Author Topic: [360] [SPURGURGLE] Cameleon ..... [finished] (Read 20428 times)

spurgurgle · « **on:** October 25, 2009, 09:02:46 PM »

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FINAL PICS AND VIDEOS ARE AT THE END OF THE THREAD
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ok so i've decided to enter
im not sure if ill get all the mods i want to finished by the end
but its worth a try

ok so im modding a 360 pad, (going to town tomoro to see if i can pick 1 up second hand.)

planned mods

-move left anolog stick
-build custom D-pad
-ROL color change
-lit dome
-lit start+back???
-ABXY chaser
-RF B on extra face mounted button.----Scrapped 29/10/09
-Programmable rf (lugnuts code)
-Back lit triggers
-spray job (going to need it after the case rework for the anolog and d-pad swoop.)

Proggess so far: 26/10/09
i have 2 spare cases to cut up for the front half.
led's and chips tactile and other electrics are on order.
stock pic will be uploaded tomoro when i get the controller.
(fingers crossed they have a black one in)

update: 27/10/09

i found a second hand pad in my local cash converts
its black and its CG (bonus)

ok so i've got the pad first things to do is the D-pad wiring and moving that anolog stick....

spurgurgle · « **Reply #1 on:** October 26, 2009, 10:34:50 AM »

ok first sorry for the double post but i have tried to modify the other post to add this section in, but it keps saying server error contact acidmods webmaster?????????

so yeah here's the update on my pad..........

update: 27/10/09 evening....

ok so i got the pad and stripped it down a bit....

moved the placement of the anolog, ran the wire's for the D-pad and put the trigger back on...

cut out the old anolog suround and d-pad housing..

cut out the anolog housing from another spare case and mounted it in the new position

and last bit for today was. make a second B on the front case.
and i built the custom D-pad....

tomoro i plan on fibre-glassing and filling the front case.
then mounting the tactiles for the new d-pad and second B on the PCB...

update 27/10/09 late...ish
bin looking at the Dpad....
dont like it.....
ripping it out and doing it again tomoro.....

note.... i've just noticed i got the date wrong yesterday... lol put 27th on everything and it was only the 26th....
lol it'snow the 27th....

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2009, 04:11:52 PM »

Ahh very nice so far man keep it up.

spurgurgle · « **Reply #3 on:** October 27, 2009, 05:05:26 PM »

ok so for todays update.. on the actual 27th lol....

ok so today i ripped out that other d-pad thing i made up.....

Made a new better 1 its awsome....

i filled around the anolog and in the 1234 start and back on the front of the case.

wired up my new d-pad.
then put the pad together to test it out.....
my findings were
i need to shave a little out from under the dpad as it fools up on the led i fitted under it.. and you cant push left/up with it.
and i need to sand some more from the inside of the anolog housing as it also rubs a little. nothing to bad then... so other then that it all works great so far......

the filled anolog housing

the mark 2 d-pad...

back together...

and powered up, my battery was flat... so its on charge....

As for tomoro. i plan on fixing the problems i found in test today.....
maybe try out a secret mod i just thought of and start fitting the LED's and chip's....
also sand the front case som more ready for spraying..... arg im not good at spraying....... and a cant decide on a color or design......

treemty · « **Reply #4 on:** October 27, 2009, 05:25:51 PM »

Looks very proffesional!

spurgurgle · « **Reply #5 on:** October 27, 2009, 07:52:09 PM »

Quote from: treemty on October 27, 2009, 05:25:51 PM

Looks very proffesional!

thanks treemty thats the look im goin for kind of...
i want the finished pad to look like a factory made controller. but better....
as in the moved anolog and revised dpad...
talking of that dpad.....
ive bin playing on it all evening and its great.....
i was on gears2 and didnt get the wrong weapon out once... oh yeah.... not sure how well it will work in say street fighter. but on games where the dpad is just a menu selection tool or something of that sort... it seems to be spot on...

Modded Matt · « **Reply #6 on:** October 28, 2009, 05:17:22 AM »

wasnt your unmodded controller pic black?? what happened?

spurgurgle · « **Reply #7 on:** October 28, 2009, 06:41:06 AM »

yeah my unmodded contoller was black.... im still using the black back of the case. but i hacked up 2spare white case's to make the front....

