Batman : Arkham City Update 01/06/2012 Finished Pics

Batman : Arkham City Update 01/06/2012 Finished Pics

Happy Holidays,

My oringinal Idea for the case mod, was to re mod this NZXT Vulcan micro-atz case all i was going to do was Batman etching on the window for my 7 year old son, Just a little weekend project, the ultimate goal was to make a nice little Lan case ,but when i started getting a few more ideas came to mind .

I very thankful for Biostar, Intel and NZXT . With out there support these are just visions on paper. I showed my friend at Boistar the progress of teh case and he ask to showcase it in Vegas for CES.

I started working on the side panel first to replace it with plexi.

making the window opening bigger with a dremal tool

all is left is to is a few places to File.

Next up to see how it look on the case

removing the rivots and the disassemblyhas begun

6 differnt grades of sand paper for the finish

Ok brought out the heavy duty paint stripper!!!! Yea thats a airplane on the can, alwasy use proper Ventilation and a mask or you will feel like your flying !!!

You know its done its job when it starts to peal off

60 Grit !!!

And when the sanding is done

repainted the top fan cover to a metallic silver

Decided to change the front panel a bit and add a little Batman touch to it.

Fan Cut out

I will be re-using the orginal mesh from the side panel for the front

I had some left over anodized aluminium from my other super secret project

With a scroll Saw and a file you can do amaizing things

all thats is left is have the Rez cut out and add power button and a little polishing

Alot more too do

Thank you again for checking the project out.

you should cut the bat shape out of acrylic then layer the metal cutout on top of it and light up the acrylic part from inside with red leds

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Still working on cutting out the Rez whole on teh front panel, But been trying to think of a illuminated cut out for the right side of teh case since its so plain !!!!

jjsky5000 wrote:

Ok brought out the heavy duty paint stripper!!!! Yea thats a airplane on the can, alwasy use proper Ventilation and a mask or you will feel like your flying !!!

But doesn't it strip the paint! Used that on a car project with my father - thought he was crazy, but we were down to bare metal in ONE application and one day! Of course, all the hidden Bondo underneath felt like sponge rubber, but on a new build it's great. Just kind of expensive as I remember....

Edit: (added comment)
I agree with DB - backing the bat with acrylic and lighting it would be a sharp detail. Maybe use the bat template to do some etching as well on the bat?

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Its all starting to come together down the Final stretch before CES. Primer and paint

More Primer

Decided to cut the top out for a place to fill the watercooling

More Sanding to get the annodized marks removed

Side panel was next , 50 grit,100, 150, 400, 1000, 1500 and 2000 for a finish

Interior of teh Side Panal Black with metal flakes

Small teaser

Thanks for looking

Very cool, cant wait to see more

You know, this is the best budget MATX case on the market. I had one for my last build and I loved every minute I spent with it. Not everything was the best quality, a lot of plastic. But it performed like a champ and anyone who's ever had NZXT will tell you that their customer support is second to none.

This build looks awesome. I'm a huge Batman fan and so is my wife. I'll be watching this and I hope to see it at PDXlan =D

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Happy New year !!!! Back to Modding

Finishing painting the frame

Started assembly Case feet on first

Adding the rad

Thanks Db for the idea of adding some lights behind the bat should also cast a shadow

My intial thought was glue or double sided tape to attched to teh front panel. but it for my son, I better screw it in. Smile

another teaser

Thanks for looking

looking awesome! would it be an option to "glue" 1 or 2 screws to the back of the batman sign so that way it doesn't show in the front?

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nice jj keep it up.

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the only way to glue is to use black acrylic for the top part . . .you can glue acrylic to acrylic but I do not think mental to acrylic would be a good bond

love how it turned out

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Use "The Tape of the Casemod Gods" double-stick tape to affix the top metal layer to the underlying acrylic piece. Then you can drill/tap holes in the acrylic and screw in from behind. Smile

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Boddaker wrote:

Use "The Tape of the Casemod Gods" double-stick tape to affix the top metal layer to the underlying acrylic piece. Then you can drill/tap holes in the acrylic and screw in from behind. Smile

I use this all the time, it my past builds, I was out.

Small update before the final photos and off to CES

A big thank to NZXT for Sending me the HALE90 850W Power supply to Showcase in the MOD.

The black and white theme ps went perfectly with the mod

Also another Big Thank you to Biostar supporting the mod as well, By sending the Extreme Edition TH67XE Micro ATX MB

Adding The Blood Red Danger Den waterblock

Black and red going together well

Finished the water cooling loop

A little Batman

Teaser ( its time to Signal Batman)

Thanks again. come back tommorrow for the Finished Photos.

WOW! not WoW

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This mod looks great

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Very Nice!!

It turned out great.

Looks like I'm not the only one pushing the time limit to get stuff to CES. Cool

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BOBDBONE wrote:

Very Nice!!

It turned out great.

Looks like I'm not the only one pushing the time limit to get stuff to CES. Cool

I wasnt sure until wedsday nite if it was going to make it. I had to rearrange shiiping to go direct to vegas. but its on its way Smile

It will either be in the Biostar Suite or NZXT Suite.