Project : Lupine

Thanks guys!
THe logs that I produce are my way of sharing, and learning from everyone, it benefits me as much as it benefits the reader through all of the feedback I get from the various forums.

As for the night shots, those will *hopefully* happen later tonight/early morning. I will be wiring up the custom power lines and the LED lighting, possibly a CCFL if it is not too harsh... we'll see.

I have a few more acrylic touches that are in my head, that if I have the time/energy to pull off... I will... Not sure if they will make it into the 1st round of the Coolermaster competition (cutoff is the 31st, tomorrow), but if I make it past the 1st round, then my addidional touches that I add will be visable on round 2! ;)

Also, in addition to the Coolermaster competition, I'll be entering it into the PC Club CM4 competition. If any of you are members of those forums, keep a look out for the voting times!

Vote honestly, please. All I want is a fair shot at the competition! :)

Back later with "lighty" pics! (hopefully!)
Thanks again guys!

I think you are going to like what I have in store for my next mod!

;)

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Originally Posted by TAZTG

OMG, everything looks great but the Graphic Card. Come on man a Blue PCB card with Blue Heatsinks and fan.. I think your getting lazy on us.. You should have replaced the Heatsinks and Fan with a nice Purple one.. j/k ;) ;) Damn, that looks great. The Side Panel Window and everything fits together nicely. Can you please please post some Nite Shots with Lights on.. I won't to see that baby all lit up in her glory..
Thanx Again for posting your LOG.. I can only hope your Wife appreciates this masterpiece as much as we do. She should give you a hug and a kiss each time she fires that baby up.. :) :)

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Yeah... that blue bugs me too.... but it is all I have! ;)
If I had the luxery of $$$ then I'd go out and buy a proper video card, but I won that one, so I cant argue with the color! :D

I hope this buys me some brownie points with her... especially if this thing start winning awards in the various contests I enter it in! ;) I think that would make her just "that" much more happy with her machine! :)

PS cleaned up, and the custom power cabling has been built, tested externally, and installed! ;)

Pic came out a bit darker than I wanted it too... but the general construction can be made out on this pic:
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/...owercable1.jpg

Installed:
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/...owercable2.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/...owercable3.jpg

And the Power Supply lines have been loomed
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/ps_loom.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/ps_loom2.jpg

All that is left is building my LED lines and creating a plug for them, and testing out CCFL lighting within the case. . That will happen tomorrow, now that the power cabling is out of the way!

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L !!!

Congrats on this project man, this is awesome. I knew it would turn out looking magnificentely! Great job! I don't know what else to say, I'm out of words here...

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I think you are going to like what I have in store for my next mod!

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Ohh... hoho... I seriously can't wait for that one now. Actually keep it a secret for now at least, let it be a nice surprise or something! I'm pretty sure it's gonna as awesome as this mod! :)

Yes, I am sure the Brownie Points will be coming. This is a beautiful case and the Color Theme alone is awesome throw in the Wolves and its Party Time tonite. Now that little scratch we see next to the Hard Drive, don't let it get to ya. Its what we call Character.. I get those all the times and it drives me crazy, I know its driving you crazy.. I am interested in how you touch it up..

The *scratch* is steadily moving up in priority from "background annoyance" to "nails on a chalk board" annoyance!
;)

Thanks guys! If I have my camera handy, I'll capture the scracth repair. I already fixed another piece using a similar technique, and nobody caught it... so I'll do the same thing here! :D

Very nice cable management and clean up.

Great job man! You really paid attention to detail and it payed off, looks really professional. :cool:

Very cool love the color, I hope that since I will be living back in NYC in just over 30 days.. That I will have access to a full assortmant of tools :P And I will have the motivation to get back to modding a case I bought back 2 years ago or so... But it sat in the garage now for that long :P

But now without a wife to nag me, who knows what I will be doing.. Hopefully good things will come.

Hold on... wiping the tears of joy from my eyes...

*sniff*

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Ok... here's the reason why...
The etch came out better than I could have "ever" dreamed! I pictured it, and I'll be damned if I'm not looking at what I pictured!

I've honestly got tears in my eyes!

Jeeeezzzus....

Oh... pics... here ya go!
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/lupine_1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/lupine_2.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/lupine_3.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/lupine_4.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/lupine_5.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/lupine_6.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/lupine_7.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~craig.tate/lupine/lupine_8.jpg

I had to snap through these pics to meet the deadline for the Coolermaster competition, (beat the deadline by 30 minutes! *whew!*) so there is still just a few niggling tweaks and vinyl dying to be done... but she sure is pretty!

That is a work of art. I wish you the best in that competition! I'm glad you post at Sharky!

Thanks Spry....
think I'll go take a shower and *nudge* my wife before it gets too late!
;)

Sweet. I need to get ahold of your etcher. Seriously.

Good luck in the competition.

I'll ping him and see if he want to open up a side biz... I'll let 'cha know!

I got tears in my eyes, the ETCH is freaking beautiful as well is the Cut out you did of the Wolf. The paint job turned out fantastic on the sides and top. Damn.. Yes, PIMP the hell out of the Etcher.. You can see the details in the fur and craters on the moon. OMG, look at the eye.. :eek: :eek: WoW the Detail is Fantastic.