Vault 111 by PEXON

pexonpcs · 20 Jul 2015 at 21:38

Hey guys!

Time for another update, albeit a small one. I did hint that I had been working on some ideas for the cables. I have used Teleios sleeving in Mid blue and Yellow and had a play about with some distressing ideas.

I have used a solution of strong coffee to stain the sleeving. First outcome was very successful. The coffee/ heat made some of the dye in the plastic material to leach out and the overall colour of the sleeving was dulled down, perfect! I have also burnt some of the sleeving away using a jet lighter and used some dye, ink and sharpie pen to mark some of the spots and burns to add some texture. Clear shrink is a nice idea as I can put some coffee underneath it before shrinking, for even more gnar.

The photos were quickly snapped with my Note 4 so the quality isn't great!

On a side note, I have started to spray the panels and case with laquer to protect and ensure the weathering done so far will stay put!

Thanks for looking

colinmcr · 20 Jul 2015 at 21:47

I love in the last pic how you have tons of sleeve just lying there. When you say about using laquer I kinda felt disappointed as I feel like your build is almost "organic" and should age with time naturally.
Enjoying your build though, nice to see something not so clinical for a change.

pexonpcs · 20 Jul 2015 at 22:13

I did think about not using laquer, but I feared that the work gone into the weathering would just get washed away, especially if I am going to be taking it to LAN and people will be looking at it and possibly picking at it. I know I am being skeptical, but thats just the way I am. You can't really see it, I am going to get some wet and dry on it anyway, to distress it even more. I can understand your thoughts though, only got the top and front done at the moment, so I may hold fire on doing the rest. The rust is not taking to the side panels like it did on the front and top anyway.

That sleeving is nothing man. We have like 100 spools of different stuff on 5 sticks and 2 different buckets full of spools of Teleios, Techflex and super special sleeving. The workshop is a wreck at the moment, due to the workload, but once I get it tidied up, I will snap some pics of all the sleeving

Bicepo · 21 Jul 2015 at 08:27

I'm Sooooooo Glad you got round to doing a log of this, Saw some images on facebook. Excellent work, I can't wait to see how this turns out!

pexonpcs · 21 Jul 2015 at 09:23

Cheers dude! Next task is to sort the PSU out, so I can start wiring up the lighting and planning on how I will run the fans

FL630 · 21 Jul 2015 at 10:05

I love the concept that to make a PC look worn out and old takes way more work than new and shiny

Will be watching this, not something I'd be brave enough to do on my own PC, but a great project all the same.

Wilko_Dog · 21 Jul 2015 at 19:12

Those cabled look epic ! When's the next update ?

Brian18741 · 21 Jul 2015 at 20:13

great job distressing, they look very authentic!

mushtafa · 21 Jul 2015 at 21:07

I remember braiding my cables, small snag, binned it. And here you are burning it and staining it lol

colinmcr · 21 Jul 2015 at 22:33

pexonpcs said:
I did think about not using laquer, but I feared that the work gone into the weathering would just get washed away, especially if I am going to be taking it to LAN and people will be looking at it and possibly picking at it. I know I am being skeptical, but thats just the way I am. You can't really see it, I am going to get some wet and dry on it anyway, to distress it even more. I can understand your thoughts though, only got the top and front done at the moment, so I may hold fire on doing the rest. The rust is not taking to the side panels like it did on the front and top anyway.

That sleeving is nothing man. We have like 100 spools of different stuff on 5 sticks and 2 different buckets full of spools of Teleios, Techflex and super special sleeving. The workshop is a wreck at the moment, due to the workload, but once I get it tidied up, I will snap some pics of all the sleeving

Would like to see some pics of the workshop etc, bit of a geek for that stuff. I get you about the laquer I guess protecting it as is will be a good choice if its getting moved around a lot. I suppose you won't be too bothered about the odd bump lol.

pexonpcs · 21 Jul 2015 at 22:43

Hey guys. Time for another update. I managed to have a little play about this evening after some food and finishing up in the workshop.

Just got in and imported these pics. I had a go at messing up the acrylic on the side panel. I used a few methods to weather and create the damage. First off, I drilled out some random holes on the acrylic, a hammer was used to smash out the gaps in between the drills holes, this worked pretty damn well. There were some random cracks and even some parts of the acrylic that just came clean off.

I used a dremel to add some more cracks and dinks. I applied some solder cleaner/ IPA and lit aflame, this just smoothed over some of the sharp edges and the heat warped the panel a little bit. Nice!

I also managed to whip up a small LED strip to go along the bottom of the case to illuminate the panel. I may change the lighting in the case as you can see the strip if you look down on the case and into the main chamber, its just distracting, perhaps I can find a way to refract the light a little more.

Thanks for looking!

Wilko_Dog · 21 Jul 2015 at 23:27

this thing is epic ! Wish I had the money and the balls to pull something off like this , I'll be checking back in this time tomorrow for more pictures hopefully

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GAM8LE · 21 Jul 2015 at 23:33

Will be really interesting to see what your plans are for the internals! Looking great

Keechy · 22 Jul 2015 at 02:30

great build.
Are u planing on putting a system in it ?
keep it up

pexonpcs · 22 Jul 2015 at 09:43

Cheers guys!

Yes, this will have a full waterloop in it. Planning on getting it all done for iSeries in Winter. No more pics to speak of until I start getting hardware

fantasticCG · 22 Jul 2015 at 10:47

Bloody amazing work m8 attention to detail is superb!

pexonpcs · 22 Jul 2015 at 11:38

Thanks so much!

BTW your username is incredible

pexonpcs · 23 Jul 2015 at 23:32

Hey guys, I'm back with another update.

I am very happy to say that I have my first sponsor for this build, Overclockers! They have very kindly supplied with a Super Flower Leadex 1000W Gold PSU. I have worked with Overclockers on various project utilizing these PSUs and they are truly epic units. The build quality is awesome, they are quiet and easy to make cables for. Just go and look at any review for these PSUs and you will see how well they fair!

I was after a Leadex PSU for one reason, the fact that they have universal connectors for EPS, PCI, Molex and SATA, this means I can switch and swap the positining of connectors and not have to worry about the lengths. If I need to, I can do all the cables for the GPU and EPS connectors off just 2 PSU connectors, meaning I can run the pump, fans etc straight from the PSU, no need for Molex male and females, adapters and so on.

Thanks again to Mark, Steven and Chris at Overclockers!

www.overclockers.co.uk

Here are some pics of the beaut!

I didn't waste much time on getting some cables made up! A simple Molex cable in a chain of 3 to power all the LED strips in the case

Got the cables and strips sleeved and terminated in the top left of the case.

Worked a treat!

I did actually remove the bottom LED strip and make a new one. The original one was stuck on the floor of the case, I actually installed the new one on the lip of the case, where the side panel goes on, so it cannot be seen, the glow is a little more subtle too.

Thats it for this update, I am so happy I got the PSU, now I can work on cables, even after I finished working on them for customers all day lol!

khemist · 24 Jul 2015 at 00:03

If anyone can do the cables right, you can!.

Brian18741 · 24 Jul 2015 at 00:06

This keeps getting better and better! It looks so authentically beat up and worn out it's hard to believe it's not!