Thats a nice case. lets see what you do with it!

man... no pics either...

csr you really filled up your plate with goals for this contest. did anyone else register multiple cases?

good luck.. as the mini is cool, i really want to see some pics of this one.

**safety note**

I used google to find some nice red alert artwork then printed it and etched it on to the case.




I painted the cooler master logo black to hide it, then I glued a soviet medel I got on ebay to it. I also painted the usb ports to add a little colour.



and lastly I replaced the 120mm fans with red led ones to add a nice red glow.



Im going to try to get some more done but theres a good chance that I wont get any time tommorow.

wowww impressive!!!
one thing... look cool but how about in clear plexi

CSR, that is some AMAZING etchwork. How long did that take you? Did you use a engraving tool, or the Dremel? Either way, I need to know your technique. thats just amazing

It took around an hour to do with the odd break because i was going deaf in one ear.

I just used my dremel clone. To be honest I just traced it (yes im a tracer) and where it looked too empty added in more detail that I just made up as a went along.

It looked like a was going to get more time to work on this but unfortunetly Ive had to spend time trying to work out whay I couldnt get online on my computer but my server was fine. (small corruption in the registry)

So for now this mod is finished, maybe in the new year Ill get a little more done but for now im going to consentrate on other things.

It took 5 months but I'm back to modding this case.


I etched the name of the case onto the side using a Russian looking font.


I also got another badge to go onto the dvd drive and painted the power button and the eject button red. I also painted some other parts of the case black.


And I checked but to make sure I hadn't epoxied the drive shut. (just in case)

that really looks great! I wonder if you are going to paint in the lines of the etch?

I was planning on painting a red outline around all the letters but I'm not sure if I'm going to do it or not. I'll see how I feel once everything else is done,

I thought while I had my tools out I would do a bit more.

I painted up an old memory card reader red and black but I'm not sure if I'm happy with it.


Using some old crap I had lying around

I made this

Amazingly they still work because they had that annoying coating on the wires that someone here made a thread about but my poor soldering skill got around it.
The red paint didn't want to stick to the silver plastic so I just decided that they would be battle scarred.


So now I'm just going to wait around for some stuff to arrive before I move forward with the mod.

another soviet badge , another red led fan and a peice of frosted plexiglass later


Because I don't have a computer to go in this case and money is tight just now I think this is all I'm going to do with it. I have a friend that might have bought the case but he doesn't take care of his stuff and I'd hate to see this case get damaged.

but with a test psu and my laptop hidden under a desk I can at least pretend I have a computer in the case.