THe TOTALY custom painted (airbrushed ) PC project - phase 2

[R B Customs]

FINISHED -The TOTALY custom painted (airbrushed ) PC project - phase 2 - NOW FINISHED

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The Totaly custom painted WC rig - Project log

Well guys, over the last coupl months ive been Very slowly building my new watercooliogn rig. this isnt gouign to be amny normal rig though. i dont think ANything like this has been done before, certainly not of this calibur :P so the brief: Build a hiogh spec PC - Check Put it in a nice big...

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if not, here it is in a nutshell

so thats all the inside done. since those pics ive made the water UV orange and it looks a dman site better

on with the paint:
now my original idea for this PC was to ahve every bit airbrushed as possible. there are stil ofcourse parts that CAN still be paitned btu these will just ahve to wait... the sky is the limit really.

i was flicking through Bizarre magazine as usual when i came across an advert for 'the ghosts of edendale' as soon as i saw the ghost / corspe 'thing' with that big hat on i knew i had to paint it on my PC.
this was the first thing i acctualy done to the case ! but just left the pannel lying around for months.
here it is in its kinda unfinished state:

Next soem loud colour / artwork had to be added. i have a passion for all things FIRE ! lol so i figured id wrap the case in flames.
i duct taped the case pannels togeather from the inside to form a flimsy yet workable shell for me to paint. and heres the artwork about 70% finished maye?

 

[R B Customs]

Remember that picture is in its raw form !! no clearcoat yet !!


Next i couldnt wait to see what the case looked liek wioth the mesh on the side. i got my mate to half inch this pannel of mesh from work and its the hardest thing ive had to cut in my life. my idea was to ahcve the case glowing orange / red from inside through the painted mesh

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after fixxing allt he mistakes fromt he previous pic, i proceded to clearcoat the case. i originaly planned to do 3 pannels at a time, but by the time id mixxed the paint i found my self doin it all at once lol

on the bench for the clear:

See how much nicer it looks 'wet' the balck turns from that horrible flakey grey to ... black !

^^ all the pannels on my grass in the sun... looks shecshy now

next step is polishing... oh how i HATE polishing... i hate it so much, a friend of mine is goign to do it for me lol.

 

[four4875]

that is pretty freakin sexah. alot of work, and i'd have to say you're much better with that airbrush than i'd be lol

 

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[Albaholic]

Damn thats sweet.

 

[R B Customs]

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

 

[knightwolf6543]

same case as mine but wow a HOLE LOT better!!! nice work man thats some awsome airbrushing!

 

[jivetrky]

i have a passion for all things FIRE ! lol so i figured id wrap the case in flames.

I think you have a passion for fire cause you are SOO good at painting it Thing looks awesome, excellent job!

 

[four4875]

holy **** i wasnt even expecting the finish to come out that nice, i was thinking that was all in your first post, and i thought it looked sweet then. but now.... wow, that looks amazing. could make alot of money from those lol.

some ideas....

airbrush the zip ties before putting them on the hoses?
cd roms? and trays and all that?
then all the inside of the case could be, but im sure you plan to get that.
be cool if you paint the back of the case with all the pci panels and blanks in place so it is all matching up when put together.

sorry if ive mentioned stuff you've already talked about, i havnt looked at the other thread.

 

[DeViL_909]

Hey I was just wondering how you get that flame effect. My GF loves to airbrush and she wante me to ask lol. Is there a site she can look at? Looks awsome though. I had been looking in the cooling section for more and found you moved over here

 

[R B Customs]

Hey I was just wondering how you get that flame effect. My GF loves to airbrush and she wante me to ask lol. Is there a site she can look at? Looks awsome though. I had been looking in the cooling section for more and found you moved over here

Hey, the fire effect is Very hard to do to be honest. ive been pracrticing it for a while and recently found new techniques. but it seems to eb the most popular thing peopel want painting on their items to date.
theres about 20 layers of paint on there lol i couldnt even begin to explain how to do it without your eyes glazing over !


four:
thats one of the reasons i dont post process pics lol. not many people understand whats going on. but yea, the finsih will be that glossy all over the PC. im loosing the will to live with hand polishing at the moment so im just gonna leave it til i can get my mates machine polisher.

if your interested the reason for polishing is becase when you clear coat thigns, its Very hard to get an absolutly perfect coat, with no dust and no 'orange peel' . unfortunatly my airbrush skills out weigh my clearcoating skills by a mile. lol
when clearcoatign you throw about 4-5 coats of clear onto the piece and you should look to sand at least one layer off to get rid of the little bits of dust, runs, or anythign else like that.

it takes gutts to take sand paper to your artwork, but the results after its polished are well worth it.

Thanks for the kind words gents !

 

[Douken]

For being the same age as me...ur pretty sick it just makes look like if I've been loosing my time

 

[bobthemoo]

omg! you're like jesus with that airbrush!! *bows*

nice work

 

[jivetrky]

/me wonders what jesus would be like with an airbrush

 

[R B Customs]

/me wonders what jesus would be like with an airbrush

probobly like.
" erm... what the sandles is this thing ? "
lol
im thinking about waiting til pay day and just buying my self a new machine polisher... the reason i dont have one is becuase i dont usualy clearcoat my artwork... i leave that to the poeple who are good at clearcoating

so near... yet so far

 

[jivetrky]

haha...."What the sandles..."

I'm gonna see if I can make that a new catch phrase amongst my friends

 

[dz_jad]

wow. that is sweet. you have some talent, those flames are awesome!
A+

 

[DeViL_909]

So your that good with painting, but you have trouble clear coating? Lol wanna switch talents

 

[R B Customs]

So your that good with painting, but you have trouble clear coating? Lol wanna switch talents

ha ha.
i know how to clearcoat, i know all the hteories behind it but i JUST HATE DOING IT lol
its such a big thing to me, where as the paitners i know wpuldnt batter an eye lid at clearcoating anything lol.

i dont really have the facility to clearcoat things to be honest. i have what is perfect for artwork. but doesnt really adapt to clearing.

still waiting for pay... dont knwo what the sandles my boss is playign at btu i dont think he knows im in desperate need of a polisher lol !

 

[SiliconSlick]

I think i need new pants. NICE!!!