LUMINA by Design_Master

The Feet

The feet on LUMINA were sculpted from 15mm long rectangles of clear acrylic. After cutting a rounded end on each of them, I drew divider lines and prepared to sand down the excess.



Using some sanding wheels and my Dremel, I sanded down the excess into a rounded foot. Of course, this had to be done four times, so I had to keep comparing them to each other for uniformity.



I then used my Dremel again to cut small "caps" for the feet, covering up the section that was not rounded with a small piece of smoked acrylic. Now, once these are attached to the base of LUMINA, you'll only be able to see the rounded portion.



I then angled a few pieces of smoked acrylic and trimmed them down as well, creating "skirts" for the feet. This allowed me to prevent yet one more hard line from showing on the case's exterior, instead leaving another harmonic curve down to the feet.

The PCI door, revisited

In order to help add some curve to the back PCI plate, I developed a curved "handle." This piece started as one long strip, but was later cut into three pieces -- one was left the size of the backplate, and the other two would be turned into "endcaps" for it.



The pieces were polished up and attached to their respective portions of the case. The endcaps were glued directly to the case back above and below the PCI door. The middle section was glued to the door itself, providing a handle as well as a new fixing point for the thumbscrews.