Colour-Coordinating the Kryographics Titan
I really like this block, but it's not black and copper. Can't have that now, can we?
The block comes in a nicely sealed bag:
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...and without the plastic wrapping. You can see the steel bracket which is used to hold down
the acrylic cover. It really is a very nice concept because you're almost certain not to crack
the acrylic with this method of bolting it down. Plus, it allows for some subtle modding...
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The bracket itself. I just so happened to have exactly as many copper screws left over as I
needed for this mod. I did have to shorten them with the cutting wheel though.
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The acrylic itself looks like this below the bracket:
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TADA!
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Some glory shots...
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Naturally, I needed to paint these screws as well:
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I really like the rough powder coat finish on the Caselabs cases, so I tried to approximate
that with a simple spray can. First I gave it a coat of etch primer, then three coats of black.
I let it dry and sanded it (wet) with 5000 grit. Finally, I gave it one last coat of black, but from
rather far away (~50 cm/20", as opposed to the manufacturer-recommended 20~25 cm),
which results in small droplets instead of one contiguous coat. I'm definitely no paint expert,
but I'm pretty happy with the result, it's certainly a lot closer to CL's powder coat than a
flat coat would have been (plus, I'm painting the Raystorms' alu brackets, which has a texture
that also results in a similar finish to this, so it matches rather nicely that as well).
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As always, thanks for stopping by.