Hey guys...maybe I'm back with a new mod. Project: Aria Tech is kinda sitting on the back burner for a little while. I'll be using my old Raidmax Scorpio case for this mod. It was my first kewl case too! This'll be so sad....I say cool case aside from your usual beige case.

Well reason for this mod is that my girl who is up in Clarksville doesn't have a computer to use. Other than the ones at the local library and that's kind of a hassle. She wanted to buy one, but I'm not letting her get a dell especially when I can mod a computer. I say NO to Pre-mods! I do now adays ever since my first mod.

Just so you know don't expect too much from this one. It's not going to be another Vash. Just something for fun and all maybe test out some new skills or just another leaning experience.

The theme is going to be water / dolphins, because she loves dolphins. Hopefully not more than she loves me haha. Also the fact that she's a pisces in astrology which is a water sign I think this is a good theme to go with for the case. You'll be seeing a lot of blue! Good thing it's my favorite color; can't get tired of it!

A few pictures to start off this mod....


(Before modding....the prey suspects nothing)




(Before modding...Prey has been gutted...Poor thing) Good thing I modded the PSU to be sleeved a while back...that'll definately save on time!




Starting off with the motherboard side panel took 220 Grit 3M wetdry to it....




Had to take care of those holes somehow since I've always liked a smooth side panel on cases. Time for some BONDO-age! Hahaha




More and more sanding few lighter coats of bondo and sand again! Then some primer to make it nice and ready for some midcoating.




Letting the panel dry for another day to begin sanding again and filling in the imperfections. Looks interesting next to the case. It really does stand out!




Everyone stay tuned to another episode of....."Girly Mod" where we will be sanding, priming over, and mid-coating!

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Great start girl freind !
I look foward to updates, so does my wife. She wants to see what a chick modder can pull off for insperation.

Way to go if you can`t build a mod for friends or family,then what is the use.So far it is looking good,keep up a good worklog,Jo

I have that same basic case (but with a different front, and it's black) and I've always hated the vents on the side panel. Once I'm finished with my latest project, I may have to give that a try...

BONDO-age, LOL

I am keeping my eyes on this one...

Nice to see you back in action Jess!

Cool, Jess is back to show off her skillz again!

o snizzap. looks cool so far. modding for a friend has the most advantages. mainly because they usually give you full power to hack the case to pieces..well as long as it looks cool at the end... hehe

good luck!

nice work jess. good to see another worklog from you.

Thanks for the support everyone! This one's progress might be slow since I'm working now, but I plan to do as much as I can on days off. Good thing I've got two of em!

I'm headed off to Auto Zone now...I'm so glad I moved now it's right in front of my house hahaha!

cool looks great what colors do you have im mind? never seen a chick moders mods other then yours. good luck

Update -- 5/18/06

Okies I have some new pictures tonight!

Showing a couple of things I bought at autozone & home depot for the case. Planned on working on it today a little with the filler primer and taking out the dremel to the side panel but it was raining out. We'll have to wait until next time.

The best automotive paint in a spray can would be Duplicolor! Here we have 2 cans of sandable primer and 1 can of filler primer. For the midcoat we've got Indigo Blue in 3 cans, and last would be 2 cans of clear coat along with 2 cans of Effex Sparkle Clear.



Gutted out the case further. Took out the PSU and a couple of fans which'll need to be dusted. I'll be cutting the 4x80mm fan intakes at the front to make it into a 120mm hole.



Marked the side panel so that I can cut out the center later on with the dremel. It's been so long since I've seen flying metal sparks! I miss it!



Took out the wires from the bezel so that I could cut the front later on...we're going to be getting rid of the ridges I think that I'll just make it smooth looking incorporate some sort of fan opening into it.



Large 1/4" acrylic sheet. I have to cut it to be 14"x14" that's going to be a lot of fun! Then I get to tint the window. That'll definately be a first for me, but its not just going to be tinted. You'll see what happens!



Few more items for the internals this time. UV Blue rounded IDE cable, Cooler Master heatsink, Blue Meteor Lights, and a Cooler Master UV blue 120mm fan for the front.

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This is looking great Jess! Good to see you again! I will be following this and excited to see what the outcome will be!

woohoo jess is back in action, Glad to see ya back

I'm going to keep my eye on this one... Careful, Jess, you might have to sell this one as soon as it's done, my wife is absolutely berserk for dolphins and the like...

Glad to be back to modding Haha GrandpaNoob72 I don't know if I could part with it myself after its done! You kind of get attatched to a case once you're done putting in all that hard work. You know?!

Update: May 20th 2006

A few updates for today....

Cut out the little piece from the windowed side panel so now it's 100% square! Next will be sanding and getting it ready for some paint.



Speaking of paint I used a piece of another side panel which I tried this paint out on. I am really liking the effect. It changes color with the light, but you can still tell that it is blue. Reminds me of water!



Here is a 6" crystal I got off ebay with dolphins in it. Right now I'm thinking maybe I could place it on the top of the case inside of an acrylic tube... My first idea was to place it on the door of the case but it turned out to be way heavier than I thought it'd be and could break the door. Perhaps mod it into the case itself instead of the door, but we'll see what happens! Have to wait until I get to the bezel though which will be last!



Here the crystal is lit...it's so prettyyyy! I think it'd look awesome in an acrylic tube lit by some blue leds!

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That paint looking bitchin', Im going to have to try that soon, it looks easier to use than Metalcast or metal specks. I wonder how it would look on plastic..

I agree it looks sweet! We'll find out how/if it works on plastic once I get to painting the bezel. Right now I think the bezel is the toughest part of this mod. Lots of bondo, sanding, cutting...I'm ready for it though! Always up for a challenge.

The dolphin crystal thingy looks PURRRRDY all lit up! That would make an awsome focal piece for the mod

Good luck with the project!


Mark

I believe that you mentioned that you might be using the bondo to fill in the bottom part of the front panel....think that there is any way to work in that crystal into that?

Just an idea....and welcome back to modding.

Rob