Ratputer: The Anti-Bling.

[Bucko]

I haven't done too much on this over the past couple of days, but so far this morning I have filled in the bottom of the skull, ready for putting in the USB ports:

I cut a new face plate out of 4.5mm perspex and then glued it to the front of the case:

It still needs a little filing to perfect it though.

I also built up the forehead of the skull with another layer of bondo, as it was looking a little flat.

With any luck I'll have the skull and case front sanded and undercoated today.

[Bucko]

I was sitting here looking at the pics I just posted, and looking at the front and it just didn't look right. Still too much like a tower tipped on it's side with the drives sitting offset like that.
Then I looked at the old fascia which I cut the buttons out of (in the second post).

So I asked the ultimate question to myself...


Will it blend?

The answer was a definite maybe, so I trimmed a section out of it to make it 3 bays high and then glued it to the front of the case:

It needed something to help it blend still, and what better than Bondo!

It will need another layer or two, but I think now, yes, it will blend...

[Bucko]

It's starting to look pretty good now!

It flows a lot better now and looks more like it's meant to be. It stills needs some minor touch up work with some spot putty and a little more sanding, but you get the idea.

[Bucko]

Not much of an update, but I undercoated the whole thing, then started the spot putty work to fill in some minor imperfections.

I have since wet sanded it once, got it fairly smooth, undercoated again, this time with white, and applied the second lot of spot putty.

By using the two different colour undercoats, it's easier to see how far back you have sanded. This afternoon I'll sand it back, get it smooth and then apply some more undercoat, ready for the colour.

[Drum Thumper]

Very cool build. Can't wait to see the finished product.

And on another note in regards to your 'crappy mspaint skills' (as I believe you put it)--the way you have those optical drives positioned makes it look like you're also taking on a 'Beetlejuice' influence!

[Bucko]

A small update.
The first lot of colour is on. It needs a few coats, then once the black dries, I'll mask it off and touch up the skull with flat white.

[GT40_GearHead]

damn this is looking very nice
great work Bucko

+rep

[Bucko]

Thanks GT40!
I'll be doing some more paint after work tomorrow. I then have more to do on the case, like trimming the top down so it can have hinges installed to open it, instead of sliding and coming off.

[agnat]

Wasn't sure what to expect in the beginning, but this is turning out great!

[Vertigo]

Killer Bondo work, +rep

And I'm not just sayin it because it's another mod with a skull on the case