Project Om custom case and computer in 8 days

[Morphes]

lol tell me why i was just about to ask him how much the mod cost this guy? I am curious as well, i wouldve charged atleast $150 for the time and effort of this

 

[BlackCat]

A quick note: i apologize for not getting these postings up till now but it took two all nighters to get it completed and i was just to exhasted to post so without further ado on with the show...

Day 7 busting ass

Day 7 went very well got a lot done and got a lot of things ironed out so on with the pics right... here you go...

so a few posts up i mentioned a disaster right... well the problem is there were some minor holes in my outer coating on fire and earth so when we went to paint into the 3rd coat it started melting on me.... so ... both ended up haveing to be remade go figure at the last two days let this serve as a leson just because your in a hurry doesn't mean you should rush shit that can't be...

and fire only got worse

So the Om finally made it onto the right side panel heres a few pics of the pattern traced on...

Trace on metal of the Wind symbol since the original kinda self destructed.

The design phase and printing it out

Got the blow hole cut out.

Back to wind...
Cutting the sheet aluminum (and yes you finally get to see the man behind the mod since we have a stand in photo man today my long time friend and ass saver... Randomosity)

Quick shot of the original wind symbol to compare unfortunatly this is the last time it was intact and you can even see the lines where it's breaking..

Cutting the wind... Lots of pics Rand liked the sparks...

Back to the elements
Got the base coating on

Temple coming along
Top after bondo was sanded

front finally coming along.. shapped..

The top shapped roughly

Another coat of bondo

sanded and stacked

Time for a break for food... who can identify it... great meal time entertainment.

the answer in the next days posting

Temple facade bondoed and sanded AGAIN

Finally getting to the base color coats

Water

Wind

"

Then the temples final sanding

Picture of the metal wind plate and the shapped "tyres"

Wind in place

And finally the replacements for Earth and Fire

 

[derrick1623]

great modding, keep the pics coming until the very end! i want to see the look on his face when he gets the case!!

 

[rogue_jedi]

did you have mountain dew and ________ or just mountain dew?

looking good... i'd agree with the "not rushing" thing. i've screwed up enough stuff (not necessarily case mods, but just in general) by rushing things that shouldn't have been.

good luck finishing it!

 

[darkisz]

Great work, I'll be keeping an eye on this.

Time for a break for food... who can identify it... great meal time entertainment.

It's GIR from Invader Zimm. Hilarious show, and looks great on a side window

 

[-UrbanAssassin-]

Mod is coming along nicely.

 

[twyztyr]

This is a hell of a project.

 

[mashie]

Ok guys, cut the crap, I don't give a shit of what you think how other modders look like.

The mod is turning out great btw.

 

[BlackCat]

Yeah so i finally have gotten back to posting this i do apologize for the wait as soon as i got off this project and got it where it was going i got another to do. so i'm posting in the wait time. Here goes...

Day 8 LAST DAY of the build was hectic as all hell... hence... A LOT GOT DONE.
So on to the pics

Got the right side panels Om etched in...

As well as Wind etched into the front plexi piece.

The metal plate i was working on used as template...

Time for PAINT.... Primer coats on EVERYTHING
Earth

Temple Black

Water and Wind

Fire

More temple parts... white

Second coat of actual base color on most of the pieces
Earth

Underside of the temple black

Water Another Base coat

Fire Base Red

Air (wind) base coat white

Underside and base coat temple white

Starting the actual color coats on all of them...
In this picture you can kinda see the color change effect on the water
Dual color paint goes on all the elements unfortunatly cameras can't pick this effect up very well so heres the run down
Wind - Green/Silver w White Base
Water -Purple/Blue w Black Base
Earth - Blue/Red w White and Silver Base
Fire - Magenta/Gold w Red and Gold Base

Water the blue comes out really nice in this pic and yes there are a few grey highlights in there but they aren't nearly as profound in Person i think the flash picked them up to much.

Wind A few grey shadows in the cracks just to give a little more depth

Red hasn't made it to the final dual color yet but heres a few of the gold highlights

Water trying to catch the purple but getting blue again

Time for the blowhole well to keep the Zen gardens sand out of the box and in the garden

Top view you can see how it encompasses the fan hole made brick by brick.

Back to paint here you can see the begin of the dual color on the fire gold comes out really nice

Earth first coat just darkens it with a little more shine to it

Water getting close to final coating

Wind you can see a little of the green and a lot of the silver

Front metal plate all polished up and looking good

Testing the diffusion of the light on the etch for the front panel yes i know the blue looks good but red is going in later it's just a test.

two pieces put together

Test fit of all to make sure everything is still working right

Front plate in place

Looks good if you ask me

So another problem i had was i ordered YELLOW Cold cathodes and they sent me these looks pretty white to me.... so i went through all the people to get them replaced and returned blah blah guess what they sent to replace them THE SAME WHITE LIGHTS...So screw it lets make our own

Run to the hobby store pick up some supplies and poof one light is yellow

Poof now the white lights they seem to think are yellow ARE yellow and i can use them

Have to do something about this power supply its a mess

And about 20 minutes later how nice a themed, sleeved, nice, and tidy power supply

Top cover for the zen garden cut the well painted and the top repainted

Time to start on a little extra for this box considering the guy is a smoker and musician i figured while sitting there editing a song he'd probably want a smoke now and then right... so why make him have to search for a lighter.... screw paying 20-30 bucks for one lets make our own...
Base hole cut

test fit it in there... looks perfect

Wire that baby up and poof one instant press and pull computer lighter so he'll never have to leave his chair.