Quote from: spurgurgle on October 25, 2009, 09:02:46 PM

Proggess so far: 26/10/09
i have 2 spare cases to cut up for the front half.
led's and chips tactile and other electrics are on order.
stock pic will be uploaded tomoro when i get the controller.
(fingers crossed they have a black one in)

update: 27/10/09

i found a second hand pad in my local cash converts
its black and its CG (bonus)

i only wanted a black pad cos i wanted the back black....
im not a fan of spraying the back of the case as it always takes mor abuse. so thought i'd leave the back stock black and spray the front.... still not sure on the spray job though......

Quote from: gamerdude767 on October 28, 2009, 06:35:28 AM

Looks alright.. although i dont like the power button thingy.

yeah the power button does stick out a bit but probilly will be sprayed over... and its not a power button anymore its a dpad... and it works oh so much better then the standard dpad.

gamerdude767 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 28, 2009, 06:46:15 AM »

Fair enough, Wasn't accusing you it just seems weird lol

Also, are you using fiber glass to fill in holes and secure the moved thumbstick? or is it polyfiller?

spurgurgle · « **Reply #9 on:** October 28, 2009, 10:03:19 AM »

yeah it was a bit weird but i like the black front and didnt want to destroy it... as ive never done this sort of case mod before.... or any controller case mod....
so thought i'd mess about with 2 white case's i had lying about from xcm case swoops. and use the black 1 as a back up if i messed up....
but so far it seems to be ok so now ill av a spare black case to mess about with next time i try the anolog move....

for securing it i found that the anolog houseing fitted inside the dpad housing on the inside of the (the tube bits the go down to the pcb.
so i used a plastic glue to melt the to tubes together and there you go secure as possible as the 2 peices are now 1.
then i filled over the top. a bit to much and sanded it away til i was happy. i udes ISOPON P38 car body filler... (i had som in the shed for a body panel repair i did on my car earlier in the year and found working with it was easy...

gamerdude767 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 28, 2009, 10:23:10 AM »

Quote from: spurgurgle on October 28, 2009, 10:03:19 AM

for securing it i found that the anolog houseing fitted inside the dpad housing on the inside of the (the tube bits the go down to the pcb.
so i used a plastic glue to melt the to tubes together and there you go secure as possible as the 2 peices are now 1.
then i filled over the top. a bit to much and sanded it away til i was happy. i udes ISOPON P38 car body filler... (i had som in the shed for a body panel repair i did on my car earlier in the year and found working with it was easy...

Ive never tried car body-filler.. ill have to pick some up next time im making another controller re-design.. Fiberglass is perfects though!

spurgurgle · « **Reply #11 on:** October 28, 2009, 10:31:11 AM »

yeah i was going to fibre glass over the dpad and around the anolog but it was such a good fit there was really no need as you can see from the pics before i filled it, it was only a small seem to fill.
also make sure u use a more flexible filler else it will crack adventually..

DarkShot · « **Reply #12 on:** October 28, 2009, 12:57:37 PM »

Quote from: modded matt on October 28, 2009, 05:17:22 AM

wasnt your unmodded controller pic black?? what happened?

spurgurgle · « **Reply #13 on:** October 28, 2009, 06:31:52 PM »

darkshot please read the thread....
i've already explained this....

Quote from: spurgurgle on October 28, 2009, 06:41:06 AM

yeah my unmodded contoller was black.... im still using the black back of the case. but i hacked up 2 spare white case's to make the front....
i only wanted a black pad cos i wanted the back black....
im not a fan of spraying the back of the case as it always takes mor abuse. so thought i'd leave the back stock black and spray the front.... still not sure on the spray job though......

Quote from: spurgurgle on October 28, 2009, 10:03:19 AM

yeah it was a bit weird but i like the black front and didnt want to destroy it... as ive never done this sort of case mod before.... or any controller case mod....
so thought i'd mess about with 2 white case's i had lying about from xcm case swoops. and use the black 1 as a back up if i messed up....
but so far it seems to be ok so now ill av a spare black case to mess about with next time i try the anolog move....

for securing it i found that the anolog houseing fitted inside the dpad housing on the inside of the (the tube bits the go down to the pcb.
so i used a plastic glue to melt the to tubes together and there you go secure as possible as the 2 peices are now 1.
then i filled over the top. a bit to much and sanded it away til i was happy. i udes ISOPON P38 car body filler... (i had som in the shed for a body panel repair i did on my car earlier in the year and found working with it was easy...

