#Dishonored 2 mods pc mod

The entire process took less than 40 minutes, and gives the front of the case exactly the look I was going for. And that dirty weld pattern absolutely fit the style of the universeвЂ¦ it was just meant to be. Adam being Adam comes up with a very creative solution on recreating those welds using nothing but hot glue, Rub вЂn Buff and black acrylic paintвЂ¦ exactly the color and finish IвЂ™m applying to my case mod. The suit is a modified deep-sea diving rig, and the helmet is this crudely assembled steel contraption with some of the dirtiest welds IвЂ™ve ever seen. While in a late-night YouTube binge, I stumbled across a video in which Adam Savage is recreating the worldвЂ™s first high-altitude flight suit. I went through a dozen ways to hide that transition, from square doweling, to paintвЂ¦ but it turns out my procrastination helped immensely here. In the end, the result was nearly perfect, all except for a 1/4вЂі seam along the outside edge of the aluminum, and that was going to need some kind of finish work. It was the filing, the sanding, and all of the finish work that took much longer than expected. The Dremel work wasnвЂ™t too bad, making quick work of the rough shape. A little bit of super glue was added on the couple of spots that didnвЂ™t want to seat quite right.Д¬utting the aluminum panel to perfectly fit the front of the case was non-trivial as well. The glue seems to be pressure activated, so applying the aluminum to the front case panel was easy as could be. But in the end, it was absolutely worth the effort. In all, it took 60 minutes of heat-gunning, prying, lifting, swearing and hand-cutting to separate the door from itвЂ™s beauty panel. As luck would have it, the door had a brushed aluminum panel glued to it, and was already the perfect size to cover all of those issues.ДЄs bad luck would have it, that glue was INSANELY strong. The hinges removed easily enough with just a couple screws each, but what to do about the numerous issues left behind? The holes for the hinges, and 5.25вЂі drive slot, and the massive gap between the front vent and the front of the case all had to be taken care of. A door that opens only to a vent wouldnвЂ™t make sense in the world, so it obviously had to go. The front door was my biggest struggle in the entire process. An antique copper Rub вЂn Buff finish was used for all of the vents and accent pieces to bring the theme together. This gives off an amazing aged look to the case, as if itвЂ™s spent the last 10 years outside and neglected. I applied a very even coat of silver to the majority of the outside of the case, and then took it back down by both removing color from the edges of the case, and using a black acrylic paint wash to add grime in the corners. ItвЂ™s a wax material that just rubs with a soft cloth on and gives a very metallic finish. I used Rub вЂn Buff for all of the color in this mod. Making a worn-steel finish is actually a simple process. The case needed to be a steel box, but worn-down and crudely assembled. I wanted to capture the darker, grungier side of things. The world is a disparity of styles, with the haves living in luxury homes drinking Cidre de GristolвЂ¦ the other 99% live in a hastily put together city. While there are plenty of gauges, steam, and elegant costumes, thereвЂ™s also a dingy, worn, and crudely-built element as well. ItвЂ™s easy to call the world of Dishonored вЂsteampunkвЂ™ inspired, but to me thereвЂ™s more to it than that. I wanted to get the detail set on the outside of the case first. The hard drive tray in the Fractal Design Define R6 would become my canvas for this, and it was easy to see a lot of cutting in my future.Д¬utting into the internals would come later in the process though.

#Dishonored 2 mods pc mod

The basic premise of the mod is a PC powered by whale oil, the main power source in the game.

Lucky for me, there is no shortage of material in Dishonored. Working off of the mask, as well as concept art from the game, I determined very early on I wanted to create a PC that looks like it belongs in the game world. The hard part would be taking the image in my head and putting it into steel, aluminum and silicon. Starting with a physical, licensed prop from the game provided design queues and a color palette to work with. First, I played Dishonored for around 10 hours (not a difficult task), and I picked up a Corvo mask from one of the Dishonored 2 CollectorвЂ™s Edition sets. I did two things to draw inspiration at the beginning of the project. The props and environments in the game are absolutely beautiful and truly unique. As the theme this year was Bethesda/id, I was immediately drawn to Dishonored.