Line for cutting since i need to get the red light through to the right side panel and it won't fit between the mobo tray and the side panel so we fix it.

Starting the wiring on the front plate to get some light in there and make the thing glow.

Ahh yes the etching on the Zen garden Almost forgot those pics

Love

Honor

And of course i have to sign it too... Black CaT

the Red lights given a coating of red to try and make them more red than pink.

Get the power supply wire all bundled together increase airflow and just make it look a little better

Light it up

And you all get to wait a little longer for the finished pics

 

[zapperfish]

This mod is coming along very nicly

 

[xhx]

That looks incredible! Really great job.
Did you put a fuse inline to the cigarette lighter? Might be a good idea...

 

[Reaper]

is that a plastic bay cover? i have a bit of a premonition that it might melt where the lighter is mounted if it is, and melting plastic is not a good thing

 

[TheGamerZ]

It wont melt, I've done it before.

 

[BlackCat]

no the lighter doesn't produce as much heat as you might think and please no comments about the heat it generates i already took that into consideration. The fan directly behind it pulls out the heat as it's produced makeing it cool to the tough in about 3 seconds after the lighter has poped

 

[UT-Jackal]

looks good but i think you should not just leave the huge bunddle of wires out in the open. You should hide them and what not and it would look alot better. But the rest looks great.

 

[BlackCat]

actually turn out i ended up doing the entire process again to a diffrent PSU for the simple fact that the other one stopped working on me no obvious reason as of yet but a lot less clutter with the new one.

 

[pilotman2004]

I'm assuming you are working up some pics of the latest setup then?

 

[BlackCat]

working on the final pictures right now cropping and resizing and such. relax no coverup or changes to the actual box. so i should have the final pics up for everyone later today. keep an eye out and thanks for the support.

 

[BlackCat]

So finally i have gotten around to posting these pictures after it's been done for over 2 weeks. but here we go...

First lets start out with a nice mood picture...

and poof let there be light..

I think you've all watched the worklog and if you haven't just go back over the previous posts from this point i will let the pictures speak there words...

Cig pack stash spot

Ash tray

So there you have it lots of pictures of the end result. The guy i made it for LOVED it and sat there for a few hours staring at it while we chit chatted constatly saying things along the lines of... "This is mine.."

Over all the time limit was tight for this level of custom but honestly i could have used the time a lot better than i did. this was quickly followed by another that i will begin posting in soon that i only ended up with 5 days to complete. so thank you all for your support through this project and lets end it with probably one of my favorit shots of this case.

Oh yes and a quick comparison to see where it came from...

 

[TheGamerZ]

*applauds*


Very nice job, very nice indeed.

 

[Peach]

nice work!

 

[compslckr]

very cool mod, i just read through the entire thread before posting this and it is always fun to see the progression of a full case mod. The only thing that i would have done differently on this mod is paint the front of the case a nice dark red coor insted of leaving it white.



i really like the detail on the element's pieces (wind earth fire etc.) very original and unique mod. i like it! keep up the good work!



maybe your next project should be washing and waxing your pontiac though (fellow pontiac driver)

 

[Majin]

That is very AWESOME!
I love what you turned that bland case into!

I need to clean up the various fan wires in my CM Stacker and I want to do it right.
Q: What did you use to sleeve your wires?
Please PM me with the Answer.

 

[BlackCat]

maybe your next project should be washing and waxing your pontiac though (fellow pontiac driver)

LOL yeah probly should huh looking pretty bad... damn winter snow

 

[BlackCat]

So with this project completed i've posted some new updates on High octane that i think you will all like check it out Here

 

[awdark]

Interesting. Neat design
I like that idea of the case window looking like it should have rice paper windows

What is that blue stuff you were working with in the beginning to make the parts to it?

 

[DarkMonkey]

I like how you used the foam to make all those little additions and I love the hidden ash tray.

 

[R!P13y]

One of a kind, but i dont know what is with the sig. lighter you a hardcore smoker or what...?

Good Work

 

[BlackCat]

the person that now owns it is a musicain and plans to use the computer for such and is a smoker so i thought it would be much easier in the middle of a song to pop the lighter in rather than searching for one.

 

[X NetJag X]

BlackCat - I PMed you, but I guess I can ask here as well.

How did you paint the styrofoam? Did you cover it in something first so that it would not melt?

 

[MasterFrmMO88]

I absolutley love the zen gaden on top. Very Awesome Idea. I might have to steal that idea myself . naaa I dont have anything to use it on yet, need to start another mod soon...

But anyways, great work.

 

[R!P13y]

the person that now owns it is a musicain and plans to use the computer for such and is a smoker so i thought it would be much easier in the middle of a song to pop the lighter in rather than searching for one.

That is tight.. again good work

 

[BlackCat]

First let me say flat out that no this isn't exactly my style but it was what he wanted so i worked with it the best i could. as for the lighter you know what if he uses it great (which he has raved about it many times) if not he can always pop it out of there. and the top of the "Ice" which is actually crystalin is painted but with the color changing paint it's hard as hell to capture the color with a camera.

 

[SC385]

my next mod is going to be to put a cigarette lighter in my case!!!

 

[1337m0dd3r]

looks great

 

[shoney]

looks really cool, i would of stained the wood red though.

 

[mashie]

Holy batman thread revival.