FX gets a face lift

[Fx-53]

while i patiently save up to replcae this POS graphics card :bang head i decided it was time to update my mismatched jumble of randomly colored parts :beer: into a sweet lookin case with a monitor keyboard and mouse etc. to match. Cant bring myself to watercool it. SOmething about putting water into my case next to an 800 dollar processor makes me feel oddly bad...........dunno why that could be????????? Anyway im an idiot and forgot to take pics of the case before i started but ill keep posting pics here of the progress. anyway fixin to try to post the first pics now. Case is gonna (i think) end up blue with some old school flames in silver and chrome illusion. Anyone have any experience with painting a keyboard btw?

[safronz]

Sorry no experience with keyboard painting, but I like your signature, can't wait to go to aTm next year! whoop!

[Fx-53]

http://www.drift-cav.50megs.com/photo.html

ok go there and look for pics(that or explain how to shrink the pictures) ill post everytime i update

We'll be happy to see you next year btw. You thinkin about the Corps? drop me a line if you want info after i get up there.

[Fx-53]

http://www.drift-cav.50megs.com/images/1.jpg
hey it worked that time cool


oh and case started out black with a dull looking silver ont that front piece

[safronz]

That's looking great! Must have been a bit of pain to mask off everything and paint it two different colors. So you cut those things out on the panel on your own? Looks pretty smooth :thup:

My two bro in laws and sister were in the corps and my sister fractured her pelvis during her time as a cadet. I think she was in k2? Uhh I don't remember. They weren't in the band though. I don't plan on joining myself, seems like corps is too hard on girls, maybe not the band side but I don't play an instrument. I'll just enjoy yall at the football games!

[nafdaos]

Is that the mentaur case?

[Fx-53]

safronz- that front piece thats in primer pops off....didnt have to mask thank god

nafdaos- to tell yo the truth i realy dont remember who made this case........they have them at the local computer store and it was the only cheap replacement i could easily find. ill try to find out who made it(probably still have the box around here somewere) Got a couple more pics of the progress on the case and the mouse comin later on tonight

[Fx-53]

new pics
http://www.drift-cav.50megs.com/images/2.jpg
this is it without that piece on the front
http://www.drift-cav.50megs.com/images/3.jpg
http://www.drift-cav.50megs.com/images/5.jpg

pics may go down from time to time but ill get them back up as fast as possible.......ocasionaly they lock my pics for remote linking but not often. Anyone now a free hosting service for pictures that i can remote link to?

*edit*yes i will paint the top i ran out of paint*edit*

oh yeah i need an opinion. should i use 2 cathodes and an led fan power supply or use 3-4 led fans. just lookin for opinion cause i can afford one or the other not both

[Fx-53]

New pics theres more on my website

http://www.drift-cav.50megs.com/images/8.jpg

i like that silver........im fixin to start wet snading the paint and see how it looks when im done.....thatll determine if i need to add another coat

[shard]

its called the chenbro gaming bomb

and the paint needs more work

[Fx-53]

yeah that was the first coat.....i sanded it down and put another one on it just a little while ago it keeps bubbling on me. Ive got a pick with two cathodes i picked up yesterday in it but i dont have them posted yet

[Evil T C]

tips for keyboard painting....

strip it down( duh!) spray it all seperate. get some polystyrene and a load of cotton buds. push the cotton buds into the back of the keys then into the polystyrene so that each key stands on its own wee stick, makes it much easier to spray. you can get printer paper from modelling shops to make your own transfers for the letters to go back onto your sprayed keys (remember the transfers from airfix models?) you print it on with plenty of ink, cut them out then soak them in water and apply to keys. then put a coat or two of laquer ontop.

good thing bout that is you can choose your own font.

[stan03]

some of your pics aren't working
"remote linking forbidden"

[Fx-53]

hmmmmm there all working for me......lemme see whats goin on

[safronz]

They all work for me

[G-PHoRCe]

if you want best result when you paint don't stop spryin until you are not on the surface to be painted anymore... do some long smooth strips because if you stop in mid-way, your paint won't be smooth and you'll have some drips and different shades... what i recommend the most is to do multiple fine layers until you have the concentration or color that you desire...and one more thing try to spray at atleast but no closer than an inch.
http://primeminista.free.fr/Images/HeroVsZombie.gif

[G-PHoRCe]

oh and also try to grind or scrap up the original paint of the case so you'll use it as a primer and your new paint will last longer...
http://primeminista.free.fr/Images/HeroVsZombie.gif

[Fx-53]

well i had to fix up another case so i could use it temp.........lan party tommorow night. im having massive porblems with overspray(my oops) so its gonna take a while

[depthad]

i suggest 6inches away when spaying, if the paint it still color issues... gets some water nuke it and let the spaypaint sit in the ho****er bath for a bit then spay while the spaypaint is still warm (it creates a thinner paint) and spray that on from over 8 inches i know your thinking "8inches thats insane?!?!!" well with thin paint it will drip a little more, But it creates a more even coat. also think of a printer when spaying go back and forth.

[Fx-53]

yeah i usualy shoot from about six to 8inches(i paint watrhammer minis.........if youve ever painted something that small and detailed you learn real fast thin is good). I had a little oops with the dog while i was painting......needless to say i made a big mess........i put the comp in another case i had that was missing a side panel( just made one out of plexi) for the moment. hopefuly ill manage to get this one back on track and finished before i leave for FOW week and cant workon it anymore. Its not easy to work on it right now cause my mom i still in the hospital.............were haivng to go up there alot