dmodz Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 This is the second mod my son and I are working on together, the first mod we did together was a Camaro themed build and was 100% my sons concepts. This time its my turn to choose the theme so what better than my favourite film Bladerunner. I have been watching all the news and hype surrounding the sequel to the film and am now very excited to see how the plot possibilities pan out. I have been in and out of hospital receiving treatment for the last months which has rekindled my love for modding as less mobile. While in the hospital for a week bored out of my mind I taught myself how to make the origami unicorn from Bladerunner. That was when I started thinking about a concept for a build. Normally you might think a Bladerunner theme would be jet black with red accents with perhaps a grungy dark dystopian feel to match the atmosphere of the first film. I suppose I just liked the metallics of the unicorn and decided to go with a more cleaner metallic feel more inline with the new film and with the origami. There are no sponsors for the build sadly (not had time to ask any) so have managed to scrounge about for parts in the garage and buy in what I could to get the ingredients for mix. Using a Thermaltake Core V21 as the case and I think nearly all the main manufactures of watercooling parts for the cooling a real colab affair! I really do love the Thermaltake Core v21 as it is such a dynamic case with its swap-able modular sides and front leaving lots of variation options for the enthusiast and designed for a matx system. The other driver for this build is showing your respect to your elders, my son took a lot of inspiration from Jp Modifieds work on his design, so we talked about who did I look up to in the modding world? I still think today my favourite casemod is still Orac 3. Its the case that got me into modding and blew my mind as to what was possible. Back then it was all flashing fans (back in fashion) and what you could do with a beige case. So the goal Bladerunner with hints of Orac as a bit of a love letter to Gnome ;) http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4332&d=1499821610 http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4333&d=1499821638 http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4334&d=1499821653 http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4335&d=1499821666 http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4336&d=1499821679 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Sleeving cables yesterday for the mod short vid pics to follow! [ame] [/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dmodz Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Was tempted to make a start on the case today but my son and I do the modding together and it would not be fair while hes away so minor task instead. Took apart the ram sticks and gave the heatspreaders a good scuff and tack to give the primer coat some grip. Two coats of primer then a wait for 6 hours and two coats of Chrome. http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4345&d=1500156687 http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4346&d=1500156709 http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4347&d=1500156734 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 My son came back yesterday from his trip away so we got 3 coats of primer on the rad. Today the new trailer for the film came out so got excited again and did two coats of chrome, fans to strip down next and chrome up! http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4348&d=1500318068 http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4349&d=1500318090 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Dylan stripped down the Corsair AF120's and prepped them for painting. I made him watch Bill Owens tutorial vid on the 120's on youtube first, what a great vid simple and accurate so good a 10 year old could do it Dylan then gave the fans 3 coats of primer. http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4352&d=1500563744 http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4353&d=1500563803 Time for a bit of streetfighter 2 while we wait for the primer to harden before two coats of chrome and 2 coats of clear coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Important lessons learned today (always a school day modding) Dont use clear coat on top of a chrome effect. As you can see the rad does not have a clear coat sprayed on and looks much more chrome the fans on the other hand had 3 coats of primer two of chrome. We then added one clear coat on top and as you can see it has dulled it to a flat silver at best. The clear coat does create a nice gloss but not the desired effect for this mod. http://www.modders-inc.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4358&d=1500742538 Back to sanding and starting again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Blake Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Let me know if you guys need anything, I'll see what I can do to help out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 After a LOT of trials getting the chrome look as close as possible I think we are getting there. Alphacool rad with 2 X 120's. Really hard work getting chrome to look okay out of a can, a warning to anyone trying it do not use a clear coat on top or it will dull the finish badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 Well been a week or so since we posted any updates, things have been changing behind the scenes with two offers of sponsorship for the build so the hope of finishing this with the boy in the holiday is on hold while we wait for some new parts to come. The motherboard armour is something that wont change however so we have set to work planning and crafting. The cables will all screw into the housings after they are