<Project> Black Freighter </Project>

[shazza]

Updates???

[HuffPCair]

Updates???

I heard from someone that heard from someone else that heard it from a family member of theirs. That Cpt is raiding an island of virgins.
Just what I heard though.

[callen_1]

I heard from someone that heard from someone else that heard it from a family member of theirs. That Cpt is raiding an island of virgins.
Just what I heard though.

Yeah but he's always doing that anyway. Maybe it's a really big island? Or better yet, maybe it's a really big update?

[voigts]

Either that, or he is recovering from wounds justly inflicted by his wife for plotting a course towards the aforementioned island.

[Wezly]

Either that, or he is recovering from wounds justly inflicted by his wife for plotting a course towards the aforementioned island.

Yeah, that one.

[callen_1]

Where's an update? can you please post an update? Rick. Rick. Hey Rick. Can you please post an update??

[HanTard]

Where's an update? can you please post an update? Rick. Rick. Hey Rick. Can you please post an update??

What a pisser!

[callen_1]

What a pisser!

Stirring up Rick is fun

[Waterlogged]

[callen_1]

Ahhh, i guess that's why he hasn't been updating

[RCG_Bex]

ROFLMAO! Win pic but I agree - I WANT UPDATES!!! I NEEDS MY PR0N SINCE DAVE'S RIG HAS BEEN LOST!!!

~Bex

[shazza]

lol @ Waterlogged. Pic of the week, for sure.

The Pirate's probably planning something special for us. A certain Aussie has set the bar rather high, you know?

[Wezly]

I think he's trying to sail in it...

I bet he put a keel on 'er after he got the windows together.

[Alexandr0s]

I think he's trying to sail in it...

He's taking the meaning of the word 'watercooling' to a whole new level .

[Wezly]

watercooling does not = scuttling

[CptDreadFlint]

You folks are hilarious!

I have truly been enjoying the dialogue in here and I thank you for the laughs and the light-hearted pokes as I try to stay focused on other parts of the build. Sharon's pirate icons, Callen's stirs and Waterlogged's EPIC POKE were all classic!
To shed light on the debate on where I was the past week or two, I was kidnapped by horde of midget ninjas.

Ok, there was only two.

A week after my great escape the trauma still haunted me. So I headed to my private Tortuga, channeling focus and chi through chant and meditation to acquire an unobstructed pathway towards finishing an idea for a drive cage/bay and a side shark fin grill for the Monsta rad. Oh and recovery.

However, I did manage to take some snapshots along the way to bliss and zen showing how everything is currently looking.


Replaced silver pass-throughs with black matte:










































Playing around with me new toy. 10-20mm ultrawide angle lens:








Also been focusing redoing a logo, the front panel and an instrument panel situation.

I've made some progress and found a little time to throw some parts together for a quick snapshot of the full case in frame.














I assembled the backplate, mobo tray, midplate, and pedestal to get a visual on how she'd look with some pieces put together.
I'm currently waiting on some more booty to arrive.

Speaking of pink elephants, why is it when they transport something by ship it's called cargo and when its tranported by car it's called shipment?


I used blue cathodes to see how the light behaves (which won't be used in the final build, but used here as a little test) shining up through the acrylic:








It makes a rather cool "ring" of blue light between the compression fittings and pass throughs:















Experimented with white leds:









Ever reach a point in a build where you feel that for every step forward, it ends up feeling you're taking two steps back?

Like remember way back in High School chemistry class, there was always this one paragraph in the textbook where you had to read over and over again to get what the authors were trying to say. Like remember way back in High School chemistry class, there was always this one paragraph in the textbook where you had to read over and over again to get what the authors were trying to say (yes. just like that).

And the more you read that one paragraph the stupider you actually became.

Remember that? No?
Yeah. Me neither. Just that I was told that it happened to a friend of mine.

Anywho.
Where was I going with that?








I shall reassemble all the components within the pedestal and have it all connected to the tubings shown in the hull. I'll be sure to take some pics showing the connections soon.





More full shots heh:




C'mon. You know you saw that coming.


Cheers me hearties!
Thanks for the laughs and your patience!

Updates soon and as always, thanks for having a gander. More updates to come!

[Liderc]

Blue leds are too sexy.

[callen_1]

The blue lighting looks MAD you crazy pirate!!! I award you 10 vigorous high fives, no, make that 11!!

Love the matte black pass through bits too. F@#k it, make that 12 high fives ...and i've passed out.

[bentleya]

I think it's about time i popped in and posted another message .

I'm glad you have changed the pass though fittings, as the black ones suit the build so much more. I think i like the Blue LED's over the white ones as they look more mean.

[RCG_Bex]

Blue leds are too sexy.

Mmm have to agree for sure! Can I lick it? I'll trade you some Rum?

~Bex

[Alexandr0s]

Whiskey, seriously? Where's the bloody Rum?

Full shots next update or ye may be facin mutiny ya scurvy dog.

I'm missing full shots with the hardware on it!

Off the plank with yer scurvy behind!

[shazza]

Blue LEDs Matte Black Fittings Narrative

[tool_462]

I think it would look really cool if you used a black anodized aluminum spacer (like a manifold that does nothing) about 6 inches up those tubes.

Hard to explain, think like a pair of brass knuckles that the tube routes through, basically like your passthrough now but just black and serves no purpose other than making the 6 inch run of tubing perfectly parallel to one another and highlighting the every-other-color schemed

Black acrylic would look cool for that matter.

Sweet build

[Church]

I'm looking at that pass through block .. i wonder if it wouldn't look interesting to use something similar as cable managment .. so eg. that most of tubing goes behind motherboard tray where it cannot be seen and enters via clean-looking pass-throughs like these (though not placed at same place but single pass throughs arround motherboard near places were waterblocks are placed)?

[elbeasto]

Truly amazing stuff Captain. I love the pass through fittings and the choice of colours!