Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Hi guys. I did actually start posting this a year ago but never got to really finish it. Anyway. now its all on green light. The bad thing is, it went through a fire too and I had to remake and replace a lot of the hardware and self made parts. At the end of the day here it is and its truly turned out well. THE NEXT OF QIN, is an hommage to 2200 years of chinese history that depicts it culture, lore, art, warfare weaponry and splendour. All the way from the halberts and armour plates, along with pavilion like selfmade liquid cooling reservoirs lifting and holding the roof of the Chinese architectural temple. You will find 1000s of intricate details like the roof tiles that took me 2 weeks to cut and stick precisely in place. Every single armour plate has been stuck on after hand chamfering them all in an precisely unprecise way to make each one as individual as possible. It has a set of internal speakers that play chinese cultural music automatically after its booted up. And how do we boot it up, well of course with the bronze gong in thhe front by hammering on it. The side pedestals are both decorated with chines QIN dynasty halberts and the whole architecture is protected by the terracotta army of 52 different soldiers which I made individually yb casting 4 different type in gypsum. The Roof is actually just resting on the two self made square parapet pedestalled reservoirs and secured with camouflaged bamboo cords and steps leading down into the temples dungeon, where all the hardware is held and concealed. The paint job way of course the breaker or maker here. I didnt want to go modern chinese reds and gold, but wanted to of course portray them colours too, so i gave it a more intense reddish, maroon brown and darker blacks with brinze and copper touches here and there. Special thanks to Coolermaster for the following hardware upon which it is based. Even though I modified the out of this one, its based upon a Coolermaster Masterbox MB600L and a CM V1000 PSU. Together with the RTX 3070 founders edition from Nvidia. Thanks to them for that. Together with n MSI Z270 and Intel CPU its all water cooled by Thermaltake.Thanks to them for yet another whole set of Liquid cooling components and the RGB Ram. and now for the pictures which speak more than i can tell you about this 800 hour and 11 month build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 i made a silicon mold and after halving the 4 soldiers i bought, i used the halves to remake the 52 warriors that would protect this build from all sides, from plaster of paris/gypsum. they were very delicate and many lost their limbs which i had to mold again. the paintjob was key with copper bronze and a dirt down with black and silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 The very first thing I made, long before even starting the build itself was this QIN head for the rear. This was my first ever effort in using clay. since I dont have an oven that can bake it with 900 degrees, i resorted to using it as a cast for yet another mold i made and casted it again with palter of paris/gypsum. here is a video too showing how it eveolved. it might look easy, and even though i am happy how it turned out , it wasnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 after making the roof i stuck on the 100 pieces of cardboard roof tiles i made. a neck breaker. took me two weeks of every evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 i found these chines ancient coins on ebay and decided to make some strips for external leds and inlay them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 one thing mentionable is the way i used extra mdf and sanding to curve the chniese roof corners up. worked better than i though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 here are some pics showing how i made the parapet pedestals and the steps for leds holding as well as the basically the whoile structure for holkding the self made reservoirs that are the main roof pillars on NEXT OF QIN!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 a lot of allround structural work details details details, yeah baby. i love being at the themes mercy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 details details detail. here you can see the armour plates, the rear windows for the two radiators and the QIN head, as well as the turrets thats will hold the water tubes am sorry for skipping many stages but i didnt make fotos along the way. thats a pity. am sometimes so intensely involved in the theme that i loose track of time space and reality,,,,,,,,,,and forget to document what i am doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Abbas Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 more work, this time on the cpu and ram block i also inlaid the NEXT OF QIN font on the topmost part of the roof with clear acyrlic and them poured elmers glue behind it. this was when i light it up from behind it will have an irregluar and old looking led effect. worked great after the paintjob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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