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Finally! I have to admit these were some stress full weeks to meet the deadline .. but I did it! 
As some of you know I'm a 'slow' modder and like to take my time to figure things out.
However I'm really happy with the result, I hope you like 'L3p C0re' too!
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A huge thanks goes out to Thermaltake and the sponsors for supporting modders worldwide!
And off course every one here for watching.
Keep on modding! 
 

My vote is for Peter Brands!

 

Hello guys,
Thanks for entering,
Here are the winners!
Toughpower Grand RGB 650W Gold Full Modular rithemking     Water 3.0 Extreme S alxder     Riing Plus 12 LED RGB Radiator Fan x2 MisterCOM   nKwoel Please send Tt Andy a private message with your name, address and contact number on or before July 1st 2017 to claim your prize

Hey guys, 
Thank you all for entering,
Here are the winners! please send Tt Andy a private message with your name, address and contact number. We will send you Your prize at the end of the event!
Riing Plus 12 RGB Radiator Fan TT Premium Edition   O.s.k   Nepharus   zhovnir73   Toughpower Grand RGB 850W Gold Fully Modular Power Supply                                                                                daisy
View 27 Gull-Wing Window ATX Mid-Tower Chassis                                                                               ピオク ジュン
 

Let's see what you can do Olivier
 

Hey!!
I received some packages today, the real "start" is coming soon











Now, just have to wait for the hardware... can't wait!!

See you soon
 
 

Hey there!!!!
 
 
The Tower 900 arrived a couple of hours ago... so the project can really start from now
 
I have to make some changement in my workshop to make better pics for this workblog. So see you soon for the next update.
 
 
And above all, GOOD LUCK to every one!!!
 
 

 
 

[France] Olivier Maillet

Nominate below who you think should be invited to 2017 CaseMOD Invitational Season 1 for your chance to win a set of TT Premium Riing RGB fans! 
We will be giving away 3 sets so don't miss out!
 
Event date: 2/6/2017 ~ 2/20/2017
 
Prize

I want to nominate two modders:
[Germany] Stefan Ulrich

 
and [China] Yu Han.

 
P.S. I think their work should have received more votes last season, cause very high quality made and complex to implement.

Hi Guys,
 
Thank you all for voting, we will check the votes and announce the winners within the next few weeks so look out for it! 

I stand behind my choice I made at the very start.
Stefan Ulrich (Germany) has my vote

I stand behind my choice I made at the very start.
Stefan Ulrich (Germany) has my vote

Vote for Stefan Ulrich (Germany)

[Germany] Stefan Ulrich

Stefan Ulrich

[Germany] Stefan Ulrich!

Vote for Stefan Ulrich (Germany)

Voting Event (January 20th  ~ February 3rd 2017)
 
Voting event will run from January 20th ~ February 3rd and we will be giving away a The Tower 900 E-ATX Super Tower, Thermaltake View 27 Gull-Wing Window ATX Mid-Tower Chassis, Toughpower DPS G RGB 850W Gold, Riing 12 LED RGB TT Premium Edition 3-Fan Pack, and a Water 3.0 Riing RGB 240.
All you have to do is vote for your favorite mod!! 
 

 
[China] Yu Han
 
 [Russia] Anton Popovich

[Thailand] Siwasak Sirisomboon

[Germany] Stefan Ulrich

[France] Bertrand Cucmag

[Australia] Stephen Hoad

[india] Rakesh Sharma

[uSA] Jon Hansz

[Poland] Michal Lamtych

[brazil] Maciel Barreto

[Equator] Simon Zambrano

[Malaysia] Irie Ahmad

Thanks mate. Best wishes also to you.


Next on the list was the Head part now.

First, I build the front part were the "nose" should be.
The wooden parts were screwed in an the gaps were filled up. In addition all was primed with
spray filler to see if any section needs some more attention.







To make the head part moveable, small wheels were installed on the inside.
In addition to the two wheel, I places an motor there that will move the head in both
directions, left and right. To move the nose up and down, a servo was also installed.
Looks a bit like a tank now haha.









The two lamps were designed in 3d and than printed. I cut a piece of arcylic pipe and sanded it dull to refract
the light later one.







