Fallen Angel

[w3bbo]

Project: Fallen Angel

Image courtesy of Viking @ Deviant Art

So it's time for a new project. I wanted to do something a little darker than my previous build, Project Angel, so I decided to go for a red/black theme which ties in nicely with the Angelic alterego, hence the Fallen Angel title.

I'm still in the process of collecting parts for the build but I have the case which still requires a little work but to give you an idea, here are some sneek shots of it:

 

[w3bbo]

First of the packages that arrived this morning. Some modding material.

Satin 'deep' red

Carbon Fibre

I ordered the smooth glossy carbon fibre as 3M Di-noc is matt and embossed like the real thing (thanks Peter

). I'm hoping the glossy finish will reflect light better as where I want to put it it needs to do just that. The downside of course is that light reflection will show up every imperfection as well as dust accumulation which is going to cause me some headaches no doubt.

Not sure what to do with the red yet, I guess it depends how easy it is to mould to the aluminium surface and rolls around the edges.

If all else fails I have a powdercoater to fall back on but I'm trying to do something a little away from the norm aswell as 'doing it myself' rather than pay someone to do the mod work.

 

[w3bbo]

Some more goodies arrived:

First up the fans.

4x140mm and 3x120mm Bitfenix Spectres

Unfortunately the cables arn't pre-braided but that will soon be sorted

Nice red glow from the red LEDs:

Next up are the NZXT leds:

I'm more than happy with the fans considering the price which are surprisingly very quiet, especially the 140mm ones. The only thing I may change is are the 120mm fans for the CPU HSF. While they look great in darkness I feel they may be a bit too understated during the day. Considering switching these out for some sickleflow fans (red blades) but I'll wait and see what they look like when mounted first.

I'm concerned about the overall length of the LED cable so that might need to be lengthened, again I'll try it out and see how it goes. I am however pleased that the LEDs are 3mm as opposed to 5mm which will prove usefull

.

Gonna start building this weekend time permitting.

 

[lasher]

Yay, good to have you back modding webbo.

Looking forward to another exciting build log.

All water this time?

Hows the old rig doing?

 

[Runebeard]

I was firstly stunned when I thought "ooo here's another awesome Webbo build" and was greeted by a young womans bum on the 1st image

Gonna keep tabs on this one for sure, really like the armoursuit case and love carbon fibre (fake or otherwise) when it's used effectively.

Keep up the good work dude

 

[w3bbo]

Yay, good to have you back modding webbo.

Looking forward to another exciting build log.

All water this time?

Hows the old rig doing?

Cheers m8

.

This build will be 100% aircooled

. The case is however big enough to fit decent watercooling in should air not be enough (is it ever??). I sold my old rig just before xmas as I fancied a change and now have plenty of time on my hands. With boredom setting in, the upgrade 'itch' took hold.

 

[adicool96]

What case is this?

 

[lasher]

read the title dude, PC-P80 armorsuit

 

[benj3]

now them bad boy LED sleeves look sweet

! build looks like its gonna be nice

 

[w3bbo]

Cheers guys! Hoping to get cracking on with it this weekend so I'll post progress pics up as and when.

 

[w3bbo]

Motherboard tray:

Here's how the tray looks in situ:

Tray removed and cleaned with IPA to remove and grease/fingerprints that may affect adhesive:

Template cutting:

Removal of bubbles. I was gutted with initial application due to the severe bubbles that wouldn't budge, hardly noticable in the photo but it looked like woodchip wallpaper so these had to be 'popped' with a pin; very therapeutic truth be told

:

Motherboard tray mount holes: Odd shapes which made it extremely difficult to get the edges right but looks ok:

Next up: Cutting the cable holes and pci slots!

 

[w3bbo]

How ******* fiddly was this to do?!:

Outcome worked out well though:

Most of the bubbles have been worked out now. There are a few slight 'bobbles' but these are the screw holes which I'll be leaving covered for the now:

All, done (for now)

 

[Squirrel-666]

heya bud very nice build you got going on love the fans im thinking grabbing the white 1s for my case.

what size LED kit did you buy as you can also pick up the 200cm kit from specialtech might be usfull.

 

[w3bbo]

Just the 1m. 2m would've been too long for what I have planned.

 

[Runebeard]

Carbon fiber mobo tray looks awesome dude, effort you put in there really shows

Can't wait for more

 

[thestepster]

lookin awsome mate loving the carbon fibre thing

 

[w3bbo]

Managed to get a fair bit more done today.

Base of case.

I was undecide whether to go red vinylwhich was the original plan but it look a bit 'flat' and didn't work really well so I went for carbon again:

I came across a few probles thanks to LianLi's excessive amount of screw holes which made the surface a little uneven in places. It's pretty much masked by the carbon but noticable close up. A few pin pricks and a heatgun made the job a hell of alot smoother though.

PSU bracket.

In hindsight the whole job would have been so much easier had I had a pop-rivet gun but I havn't got one to hand at present so I had to cover everything in situ which took a hell of alot more time (more thn it would just going out and buying a rivet gun!).

The vent holes were easier to cut than I imagined thanks to a scalpel but were still a little fiddly to manage a clean cut.

PCI BAckplate. I was really dreading this part as there were so many holes and rivets as well as rolled aluminium to cover it was always going to be a nightmare. Depsite drawing a template, you can see what I was up against:

The Vinyl is pretty much like a large section of sticky tape so you have to be real carefull of creases or worse, it folding up against itself. Once in position though it was a case of using the heatgun to spread the stretch the vinyl into position and de-bubble the piece:

More to come...

 

[w3bbo]

Next up, the HD tray.

A doddle to do after the pci backplate:

The HD brackets themselves would be nigh on impossible to cover effectively in vinyl so these were sprayed 'rampage' red

:

Might get a bit more done tonight, hoping to get the 5.25 trays sorted. Alcohol is calling though so perhaps best I put the scalpel down for the night lol.

 

[AMDFTW]

looks awsome mate alot of effort going into this

 

[Runebeard]

Are you gonna give us some pics/drawings of your finish idea, or tease us with awesome little update like these?

Loving the red with the carbon fiber dude.