First off, Hello (I'm new). Right now I am just in the "planning" process of my first mod, which I call the "Full Metal". For those of you who are wondering, by full metal I am referring to the hit anime Full Metal Alchemist. Right now I only have some of the process going through my mind, some of the ideas I have so far are as following.

> Window? I will etch a human transmutation circle. WIll have uv lights.
> Cooling? Water cooling, the liquid will be a red colored liquid (I got idea from the red water in the series).
> Case? Not sure yet, any suggestions on what case to use? I am thinking of using the same case used in the KOS-MOS .project (which I must admit, has inspired me greatly!) [ itÂ’s the Koolance PC3-720SL ]
> Paint scheme? Right now I am thinking a dark shade of gun-metal gray (like Ed's auto mail).
> Fans also? Yeah, why not? Even if it is just for the look *cough*, and it could never hurt, I have chosen 92mm fan blowhole kit from mnpctech. (Which I found via this site, you guys' are awesome ^_^). It just has that look that goes good with Edwards's automail!

Well, that is all I have thought of so far, it's late here, so I will be getting off in about an hour or so. Any suggestions would be awesome, I am new to this!
Also, I am having trouble finding a good clear picture of the human transmutation circle from the show, the best I have found so far is in the pictures below.
This one is nice, but doesnt have the writing, which I feel just sets it off
and this one has the writing, but isn't as clear as the other one, if someone could please assist me, it would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome to PimpRig zimop
Your mod project sounds like it will be a good one make sure to post some picture's of your project.
Thrasher2 will be along soon with his welcome wagon to you.......

Quote: Originally Posted by zimop First off, Hello (I'm new). Right now I am just in the "planning" process of my first mod, which I call the "Full Metal". For those of you who are wondering, by full metal I am referring to the hit anime Full Metal Alchemist. Right now I only have some of the process going through my mind, some of the ideas I have so far are as following. > Window? I will etch a human transmutation circle. WIll have uv lights. > Cooling? Water cooling, the liquid will be a red colored liquid (I got idea from the red water in the series). > Case? Not sure yet, any suggestions on what case to use? I am thinking of using the same case used in the KOS-MOS .project (which I must admit, has inspired me greatly!) [ itÂ’s the Koolance PC3-720SL ] > Paint scheme? Right now I am thinking a dark shade of gun-metal gray (like Ed's auto mail). > Fans also? Yeah, why not? Even if it is just for the look *cough*, and it could never hurt, I have chosen 92mm fan blowhole kit from mnpctech. (Which I found via this site, you guys' are awesome ^_^). It just has that look that goes good with Edwards's automail! Well, that is all I have thought of so far, it's late here, so I will be getting off in about an hour or so. Any suggestions would be awesome, I am new to this!

Sweeet up-coming project..........
We have a Pimp here that has the same project name maybe you guys could talk about things....
http://forums.pcapex.com/showthread.php?t=43148

Good luck with the mod. We have a full metal alchemist project going already. You can find it with the search button. Good luck on this mod. A lot of anime mods starting up.

Thx guys! About the other guys' wow thats awsome! I guess I should have searched first, sigh. Still nothing stopping me from doing mine, since his is not like the imaginary picture I have in my head

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I found a case I really like, and feel it would work well! I went away from the Koolance case because I felt that the window was not what I wanted, I wouldn't be able to add a top window, and other various factors. I have chosen the Thermaltake Thermaltake SViking. What do you think?

I think that you would do better to get a case that is more plain, less busy in the front. If you did that, you can mod more stuff and there is less that you have to work around. A couple cases that come to mind...

- Lian-Li PC60 ... Link @ Newegg
(Or any Lian-Li for that matter, they are all very clean. If you get one of these though, you gotta mod it real good to count because they're fairly mainstream )

- AMS Gmono CF-2029 ... Link @ Newegg

lol I about peed myself when I saw this thread. My rig is the "other" FMA project. Can't wait to see your interpretation.

lol. Hi Bionic, any updates on yours? looking good!

Quote: Originally Posted by zimop since his is not like the imaginary picture I have in my head

I sence the force is stong in this one.Spoken like a TRUE modder.
Cant wait to see the pics!

Quote: Originally Posted by zimop Still nothing stopping me from doing mine, since his is not like the imaginary picture I have in my head

haha, MY mod is not like the imaginary picture in my head.

I don't know how much more I'm going to do to mine. The wife has pretty much cut off all funding, and I have some ideas for a new case. I had originially wanted to WC the rig like you mentioned, but oh well.

Here are the things I had wanted to do for mine, and you can feel free to think about them for your project:

::WARNING: PLOT DETAILS AND/OR SPOILERS::

• Incorporate the homunculus symbol (possible decal/paint on exterior)
• Use EL wire to make a glowing design sort of like the way Al looks with the philosopher's stone
• Make the front bezel resemble "The Gate", with a double door and eyeballs painted on the 5.25 bays
• Mod the power button to look like a piece of the red stone, lit from behind by an LED

Anyway, you can take them or leave them.

Mod on!

Well, do to my parents I have to put this mod on "hold" for a while, I have to do some research on the symbols in the show and make sure they are not pagan or wiccan or whatever, b/c they said that would be against our religeon ( Christian ). but if they are just simple alchemic symbols from the midevil times ( which is early chemistry ) I will be able. I like some of those ideas, I will defantly use some of them!

I thought it was going to be a full metal jacket mod

Quote: Originally Posted by me_john85 I thought it was going to be a full metal jacket mod

Now THAT would be cool. You could mod it like a timeline. Do some boot camp stuff on the front, then about midway down, you can do a gun-shot hole, and splatter blood everywhere! Hahahah! Then, far toward the back, you could fill it with all the boring stuff that happened later in the movie. Seriously, after boot camp, I shut that movie off. I'm a fan of Kubrick's work, but that movie was just boring to me. Classic, though...


Back on topic, since I didn't get to formally welcome you, welcome to PR Zimop. Looking forward to seeing this mod go on, and can wish you nothing but the best of luck with it! Mod on!