Project: Mod in a Week // "Fallout Cause SP"

[Luciel]

4th Day - Tuesday 29-11-11

Today has been a bit slow, this is because I went to buy the yellow I wanted to use for this, and they didn´t have the exact one I wanted in the usual paint I use. So I bought the tone in a paint I´ve never used, it´s still acrilic and is completely fine and compatible with the primer and lacquer I use, it´s purely it´s water/paint/density rations that are different, no idea why. It has ups and downs, the up is that it´s much thicker than the paint I normally use, meaning two coats is enough for a solid color. The down is that it takes 4-5 times longer to dry, which is fine if you´re doing a solid colour, you just get it over with and leave it overnight to cure. But when you want to add other tones on top like I will be doing, it´s annoying because you waste a lot of time on it being ready for the next coat. But aniway doesn´t really matter. I covered the sections I dont want yellow and started painting.

First Coat:

Second and last yellow coat:

Have to wait till tomorrow but the process will be darkening it with a black paint mist so no area has the same tone, sanding it down first to prep for coating and further down to show usage and deterioration right in to the metal. Once done, rusting effects all over the place, more concentrated obviously where there are openings.

It´s easier to show you than to explain it, but you´ll see tomorrow!

Thanks for reading!

 

[de.das.dude]

im starting to think, you actually want the case too look bent and distorted

 

[Luciel]

well, yeah, that´s kind of the point

 

[de.das.dude]

then really should have used a shotgun LOL.
or dropped it from a running car

 

[Luciel]

dont have a shotgun, nor would I want it to be beant beyond being able to put it togueter.

 

[de.das.dude]

lol.

 

[Luciel]

plus I find doing the effects with paint more fun mate ; )

 

[pantherx12]

Why did you cut the heat pipes!?

Should of used some kingston hyper x ram or something else regular sized instead of that corsair stuff, ram doesn't get hot unless you overclock the balls off it.

What a waste of a cpu cooler though : [

 

[Luciel]

It was more a question of using what I had (and have) at my disposal, the ram was ultra cheap, 10€ for the 4gb and the coolers where 2x1, so if in the end I decide to, I can swap the cooler for the other 1

 

[Luciel]

5th Day - Wednesday 30-11-11 - Update 1

It´s paint effects day!

First I took off all the masking tape used to make the lines and I descovered I didn´t totally cover one of the grates so paint leeched through to the inside of the case. At first I was like, easy fix, just repaint the inside, end of that. But as I looked at it further, I kind of like the effect, it gives the inside a bit of a glow, so for now I´m going to keep it:

What do you guys think? Keep it? or repaint the inside black as it was originally?

Aniway, now the the important part, here you have the outside with the exterior masking tape removed:

Now with the interior tape removed and the first two effects done, darkening of the colour in an irregular pattern and with copper dark red drops everywhere to simulate dirt and other paint degradation/damage:

While that is drying I went ahead and started sanding down all corners and curves in the other part of the case to simulate abuse:

and applied the rusting effect:

Repeated the process with the lcd panel´s frame:

Now that it´s dry, I started doing the rust effect to one of the openings on the side of the case, here´s the first layer:

And the second irregular layer with the second component, essentially giving the final look to the rust on that opening:

That´s it for now, a second update later today, thanks for reading!

 

[r9]

I`m looking forward to seeing finished project. Keep the good work.

 

[Luciel]

thanks R9, final picks on Saturday : )

 

[de.das.dude]

Why did you cut the heat pipes!?

Should of used some kingston hyper x ram or something else regular sized instead of that corsair stuff, ram doesn't get hot unless you overclock the balls off it.

What a waste of a cpu cooler though : [

adds to the effect

 

[de.das.dude]

by the way im double posting just to say the paint job is supe awesome. specally the effects! you should paint the inside in some rusty color as well.

 

[Luciel]

thanks : ) and thats defo a good suggestion mate, I thinkg I might just do that ; )

 

[Luciel]

5th Day - Wednesday 30-11-11 - Update 2

Cold cathodes and wirless keyboard/mouse arrived which I´ll be using (and in the case of k+m, modifying it) on this project.

