Originally Posted by Vo0Ds Kewl, this is getting better :) i like the overkill on the rivets and the bullet holes look groovey! Is that the fan you are going to use? The big silver sticker sorta stands out ;) Once again nice job on the paint, must be even a little difficult to make sure you get the same 'rustyness' all over the case!
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thank you, that s right i have to take off this sticker for a better look ;)
to obtain the same rust effect all over the parts it is just necessary to respect the times between the differents coats of paint ;)
Originally Posted by alianyn gun`damn`it - u got one amazing sense of style and of what can come together, that`s one unique grill if i ever saw one!
just 2 things :
1. why not go all the way make it like the hl2 logo totally or radioactive or something along the lines? not that it`s not good looking (`cause it #@%$#@ right is!) just to make it more along the lines of the mod.
of course it would be nice but ... I just like it like that :)
2. was the plastic grill painted because it seems different in the first pic as the grill then the rest of them (different coloring i mean - darker orange) or is it just the lighting?
it is just due to the flash
oh man, oh man - this just keeps gettin` better! mod on
Wow this is gonna be really good when its done, really nice idea you have here, Im not to keen on the bright orange plastic on the fans but im sure It'll look good when ur done ;)
The grill looks really good like this without the rust on it. It gives more contrast than after it is painted. Kinda appears that it is a different type of metal (Maybe stainless steel). It would look really good if it was "tarnished" just a little bit but not rusted. The rust looks awesome, even on this piece, but just thought it might help break things up a bit if you had some contrast between the two different types of metal. Just my .02 cents. I still think it looks great painted and I am sure you have many more awesome things in mind!
Nice work....
One idea,actualy a couple... Ha ha ha! You could take some of the metal parts and then gently punch some bullet holes through it and then somehow use your dremel to cut some acid looking burns through some spots with little rivulets(sp) like flowing acid down some spots... and then some thermite burned and fragmentation grenade semi impaled shrapnel hanging out parts inside.... make the lighting flicker and stutter like some scenes where the lighting is messed up!
Hope these ideas help and Get 'er done!!!
Originally Posted by QuickOrbit The grill looks really good like this without the rust on it. It gives more contrast than after it is painted. Kinda appears that it is a different type of metal (Maybe stainless steel). It would look really good if it was "tarnished" just a little bit but not rusted. The rust looks awesome, even on this piece, but just thought it might help break things up a bit if you had some contrast between the two different types of metal. Just my .02 cents. I still think it looks great painted and I am sure you have many more awesome things in mind!
I see what you re thinking about, but I have some good others plans to give a contrast with the rust of the case ;)
Originally Posted by Wicked Li'l Bender Nice work....
One idea,actualy a couple... Ha ha ha! You could take some of the metal parts and then gently punch some bullet holes through it and then somehow use your dremel to cut some acid looking burns through some spots with little rivulets(sp) like flowing acid down some spots... and then some thermite burned and fragmentation grenade semi impaled shrapnel hanging out parts inside.... make the lighting flicker and stutter like some scenes where the lighting is messed up!
Hope these ideas help and Get 'er done!!!
I see that your brain is warming like mine :D
I like the flicker lightning idea, I didn't want to put other lights than UV into this project but now... well I don't know may be ... for the acid I plan to do something very special, but I haven't found the stuff I need for it now ;)
Originally Posted by piloux thank you, that s right i have to take off this sticker for a better look ;)
to obtain the same rust effect all over the parts it is just necessary to respect the times between the differents coats of paint ;)
or u can make a new sticker in relation to HL ! or a "born to frag" sticker
few strikes of ideas when reading this awesome project:
- a fan-bus with small valves instead of classical rheo
- red digits to display cpu temp with "scientifical instrument" look
does some part of paint/rust get off when u touch it ?
Originally Posted by QuickOrbit That is why you are one talented modder!! :D
B) ;)
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Originally Posted by tortuegeniale or u can make a new sticker in relation to HL ! or a "born to frag" sticker
few strikes of ideas when reading this awesome project:
- a fan-bus with small valves instead of classical rheo
- red digits to display cpu temp with "scientifical instrument" look
does some part of paint/rust get off when u touch it ?
wow I m very impressed to see the amount of people giving lot of nice ideas by looking this thread, greats ideas too there, I take notes ;)
Very nice work on the grills! I think that bullet hole one might cause some whistling sort of noise though as air passes through it... You might want to switch back to the other one..
Unless you undervolt the fan, in which case, nevermind ;)
Originally Posted by Skaal-tel Very nice work on the grills! I think that bullet hole one might cause some whistling sort of noise though as air passes through it... You might want to switch back to the other one..
Unless you undervolt the fan, in which case, nevermind ;)
I haven't try it yet but I dont think so because the most part of the airflow will come from the space between the case and the rust panel and not a lot by the holes
I think something that would really tie it together would be to paint the fan and make it also look rusted of sorts, or atleast paint it because that sticker sticks out.
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thank you, that s right i have to take off this sticker for a better look ;)
to obtain the same rust effect all over the parts it is just necessary to respect the times between the differents coats of paint ;)
well done
.Keir.
This is looking amazing. that fan grill is one of the most inspired attempts i've seen, truly awesome.
How did you achieve that bullet hole effect? is it just a vinyl stickers or is the perspex actually cracked around the holes?
.: Fillip :.
the bullets holes were make with a dremel and the cracks around are lettered on the other side of plastic
The grill looks really good like this without the rust on it. It gives more contrast than after it is painted. Kinda appears that it is a different type of metal (Maybe stainless steel). It would look really good if it was "tarnished" just a little bit but not rusted. The rust looks awesome, even on this piece, but just thought it might help break things up a bit if you had some contrast between the two different types of metal. Just my .02 cents. I still think it looks great painted and I am sure you have many more awesome things in mind!
Dude, this is turning out amazing. ;)
Excellent work!
One idea,actualy a couple... Ha ha ha! You could take some of the metal parts and then gently punch some bullet holes through it and then somehow use your dremel to cut some acid looking burns through some spots with little rivulets(sp) like flowing acid down some spots... and then some thermite burned and fragmentation grenade semi impaled shrapnel hanging out parts inside.... make the lighting flicker and stutter like some scenes where the lighting is messed up!
Hope these ideas help and Get 'er done!!!
I see what you re thinking about, but I have some good others plans to give a contrast with the rust of the case ;)
yes :) and many others you could see in the future :D
I see that your brain is warming like mine :D
I like the flicker lightning idea, I didn't want to put other lights than UV into this project but now... well I don't know may be ... for the acid I plan to do something very special, but I haven't found the stuff I need for it now ;)
or u can make a new sticker in relation to HL ! or a "born to frag" sticker
few strikes of ideas when reading this awesome project:
- a fan-bus with small valves instead of classical rheo
- red digits to display cpu temp with "scientifical instrument" look
does some part of paint/rust get off when u touch it ?
That is why you are one talented modder!! :D
B) ;)
wow I m very impressed to see the amount of people giving lot of nice ideas by looking this thread, greats ideas too there, I take notes ;)
Unless you undervolt the fan, in which case, nevermind ;)
I haven't try it yet but I dont think so because the most part of the airflow will come from the space between the case and the rust panel and not a lot by the holes
here is a pic to better show you what I mean
http://users.skynet.be/fa024582/mod4/blackmesa42.jpg
;)
I think you should make few bullet's hole more... :)
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So beautiful... Tears come to this modder's eyes.