ApocPony

Congratulations on your win well done and well deserved.

The "next of qin" build is amazing, doesn't hurt to keep trying to get in contact with them it deserves a spotlight.

Hi everyone, does anyone know when voting will begin? It's listed on the cmws22 page as the 8th of February, or is all voting internal? Thanks for your help and happy modding everyone

Cheers and thanks for the response.

Hi everyone,

Since submissions are now officially open, while adding images it states one of the 10 images should be a "hero image" does anyone care to elaborate? Thanks in advance and hope everyone has had fun putting their builds together. 

Really love this speaker mod, how is the range on the focal flax speakers? 

Took the time to take some shots of the final build, it's been quite the journey and it's been a blast working on this project over the past three months. I couldn't have done it without the support (and patience) from my wife and the helping hands from my boys, this build is for them so they can have a pc in the living room to game to their hearts content.

Big thanks to the Cooler Master community, can't wait to see all of your builds finalised.

It's done, it's finally finished. I must say this has been a journey of many ups and downs and pushing myself and my ability to the limit. Photo gallery on the way!

Taking advantage of the GPU's onboard LED header I disassembled some of the LEDS from the old GPU shroud and rewired them onto the 6 pin LED connector on the GPU.

Everything wired up, I ditched the 12v led for a warmer white 50cm 5v led strip so now I have everything running off a single Molex. I am experimenting with some light diffusion using some green foil from an old folder, it looks great aside from the fact that my laser belt skipped, and the bottom logo is askew. I will redo this piece but happy on how the lighting effect turned out.

Begun testing internal wood panelling alongside some off the shelf 12volt light strips.

testing some assorted badges that I have designed for the front panel.

Starting to touch up some of the finer details, added brass brackets to the front trim to hide the copper seams and make it more congruent. added some brass rings to the AIO tubing for the GPU.

Still have a lot of things to do but I feel the build is finally approaching the finish line.

I refitted a 12v led and made my own housing out of some old brass pipes I had laying around, the lamp now runs directly of a 12v Molex, so everything is internal in the system.

Credit to my wife who came up with the clever idea of adding a retro Eddison bulb to the build, it's a led and only draws around 2 watts, I'll look into rewiring it to a molex connector. 

After lots of printing, sanding, oxidising and clearcoat the copper trimming is finished. Thought I'd play around with some ideas for the inside and add to the GPU shroud some colour.

The oxidised copper adds an interesting palette and contrast to the wood leather and rust, working on the trim running down the sides and bottom of the case for continuity.

After 3d printing the copper trim I hit it with a salt and vinegar mix to speed up the oxidisation process this took around 24 hours to reach the deep green/blue palette you see in the images.

playing around with some leather trim, after getting the fitment right and tweaking a few things I believe I'll 3d print the trim with actual copper and oxidise it, should give the trim a nice green blue patina.

The main body for the 3d printed shell and leather wrap is done for the most part, I will add some trimming to the sides and the front to tidy it up a little. This has been the most time-consuming part of the project I'm so relieved it has come out looking as good as it has.

3d printed brackets for the new top panel, once I have the top shell printed, I will wrap it with genuine buffalo leather.

After oiling the panel, I realised that cherry wood is just to light in contrast to the rust so I've tried a mahogany stain, I still have some apple wood that may suit the orange tones a bit more but I'm honestly on the fence as to whether I use the wood at all, time will tell......

My wood panels finally arrived so I could get down to cutting the case panels! This took 3 iterations before I had the measurements precise. The final panel has been cut from Cherry wood to match the GPU shroud and finished with Danish oil, now to 3d print some tabs that it can be fixed to the front panel. 

Still some cable management to do, I also need to oil the wooden accents, and naturally add more wood to the innards to tidy it all up. I'm currently contemplating 3d print a new top panel and wrapping it in leather but for now I have some breathing room. So, some pictures to enjoy the current progress.

It's alive! just configuring fan speeds for noise/performance ratio, the stoic i5 6600k is overclocked to 4.5ghz I've pushed it to 4.9 before so going to see if I can reach the big 5.0 with stable temps.