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hey everyone this is steve from gamers nexus Donette and once again at pax prime 2013 we just shot a video with these two guys right here about the roseville throne industrial mod check a link in the description below for that and for now this is actually a top level overview of case modding how you can get into it if you're a system builder you've liked modding but I haven't ever done it this is the video for you so we'll start with you Bob do you have any starting advice for system builders who really liked looking at mods and want to do it but don't know where to start I think most people are probably most afraid of painting because there's just so many different things you can do so many products you can use and they just don't know where to start and all I can say is really just just start you know just pick up a spray can and start from there and whether you're spraying on some blank papers and cardboard or whatever that kind of thing and then just kind of get the technique down also there's a lot of you know YouTube videos that kind of stuff with helpful tips and that kind of thing and just start from there and you know and then as you progress you know you might go buy a cheap actual spray gun and some cheap paint just kind of you know keep progressing and you know none of us were born modders you know I mean we all learned and started somewhere so I just I just think that people shouldn't get discouraged and they should just just do something and just get started make it small the first time and you know if it's a pop-can or whatever just start start painting and see where it goes how did what's what's the story for how each of you got started into modding well we'll start with you this time I started seeing some mods and LAN parties Darth Beavis had some pretty cool mods I'd like wow that doesn't look that hard to build I want a cool computer that looks really awesome so I Cup fifty bucks later I'm cutting in Farland and using a rattle canned and spray paint something and that's just how I got started and Bob how about you yeah pretty much the same story you know I i had a dell you know a black plain old dell desktop i went to a land party the first time and and I saw Darth Beavis sir richard's arose and he had a couple cases and so I saw those and and it was like you know one of those moments where the light goes on and you say oh my god I could do that too you know and so that's kind of what started it and then and then it just started steamrolling after that what were your first maje that you worked on and are there any surviving pictures of them actually yeah my first mod is still a favor to some people and it was a ant farm pc and i had 300 live harvester ants that were living in the side panel i had built a custom acrylic side panel that was kind of like a double pane window and I had aunt gel in there and the ants with tunnel all the way through and had lighting inside the win you know inside the case so it would glow and you can see the ants running around and everything and you know of course they don't live forever so you know it that would had to go away but you know it was it was pretty neat it was it was a fun bill too very cool how about you rod first built I did was a trs-80 model three made by radio shack in 1982 the year I was born it's a little bit older need a little bit upgrading so in from 64k ram up to four gigs i think at the time it won a case mod competition at pdx land and it's still in my spare bedroom today very cool any any advice on case selection for our modders who are aspiring models i should say when they're looking for a case to work on something that's easy to jump into what should is there anything they should specifically avoid or anything that they should be shopping for if they if they want to start out with something easy I would you know naturally point them in the direction of a pretty plain case you know it not a lot of different layers and you know little features that stick out nooks and crannies and things because that takes a lot more prep work if you're going to do some paint work so something that's more flat and square and then move into the more intricate designed cases where you may end up eventually doing some airbrush work and all the little details and stuff like that so and rod any advice on case selection for sure i would go with something inexpensive so you're not afraid to cut it up and destroy it because it's probably what you'll do and it'll look awesome and paint surface is important so if it has a textured surface and you want it to be smooth that textured surface could be a problem so avoid something that's ultra complex and think about what material it's made of as well a lot of the plastic is ABS plastic and then the case itself is usually made of aluminum or steel but think about like Oh aluminum's harder is easier to cut but you know steel is a lot more resilient Hale so it's not you won't Bend and tweak it wrong when you're working on it and finally any resources for our modders what websites or other resources should they be looking into to get further support a great resource for help or answers to questions or just anything is it's always going to be you know some of the modding forums and different websites and things like that we've got websites and are you know with our emails and we're very helpful and most most modders are very helpful so we have the ability and the facilities to do everything whether it's a structural work acrylic work sheet metal work welding you name it we you know paint work we do it all so we've we've kind of been through just about everything we you know you could think of that you might run out up against and have a question on and we're and we're there to help so it's a free free to ask question given either one of us a you know an email and we'll help you out any way we can so awesome well thanks again to both of you check out BS mods com if you'd like to see some of their work and learn more about them you can go the linked list in the description below for our previous video on the roseville industrial mod and of course full article coverage and I will see you all next time he's