Holey Moley - A case mod

matt100 · 7 Dec 2006 at 18:27

WJA96 said:
You may not like the case itself but you have to marvel at the quality of the workmanship.

yeah, shame Tom couldn't contain himself and stick around a bit

WJA96 · 7 Dec 2006 at 18:34

I think it will be the same for anyone who wants to make money on Hardware. Tom sells cases and watercooling stuff so he is a competitor. The other chap who anodizes Lian Li's hardly ever posts here now either, which is a shame as his work was also superb.

I can't help but think that OcUK should be selling these people's stuff - even on a referral basis eg. Have a new section for pre-modded and then OcUK refer you to a 'specialist'. OcUK supply the base kit at a margin, the customizer takes his bit and everyone is happy.

matt100 · 7 Dec 2006 at 18:38

I agree, individuals are hardly "competition" for ocuk selling things they don't sell, services they don't offer etc etc but thats another discussion altogether.

I know Tom very well and I think the case is awesome, I planned to do the holes thing on my pc7 (idea copywrite matt100 c2006 lol) but I just didn't have the skills/patience etc for it. Say what you like about the colour but the mod is very skillfuly done.

six5tring · 10 Dec 2006 at 22:27

Well I should hopefully get the case back on tuesday... so will start looking at what other little things I need to do to the case before it is ready to be populated!

six

six5tring · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:18

Hey all... quick update on the case. Been far to busy with work to do anything really but have now got a snail added. Wasn't sure at first when I had it done if i'd made the right decison but it now hits the sweet spot in my heart just right.

Six

WJA96 · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:27

Sorry, but I think you've ruined it. It was lovely, understated (if a Pink PC-777 can be understated). At least it should be easy to airbrush out.

matt100 · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:02

what does Tom think of that? I thnk you've trashed it too tbh, hours and hours of careful understated modding.. and an airbrushed cartoon snail??

wtf?

malccy · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:13

I'm not sure about the snail motif either but have to say that if he likes it then fine - it is his case after all.

Trusty · 28 Jan 2007 at 19:13

Unfortunatley it really doesnt look as good as it did, sorry bro!

vincent1989 · 28 Jan 2007 at 20:30

i dunno, i think it finishes it of just right, maybe it's a bit to big, but it just seemed way to plain before, i hesitate to say i like it, pink not being my colour, or my certain lack of love for snails but it doesn't look any 'less' than it did before

BFG_9000 · 28 Jan 2007 at 21:59

Loose the snail.....

G|mp · 28 Jan 2007 at 22:51

I know its his case to do with what he wants bt seriously WTF?

I thought the pink was bad enough but :eek:

Black and Green neons that case would be sweet

Alex R · 29 Jan 2007 at 09:18

Not my kind of thing, but it's all in the eye of the beholder.

Azza · 29 Jan 2007 at 09:25

Dont like that snail. But its your case so you can do what you want.

Messiah Khan · 29 Jan 2007 at 10:19

Love the mod work and colour. But seriously.. loose the snail!

Misan · 30 Jan 2007 at 14:36

Could we 'LOSE' the snail instead? I'd hate to think of a 'LOOSE' snail.. I mean imagine what would become of the world, with all these LOOSE snails slithering around.

Messiah Khan · 30 Jan 2007 at 14:43

Misan said:
Could we 'LOSE' the snail instead? I'd hate to think of a 'LOOSE' snail.. I mean imagine what would become of the world, with all these LOOSE snails slithering around.

Go to Nuremberg you grammar nazi!

WJA96 · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:21

Misan said:
Could we 'LOSE' the snail instead? I'd hate to think of a 'LOOSE' snail.. I mean imagine what would become of the world, with all these LOOSE snails slithering around.

Better loose snails than apparently pedantic posters.

Hi!

Sometimes it can be really funny to twist someone's mis-spelling, or exploit loose grammar for a decent double entendre but it usually only works with someone you know well (on or off the boards) and it has to have a big "

" next to it just in case your humour is less obvious to everyone else than it is to you. If your humour falls flat (like it has here) then you look like a boring pedant.

Most of the people posting on here are University students bunking off lectures (they also bunked off their English classes at school which explains their excreble grammar and spelling) so you tend to have to turn a blind eye to the appalling way things are written.

At least the moderators don't tolerate text-speak and you'd be really hard pressed to find anyone swearing.

So, to recover the thread focus - What do you think of the case?

Brizzles · 30 Jan 2007 at 16:18

WJA96 said:
So, to recover the thread focus - What do you think of the case?

IMO the Lian-Li " Conch " to give it it's correct slang name ( i'll stop the snail talk ) was the finest asthetically / designed case there has been.

I tried to source a black one but £200+ was too much for my budget.

The top mod is excellent and the anodising ( if it's a deep purple and the camera flash is just distorting the colour) is superb.

Fair play and i'm extremely jealous.

Mark

(But the small painted Gastropod looks a bit cheap and out of place , sorry

)

Dwbreeze1982 · 31 Jan 2007 at 17:53

nice case mate, love the colour but i have to agree with the majority vote and LOSE the snail. Keep up the good work and post some more pics with an update soon hopefully