The Dark Portal

[BravoNijN]

there must be some WoW fans that know the dark portal
i made the portal guard as my computer

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod35.jpg

HDD inside the guard with the PSU

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod20.jpg

Closed back

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod31.jpg

ON/OFF button inside the sword

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod26.jpg

mainboard is mounted ontop of 2 rails to let it slide out so the hardware can be mounted with ease
(on this picture it has an ati x1900 xtx but it died after the picture was taken ..RIP)

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod21.jpg

and the dvd player in front

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod17.jpg

And closed front

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod29.jpg

Hardware :

Amd 64 x2 4400 + Socket 939
2 GB corsair DDR twinx pc3200 pro
ATI X1950 XTX Crossfire (replaced for the X1900 XTX)
Sapphire Pure Moederbord
Soundblaster x-fi extreme music
Asus ageia Physics card
4 x 160 gb hdd
550 watt PSU

[slytherock]

That's sick!!! Nice work :up:

[Omega]

Might I just say...

Win!

[ESX]

Wow! Thats some very impressive work!

[PauL]

Super Sexy!

[docturtle]

*drool* Wow! That is amazing! :eek:
I'd like to see how you built those.
Any pics on the making?

[Cagedconnerman]

Very Very nice, WoW player myself :)

[jdbnsn]

Good Lord dude, that is awesome!

[tybrenis]

Amazing work, great job! +rep!

[isunktheship]

where does that drop?

[SgtM]

Awesome. I have a friend that would go nuts over that! +rep

[HackSore]

Thats absolutly incredible man, nice job!!

[BravoNijN]

thnx all it means alot for your comments
i feel epic now :)

[Ronyx]

well lets just hope you get an epic mount for your troubles in WoW =D
lolz very nice man, keep us updated =]

[DaveW]

Nicely done man, nicely done...real shame you didn't keep a worklog!

+Rep!

-Dave

[BravoNijN]

well i do have one
its abit short but has some start and finish pictures in it

[DaveW]

Hell man, a worklog's a worklog. Posting stuff like that helps get your mods exposure!

-Dave

[SgtM]

Hell man, a worklog's a worklog. Posting stuff like that helps get your mods exposure!

-Dave

I agree. Put it up, we would all LOVE to read it.

[BravoNijN]

ok well here it is

if it's in the wrong forum area i will place it in the correct one

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i made the base from wire

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod1.jpg

and added the head the same way
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod2.jpg

i made the base with newspaper and glue to make it tougher
and to shape the figure
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod3.jpg

i fitted some old gloves so i wont have to shape that myself
there is a frame inside the gloves that alows me to shape the hand

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod4.jpg

used a toy sword to get the right height for the final sword

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod6.jpg

i made the stand completely out of wood and fitted the dvd player

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod7.jpg

i made the sword out of wood and used newspaper and glue to shape it the right way

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod8.jpg

added some cloth with "paverpol" (explain that later)

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod9.jpg

Strike a pose !

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod10.jpg

the face gets his shape and i put a 60 mm fan inside to get the hot air out

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod11.jpg

standing there to dry

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod12.jpg

finishing touch

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod13.jpg

for the rock effect i used light gray acryllic based paint
i used a dry brush and added just a little paint and brush tender over the parts you wanted to get the stone look

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod14.jpg

dvd inside the base

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod15.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod17.jpg

The inside (back) of the mod i fitted the PSU and my HDD's

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod18.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod19.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod20.jpg

The inside is hiden behind a backplate

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod31.jpg

The hardware is inside and can be closed
i fitted the mainboard tray and the base of the mod with 2 rails that allows the backplate to slide out to add the hardware


http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod21.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod22.jpg

On the side there are 2 80 mm fans for air circulation ..1 to let the cool air in and 1 to let the hot air out

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod23.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod24.jpg

the sword is finished and the power button works

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod25.jpg

[BravoNijN]

continued

On/OFF switch

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod26.jpg

different view

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod27.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod29.jpg


This is how it is now i added black mesh wire in front of the face so it has depth and the eyes fall back

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod34.jpg

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/dark_portal/mod36.jpg


and now for the cloth

i used PAVERPOL
it's used by sculpture artist to make sculptures
it gets really hard and can even be used to place outside

the basics are really simple
you take a piece of cloth (or other natural material) and apply the paverpol
shape the cloth the way you want it (the cloth is acting like sculpture clay now)
and let it dry for a day
after 7 days its rock solide and hard
i used stone colored paverpol but there are 18 different colors (maybe even more)
more info on paverpol is HERE (http://www.paverpol.com/en_home.html)

[simon275]

Oi Crimson you got overseas competition.

The Dark Portal is amazing you should make another one either side of your screen then build a little portal around your monitor.

:up:

[armadilloben]

lol
well this place isnt exactly for "whos got a better mod" but a lil bit of fair competition is kinda nice lol

[Commando]

Uh, wow.

[nil8]

Amazing. I'm really interested in what motivated you to make that? Also, do you have pictures of building the tank?

[BravoNijN]

well when i build that tank i was'nt fortunate enough to own a camera so i did not make them.
i feel bad about that because it took me some time to build