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The canvas for this PC build is the Cooler Master 840 ATCS
If you would like me to make you a D-9 grill, $40 + shipping (will ship overseas, I accept Paypal)
2x 120mm fans, 15mm spacing to fit Feser, Black Ice & Swiftech Radiators
email me, pcbuilderATmnpctech.com
If you would like me to make you a D-9 grill, $40 + shipping (will ship overseas, I accept Paypal)
Log Update 10/02/09
CNC milled front intake plate with "DISTRICT 9" theme
I've cut the window from Lexan. It's tougher than plexiglass/acrylic, but 2 or 3 times more expensive. It won't shatter or crack "easily" You can buy Lexan sheets at Home Depot, Lowes and some hardware stores like Ace.
The window will be fastened with 1/4" socket head screws, for reinforced armour look
Using center punch to mark each fastener hole.
Roper Whitney No. 5 Jr Hand Punch kitavailable here Hand punch (estimate $60 new)
"Look Ma, No deburring needed!"
The benefit of using Lexan is that you can drill or hand punch it without cracking it.
Clean hole cut! I love Lexan.
Using 3/8" drill bit
Using wire cutter to make cracks around the hole
Etching Rotary Tool (or Dremel) Engraving Bits
Using the dremel to emulate some cracks
I'm adding bullet holes to the case too, so I drilled holes in the 840's aluminum panel. I then used a tin snip and needle nose plier to cut and rip the 3/8" hole open
Exploded hole in right side panel.
One of the easiest steps to fit this theme was replacing the OEM handle on the Cooler Master 840 motherboard tray with machined aluminum handle. I had one spare handle left over from our previous stock. The new version has been revised with rounded finger grips, as shown here, http://www.mnpctech.com/MnpctechBilleth ... ooved.html
1/4" thick acrylic sheets as the reinforced segments of the side panels.
The "Pumpkin" Orange color was done first. The perimeter of the " exploded hole" will be airbrushed by Brad with a burned surface effect
The 840 normally comes with Black frame 230mm fans, no leds.
side panel
Left side panel, the hole will have burned effect airbrushed on later
Flexible conduit cables!
Here is some screen shots taken from the movie trailer on Youtube. I think it's important to have the prawn canister implemented into the case. If Cooler Master had requested watercooling, it would been fun to make a reservoir based on the canister, but the system will be air cooled. We have some 2" diameter solid rod on hand we could use to re-create something close to it. I have some ideas, but want to have it my hands first before I commit to them.
4" UV cold cathode.
UV looks Blue in the photos
The window will be painted to look murky, like the original canister
Prawn canister window was tinted like original
Our Prawn Canister.
RUSTED GPU!
Watch E.E.L. Embiense demonstrate how to use the Sophisticated Finishes products for adding a rust effect to your Mods.
I think Christopher left his scrap PC out in the rain a few times. To create those results, I apply the Iron Surfacer to the top panel first, then the Rust Solution after 10 mins. I repeated these steps over different locations on the exterior. The more Rust Solution you apply, the more Orange colored effect you get.
This method can be combined with 4.5" flexible tubing to isolate cool airflow. Imagine one end of the tube attached to a 120mm cooling fan in front of your case. The 4.5" Flexible tubing can be found at Mcmaster, http://www.mcmaster.com/#duct-hose/=4zltce or you can "try" the "Heating & Cooling" department at hardware or home improvement stores like Home Depot or Lowes.
Whats this? It's a cannibalized Mitron Interlink, 3.5" bay fan controller
Updated 12/26/09
Mnpctech Painter, Brad Galvin starts the transformation from pristine to weathered and dilapidated. He starts by creating the illusion of a scratched-up exterior, imagine Christopher dragged his computer in the gravel. Did he have to wrestle it away from somebody at one time?
The Orange & White exterior finish has been scratched done to the bare metal. This is done by hand using enamel "One Shot" Silver paint and a paint brush.
Notice the paint is chipped around the bullet holes.
The weathered and rust effects are hand painted and airbrushed by Brad on the main body, bezel, top panel and backplate of the Cooler Master 840 case.
Optical drive that Christopher stole from Multi National United.
E.E.L, this your case or you just decide to submit a drawing for it? Very nice design idea and concept I might add.
No, not my case, although I wouldn't mind. I'm Bill's designer (or pixel-wrangler, as I like to refer to myself as ), so I'm regularly asked to create concepts of upcoming projects for MNPCTech.
Are you going to etch in the bullet marks on the side window?
Amazing mod thus far, and we've only seen the grill. Good work Bill, I like it.
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), so I'm regularly asked to create concepts of upcoming projects for MNPCTech.