The Custom Painted Everything project - phase 2

R B Customs · 28 Jun 2006 at 17:46

for those of tyou who have been following THIS THREAD

you will have been left on a cliffhanger as to where the outside of the case was going. for those of you who dont have a clue wahts going on...

This part of the project is concentrating on the outside of the case and other mods inside, lighting, wirign etc etc

if you CBA to sift through the other thread, heres phase one in a nutshell:

And heres the outside of the case so far, its almost finished, the crappy finish you see on there is just a lashign of 'intercoat' its just to give me an idea of what exactly its gonna look liek when its laquered, and brings out any mistakes.

that little pic in the top left is an example of the burning gas effect i use, it basiaccaly simulates the blue gas burning off the ends of the flame licks, it appears and dissapears as oyu move arounf the case, and in different lights etc

When it is finaly clearcoated, it will look liek its been dipped in glass :-D

The other side of the case is similar, as is the front, still soem refinign to do but NO MORE for today, need to look at it tomorrow atleast with fresh eyes

R B Customs · 28 Jun 2006 at 18:06

matt100 said:
do you have troubling dreams?

looks awesome!

i almost did last night when my mam came runnign and screaming up the stairs tellign me the paint had reacted allover my case... when it was just the cleart/tinted purple maskign fluid i has covering the guy with the hat lol.

for anyone whos interested, the guy with the hat is form a film called the ghosts of edendale, i saw the advert for it in bizzare magazine and couldnt resist painting him on my case tbh, he just looks sooo... cool lol

i keep looking at thatpic and noticing part i need to change, for example the thick black line around the left hand side of the bloke... thats GOTTA go lol

R B Customs · 28 Jun 2006 at 18:10

Thats a picture of the pannel with just the block on, that pannel was sitting around for ages til someone give me a nudge to start the flames lol

R B Customs · 29 Jun 2006 at 12:18

THANKS GUYS !! !! !!, ive found that art, and airbrush art in particular is a very subjective thing, but it seems that most of you like it

lol.
im still gonna protest that the inside of the case is not tacky lol. its beautiful... its just impossible to take photos / compress the sp that it doesnt look so bad.
but that could also be due to the fact that your all seeing so much of it ! this wont be as apparent when the sides are on ofcourse !

A.N.Other said:
That really is amazing. How did you get into airbrushing? In the other thread you said you were looking for some driving lessons, so I take it you're 17 ... that's pretty damned good work for a 17 year old.

close mate,. im 18, but ive been doing this for a while, i got into it via model making(been doing that for 5/6 years)... kinda got dropped into the deep end when i was about 14/15 as my mother told a sign comany that i could airbrush stuff then the next thing i knew i hadf to paint the bonnets of 2 skylines ! lol scary stuff !

ichabod crane said:
looks awesome!!! is the hat a bit out of scale tho?

on the grey picture.... the hat is totaly wrong lol, that piccy was taken weeks ago before i re worked the guy, the newest pis including the fire etc is the correct size / shape though

Beserker said:
No Business promotion / askuing for services.

yes guys, please dont ask stuff like this, i cant answer them.

Now the other suide of the case, i have made a mesh pannel, also painted in fire, its quite a fine, punched steel sheet, but ive testes it already and it serves the purpose of being see through, and carrying the fire, it is interchangeable with the clear plastic window though

R B Customs · 29 Jun 2006 at 23:09

no updates as such yet, left my glasses at my girlfriends ladst night lol, no painting. im off to replenish my stocks of laquer tomorrrow though, so i expect to be clearcoating on monday. 3 pannles at a time though, so not quick work !

i did take delivery of 2 Akasa amber 120mm's today though, so i have a push pull type thign goin on, btu i may make a shroud ofr somethign for it.

keep checking in, should have soem refines pics tomorrow maybe

R B Customs · 4 Jul 2006 at 00:00

jsut a test of the side pannel i done. looks pretty funky all lit up.

probobly gonna start laquering things tomorrow

... i ahte clearcoating lol... what a horrible job it is

R B Customs · 4 Jul 2006 at 16:27

ALLLLL the parts are now laquered, need to leave em for a day or two before i start the task of flatting and polishing.
ive got the nagging feeling like ive forgotten something but im pretty sure its all there lol.

