I originally planned to use 2 - 200mm fans and grills on the front bezel. Bill Owen of MnpcTech made me custom nautilus OverKill grills that are the first ones ever made in this size. They are monstrous, I will be adding mini saw blades to a lot of the fans on this build to go with the theme.
Sam kept pushing for a 360 OverKill grill on the front and I finally gave in. It turned out to be the right choice for this build. I had the
needed grill on my Corsair 800D so I had to rob it from that case to see what I could do with it to match this build.
I really love this grill! the first time I ever saw one I knew I had to have it. So I have to ask myself, why do I have a sanding block in my hand?
As Modders we want something unique and we have the audacity to think ( hope ) we can make it better than the way it is from the factory.
There is a reason that people anodize parts. It is very tuff and also very hard to sand off. This is going to turn out to be lucky for me. The only wet sand cloth I has was 600 grit or finer, so it was coming off very slowly. The plan was to flat sand the top and polish it, like I had done to the 200mm grills. A pattern started to appear as I was sanding so I decided to work with the pattern to see what I could do.
I almost wish I had stopped where I was in the picture below, but that wasn't the plan.
Once I got it where I wanted it, I polished it with Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish and I was amazed on how great it looked.
That's what I needed, a one of a kind that enhances the look I'm going for.
Sam can render much faster than I can build, so he continued to work on some things to see how the case would look in an office setting.
Hey Metallica has to have an office some where? I never imagined it being this clean, but maybe the groupies needed something to do between shows.
This is a night shot to test lighting.
Originally we were going to use this orange colored Mother Board. Sam took the time to render it so I feel obligated to post it.
Once Asus started making the new Gold Boards, I bought one and never looked back!
This is the actual mother board that is in the Metallica Build. Thank you Asus! you made the perfect Board for this Case Mod.