I continued applying usage, abuse and rusting to the borders, openings and imperfections of the case:

Now the back of the case, which you wont eventually see much off since the screen will be mounted on it but still:

And finished with the front side:

And the top:

Tomorrow I will deal with the front:

Still haven´t decided what to do with it.

Once that is out of the way I will assemble the case to have a complete look to it and see if I feel like changing something or if I have to do any touch ups and so on.

I will also get started (and hopefully finish?) with the keyboard and mouse.

The day after that, which is the final day I will assemble the whole thing and take some final picks.

Thanks for reading!

 

[mdnelson09]

This thing is frickin cool! i had to sub!!!

 

[de.das.dude]

5th Day - Wednesday 30-11-11 - Update 2

Cold cathodes and wirless keyboard/mouse arrived which I´ll be using (and in the case of k+m, modifying it) on this project.

I continued applying usage, abuse and rusting to the borders, openings and imperfections of the case:

http://www.neonit.net/images/falloutcausesp/64.JPG

http://www.neonit.net/images/falloutcausesp/65.JPG

Now the back of the case, which you wont eventually see much off since the screen will be mounted on it but still:

http://www.neonit.net/images/falloutcausesp/66.JPG

And finished with the front side:

http://www.neonit.net/images/falloutcausesp/67.JPG

http://www.neonit.net/images/falloutcausesp/68.JPG

And the top:

http://www.neonit.net/images/falloutcausesp/69.JPG

Tomorrow I will deal with the front:

http://www.neonit.net/images/falloutcausesp/41.JPG

Still haven´t decided what to do with it.

Once that is out of the way I will assemble the case to have a complete look to it and see if I feel like changing something or if I have to do any touch ups and so on.

I will also get started (and hopefully finish?) with the keyboard and mouse.

The day after that, which is the final day I will assemble the whole thing and take some final picks.

Thanks for reading!

looking awesome bro.

as for the front, how about some scratches and rusty color?

 

[Luciel]

6th Day - Thursday 01-12-11 - Update 1

1st of the month, white rabbits!

cough*cough*ahem... aniway!

As I mentioned yesterday, the wireless keyboard and mouse arrived. I could´ve gone for something fancier but to be honest I really like the standard logitech oem combo, it´s cheap, great quality, sturdy and lasts just about forever. So here we go, keyboard sanded down, masked and ready for painting:

First layer done:

And the same process as with the rest, darkening, particles, and... rust! I´d never though I´d say this, but, I really really really like the whole rusty look it´s turning out to have (originally I planned for only a bit).

And now I´d like to thank everyone on every forum this is posted who helped me out with suggestions for the front of the case.

I ended up mixing two suggestions, one was rusted out front and the other one was olive green light coat with a light coat of the yellow I used on the rest of the case on top, so here you have the result:

More later today, thanks for reading!

 

[Luciel]

6th Day - Thursday 01-12-11 - Update 2

This for me is quite simply, the cherry on top:

Took me about 2 and half to 3 hours to get it just right, to get that look like it´s been stamped on the case rather than painted (in my oppinion aniway), hope you guys like it!

Tomorrow starts the final day (ends mid-day saturday), and as of now, all the modifying and painting is finished so tomorrow I will be assembling it all togueter (ps: didn´t take pictures but the psu, dvd rw and hd have been painted black, it´s almost my signature thing to paint all possible components so... nothing fancy, just mainly so no ugly grey bits to see through the openings) and taking loads of pictures of the final look which will conclude succesfully the "Mod in a Week" challenge.

Thanks for reading : )

 

[ste2425]

looks bloody brilliant crnt wait to see the final thing, should try to hinge the keyboard of the case some how

 

[de.das.dude]

awesome

 

[PopcornMachine]

Wasn't quite sure where you were going with this at first, but now it looks brilliant.

Very nice work.

 

[Luciel]

thanks guys! : ) yeah it´s defo one of those that you don´t really know wtf is going on until it gets closer to the final look : )

About the keyboard, I know, would be cool to do that but don´t really have a way to do so : /

 

[scaminatrix]

Man, on the first page I thought you was a complete loony, but this is starting to look pretty damn good!