW/DVD drive to install Windows. I am calling this one done.

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Below shows everything all lit up and the momentary keyboard button that controls the UV LEDs for the eyes is pressed.

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And with the Lechter mask on...

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Looking down itnto the head, a red Laser LED in the forehead and the Laserpod do a nice job lighting up the brain etch.

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Here is a shot of the ceiling... mmmm, lasers.

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The pictures don't give the full effect of this mod, there are lights in motion that just don't come across in pics.

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The back of the mod looks as good as the front...

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Fill port and red LED switches...

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Had to add the final touch...

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Lastly, the keyboard, mouse and mask...

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I will install WindowsXP on it later tonight and post some more pics...
 
Good job on the HellRaiser mod. I find it a tad creepy but it is a good work.
 
07/11/2005 Update... Finished for real this time.
The longer it sits here the more ideas I get... but enough is enough and it is now good and finished. I swapped in a Geforce 6200 for the Radeon 9250 and also replaced the broken slim line cdrw/dvd drive. Here he is hooked up to my monitor, sitting next to the mod it looks smaller than 21". It is hard to capture the lighting and effects on camera as good as they look in person...
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Profile shot to show sculpting and painting detail of the head, the glo-wire is not glued down but fits tight and can be removed if needed.
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Top down showing the laserpod and laser LED shining up the brain etch, also below is a good representation of the brightness of the red glo-wire.
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Close up to show detail around the eyes...
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CREEPY...
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Close up to show detail around the mouth...
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The completed and fully functioning chest section.
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Close up shots of the 6" LCD and Fass-o-Matic res...
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Looking through the belly window you can see the GPU block and nothbridge chipset block, all the tubing was spring covered (21 springs). The following picture shows the CPU water block and connections... not shown is the HDD water cooling block as it resides beneath the removable motherboard tray.
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The areas around the arms were difficult to make fit together let alone make look good, but they do.
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I had to make a trap door in the arm to access the power and volume buttons for the speakers as well as the headphone plug
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A cut piece of a milk jug, leather scraps, velcro and liquid electrical tape make for a pretty spiffy door.
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Flash off, a belly shot...
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Flash open shot to show hands and box detail...
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Here he is evilly eyeballing down the vacuum cleaner...
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Finally, a parting shot of me pressing the button to make the eyes glow...
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Looks pretty cool!--congrats on the completion. I just have a couple of thoughts--Although the laser is neat I think it's a bit too whimsical for a Hellraiser theme--maybe something more along the "pain as pleasure" concept, or even some organic, morphing animated mass inside that head would have tied it in. Something about the shoulders doesnt quite look right, maybe its the stiffness in the arms or the roundness of the shoulders--could just be the angles of the pics. I thought for sure you would sculpt the hands and give them a more dramatic and lifelike pose, since you sculpted the face so nicely. Overall a good job!--some interesting techniques were shown that I'm sure will be helpfull to future modders!
 
CrimsonSky said:
Looks pretty cool!--congrats on the completion. I just have a couple of thoughts--Although the laser is neat I think it's a bit too whimsical for a Hellraiser theme--maybe something more along the "pain as pleasure" concept, or even some organic, morphing animated mass inside that head would have tied it in. Something about the shoulders doesnt quite look right, maybe its the stiffness in the arms or the roundness of the shoulders--could just be the angles of the pics. I thought for sure you would sculpt the hands and give them a more dramatic and lifelike pose, since you sculpted the face so nicely. Overall a good job!--some interesting techniques were shown that I'm sure will be helpfull to future modders!
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Lasers are deadly, not whimsical. If they shot all over the place crazy and fast that would be too much, but they are actually quite subtle and I feel they fit the theme well.

Shoulders are speakers, it's a monster so the shoulders can look distorted... the rest of it does.

Hands, the way they are positioned is not that dramatic but this way it looks as if he is gently caressing the box and also the box is entirely visible.

It looks best in person, see you at QuakeCon.
 
well thats cool I was just asking..I still think the twinkling lasers don't fit a Hellraiser theme but if you like it thats all that counts! ;)
 
08/06/2005 Update... OK, I finally hear the song of the fat lady... done.

Well, good enough never is and the "mod it til it bleeds" mentality made me mod more. I now have a modded two wheel hand truck to make transporting the mod easier, and the finishing touch to round out the mod... a custom mousepad. I had a broken puzzle box that was crying to become something, so I sanded all the sides of each piece of the box to the edge of the pattern and lined them up. Together the six pieces were not quite large enough to provide a decent mousing surface so I decided to use plexi glass to fill in the rest of the mouse pad and black Krylon fusion (I was out of vinyl dye) to make it all match up.

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I like to use folded paper to help me get a center line and measure stuff out, paper also makes for good templates once everything is measured. After I got the size of the mousepad figured out I used a soda cap and a small plate to add the needed curves onto the piece of paper and then cut out a template.

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If you are a serious modder and don't own a plexi cutter you need to update your mod toolbox, I cut a piece of plexi big enough for the wrist rest section and also a piece for the base.

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Leap of faith time (as Sheldog23 would say) no pictures of the next couple steps. I used a Dremel with a ripsaw blade to cut everything to shape, glued it all down, then filed and sanded everything to fit. I rough sanded then sprayed the black Krylon Fusion onto the wrist rest section and also the back of the mouse pad. I added some non slip black crap to the back of it and this mod is DONE. Below is the finished product.

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If you are wondering if an optical mouse will track on the surface of the puzzle box mousepad the answer is yes, it works surprisingly well with my Logitech MX510.
 
Awesome movie, awesome mod. Pinhead ( I know thats not him ) had one of the coolest movie quotes:





"Your suffering will be legendary.......even in Hell"
 
Oh, THAT''s the effect you were going for! :D
Nice work. A prize winner! :)
 
I am extremely impressed with this mod dude! What do you do for a job? You had to have acquired these skills somewhere, and if you're not making a buttload off of them then you need to loose your day job :p. Seriously though PHENOMENAL job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D
 
Slick stuff, do the eyes shift whenever you move your mouse? That would be about the only thing I could think that would make that thing any more creepy than it is already. Awesome work.
 
They should do a "Completed Worklogs" folder just for things like this (maybe even lock the threads). Completed worklogs (maybe edit out all the posts not dealing with the project construction) that are truly works of art and don't deserve to sink into the oblivion we all know as the second page ...
 
I am extremely impressed with this mod dude! What do you do for a job?
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I am a butcher at a grocery store.

Slick stuff, do the eyes shift whenever you move your mouse?
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I have two buttons modded into the keyboard, one controls the UV lights for the eyes and the other controls their movement.

They should do a "Completed Worklogs" folder just for things like this (maybe even lock the threads). Completed worklogs (maybe edit out all the posts not dealing with the project construction) that are truly works of art and don't deserve to sink into the oblivion we all know as the second page ...
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Good idea, I am going to implement it into my site.


For those that have not heard, I won first prize in the Creative QuakeCon case mod competition ($2500)...

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Oh and Mr. Capello, the lasers were a big hit. I wish you could have made it to the event to see for yourself...
 
And the Hellraiser mod kicked ass. Just goes to show you that you can do something worthwhile without having to quit your job and be backed by corporate sponsorship. There are still original realworld mods out there that can be done by realworld guys.
 
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