This case project has been hanging out in my sketch books for about 2 years now. I have been waiting for a customer to come along who would give me absolute freedom to make this project as thier own. By now I am tired of waiting and I am just going to build it and get it out of my system. Sometimes you just have to make what your brain keeps smahing you over the head with. So instead I will be donating this case to Controlled Insanity.com to give away after it is completed as I really don't have a use for it in my own home, I hope one of you out there will enjoy it in yours.
The worklog is also mirrored at Controlled-Insanity and
Gruntville. If you just want to see pictures and no posts or text you can look directly at all the images of the case by going HERE
The Project Summary follows with photos, here are a few things not shown yet so I will just briefly describe whats going to happen.
The front bezel will be movable to allow drive access, how it will move is not decided yet, it may be hinged or operate on a slide moving up and down, time will tell. The new bezel is fiberglassed foam (think surfboard)
with a handmade aluminum grill.
The inside bottom of the case will be upolstered in a tuck and roll fashion in deep red faux leather, the idea being it would resemble the seats in the car.
The flames will be hand painted, this is where the Satan part comes in, I am going for a twisted organic mass of tourtured faces/souls in various shades of red/orange/yellow, the pinstripes around the flames will be incorporated into the painting rather than just painted on over the edges of the flames. The unflamed parts of the case will most likely be black, but i might do somthing called interference black, which has a slight navy blue tint to it in varying light. Clearcoat covers the whole thing. the chassis will remain stock aluminum in color.
The front side-byside 80mm fans will be replaced with a single 120mm front intake.
The idea is for this case to resemble the hood and grill of a 30's era hotrod, the days of coffin hoods and flames. I chose this and the name based on my love of this era of cars. These body styles are among the most beautiful cars ever made. The bezel will be replaced with a grill like bezel and the top of the case will be bulked out into a tapering domed shape. The idea is not for it to look exactly like any one car make or model, but to be somthing entirely new borrowing from all.
Both side panels are windowed with flames.
The coffin shaped top panel in foam and fiberglass, the flames are symetrical and wrap over the top of the hood and down both sides.
The hood top cured, filled and partially sanded.
got the bezel sculpted and cored out, ready for skin.
The worklog is also mirrored at Controlled-Insanity and
Gruntville. If you just want to see pictures and no posts or text you can look directly at all the images of the case by going HERE
The Project Summary follows with photos, here are a few things not shown yet so I will just briefly describe whats going to happen.
The front bezel will be movable to allow drive access, how it will move is not decided yet, it may be hinged or operate on a slide moving up and down, time will tell. The new bezel is fiberglassed foam (think surfboard)
with a handmade aluminum grill.
The inside bottom of the case will be upolstered in a tuck and roll fashion in deep red faux leather, the idea being it would resemble the seats in the car.
The flames will be hand painted, this is where the Satan part comes in, I am going for a twisted organic mass of tourtured faces/souls in various shades of red/orange/yellow, the pinstripes around the flames will be incorporated into the painting rather than just painted on over the edges of the flames. The unflamed parts of the case will most likely be black, but i might do somthing called interference black, which has a slight navy blue tint to it in varying light. Clearcoat covers the whole thing. the chassis will remain stock aluminum in color.
The front side-byside 80mm fans will be replaced with a single 120mm front intake.
The idea is for this case to resemble the hood and grill of a 30's era hotrod, the days of coffin hoods and flames. I chose this and the name based on my love of this era of cars. These body styles are among the most beautiful cars ever made. The bezel will be replaced with a grill like bezel and the top of the case will be bulked out into a tapering domed shape. The idea is not for it to look exactly like any one car make or model, but to be somthing entirely new borrowing from all.
Both side panels are windowed with flames.
The coffin shaped top panel in foam and fiberglass, the flames are symetrical and wrap over the top of the hood and down both sides.
The hood top cured, filled and partially sanded.
got the bezel sculpted and cored out, ready for skin.