'Frightning'

This is going to be my first proper mod job.
my antec 900 atm has been sprayed the same colour as what my now deceased car was. Cosmo blue metallic. This was done in a kind of tribute to my car. (all the pc modding I have done in my life)
. I know most people feel that flames and lightning are rather generic/un-cool to use . but I quite like flames dragons and lightning (preferably all together but that’s just being greedy lol). So the idea is to build

•A new side panel
•Cable management system
•Air or water cooling (dependant on money)
•Lighting
•New paint job
•Maybe custom paint motherboard to match design (non conductive paint?)
•Same as motherboard with graphics card and power supply.
•Some sort of cover for graphics card and power supply (may also hide water setup if using)

Now all this is sounding rather daunting to me as I haven’t done much pc modding but I used to do a ton of model painting and customizing when I was a teenager so hopefully I have developed enough skills to carry on my obsession with modification.

Case wise I would like to do this to my Antec 900 but may along the way buy another case as not to disturb my day to day gaming.

Would like to build a fully internal (no outside cables or tubes) water cooling solution but I am slightly hit atm by this current economic climate.

I have read many logs of other peoples mods to Antec 900’s so some of what I may be doing might be fairly similar to that but by no means do I mean to copy it just simply use for inspiration.

This may take some time to-do as with Christmas approaching and my new years trip to Blackpool funds are a little tight. Also I don’t want to get anything wrong. Like my tattoo I have been wanting the same design for 4 years now just don’t have the disposable income to get it done. (PC is more important though lol) work will also be getting in my way by taking up most of my daylight but im sure once this project gets into full swing there will be no power in the verse that can stop me!

Day 1

Enlisted the help of my sister (studying art and design at college) to draw up some designs for either a flame or lightning side window. While I continue on the hunt to finance the project/ find parts cheaply. I have also installed Google sketch-up and pro desktop onto my machine to help with designs of case (over 4 years since I worked with either tools) not really any pictures atm as I have not done anything apart from some idea tree’s.

As I am unsure atm as to whether or not I am water-cooling this, I will have to make designs for both a water-cooling setup and an air cooling setup.

Does anyone know where in the uk I might be able to get spare right and left side panels for an antec 900 other then buying a whole new case. As I may need to get hold of a few to perfect my designs (and for screw-ups lol) This is the main reason for posting now.