As in the original, the light should light up when the Dalek is speaking. I hooked up a microphone to an arduino
and made a small sketch to achieve this.



For the light itself, small LED stripes were soldered together and attached to a wooden stick that is places inside the lamp.



The skecht for the arduino is written, that the LEDs will always shine at 20%. When a sound hits the microphone
they will cnahge to 100%.





Then the lamps were painted in a  metalic tone. I also tried some weathering. I will continiue weathering when all parts
are put together and painted.

At the end the Mod shloud also be movable, so I needed some kind of wheels on the bottom.

I simply designed some. I also included a cogwheel that will be used for the motorization.
Then the printing started.







To get better grip to various surfaces, I cut stripes from craft foam and glued it on the wheels.





The mounting was build from wood.But because the wheels will be directly connected to the motor they will
not move without electricity. For this purpose I also installed some kind of special wheels that can be used to move the mod
even without any electric power. I use some magnets to fold them in when not in use. In the front there is only one wheel.
This gives the mod the most stability.









The Dalek also got some kind of nose on the head part. This piece was 3d printed. I did a first round of sanding but there is still
some work left.







The inside is covered with a small acrylic lens. I put an led behind to get a glowing effect.

There is still some work left on the top part.

First, I attached the lights and made sure they are in the same position as in the original Dalek.



Then the eye part was installed. Now I just need to put a counter weight in the back
of the head to get a better balance.





So basically the head piece is done.
Next up. I also painted the upper mid section in the same bronze tone.
In addition, I installed the acrylic pieces and worked on the electric.
I tried to make the cable management as nice as possible.







I will make it so that you can not see the cables through this part. But I did not have the necessary parts on hand
thats why I started working on the mid section again.

I build all the details from wood and attached them directly to the mid section.







Next up, I will close the gaps, sand, prime and paint this part. But the next update will be a bit delay because I am on christmas vacation right now.

This time it will be only a short update.
Got some major problems on the paint job that took some time...

But here we go.
For the "nose/eye" part I needed to cut some acrylic into various discs.
I sanded the surface down and glued them into place.







Then I started to paint the heads part.
Unfortunately I have not looked carefully enough when I was buying the color. I had syntetic one, but all my
colors for weathering are acrylic based. To make it worse, I realized my mistake after I sprayed on the first layers.
So I had to remove all the color...
I went back to the good old methode of dabbing the acrylic color on by hand.
Here you can see the result. I left the lines black to breack up the surface and to get more seperation.



Now I only need to install the lamps and the "nose/eye" and the head is done.

Yes, the PSU will power everything. The arduino will be connected with USB to the mainboard. The LEDs have resistors in front and will be connected to the 5V of the PSU. For the servos I will use an converter to get 7,4V from the 12V of the PSU.
 
 
And up we go. Not much time left, so I need to a bit faster now haha.

I painted the doors for the mid section in a bronze tone. The paint was dabbed on
with a brush to achieve a rough looking surface. The details then were painted gold with an airbrush.









Then I 3D printed a cover for the opening were the weapon and instruments are attached.



In addition, the mounting mechanism for the door was reworked. Now I can easily take the door out and it
is much stronger that way.



So part 3 of 4 is done. The last details will be added at the end.



Now I am currently working at the big doors. I started by attaching the rings that I printed some time ago.
Therefore, I drew a center line and marked the position of the rings. Then the rings were attahed. Because I
don´t trust the glue, every singel ring was secured with four screws from the back.











Next up, painting the doors and start installing the hardware.

Happy New Year to all of you!

To hide the cables inside the neck section, I cut some wire frame into shape and attached it from the inside.
Moreover, the wire frame was covered with black rubber foam.
Now you cant see the cables inside and the black background will also intensify the light effect.  









Now two sections are done. Only two more to go.
For convenient reasons, I temporarily detached the eye.
Looks good so far.





For the mid section, I started by painting the inside black.
At the moment it looks a bit rough but it will be sanded later on and painted again.





For some details I wanted to use cylinder head screws. Unfortunately, the ones with the right size are a bit too long.
So I drilled holes into a wooden board and put the screws in. The thikness of the board will be the new lenght of the screw.
Then I cut the screws down and attached them on the wooden parts of the mid section. Those parts are also already primed with some dispersion paint and sanded.