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Sorry. had to be done. :p

PK!
 
Hey w3bbo, looking really good.

Out of interest, which 60mm fans did you use in the OCZ cooler? I have the same cooler and was considering replacing the fans too.
 
10/10 for creativity w3bbo, now you just need to improve thoses brush skills :p

and SO much better that the silver or black option.

You might have consider a more stylised stripe design that follows the direction of the holes, maybe even with some white highlights. As the perforations are working slightly againest your design

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Excuse the quick photoshop mockup - it's just an idea I had looking at the painted cooler in isolation, When installed it really lifts the whole case aesthetics.

Five starts from me also and really looking forward to the glamour shots :cool:
 
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Now while black looks a lot better, I still felt it still didn't 'fit' with my theme. It left a big dark area on the motherboard area which looked kinda out of place. I tried using some orange leds behind the mesh but that didn't look right either so I got a little creative:

Note to self - must wait for things to dry before taking pics :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/webbo10/IMG_0279-1.jpg

The paint is AC ryan acrylic UV wasn't exactly easy to use on a mesh surface but the effect I was after comes out fine under UV I think you'll agree:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/webbo10/IMG_0281-1.jpg

Well thats pretty much all the work done now so I just need to do a few tidyup operations and then I'll take the 'money' shots.

Amazing effort put into this, thread definitely worth 5 stars. You don't make PC's and sell them by any chance? A pretty penny people would pay for such great customized work.
 
Quite simply... WOW! :eek:

Loving that tiger stripez look!

5 stars from me! :cool:

gt

Wow very nice, that cooler is huge!

Wow man, that actually does look immense, well impressed

Naud

loving the work so far w3bbo keep it coming

This thread is grrrreat!
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Sorry. had to be done. :p

PK!

Looks great almost finished! :)


Cheers for the compliments guys, especially the 5 stars!:)

Hey w3bbo, looking really good.

Out of interest, which 60mm fans did you use in the OCZ cooler? I have the same cooler and was considering replacing the fans too.

The fans are Evercool 60mm fans. They are twice as thick as the original ones so to fit them you have to bend out the original fan screw holes, pop the new fans in and then bend the screwholes back over the top to hold them in place. Sounds ghetto but works quite well.

10/10 for creativity w3bbo, now you just need to improve thoses brush skills :p

and SO much better that the silver or black option.

You might have consider a more stylised stripe design that follows the direction of the holes, maybe even with some white highlights. As the perforations are working slightly againest your design

IMG_0279-1revA.jpg


Excuse the quick photoshop mockup - it's just an idea I had looking at the painted cooler in isolation, When installed it really lifts the whole case aesthetics.

Five starts from me also and really looking forward to the glamour shots :cool:

Tbh I only did it as an experiment so didn't put that much thought into it. I was gonna use some white but I was afraid the white would come out looking purple/blue under UV. I will however re-do this part of the mod eventually with some spray paint as the paintbrush method looks a little uneven without UV light.

Amazing effort put into this, thread definitely worth 5 stars. You don't make PC's and sell them by any chance? A pretty penny people would pay for such great customized work.

I do make them and then sell them but only for my own enjoyment and generally only really when I want to update it. I'd love to go into business doing it tbh, or maybe have a little sideline going part-time.
 
I don't say this often, but that is truly superb!

Love the amount of effort that gone into this, colour co-ordination and the attention to detail.

Great pics too, well done :)
 
Sorry for the lack of updates guys and thx for your kind comments. I'm just waiting on a few little bits and pieces to arrive aswell as finding the time to complete it, which due to the kids being off for 2 weeks is hard to come by!
 
P&P would cost the GDP of a small country - not that they would know what to do with it anyway.;)

Anyone know how to make red (read pink) cathodes orange? I've tried marker pen and I've also tried using led strips - neither of which look 'right'.
 
Yeah thought of that bought having trouble sourcing some. The same sort of stuff stained glass windows use but I can only find bulk orders.
 
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