thorkon Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hello! Welcome to the Mystery Block Mod thread. Guess what were building today? Yes, that's right a "?"! Well sort of, at least that will be in the design a few times. You may know the from Super Mario and that's pretty much what my design will be based off of. In my style of modding I like to mix things up and do my mods in a pix-elated theme building from wood cubes. Luckily, I can build my prototypes in Minecraft and then use that as a template to build the case in person. Here is the build in Minecraft This is the tiger I built in the background based off of the image above. Unfortunately it doesn't meet all the requirements for this competition and I won't be able to enter it in but gives a good example of how I use Minecraft to build my cases. So, back on track! The components I will be using are: Z68X-UD5-B3 PNY 240 SSD COOLER MASTER V550 SEMI-MODULAR PSU INTEL I5-3470 RADEON R9 270 Spectre pro LED fans I still got a little bit of time before I get working but I expect to be done with this in 2-3 weeks and I'll keep the updates rolling in as they come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorkon Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 First update, here we go!Cutting down some wood to fit the inside of the case. Leaning the pieces together to get an idea of the size of the case Working with the cubes to give the pixelated look and build up the frame Front of the case, fogged cubes for the "?" to light up I'm breezing through and just begun working on the rear of the case. Hopefully I'll have the whole mod done in the next 2 weeks as I'm planning to take to PAX EAST in the BYOC area with the other modders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorkon Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 I ran into the issue of glue marks showing up inbetween the plastic cubes so I had to rely on the cubes sticking to the wood. In order to get the best bond I had to paint the plastic sides and then apply a cross glue to them. That is why you see a orange inner lining on the plastics. Heres an example of the wet spots I was trying to avoid... Working on the motherboard setting right now. Getting the PSU location set up and building out around the graphiccard locations. The second slot availble should SLI wanted to be an option for the future. Wood slides in to close it when not SLI USB hub in the top corner Building out the top with the fan. And my work zone for an idea of the area I'm working in. Working in the basement, so got the space heater below somone mitigating the cold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorkon Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 More things! Mostly cubes Working on the side door here Top of the fan being worked on. Weighing the fan down with the assistance of nearby equipment I'm actually on the painting stages but trying to space out how many pictures I'm unloading here, ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hede Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Thats a lot of cubes Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorkon Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks, Its a bit of cubes but compared to some of the other mods, this is a more manageable amount Back with some more pics and updates Close up of side door The power button will be where the hole is Other side of the hole with the button Installing the harddrives Brought it up stairs and had it next to the Baron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorkon Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Didn't realise I finished painting it and never came back to finish up this post! This is gonna be a big post...The power button location in the top right: You can see the gaps between the cubes and thin pieces. This gets filled in with wood filler. Close up of the motherboard through the side window A shot of the power button and my "clean" wiring solution by running the cables in the corner through the blocks This is where the cathode lights will be hanging from. I sanded down spots for them to rest The power button from the inside Lights on! Side where you can see the motherboard's rear Underneath shot of the legs to give it a floating look Pre-paint taping commence! Removal of some of the tape Components being installed after painting Taking it to PAX East! At PAX East! I am putting the video together right now of the whole thing being made in a time lapse and will have that up in the next few days with some better quality pictures! Thanks for checking this out and following along with my build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorkon Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Heres some final photos! Video still under construction... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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