Case Mod - Tango/Assassins Creed - Painting,Cutting,Frosting

[mikeo01]

Hey all,

Started a mod months back which went wrong, so I decided to do it all from scratch it's themed around Assassins Creed and my love for the colour orange

Taken me a couple of months, my first time. Hope you all like it decided to post the whole log here.

Before I start I want to say thanks to Pob255 for giving me some great suggestions for this mod! So thanks Pob

Original

Plain simple case. I did use vinyl which turned out awful



Things I used

Some simple things I used for the extras, sponge neoprene for vibrations and stopping scratches with some acrylic glue.

Used shelf holders for holding the acrylic in place (orange) and the black ones are for inside for the front fans



Sanding + Cutting

Sanding
Top panel destroyed

First I cut the top to make an opening for free air to move out the top



Rear fan space eliminated

Then I destroyed the rear fan space.



Side panel punched

Next was to punch a great big hole into the motherboard panel for hot air from behind the board to leave freely. I flattened it out later with some blocks of wood.



Acrylic side crafted

The acrylic window was cut to size and kind of stencilled away at the film to leave the logo on



Cover up!

The top fan bay which is removable was covered up and so was the front bezel so I could start spraying it later




Began sanding

I then started sanding everything down.

[mikeo01]

Painting (Primer, colour
Side Panel, Fans and PCI slots Primed

They were Arctic Cooling F12s, primed up PCI slots and the motherboard panel is also sprayed with primer here.



Black Matte chassis complete

Black matte sprayed. Multiple layers were used. He also had a good wash mid process where I then added some more coats for the final look





You've Been Tango'd Front bezel, fans, PCI

My orange finish





Extra Touches (Window holders, damping)

The Side panel's Damping

Added my neoprene around the edge for a cleaner finish but also to stop vibrations (I also added these to the major closing points in the case where vibrations would occur).



My Window holders (a.k.a Shelf angle holders)

My little added holders where the window will slot into place



The frosted Window!

My frosted window complete



Finish Shots

Finish shots of the mod. My acrylic on. The bottom pictures shows the top fans inside the case as well as the rear panel








I do have UV lighting in there, but due to my crummy camera's lighting (as you may have noticed ) I couldn't fit it in. Basically the orange paint reacts to the UV light so my orange fans and PCI slots light up

[herulach]

The assasins creed thing is a bit much for me, but good effort with the window in particular. What did you etch it with?

[mikeo01]

Window, Stanley knife and a steady hand it was all I had to shape it

[herulach]

No I mean what spray did you use?

[mikeo01]

Just bog standard frosting spray made by the Paint Factory. Pretty cheap stuff.

EDIT: Yes looking at those pictures I do see the logos are overkill so I'm going to go with plan B (my original plan A), to spray the whole front bezel orange. The more I look at the front the more it puts me off

[Lil-Diabo]

Good work on the window.
But I have to ask, what is that black stuff around the border (assuming it's neoprene) it looks like you put it on both sides?

PS where did you get the acrylic window

[mikeo01]

Thanks also yeah that's neoprene. Because I take it off a lot I knew I'd end up scratching it. Also to stop vibrations, my last window would shutter against the side.

Acrylic, just bought a sheet off eBay and cut it myself I decided on 2mm because 3mm was quite chunky to me.

[DeadPan]

Nice job man, the frosted window looks awesome!

[mikeo01]

Thank you!

That's my favourite part. I'm still working on this mod, got a few more things to do.

Painted the front bezel black and using orange vinyl for the sides at the top as the paint has actually reacted badly to the plastic, whoops.

Next on list

• LEDs into Fans
• LED strip
• Wire LEDs up to Molex / 3-pin
• Give another Base coat to my build
• Clear coat!