MetallicAcid's TJ07 (working title)

Thanks guys! The black and yellow theme seems to be a hit, but I am still attached to the gun metal grey. I might have to test out some colours in real life and see the difference then

MetallicAcid

Alot of viewers are liking the vertical tubing the best, so I am going to invest my time into creating a mock up of the loop vertically

BTW, I have a poll up so you guys can let me know what you think is best, so please throw in your vote

MetallicAcid

Update

Hey people I finally found enough time to finish the vertical style piping 3D model and render, so I would like to share that with you. I hope you like it!

MetallicAcid

Update

Ok, the backside of the case render is finished

MetallicAcid

Update

Just a small update with a new render I have changed the piping coming from the pump going to the GPU pipe, which gives a much cleaner look. Here is the render:

Hope you have enjoyed this update
MetallicAcid

Cheers Mick Shoot me a PM whenever you want and we can discuss this further!

MetallicAcid

Update

Continued work on refining the tube routing. I have moved the 2 tubes from the SLI GPUs to the front side of the angled wall. I wanted to clean up where the 240 radiator is located, and also free up the top of the reservoirs to be able to fill the system with coolant. I also removed a panel which was located above the GPUs to simplify the engineering, and have now created the join and fitting of the motherboard panel. Exploded views can be arranged if you guys are interested.

MetallicAcid

Update

Hey guys and girls

I have been working on a window design to show off the insides of this great case, and also provide ventilation for the 240mm radiator sitting in the front. For the sake of simplicity, I did not want to add too much to the door which would contract from the view of the components. I made each render with the sun layer on and off, so you can see what I am thinking with the placement of the LED strips.

The design at this point, is almost completed. I am going through each internal component and making sure that they can be engineered to fit together with screws or metal glue. I might make some small changes here and there, but as it stands right now, I am happy with this design. But, as always, if you have an idea or tip you would like to share, I would love to hear it!

So, here are some renders of the door design:

Thanks for reading
MetallicAcid

Cheers Spille!

On the backside of the motherboard I was just going to have a badge where the CPU cutout hole will be. The badge will have the name of the PC and some other information And as for the windows, they are not windows at all, but rather the mesh originally found on the TJ07 side panels. They cant be seen through at all in real life so hole size won't matter.

Thank you boniz!

MetallicAcid

I will keep this in mind mate. I had wanted to have a window for my TJ08-E build, but never got around to it as I was already happy with how it looked. If I get some awesome SSDs or something, I will reconsider modding the back of the motherboard plate in some awesome way!

MetallicAcid

Update

Hello again! The updates are getting fast and furious here! My wife is being really nice in letting me play around more and more in Sketchup and Indigo Render I have made progress on the front panel area, and would like to share with you the results.

Front closed - Daytime.

Front closed - Night.

Front open - Day.

Front open with lights - Day.

Front open with lights - Night.

Well, I hope you have liked this update.
MetallicAcid

Thanks for the input Mars. the colour scheme is 100% yet, but yellow does give the best contrast for rendering. I can't get a design to work and be simple at the same time if I am going to have a 240mm rad where I want it... But the best thing is that I still have time to come up with a design

Thanks for the advice mate!

MetallicAcid

Update

Tragedy!

Hey guys

This is the update where I tell you that I had to go back and correct something that I had stuffed up on... Even though I am just rendering, it was still a major set back as I wanted to be able to see if want I wanted could work, and how it could work. Not only that, but so that I could have measurements and number of items I needed to make it work.

So, the problem was with the piping from the GPU SLI bridge. I had both pipes running from the top of the bridge and then down beside the reservoirs. This impossible as the bridge has inlet and outlet are indeed at the top, but with an inverted motherboard setup, those inlet/outlet holes are at the bottom of the bridge. Here is the original (wrong) piping:

Here is the new (and improved) setup. I am VERY happy with this!

I have also adjusted the window a bit, reducing the curves in the corners and removing the grills beside the window:

In other news, I have played around a bit more with another faceplate for the front of the TJ07:

And lastly, a glory nightshot through the updated window to show off the updated piping:

I thought it might be interesting to have a grill in the midplate to show off the piping coming to and from the GPU and CPU areas. It could also be cool with some smoked plexiglass with some LED lighting shining on everything.

What do you guys think of this latest update?
MetallicAcid

Hehe, thanks mate. How are you by the way? It's been ages

MetallicAcid

Update

Well guys, it seems that I am having a hard time with creating a front plate which is both functional and appealing to the eye. But, I have two more models to present to you. Please note that the same design will be mirrored on the top ventilation panel abovethe motherboard. Amongst other things, I am starting to look at the colour scheme again, and am very partial to a white case with either red or blue as the highlight colour. I know it has been done many times before, but I really like them And last but not least, I have started working on the materials of the 3D renders. Before I have just used flat colours with a diffusion which absorbs light, much light paint on your walls at home. But now I am coming up to the end of the process, so I want to polish the rendering process by applying the correct materials to their corresponding objects. It is another learning process creating these materials, but it too is intuitive.

So, without further adieu, here is what I have to present to you guys!

Frontplates
Option 1:

Option 2:

Colour options
Red:

Red night:

Blue

Blue night:

Material adjustments

So, I hope you have once again enjoyed an update from me
MetallicAcid

Hey guys, I have updated the first post of this log. Please let me know what you think

MetallicAcid

Thanks mate! I have another update soon

MetallicAcid