Eddie_the_Hated's Customs: Orange Box, GOW and More

[Eddie_the_Hated]

Hey folks. I registered quite some time ago, was active for a matter of weeks, and then promptly dropped off the face of the earth. I've done quite a bit of modding since then, and am in the process of compiling all my works here.


There's a complete case along with this. Pictures soon.

Edit:... I just took a bunch of **** on this from the boys on the Kikizo forums, where I also frequent. That's a LEG, in far-too-long khaki shorts in that shot...


My first casemod. It's close to two years old now, but I still like the color scheme.


My old GOW plate, Frank Miller inspired.



Decidedly not faceplates, but I think they have a place here, as they're customized, and related to the 360.

[Variation-XBA]

I love the Black/Yellow one. How much time does putting a window in take?

[SpaceGhost2K]

Welcome... or welcome BACK...

Any kind of pics are welcome, including modded consoles, we just don't TALK about modding. You're fine. And those are cool.

[Enamelized420]

Welcome, errr Back that is.. Nice mods you've done there definitely would like to see more pics of your work. The controllers look hot.... Thanks for sharing.

[SamSmith]

Cosmetic modding is fine, just not software haxx1ing.

I can never see the difference :o

[SpaceGhost2K]

Cosmetic modding is fine, just not software haxx1ing.

I can never see the difference :o

You don't buy the software, you license its use. It's not yours to haxxorz. You can't rent an apartment and then remodel.

Ditto for the hardware. Altering the hardware alters the performance of the software and it's part of the licensing agreement.

That's one of the reasons they made faceplates because they're seperate from the console and you can do anything to them you want to without violating the licensing agreement.

I'll tolerate anything anyone wants to discuss about faceplates, and I'll tolerate discussions of painting or decorating sealed consoles. But if it involves opening a console, for any reason including cosmetic, then we would be encouraging a procedure that violates the licensing agreement of the console and I won't allow that.

[Eddie_the_Hated]

I Demand More Posts!

I'm currently waiting for my decal man to ship me bits for my next project. A new post in a week or so when it gets here, and I can finish up my WIP plate.

Cosmetic modding is fine, just not software haxx1ing.

Understandably so. I've been white-hat for a few years now. No copyright-law trouble for Eddie if he can avoid it.

Ditto for the hardware. Altering the hardware alters the performance of the software and it's part of the licensing agreement.

Even from a very technical sense, that's arguable.

Me dremelling a window in a case only affects the software running insomuch as the difference in materials (plastic to plexiglass) effects heat conductivity. Me adding a 12-volt fan to the front of my CPU heatsink simply allows the console to run closer to optimal temperature, in no way modifying to do what a stock case could not (a stock case will run at that slightly cooler temperature for a short time as it begins running).

I was always under the impression that the hardware I purchase is mine to alter as I see fit. Now, granted, the software is only licensed to me, and if they felt that in any way I was violating their licensing agreement, they could terminate their end of the bargain, and alter the software to ban me from Xbox Live.

It would be akin to stating that because I opened an out-of-the-box PC to upgrade my RAM, I'm in the wrong. Again, granted, I've voided the warranty, and trying to regain the privileges granted to me while under warranty would be fraud, but I'm failing to see the infraction in cosmetic case modding.

I'll tolerate anything anyone wants to discuss about faceplates, and I'll tolerate discussions of painting or decorating sealed consoles. But if it involves opening a console, for any reason including cosmetic, then we would be encouraging a procedure that violates the licensing agreement of the console and I won't allow that.

A lot of times the pieces I do are full coherent case, plate and HDD mods, and I feel that the effect is somewhat lost on certain plates without the matching case. Now, with my disagreement fully voiced, I understand that being the senior member here, that is 100% your call.

So, would you prefer that I didn't post pictures of my casemodded boxes period, or would you like me to simply not get into the repeatable details?

[Eddie_the_Hated]

I love the Black/Yellow one. How much time does putting a window in take?

It depends on the size, complexity and piece type.

It takes me roughly a week to paint a case: One day for paint, another day for the second layer, and second color, about five days to let the paint cure, and do all the necessary finishing touches, and then the clearcoat layer, which I leave for a day or so to harden, and to make sure it doesn't have an adverse reaction to the paint I use. (Holy run-on sentence Batman!!!)


Yeah... realistically though? It's about two weeks. I have a hard time finishing projects, I like to flip around back and forth between things, so I rarely finish in the time it should take me. In fact, right now, I haven't even finished that Orange Box faceplate. I've moved on to a World at War plate, and will be posting photos of that when I can find a few AAs for my camera. :-/

[mypainteffects]

Great work, very clean... Except for the GOW, which happens to be my favorite! Very nice work, keep the pictures coming. Oh, and welcome back

[wicked_d365]

Welcome... back Nice work. Love the Gears plate. The half-life one's nice too, keep it up.

[Eddie_the_Hated]

Alas poor Faceplatio, I knew him, my friend; a fellow of infinite style, of most excellent fancy; I hath borne him on my 360 a thousand times; and now, where be your orange hue? your black text? your accenting chip marks? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the Xbox on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady’s chamber, and tell her, let her [re]paint ye an inch thick.

RIP Orange Box Faceplate.

He went to the Lord violently, launched off the top of a '99 Jeep Cherokee at fifty odd miles an hour on August sixth. He leaves behind three new faceplate designs, and a rather pissed off starving artist, who can't believe he left his current project sitting on the luggage rack of his own damn car...