Carbon/Wood-scratch build

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After waiting on materials and re-doing a vanity top(which consumed my shop area), it's finally time to continue on with this thing.

The...

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After letting my body recover from all the blood loss from getting the carbon fiber tub off the mold, I figure it's a good time to show you how we arrived...

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Welp, it's slow going, but there has been progress!

While I had the mold upstairs to let the last coat of shellac to fully dry(my basement...

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With the component locations laid out, I can start prepping for some of the details I want in the finished product. Firstly I want to raise the fans on...

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Welp, back at it again. I don't think I've done build logs for the last two cases I've done, so this might be a bit rough around the edges, but I'll give...

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Do a search for Crevasse on the forums here and you'll get the whole build log.

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Not sure if you still want an answer, but for my Mei build I used paint to give the frost effect on the side panel. Most paints don't stick well to glass...

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Plastics never match paint. Talked to Fractal's new guy about that the other day. Paints are the same.

It really comes down to how...

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So I got my veneer in...





I love the look of it, now just to get it put onto the panels.

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And it continues. I'm hoping to be a little more regular on my updates, I've sort of got out of the habit.

Funny thing, as I was looking...

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Ok, so it's time for another personal build. I love my Shinai, but after a couple of upgrades and a couple of years on my desk, I'm looking for something...

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It looks like the pinout is straight but you might run into trouble with the PCIe depending on how the extensions are made and the SATA/Molex are a 6...

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And to wrap it all up, some quick final shots. I didn't do a full setup since I was out of time and honestly, it's not my thing.


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With the interior put together and the exterior painted, it was time to put it together.



Square Enix sent me Luna's necklace...