So at the turn of the year I finished my latest build which you can find logged in full here:
Project Smurf
Basically once it was finished it looked like the below, wrapped in a white carbon finish which turned out pretty nicely (it was a royal pain in the ass to do though):
The Revival!
For whatever reason I decided I wanted a different finish recently so undertook the rather long and dull task of getting all the wrap off... Man that stuff was welded on after months of heating and cooling! What I wanted to achieve was a more interesting colour finish and make the build look matt, so I ordered a bunch of Plastikote paint in matt White, 'Mediterranean' and Grey. The paint is top stuff and i'd recommend it as a nice cheap alternative to some of the overpriced paints, picked it up on Amazon for about £5 a can.
Once i'd finally got the friggin wrap off I sanded down the glossy plastic finish (which I just think looks cheap, sorry NZXT) ready to paint. Several coats and colours later it now looks like the below, i'm really happy with the finish... What do you think?
The fluid comes out really blue in the photos, in real life it matches the rest of the build!
Also painted the SSD cases to match, the sides are blue and top matt white, one is a bit dusty in the picture but i'm too lazy to take it again cleaned up
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Replaced the very cheap window plastic with some good quality acrylic, looks nicer now and i'll be honest I put a massive scratch in the old window
And finally here she is chilling on my desk.
I haven't had chance to sort out the lighting again yet, the connectors where a bit dodgy so i'll need to replace the kit at some point but the fluid is UV reactive so looks a bit like this in low light:
Now all I have to do is squeeze two 1080's in there in a month or so...
Project Smurf
Basically once it was finished it looked like the below, wrapped in a white carbon finish which turned out pretty nicely (it was a royal pain in the ass to do though):
The Revival!
For whatever reason I decided I wanted a different finish recently so undertook the rather long and dull task of getting all the wrap off... Man that stuff was welded on after months of heating and cooling! What I wanted to achieve was a more interesting colour finish and make the build look matt, so I ordered a bunch of Plastikote paint in matt White, 'Mediterranean' and Grey. The paint is top stuff and i'd recommend it as a nice cheap alternative to some of the overpriced paints, picked it up on Amazon for about £5 a can.
Once i'd finally got the friggin wrap off I sanded down the glossy plastic finish (which I just think looks cheap, sorry NZXT) ready to paint. Several coats and colours later it now looks like the below, i'm really happy with the finish... What do you think?
The fluid comes out really blue in the photos, in real life it matches the rest of the build!
Also painted the SSD cases to match, the sides are blue and top matt white, one is a bit dusty in the picture but i'm too lazy to take it again cleaned up
:
Replaced the very cheap window plastic with some good quality acrylic, looks nicer now and i'll be honest I put a massive scratch in the old window
And finally here she is chilling on my desk.
I haven't had chance to sort out the lighting again yet, the connectors where a bit dodgy so i'll need to replace the kit at some point but the fluid is UV reactive so looks a bit like this in low light:
Now all I have to do is squeeze two 1080's in there in a month or so...
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.... very easy on eyes too.