And so it begins…Have been reading up quite a bit in the forums and have a good idea of how I need to start my first build. Starting off with the GBfans shell and motherboard which just came in the mail yesterday! Anyone try to link images from Google Photos? I’m assuming maybe that won’t work? I’m not a forum frequent flyer… 
Congratulations on starting your first build! You’ve got an invaluable wealth of information to draw upon here!
With regards to linking images, I still use tapatalk to post pics (still haven’t been able to figure out how to do it using the regular forums on my laptop!).
Good luck, and have fun!!!
Right on, thanks!
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Sweeeeeeet! Love your Stay Puff MMM!
Yeah lol. He just…popped in there.
What kind of parts are you going to use on your shell? Resin? Aluminum? I’m still waiting for my aluminum parts to arrive from Freeky Geeky. It feels like foreeeeevvverrr.
I have resin parts I ordered from Crix. Seemed to be good quality. Would love to do an aluminum pack someday.
Waiting for those parts to come in, so not in hand yet.
Crix’s parts look fantastic! You can always upgrade later on if you wanted to, but there are a lot of Ghostheads out there who have resin parts and are very happy. I was just lucky enough to have some extra work this summer that allowed me to go aluminum. Waiting is the hardest part, though! I’m kinda stalled out on my build until they come in, so I know how you feel! Got an ETA on your parts?
eBay is givin me an estimated date of the 16th. Shows it hasn’t shipped yet though. I’m actually only 3 hrs from Denver so the shipping will be swift when it happens.
Good luck on this amazing journey dude
Thanks! I’m all excitered and stuff. Probably try to get my dry and wet sanding done today. Saw an interesting textured paint at the store called “hammered”. Has anyone used this stuff for your textured areas? I thought it was pretty cool so I’m thinking about using it.
I tried it on my build. I’m not really sure if it did anything, but I did rush all my paint in 1 day to finish for an event. You can see photos in my build thread in my signature (if it’s still there, it’s been a long time since I logged in on an actual computer.) I bet if you took your time and over a few days tried to build up the layers it might. I just can’t tell if the texture I have is what was in the pack originally or not.
Gotcha. Good to know. Thanks!
If you want added texture, try using a base of Krylon “Make It Stone” Obsidian. You’ll need to let it harden then sand it a bit, but it does a great job of adding surface detail.
Thanks! I’ll check it out.
Yay parts! Got more coming in from gbfans. These are the resin parts from Crix. iPad2 photos suck…Question. Is it best to drill, paint and then tap or drill and tap and then paint? I’ve got carbide tips and some taps coming as well.
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