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ho-Ho-HOLY SH*T

that looks amazing

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... about the same time it took me to just put on a couple of fan shrouds  :lol:

 

 

Modern equipment with the "messy" look doesn't come out as graceful eh?  I also like the older (20pin) power supplies with bigger heatsinks and capacitors, especially when they are modded for show.

 

WORKING GAUGES!!!  Love the logo/badge, must be a story in itself.

 

Heh yeah, I didn't want a whole lot of empty space inside the tank so I just kinda left the cables where they fell once I got everything wired. Hopefully the bubbles will hide or at least draw attention away from the mess lol. I could try to dress things up a bit before I fill it but it's REALLY cramped in there. There's only about 4" between the front and back piece of glass for the aquarium! It didn't even occur to me to mod the power supply beyond ripping it out of the case, but this is my first intensive mod. Maybe if someone commissioned a Reactor #2 :P

 

As for the logo, needed something to suit the name. The actual nautilus part of it is a drawer knob with the shaft dremeled off.

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How many man hours was this.

 

I have no idea..... A lot... I didn't really think to keep track. I will for my next project though!

 

Thanks all for the compliments. Only my friends and family had really seen it previously and mostly they were just confused lol.

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I have no idea..... A lot... I didn't really think to keep track. I will for my next project though!

 

Thanks all for the compliments. Only my friends and family had really seen it previously and mostly they were just confused lol.

Unique concept. you should enter it or the next project in competitions.

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This is an amazing build. One of the best I have seen in a long time. Take some awesome pics and submit that to Million Dollar PC.

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damn you deserve to get build log of the week 

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

-Adolf Hitler 

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Really cool.  Your craftsmanship and creativity are top notch.

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Unique concept. you should enter it or the next project in competitions.

If the competitions involve moving this thing around I'm out lol. It's a nightmare now and I haven't even filled it yet :P If it's just entering photos and video though I could swing that.

 

 

This is an amazing build. One of the best I have seen in a long time. Take some awesome pics and submit that to Million Dollar PC.

I'd love to, once it's totally complete and not mounted on a wood paneled wall. Don't know if my photography skills will ever be up to snuff for MDPC though heh.

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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawesome i love these things

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WOW that looks freaking sweet

I love the look

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Quite the fan of the steam punk type theme that has gone on with this little project of yours, the slight painting and wearing of basic PVC pipes and the likes looks truely great, seemed to have pulled it off flawlessly and it really gives it that grimey steampunk look, great job mate.

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Quite the fan of the steam punk type theme that has gone on with this little project of yours, the slight painting and wearing of basic PVC pipes and the likes looks truely great, seemed to have pulled it off flawlessly and it really gives it that grimey steampunk look, great job mate.

Thanks, yeah the PVC came out really well, it looks even better in person. Some hammered rosemary colored rustoleum with a black and red-brown paint textured to look like rust. It was the only way I could think of to hide the power cables heading in and the HDMI cable heading out :P As far as the ageing on the rest of the mod, I just have always felt that the majority of steampunk style mods are so clean looking.... It always bothered me a little. When I think steampunk, I think soot everywhere and grimy streets with well dressed people wearing goggles walking down them lol.

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Thanks, yeah the PVC came out really well, it looks even better in person. Some hammered rosemary colored rustoleum with a black and red-brown paint textured to look like rust. It was the only way I could think of to hide the power cables heading in and the HDMI cable heading out :P As far as the ageing on the rest of the mod, I just have always felt that the majority of steampunk style mods are so clean looking.... It always bothered me a little. When I think steampunk, I think soot everywhere and grimy streets with well dressed people wearing goggles walking down them lol.

Pretty much mate, it's better to have the cables inside of the pipes anyway, would look too out of place if all you saw was random ass wires trickling down from the back of the unit.

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Pretty much mate, it's better to have the cables inside of the pipes anyway, would look too out of place if all you saw was random ass wires trickling down from the back of the unit.

Yeah, my sentiments exactly.

 

I'm thinking about putting some 5m LED light strips into some clear split loom tubing and running them out of the top of the aquarium and around my ceiling for accent lighting in the apt. Get the look of "energy output" piping.....

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Ho Lee Excrement, that is awesome! thumb.gif

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Wow, thats crazy awesome! Great job!

 

Nice icon picture btw :D 

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Wow this is such a cool idea. Great Job!

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Ho Lee Excrement, that is awesome! thumb.gif

I'm new to this forum but I've been looking through the build logs sections and your builds are amazing. Seriously gorgeous. That being said, thanks! Coming from a distinguished modder such as yourself that means a lot :)

 

 

Wow, thats crazy awesome! Great job!

 

Nice icon picture btw :D

Hehe thanks man, great minds and all that :P

 

 

This is absolutely one of the sexiest builds I have ever seen

 

Wow this is such a cool idea. Great Job!

Thanks much peeps. Looking forward to filling it up and seeing it DONE. I feel like I've been working on it forever, but I'm impatient lol

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It looks really nice against the wood wall.

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