First Case Mod - SuperMod

Mattman

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This is my very first attempt at a case mod. Looking at some the others here - especially some of the aluminum/watercooled rigs - this one is sort of primitive. It started as an Antec SLK3700AMB, but I thought the grey was a little blah. I figured to try something simple and somewhat "theme" related.

I used the technique in the case painting sticky and I think it turned out OK. Any comments (or constuctive criticism) welcome.

 

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Lights Out

 

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you should paint the inside of the drive bay cover a superman blue

(my 2 cents)

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could you explain this top thing i am seeing,
plexi, grey paint? what?
thnx, keep it up

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I like that idea. It seemed that the hardest part of the painting was making sure everything was masked properly.

 

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It's polycarbonate with a silver/frost translucent backing (decal). It's backlit from below by the CCFL's but I'm thinking of adding a laser led to hi-lite it.

 

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aaah now i see, i couldn't really see it was a window.
very nice, keep up the good work
one of these days ima gonna paint my case gloss black possibly with some design or diff color highlights

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I think it look really nice. Nice job with the paint. I was too scared to try to paint my case, but yours looks great. I bet it's really good for a first time, too.

If you want to go really far with the superman theme, you could get a custom fan grill with the superman symbol in it, and then make a nice blowhole in the top of the case.

Really nice, though!

 

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yeah that is a nice mod/paint job
keep it up foo

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Excellent job!! If this were your 18th attempt, I'd still be impressed.

Looks very neat. That Antec is a great case, isn't it?

 

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what did you etch the superman logo with on the side panel?

 

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The logo on the side panel is actually a custom decal made from the same material as silver/frost on the top window. I just wanted something to catch a bit of light.

Your local sign shop/graphics store should be able to make whatever you want.

 

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Your Aero blower is still mounted upside down on the heatsink! Pop it off there and flip it over.

I'd show off my modded case, but I didn't do any work on it. Its just a cheap pre-mod that I only got because it had a side panel fan and blowhole in it already. It has nice blue lighting just like yours though.

 

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I think you should put superman's doll inside your case