Well, some of you may remember this post that I made earlier in the week, showing off the "N7 Edition" 360 I put out. Well, after taking a poll, I went on to keep my word and did a Half-Life version.
Well, here she is!
This thing took me about two days, stencils, internal mods, and fixing it. We found it on Craigslist with RROD and bought it for $30.
The 'born' and combine writing stencils took quite some time, and were applied with spraypaint. The metallic look beneath the scratches is actually silver leafing. All of it is sealed with Polycrylic sealant. The "supply" sticker I drummed up in photoshop. Same goes for the lambda over the transparent DVD slot.
We were trying to bring in the 'cobbled-together in the apocalypse' kind of feel that HL2 pulls off so beautifully, and make reference to the game without plastering characters or company names all over it. We'll be trying to stay away from commercial logos for that matter, but since the lambda is pretty much everywhere in HL2, we made the exception.
Let me know what you all think, and ask some questions if you'd like to know anything about it. We've got both a Dragon Age and Portal 360 in the works!
Addendum: Let me know if anyone here would think this is a viable thing to sell; I'd like to start a side business/project doing this stuff, since it's fun as hell. Thanks =D
Well, here she is!
This thing took me about two days, stencils, internal mods, and fixing it. We found it on Craigslist with RROD and bought it for $30.
I then went on to remove the heatsinks, scrub 'em to a mirror shine, replace it with formula five thermal grease, and performed the fix for RROD. Then, I went on to add some XCM fans, to keep it colder.
Pardon the glare, but I've only got an iPhone to work with here.
Pardon the glare, but I've only got an iPhone to work with here.
The 'born' and combine writing stencils took quite some time, and were applied with spraypaint. The metallic look beneath the scratches is actually silver leafing. All of it is sealed with Polycrylic sealant. The "supply" sticker I drummed up in photoshop. Same goes for the lambda over the transparent DVD slot.
We were trying to bring in the 'cobbled-together in the apocalypse' kind of feel that HL2 pulls off so beautifully, and make reference to the game without plastering characters or company names all over it. We'll be trying to stay away from commercial logos for that matter, but since the lambda is pretty much everywhere in HL2, we made the exception.
Let me know what you all think, and ask some questions if you'd like to know anything about it. We've got both a Dragon Age and Portal 360 in the works!
Addendum: Let me know if anyone here would think this is a viable thing to sell; I'd like to start a side business/project doing this stuff, since it's fun as hell. Thanks =D
