Fatal1ty by GoTall

August 5, 2005 | 14:54

Tags: #case #casemod #colour #engrave #engraving #fatal1ty #paint #plexi #polycarbonate #window

Companies: #abit #antec #zalman

Since various parts of this project were very kindly sponsored by various companies, I wanted to give them some recognition by including their logos on this side of the case. I would like to thank the Academy, my parents, my agent... no wait, I mean Antec, Abit USA and Gtek.se.


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Once again, I masked the panel completely. I planned to make a border to logos: Antec at the top, Abit / Fatal1ty at the bottom, and Gtek on the sides. Here you can see the first two sets of logos, hand-drawn onto the masking. The smaller Gtek logos will follow later.


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Here is the Antec logos at the top completed. It is a bit hard to see from the photo, but it reads "Antec performance Antec"...


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...and here is the bottom done: the Abit logo flanked on either side by the Fatal1ty "F" logo.


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The GTek logo border is much smaller - three logos up the left vertical edge - so I simply printed out the logos, taped them in place and engraved through the paper. This makes getting an accurate result much easier when dealing with very small detail.


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To break up this vast, blank panel, I decided to repeat the same Celtic pattern from the other side in a cross shape. Some people think this is too much, but I'm happy with the result


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The next part takes time: filling in the design. It is possible to work quickly, but the best result will be achieved if you work patiently.


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With all four engravings complete, it is time once again to colour in with the marker pen and rub off the extra ink. I think it works well.
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