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Old February 14th, 2008, 11:09 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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First Case Mod - Simple Quake

Im currently working on an oldie but goodie, im dremeling in the Quake 4 logo on to my older tower with nothing in in. Its my first ever mod aside from spray paint. Will post pics when im done. Sorry no current pics but it looks like a raptor clawed it =p
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Old February 15th, 2008, 08:55 AM     #2 (permalink)
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But moding never died.
Hope the mod goes well.
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UPDATE! =D

Well i got some pics of how its coming out so far. Taken with my RAZR so quality is not the best. So heres what ive got so far!
moding-not-dead-quake-project-so-far1.jpgmoding-not-dead-quake-project-so-far2.jpg

Lemme know what u guys think so far and any tips on as to how i can make the super thin tips of the symbol nice and clean without destroying the case?


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quake 3 arena was the best
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who said modding was dead!
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Looks pretty good MervTeck.

Are you planning on having an LED to illuminate it? Although its a pretty big carving.
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i hope to but at the moment im at a bit of a hitch, asside from screwing up the bottom point (will take pics later) i cant figure out how to get super tight in the points of the arches. even have super tiny files. any ideas?
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Try using a sawblade. I saw by hand in tight areas. If it is too tight, I make it a little larger to accommodate sawblade.

BTW- -Looks good, what bit did you use?
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i use those discs that get smaller and smaller as u use it more till it blows up lol
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