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Project Lament: HellRaiser Cenobite PC
The HellRaiser mythos is hands down cool and quite scary, there are a few good HellRaiser tribute mods out there already, but they all either pay homage to or try to emulate the look of the puzzle box, so in an effort to do something different I decided to make a monster. I did not want to base the design on any of the existing HellRaiser characters and instead sketched out a design of what I imagined a case modder turned cenobite would look like. The mod took close to a year to finish but the end result is a killer computer that has generated both prize money and acclaim so it was entirely worth it. Check out the complete nine page work log or download the video here.
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Project Lament II: Hell's Illusion The planning for and designing of this HellRaiser sequel mod began almost a year and a half ago, had I known starting out that it would take as long as it has to fabricate it I probably wouldn't have done it at all - on the plus side however I learned a lot during the build and it turned out great, so I figure it all evens out. My main goal was to create a worthy follow-up mod to the Cenobite PC with secondary goals including a design that incorporated easy access to all parts while allowing for possible future upgrades contained in an eight inch cube... I think I nailed it. Check out my entire six page work log or download the video to decide for yourself.
Work Log Page: [1] - [2] - [3] - [4] - [5] - [6]
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6" LCD + 5.25" Bay = Stealth Monitor Case Mod This was my first go around with 6" LCD modding and the finished mod resides in my daily driver PC MOBY2. Having a small LCD in the computer case that can be used as a secondary display without having to mirror your main monitor opens up a lot of possibilities, it works so well that I have added a 6" LCD monitor to every mod I've done since. Making a six inch monitor fit into and slide out of a 5.25" bay is no easy feat... but it is really sweet, if you decide to build one for yourself then this guide should help.
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Fan Controller Makeover Mod There are a lot of really cool bay devices on the market, whether they have a finish similar to your case or are completely different - as in the case of the Zalman fan controller, this super simple guide will show you how to make it precisely match the rest of your case. The Zalman ZM-MFC1 is transformed from something ordinary into something awesome with a mod that takes just over an hour to do.
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Build a PC Test Box I was going through the piles of computer crap I have accumulated over the years, keeping everything that is useful and throwing away the junk, when I noticed this project floating in my "maybe" pile... the treasures that almost hit the trash - consisting of a pre-wired power button, reset button, power and HDD LED's and lastly a small pre-wired speaker - this was my initial motivation. The finished project works great and is an easy way to make sure your motherboard isn't DOA, especially if it will be months before it finally makes it into a modded case.
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CMG Presents... The Lost Mod Guides With so many 'Mod it Til it Bleeds!' guides on CMG it is easy to overlook some of the information contained within them, but that's ok because we've got you covered. The following how-to's have been lovingly hand plucked from other site articles to become stand alone independent guides that go more in depth than in the original modding articles. First up is hole saw blowhole cutting basics, followed by a guide on oven forming Plexi glass, a DIY custom color applique guide, a modders sculpting media primer, a slick LED molex modding how-to, a vinyl decal cutting guide, a cool car brake light modding how-to, and wrapping up with the vinyl dye CD drive guide.
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The Modding Triad: Explaining The Obvious All mods are not created equal, nor are they all the same. There are three distinct schools of modding and this article will hopefully explain the differences between them, links to outstanding examples of modding in each category are included. On a separate note, anyone that has participated in a judged case modding competition will attest to the importance of this article, if competition sponsors took into account that there are three different schools of modding it would help to level the playing field and make things fair for all involved... but whatever.
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