[Scratch Build Work Log] - Mirror's Edge

[Complx]

 
By: Complx
 
Hello everyone!
 
Time for my 2nd scratch built case! This time the focus will be around one of my favorite games of all time, Mirrors Edge.  And with Mirrors Edge 2 being announced at E3 this year, I thought, what a better way to celebrate than to build a case around the art direction from the game.  I will be using this thread as a complete build log, from design, to CAD modeling, construction, and finishing. 
 
So lets get started shall we!
 
One of the many reason I feel in the love with the game was the look and feel of the environment, as well as the game play itself.  The environment was very vibrant, bright colors, a stark contrast to a lot of the dull brown a lot of games seem to have.  For those of you who have not seen or played the game, here are some images for it that I drew inspiration from.
 

 

 

 

 

 
For now, all that I have is an initial sketch of what I hope the final design to look like, I will be doing some photoshop work to it and do more sketching and drawing to get some of the finer details work out in the beginning.
 
A overall ideas I have at the moment about the design

•  Completely white exterior, one of the prominent features of the game is its use of white in all of the exterior buildings
• Bright colored interior, again, the use of very vibrant colors on the interiors of the buildings was interesting to see and I want to incorporate that into the design as well
• Need to be clean, inside and out, no mess no slop. 

If anyone has anything else they would like to add say, feel free to comment!
 
I hope this goes well and thanks for viewing!
 
Stay Tuned!
 

Feel free to check out the livestream channel, I will be doing a lot of CAD modeling of this project, and you can watch the progress as I go. Times will be random, but check every so often, you might catch me at a time when I'm streaming!


Livestream: http://www.twitch.tv/complxdesign

 

 

[piplupgao]

Cool idea can't wait to see the result

[CrabCreations]

Cool idea can't wait to see the result

+1 This will be sick :)

[joelthezombie15]

Cant wait to see more.

[panfriedpuppies]

following topic because this looks awesome

[alpenwasser]

Nice sketch, and I always like seeing new scratch builds, so bring it on! :)

[Jaybird]

(pulls up chair) this is gonna be good!

[Pruxis]

This concept looks quite unique and I'll surely follow it :)

[Monty007]

Awesome!! Looks like a modified version of the new Mac Pro! LOL.

 

 

 

Can't wait to see the completed product.  Subscribed!

[nicholaswillems]

Subbed, I love those game inspired builds! First someone with an Aperture Science build and now this :D

[Deathmaster1289]

I really like the way you think, and would love to see you accomplish this, but 1 thing is bothering me, if you put your motherboard on the "back wall" looking from the "tattoo logo" view, there will be no place to put the I/O board/connections, it will go on the side... so you'll have no place on the left side for a rad, unless you plan on doing it extremly "cube-y"...

hope this makes sense, just don't want to see you to go through all the trouble with producing the build, that might be faulty and not planned good enough...

 

because you said:

 

• Need to be clean, inside and out, no mess no slop.

[rashdanml]

-snip-

May be a tighter squeeze, but the motherboard can be moved behind the rad, since it's usually only 120mm wide. That particular side rad could be moved forward a bit.

Diagram isn't probably drawn to scale, the motherboard looks far too narrow.

 

Looks nice! You definitely need a red plank attached to the top edge, as well as a miniature Faith just about to jump off.

[Deathmaster1289]

May be a tighter squeeze, but the motherboard can be moved behind the rad, since it's usually only 120mm wide. That particular side rad could be moved forward a bit.

Diagram isn't probably drawn to scale, the motherboard looks far too narrow.

 

Looks nice! You definitely need a red plank attached to the top edge, as well as a miniature Faith just about to jump off.

yup, it's possible to make it like that, I agree on the narrow MoBo... I'm just saying what i noticed first, or a Faith that is hanging on the edge of the chassis/case up top or on the side/on the mesh of the fans/radiators, that would be sooooo COOL :D

[ivhyn]

I'm looking forward to this build.

I love Mirrors Edge and i like your sketch. I wonder if you plan to paint the components to strenghten the contrast between the colors.

If the outside is getting a white coating, will the case inside be painted in a very vibrant green, red or orange, or just left white?

[Pithan]

This is really promising! Can't wait for the build to start!

[Nicktrance]

This looks like it camee right out of one of @Nagby 's designs :D (except that's not actually a case):

 

[Lich]

Looks cool, can't wait to see more! Subscribed :D

[hiyayhi]

Awesome looking!

Can't wait for more. :D

[Blade of Grass]

That looks awesome! So excited to see more.

[Complx]

I will be starting some of the CAD modeling today, if you would like to stop by and watch the progress, join me here:

http://www.livestream.com/c0mplxpc

I will be here for a few hours, so feel free to stop by!

Also, there will be a lot of CAD work with this project, so I will be streaming the progress from time to time, check the link I posted in the first post every now and then.

 

[nightlitezzz]

Can someone explain in simple terms what CAD is?

[panfriedpuppies]

Can someone explain in simple terms what CAD is?

Computer aided design for 3d modeling.

[Blood4guts]

Can't wait. Mirror's edge is a great game, for both its game play and its environments.

[Homicidium]

Can't wait. Mirror's Edge is probably one of my favorite games like ever! 

[rashdanml]

Computer aided design for 3d modeling.

Not specific to 3D, but generally used for 3D modelling as it's easier to visualize. Old-fashioned CAD was all 2D with some 3D isometric sketching.