Batman : Arkham City Updated 01/06/12 Finshed Pics

[jj_sky5000]

Happy Holidays,

My oringinal Idea for the case mod, was to re mod this NZXT Vulcan micro-atz case all i was going to do was Batman etching on the window for my 7 year old son, Just a little weekend project, the ultimate goal was to make a nice little Lan case ,but when i started getting a few more ideas came to mind .

I very thankful for Biostar, Intel and NZXT . With out there support these are just visions on paper. I showed my friend at Boistar the progress of teh case and he ask to showcase it in Vegas for CES.

I started working on the side panel first to replace it with plexi.

making the window opening bigger with a dremal tool

all is left is to is a few places to File.

Next up to see how it look on the case

removing the rivots and the disassemblyhas begun

6 differnt grades of sand paper for the finish

 

[jj_sky5000]

Ok brought out the heavy duty paint stripper!!!! Yea thats a airplane on the can, alwasy use proper Ventilation and a mask or you will feel like your flying !!!

You know its done its job when it starts to peal off

60 Grit !!!

And when the sanding is done

repainted the top fan cover to a metallic silver

 

[jj_sky5000]

Decided to change the front panel a bit and add a little Batman touch to it.

Fan Cut out

I will be re-using the orginal mesh from the side panel for the front

I had some left over anodized aluminium from my other super secret project

With a scroll Saw and a file you can do amaizing things

all thats is left is have the Rez cut out and add power button and a little polishing

Alot more too do

Thank you again for checking the project out.

 

[CloneageDK]

Looking good so far. The Bat logo is especially awesome, so great job on that.

I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this! ^^

 

[yassarikhan786]

A batman themed mod, nice

. Yup, the logo on the front looks fantastic

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[wassupdoc]

Looking good, one lucky kid to recieve this, I think the handle needs sprucing up though, maybe aluminium with rivets? kinda industrial XD

 

[Matthias2437]

Man, that is pretty awesome.

 

[Hay11Mac]

Wow! looks great.....

I know I haven't been on the forums for a while (School Stuff) but wow didn't realise what I was missing

Good Job!

 

[Solidarity]

One thing i would've loved to have seen is some lighting behind the batman symbol, but it looks good without it anyway.

 

[daniSAUR]

Ha, this is ace! Nice craftsmanship there dude.

 

[fcb]

This is looking really really cool. The Batman insignia on the front really adds to the effect of the case. I think it will also be really cool to see the insignia cut out of the front bezel piece and maybe have a piece of darker tinted window with bright LED lighting it up.

 

[jj_sky5000]

Its all starting to come together down the Final stretch before CES. Primer and paint

More Primer

Decided to cut the top out for a place to fill the watercooling

More Sanding to get the annodized marks removed

Side panel was next , 50 grit,100, 150, 400, 1000, 1500 and 2000 for a finish

Interior of teh Side Panal Black with metal flakes

Small teaser

Thanks for looking

 

[yassarikhan786]

That looks stunning mate, the sparkles really add something special

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[CallumB]

Looking good, keep it up can't wait for the finished product

 

[jj_sky5000]

Happy New year !!!! Back to Modding

Finishing painting the frame

Started assembly Case feet on first

Adding the rad

Thanks Db for the idea of adding some lights behind the bat should also cast a shadow

My intial thought was glue or double sided tape to attched to teh front panel. but it for my son, I better screw it in.

another teaser

Thanks for looking

 

[sheroo]

Lookin' good dude.

 

[jj_sky5000]

Small update before the final photos and off to CES

A big thank to NZXT for Sending me the HALE90 850W Power supply to Showcase in the MOD.

The black and white theme ps went perfectly with the mod

Also another Big Thank you to Biostar supporting the mod as well, By sending the Extreme Edition TH67XE Micro ATX MB

Adding The Blood Red Danger Den waterblock

Black and red going together well

Finished the water cooling loop

A little Batman

Teaser ( its time to Signal Batman)

Thanks again. come back tommorrow for the Finished Photos.

 

[yassarikhan786]

The logo lit up looks fantastic.

 

[sheroo]

What are the specs of your system? Are you just using one thin rad to cool CPU & GPU? What are your temps like?

Batman logo in the front looks awesome btw - how have you mounted the led to light it up?

 

[MaXiMiZe]

You've put great effort into this mod and it's easy to tell as it looks awesome