JokeStar
July 26th, 2012, 01:09 AM
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/04dc4f78.png (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/04dc4f78.png)
Well, I built the "Red Storm" in 2011 and It has lived up to my initial vision....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/8da6bc3d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/8da6bc3d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/af5fb59d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/af5fb59d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/c6ea6374.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/c6ea6374.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/1f668923.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/1f668923.jpg)
But....Like everything else, it must be updated and revamped........
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/31986457.gif (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/31986457.gif)
Enter the new vision.........
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/16f809df.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/16f809df.jpg)
The theme will have to change as well as the color scheme....
Asus Sabertooth X990 mobo
Cooler Master V6gt
paracord sleeving
Crucial SSD M4 128gb
GSkill Ripjaws DDR3 8gb...the red heatspreaders have to change..
EVGA GTX 550 Ti
AMD Phenom X4 955 Black Edition
I'm thinking a Desert Cameo theme...inside and out
change the heatspreaders on the RAM to match the theme
side window will change....got some ideas..maybe LED lite edges...more on that later..
and maybe a few odds and ends....as it progresses....
Operation Sabertooth is underway.....Red Storm is being relocated to a undisclosed TrailerPark location......
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/0413444d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/0413444d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/2c1fda43.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/2c1fda43.jpg)
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Now for ....Operation Sabertooth....
Removed all the components and separated the case parts.
Stripped and ready...
Let the painting begin....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/42e1bbd0.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/42e1bbd0.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/5c02683e.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/5c02683e.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/49dd2f99.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/49dd2f99.jpg)
Base color is set.....
Decided upon Digital Desert Camo......If i only knew just how much this was gonna be labor intensive....
Being cheap and wanting to it all myself, I went to:
Camouflage Paint Stencils (http://tacticalcamo.com/index.html)
and printed out my own stencils.....and the cutt'n begins!
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/79e616a2.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/79e616a2.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/f3cec83b.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/f3cec83b.jpg)
this took me 3 days of cutt'n with an exacto.....but it was worth it coz It's unique!
Second color added over "cuts".......
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/cda0bd81.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/cda0bd81.jpg)
If you look, you can see the stencils under the second coat.
More to cut and another color or two to add!
Been a busy few days......
Having cut out 11 sheets of digi prints, time to use some...
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/8d7ebc04.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/8d7ebc04.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/c90d2c03.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/c90d2c03.jpg)
now for the 3rd color....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/380ac0f5.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/380ac0f5.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/901711e2.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/901711e2.jpg)
Hopefully I won't need a 4th color....will remove stencils when it dries and we'll see how it looks...
Off course....I bought my Ripjaws before I decided on a color scheme...so I need to fix them..
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/8278a11b.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/8278a11b.jpg)
more on that later.....gonna paint the heatspreaders.
Also started on the cable sleeving.....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/de4a2cb4.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/de4a2cb4.jpg)
Damn 24 pin is a TRUE pain ....using my customized pin remover!
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/a19b5073.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/a19b5073.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/cf0de1bb.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/cf0de1bb.jpg)
Had to change all those pins from the Red Storm (red & black)......Military colors now!
I never relized just how BAD those 'ol heatshrinks looked....I'm embarrassed!
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/016ad674.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/016ad674.jpg)
AS you can see....going with paracord and heatshrinkless connections....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/6566760d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/6566760d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/c78f843d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/c78f843d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/fb0649d0.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/fb0649d0.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/1984c00d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/1984c00d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/af4d2b16.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/af4d2b16.jpg)
That's all for now.....fingers are raw from those damn pins/connectors!!
Well, I built the "Red Storm" in 2011 and It has lived up to my initial vision....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/8da6bc3d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/8da6bc3d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/af5fb59d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/af5fb59d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/c6ea6374.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/c6ea6374.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/1f668923.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Scout Build/1f668923.jpg)
But....Like everything else, it must be updated and revamped........
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/31986457.gif (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/31986457.gif)
Enter the new vision.........
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/16f809df.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/16f809df.jpg)
The theme will have to change as well as the color scheme....
Asus Sabertooth X990 mobo
Cooler Master V6gt
paracord sleeving
Crucial SSD M4 128gb
GSkill Ripjaws DDR3 8gb...the red heatspreaders have to change..
EVGA GTX 550 Ti
AMD Phenom X4 955 Black Edition
I'm thinking a Desert Cameo theme...inside and out
change the heatspreaders on the RAM to match the theme
side window will change....got some ideas..maybe LED lite edges...more on that later..
and maybe a few odds and ends....as it progresses....
Operation Sabertooth is underway.....Red Storm is being relocated to a undisclosed TrailerPark location......
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/0413444d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/0413444d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/2c1fda43.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/2c1fda43.jpg)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now for ....Operation Sabertooth....
Removed all the components and separated the case parts.
Stripped and ready...
Let the painting begin....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/42e1bbd0.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/42e1bbd0.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/5c02683e.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/5c02683e.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/49dd2f99.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/49dd2f99.jpg)
Base color is set.....
Decided upon Digital Desert Camo......If i only knew just how much this was gonna be labor intensive....
Being cheap and wanting to it all myself, I went to:
Camouflage Paint Stencils (http://tacticalcamo.com/index.html)
and printed out my own stencils.....and the cutt'n begins!
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/79e616a2.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/79e616a2.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/f3cec83b.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/f3cec83b.jpg)
this took me 3 days of cutt'n with an exacto.....but it was worth it coz It's unique!
Second color added over "cuts".......
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/cda0bd81.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/the Sabertooth/cda0bd81.jpg)
If you look, you can see the stencils under the second coat.
More to cut and another color or two to add!
Been a busy few days......
Having cut out 11 sheets of digi prints, time to use some...
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/8d7ebc04.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/8d7ebc04.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/c90d2c03.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/c90d2c03.jpg)
now for the 3rd color....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/380ac0f5.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/380ac0f5.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/901711e2.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/901711e2.jpg)
Hopefully I won't need a 4th color....will remove stencils when it dries and we'll see how it looks...
Off course....I bought my Ripjaws before I decided on a color scheme...so I need to fix them..
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/8278a11b.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/8278a11b.jpg)
more on that later.....gonna paint the heatspreaders.
Also started on the cable sleeving.....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/de4a2cb4.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/de4a2cb4.jpg)
Damn 24 pin is a TRUE pain ....using my customized pin remover!
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/a19b5073.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/a19b5073.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/cf0de1bb.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/cf0de1bb.jpg)
Had to change all those pins from the Red Storm (red & black)......Military colors now!
I never relized just how BAD those 'ol heatshrinks looked....I'm embarrassed!
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/016ad674.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/016ad674.jpg)
AS you can see....going with paracord and heatshrinkless connections....
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/6566760d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/6566760d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/c78f843d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/c78f843d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/fb0649d0.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/fb0649d0.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/1984c00d.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/1984c00d.jpg)
http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/af4d2b16.jpg (http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo289/Trak186/Sabertooth/af4d2b16.jpg)
That's all for now.....fingers are raw from those damn pins/connectors!!