eugh i hate clearcoating with a passion lol

R B Customs · 4 Jul 2006 at 18:25

Gigabyte 3D Aurora

R B Customs · 4 Jul 2006 at 21:22

ChoÞÞer said:
wow

lol i told you all it was gonna be loud !
clearcoat is hardening nicly, got one poxy run in the clear... but luckily im not the oen polishing it as my mate ( my usual clearcoater) as opted for the job... itl take till he end of the week but its worth it lol

after the polish its almost done... when i have a nice surface to work on ill use my other favourite technique and add some old school pinstriping over the top of the flames. the beauty of pinstriping though.... if it looks crap you have 3 hours to wipe it off lol

R B Customs · 5 Jul 2006 at 10:44

soooo close to my dreaded job... polishing :'(

pannels lyin in the sun cos im not sut a patient bugger as i used to be lol

R B Customs · 5 Jul 2006 at 13:43

One pannel 'flatted' - basically sanding the pannel donw until the surface iis perfectly smooth, then it is polished

ive sprayed soem water on this one to show the effect polishign will have

Now i COULD wait for my mate to polish it, or i can jhave a crack at doing it by handf, like ive done here, you can see where ive p[olished, and which bits are left flat by looking at the reflection of gras.... DAYUM thats shiney

R B Customs · 5 Jul 2006 at 15:09

R B Customs · 5 Jul 2006 at 22:15

orderoftheflame said:
is the inside of the door not getting painted?

looks as if the outer layer is primer at the moment from the pic above

surely it'll look aweful when the doors opened?

no thats just masking tape, the drive fronts are black.
i was gonna paint the fronts of the drives, or blanking plates but its just not practical. i may be adding. removing the drives in future.

the inner side of the acctualy door its self is just black, but im probobly gonan pin stripe it as a finishing touch.

R B Customs · 9 Jul 2006 at 15:03

since iv got nothign much to uupdate, i was lookign through my pics and found this rather embarrasing one...

was taken ages ago. before i started my mission on learning about watercooling lol.
this project has been in the making for months now. i painted the inside of the case AGES ago and its had just been sitting around with the thermal take WC from my last PC in for a while.

call it a 'before' pic

btw, can you tell my last PC had a green theme ? ha ha

**EDIT**
after
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R B Customs · 10 Jul 2006 at 20:56

Black liquid ?
none what so ever !. you can get Black Tygon tubing, but i cant think of anything to make the liquid black to be honest .

im now in the process of getting of fmy 'just left college' back side and settign up business. parents givving me a grant to start off with so a machine polisher is first ont he list !
be patient young padiwans lol !
Rick

R B Customs · 11 Jul 2006 at 21:28

ChoÞÞer said:
damn, i fort it was blue :O

Whats blue?
is it an animal or soemthing :S... certainly not a colour IVE ever heard of

no updates for a while really guys. im in the process of starting up the business side of things, parents givving me grant ( of which will but my machine polisher) and then i can get this baby polised and assembled.

R B Customs · 11 Jul 2006 at 21:40

Cobra said:
Nice!

You doing anything to the kb/mouse/monitor?

i was about to attack my mouse... but its started playing up, so might be gettign sent back :|

keyboard... probobly.
monitors... cant be bummed / dont wanna **** em up
plus as youv all gathered, wjhen i do personal projects they take me a long LONG time lol. so id have bits of a minitor and KB&M lying around for weeks ha ha

ive painted my phone though... does that count ?

R B Customs · 11 Jul 2006 at 23:06

cameras not in cradle, maybe tomorrow gents. think my brothers took it to photograph his mini... ( his car lol, not his unit )

cant take pics with no camera can ya !!.
it looks just liek my waterblocks lol, it was paitned in the same batch

R B Customs · 12 Jul 2006 at 09:53

JunkBot said:
You have inspired me

Thread to follow lol (and im not joking) But will be on a much MUCH smaller scale than this baby!

heh ! cool
im awaiting your thread.

im thinking barebones or something?
and cool, your across the river from me in newcastle ! greetings from sunderland !

R B Customs · 12 Jul 2006 at 22:36

lol okay so were all local.
guysys im totaly stuck at the moment,. i leteraly am smack bang in the middle of setting up *the official* business. loadsa stuff to do. and i have to wait til next week before i get my loan type thing to buy my machine polisher.

since your all beggign for piucs. heres one thart features yours truly, and the mini ( lol )n AND ive taken the liberty of framing it for you also !

btw. i look like ime waerting 3 layers of padding... becasue i was lol that was 3AM in the dead of winter, painting my brothers car uin an un familiar shop. i hate the paitn job but ihe loves it so 'meh'