I actually gave a buddy of mine some 360 parts so he could gutswap and he is making me a custom gears case for me. The case is done he is just waiting for the red led's to come in the mail.

The cog was cut out but he did it a little crooked. He first sent me a text image and I was disappointed but when I saw it in person it looked sweet. He painted the undercoat a crimson red and painted over top of it black. He sanded part of it with a high grit sandpaper to expose the red in various parts. He thought he messed up on the face plate because the paint cracked. I took it as part of the Gears story were Jacinto gets sunk. Once its done and my brand new Jasper guts are put in it I will post pics. You should do the same.

My friend is into that stuff though. He painted the insides of his car doors with skull stencils he made. The skulls almost look like the gears ones thats why I asked him to do it for me. He also has an airbrushing setup and bought automotive paint because he says it lasts longer. I think its a good deal trading him broken parts and me not having to pay for it.

looks good but i thought you where going to do it in reverse and cut a square out  then cut the amp logo outa the square and put plexi on the square hole in the xbox and place the cut out logo on top of the plexi

Here's my final cutting process. My touch up on it a bit with sanding then I'll paint it. Thinking about a nice glossy black. Don't want to get to into detail with painting. This is my first time doing this with a 360. Then to put the plexiglas on and finally LEDs. Unless I'm missing a step. But here is what it looks like so far.

Finished it.

Just not a good video. I'll record a better one later.


Things I could have done better:
Raised the LEDs on the DVD drive side higher so they can light the top portion of the Xbox. You can see how it's a little dark.
Do my wiring in better places. I just wired the resisters and LED's all along the side where ever I chose which I soon discovered that was a bad idea. It's no big deal but the sides of the xbox won't fit on properly now. So I'll have to fix that.
Don't use normal hot glue to glue the plexiglas. Use JB weld instead. Works much better.
And other small stuff.

Last edited by Mr.TurnSignal (2010-01-03 18:58:52)

If you could get that on there that would look sweet.

Left it out. Much easier to leave it out.

Looks pretty kick ass. Why did you put the tape on there though?

You'd probably want to take the tape off then cut since the plastic will melt a little as you cut depending on what you use. I guess it just depends on which method you prefer.

Take a pic once it's all done. I'm thinking about doing an MLG xbox next. What do you think? Or should I do something different?

Is that like Microsoft saying F'You?  Heh heh heh...

If that is supposed to be a middle finger, the TWO fingers are on the wrong side.

Go to a mirror, shoot the finger and look, your little finger and ring will be on your left, and yourindex or POINTER finger is on the right.  That is how it should look if your XB case is shooting the finger...

You're planning on putting LED's in there right? What color you thinking about?