drilled into the acrylic plate. on the under side of the armour i'm using a rubber sealant just to make sure non of the fittings can come into contact with the board. http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3091568/width/350/height/700/flags/LL http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/3091569/width/350/height/700/flags/LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 Well its been a while since we had any updates, Corsair got in touch after seeing the build log and took pity on us:) We have been waiting on these parts arriving before we could make any real progress on the build. The case we are now using is the Air240 which will be fun to use as its a case we have not had in our hands before. The only fun part will be proving enough airflow into the case as normally the air240 utilises the side panels for fans and we intend to make both sides into windows as well as the roof. The rear of the air240 has minimal space being such a small case for fans but hopefully we can source a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 Dylan set to work masking off the window sections of the case and cutting the side panels of the corsair Air 240. He then started rubbing down and sanding the chassis ready for its primer coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Friday night mod for the boy after his first week back at school. Did the LCD backplate for the GPU on the current mod, should look quite slick when running. Did a chrome finish on the existing Saphire Backplate then set in the LCD its a 800x480 so displays a nice image for its small 5" size. This should display the "in film adverts in Blade Runner well for the mod, as well as CAM etc when the pc is actually in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screwtech02 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 That LCD mod is way cool man.... Diggin this whole build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 That LCD mod is way cool man.... Diggin this whole build! Thanks very much, have set the screen 10mm on risers away from the backplate slight concern with heat from the card effecting the LCD but time will tell I dont think it will bother it. as there will be airflow coming in from the back from 2 x 80mm fans. Hopefully get it all chromed this weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 A busy weekend didnt leave much time for modding with kids football but we did find time to finish prepping the chassis and give its primer coat. Dylans spray technique is coming on well, no more runs! Letting the primer harden over night before starting the chrome coats tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 Another quick picture of the first chrome coat, straight out of a can fingers crossed it looks good and "industrial" enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 Another little painting update, most of the body is now complete so its nearly time to put it all together hopefully me and the boy should be able to escape and get it done. The paint job is not the chromiest of Chrome but not bad out of a rattle can. We have decided to swap out the PETG hard tube and go back retro with some soft, it seams to match in better with the arcing curves of the cable sleeve. Time will tell, off to watch the movie in an hour so hopefully come back happy and inspired! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Dylan started work working on the Blade Runner case fans. The Corsair air240 has space for two small 80mm fans. We noticed a lot of people working with the case don't bother using them. Found a couple of silent fans (as you can be at 80mm) and thought we would use them as a feature. Just a case of taking the fans apart painting up and masking off. Of course the Tyrell Corp logo had to feature somewhere:) Treated ourselves to some model rust effect paints to age them giving that industrial feel. We have been watching a few model tank video's to look at how they do the rust effects this paint set seem to be recommended so really looking forward to doing something new at the same time as Dylan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 A test fit of the PCIE cable just to check lengths, finishing the motherboard armour today and we are nearly ready to add water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Felt all wrong demolishing the corsair badge on a sponsored build! All masked up for some paint, then some more weathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 Had some time between pumpkins and kids football this weekend to get some modding done. I set off doing the last of the cables 24 pin.. saving the most tedious for last! Dylan got to work rusting up the case, he did two shades of rusting to give it a weathered look. Now its dry I think it perhaps needs some chipping and some more shadow with some washed out black. He loved the rusting up watching him I think you could spend literally hours lost doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 Armour added still a lot more rusting and degrading to do but heading there at last, son is free tomorrow for the afternoon after football so hoping to get the soft tubes added and a test fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Adding some Corsair toys to the build today at last, not use the lighting node pro before so keen to see what the link software is like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmodz Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 Testing the LCD backplate for the GPU waterblock one last time before she goes in. Cool little toy, added some risers to keep the screen away from the backplate, there is a fan which will be blowing air in across that gap so should not have any issues with heat affecting the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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