Steampunk Frankenstein casemod
I love everything about Steampunk Frankenstein's casemod, from its superfluous brass tubing to the gauges, rivets and assorted fillips of the imaginary bygone days.
I love everything about Steampunk Frankenstein's casemod, from its superfluous brass tubing to the gauges, rivets and assorted fillips of the imaginary bygone days.
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Yes, but it's what's in the case that counts... Details?!?!?! Since when has BoingBoing become Not Couture?
Fantastic.
Very robust looking. But can it make a good espresso?
Gosh, it looks technically, functionally, operationally, wonder what the heck it does, all at the same time. I wish my neighbor had one.
That's the nicest one of those I've never seen
The case is amazing, but I'm still saddened that yet another person doesn't know that Frankenstein was the Doctor not the monster.
Apparently, in the alternate steampunk universe, everything is covered in completely nonfunctional gears and tubes and dials and stuff. Why is that? Do they worship technology? Are they status symbols/fashion statements? Decoy targets for rampaging primitivist cults?
Ahhh... steamy goodness.
They really need to do something with the bezels for the drives in the middle, but otherwise this is very nice.
"I'm still saddened that yet another person doesn't know that Frankenstein was the Doctor not the monster"
It's generally accepted that in the "universal" universe,"Frankenstein" refers to the monster _if_ the doctor does not appear in the film.
Are those... CD drives in the middle?
My god, it's huge!
I can only hope that some of those pipes represent a real, functional water or heat pipe cooling system.
This reminds me of the machine in The Return o Oz that the psychiatrist uses on Dorothy. I was alwasy fascinated by that machine.
And those trees that carried sandwich-in-a-lunchbox fruits.
-anin
RE: Useful Pipes...
According to this description it is water cooled so we can actually hope.
I do agree with Moriarty. There comes a point where the word superfluous comes to mind. And it's a shame really, because it's not impossible to make analog meters activate on disk activity, power, and other things. There are so many interesting things one could do with a bit of techno-work. Imagine turning a valve to eject the CD or adjust volume on internal speakers.
ivan256's comment made me think:
"My god, it's full of pipes"
Somebody get that man some brass DVD bezels pronto.
I know I'm being a little nitpicky here, but the valves on those pressure gauges are shut off. It's causing cognitive dissonance in my engineer mind.
I just had a four alarm nerdgasm.
someone should go back to the miniature designers at Henson's London creature shop in the 80's for examples of what's now termed steampunk. it was everywhere.
Think it's BIG enough? ;)
The actual "computer" parts stand out though. Need a cover for the floppy drive and some brass DVD trays.
This is great and all, but will there be a portable/laptop version? Maybe even a MacBook Steam?
This is how you polish a turd!
To those confused folks wondering what its function is, I believe it is a computer case. Most people don't have one in their home, but it's a big ugly black metal frame. They're a pretty big eyesore so to create one that is beautiful is nifty. Particularly the steam punk style, as it would generally go in an engineer's space, which often already looks like something out of a spaceship.
It almost looks like a tall narrow bureau if you mentally strip away the gadgetry.
Interesting. But I question why all that work was necessary if you're going to ruin it all by hacking a hole in the middle for 2 CD drives and a floppy. Otherwise a lot better than some of the other examples I've seen posted here.
It's sort of Space 1999 as envisioned by Jules Verne.
For those wondering if the DVD roms would stay black, the computer has been updated and the drives are now SteamPunked. Updated pictures can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/steampunkfrankenstein