ninjak
Still Fresh
I've just finished painting my unit. I've been planning to for a long time now. The process went quite smoothly. I have experience painting PC cases and peripherals so this wasn't much of a stretch. The result is satisfactory. I'd be a little more careful next time on the piece around the joystick. Man, I wish I could just file that useless peiece of shit off.
Alas, here is a little photo journal of the process and results (click the pics for a larger version):
Front Cover Removed.
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GP2X Naked.
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Laying down the basecoat.
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Masking out the stripes. Notice that the rim where the screen protector sits is also masked. Keeping that area free of paint allows the screen protector to stick better.
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Covering that stupid raised joystick rim.
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After white coat.
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Now it gets exciting.
Removal of masking.
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And now ....
Final reassembly!
From the front.
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A little angle shot.
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That's all folks. Now I'm really going get a lot of questions about what this damn thing is. For the paint, I used matte black and white tremclad enamel; 6 coats of black and 6 coats of white. The enamel has a great feel to it and is tough as nails. It's the stuff they used to paint metal hand rails and such. The way I masked off that joystick area wasn't too effective. I got a little overspray on to it which irks me a little. Either way, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. I'm more happy that I finally got down to doing this.
Alas, here is a little photo journal of the process and results (click the pics for a larger version):
Front Cover Removed.
![](/boards/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcale.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F83130130-M.jpg&hash=9184bf7661a9d05c0f2834a63a65926a)
GP2X Naked.
![](/boards/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcale.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F83130402-M.jpg&hash=9be98895c6a4265d8ffae12865ffbcba)
Laying down the basecoat.
![](/boards/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcale.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F83129893-M.jpg&hash=808265b09de6cfde17b069d87e903034)
Masking out the stripes. Notice that the rim where the screen protector sits is also masked. Keeping that area free of paint allows the screen protector to stick better.
![](/boards/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcale.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F83144163-M.jpg&hash=e5cb2985bbc03fa0f3bec1bbd99c53f2)
Covering that stupid raised joystick rim.
![](/boards/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcale.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F83144584-M.jpg&hash=92b409e94170ee8cefd1df30541285fc)
After white coat.
![](/boards/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcale.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F83145257-M.jpg&hash=30a8d0fcb6d8ba6e9af85fa60811bd78)
Now it gets exciting.
Removal of masking.
![](/boards/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcale.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F83145378-M.jpg&hash=dbea1ee05c4dc389c126243ffd9f160e)
And now ....
Final reassembly!
From the front.
![](/boards/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcale.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F83146534-M.jpg&hash=006d37d38562136e5ec53c6b69da4be7)
A little angle shot.
![](/boards/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcale.smugmug.com%2Fphotos%2F83147061-M.jpg&hash=f0dac6b1ee409265d79f22e3ef00874a)
That's all folks. Now I'm really going get a lot of questions about what this damn thing is. For the paint, I used matte black and white tremclad enamel; 6 coats of black and 6 coats of white. The enamel has a great feel to it and is tough as nails. It's the stuff they used to paint metal hand rails and such. The way I masked off that joystick area wasn't too effective. I got a little overspray on to it which irks me a little. Either way, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. I'm more happy that I finally got down to doing this.