W-Gaming5 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 28, 2009, 11:25:23 PM »

DarkShot · « **Reply #15 on:** October 29, 2009, 12:55:37 PM »

ahh I missed that while scanning over it.

My bad

But overall it's lookin pretty slick

spurgurgle · « **Reply #16 on:** October 29, 2009, 05:34:16 PM »

ok so the last 2 days went backwards a little .....
i decided to remove the RF B
and in prep for spraying i had to take off the D-pad....
but all is good...

update: 29/10/09

so i stripped it back down.

took the D-pad out...

filled RF B and finished sanding the case ready for paint...
it is in the shed drying at the moment. (fingers crossed it turns out ok...)

took apart the bumper section ready for....

.... a part swoop.

then changed this ....

... to this....

for tomoro i plan to check the paint job...
if its ok... ill install the Dpad and start on the RF
if it's bad ill sand it down and do it again...

spurgurgle · « **Reply #17 on:** October 30, 2009, 10:26:57 AM »

update: 30/10/09

ok so i went down to the shed this morning to check my paint job...

not bad....
still not 100% dry so wont be doing anything with it til tomoro or monday maybe...

so i started on fitting chips and what not...

the Rapid fire chip... (lugnuts programmable 3button code..)

the flasher chip (with xmas star hex on it...)

after that i....

fitted trigger lights...
and...

lit the dome up...

i also messed about with the D-pad a little. maybe a video later if it uploads before i go out....

spurgurgle · « **Reply #18 on:** October 30, 2009, 10:37:34 AM »

ok so the Video uploaded....
can you say color change.
spurgurgle - Dpadlights.flv

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #19 on:** November 04, 2009, 09:03:14 PM »

ahh nice work man that controller looking great...

spurgurgle · « **Reply #20 on:** November 05, 2009, 02:28:13 PM »

ok so im kind of finished.....
not 100% happy with the paint....
i may do a bit of a design on it .....

update 5/11/09

i re-fitted the new dpad....

addded the rapid fire buttons....

drilled out the ABXY

put LED's in the ABXY and wired them to the flasher chip....

put in a new power source.....
not sure if ill keep this in there... i need to test it more before i decide.... but it seems to be working.....

and put it all together......
there will be a video soon....
just thinkin if i should paint a black design on it or not...

Tri-edge · « **Reply #21 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:09:17 PM »

are you going to paint the back white too? and try taking pictures in the darks so the leds look better. I want this one to win over the guy who does led overkill because at lease this one took a lot more work to get it that way.

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #22 on:** November 05, 2009, 10:20:13 PM »

Looks great i would of glosses the power button your using for the dpad so it would like match with the controller..

spurgurgle · « **Reply #23 on:** November 06, 2009, 02:59:31 AM »

Quote from: Tri-edge on November 05, 2009, 09:09:17 PM

are you going to paint the back white too? and try taking pictures in the darks so the leds look better. I want this one to win over the guy who does led overkill because at lease this one took a lot more work to get it that way.

not sure about painting the back white..... think i may paint the front black instead... or well most of it black with a design of som sort......
and yeah i need a better photo/video showing all of the led's.... but thats will be done when im hppy with the paint on it....
i might do the back white you know....
oh i cant decide....

Quote from: Blazinkaos on November 05, 2009, 10:20:13 PM

Looks great i would of glosses the power button your using for the dpad so it would like match with the controller..

yeah i could also do with doing the bumper buttons as they stick out as there not glossed lol....

and finally yeah i would like this to win over LED overkill

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oh how about a black fade across he front of it i reckon that'll look nice......

spurgurgle · « **Reply #24 on:** November 07, 2009, 09:37:46 AM »

ok so here's todays update....
i dismantled the pad a bit
and paiinted it black.....
it looks much better now..... also i have got hold of a clear battery back so when the controller is togeather u'll be able to see the substitute power source....

update 7/11/09

so yeah its black

im not sure which buttons to use black or white....

the shell looks much nicer now....

i might spray those spare anologs white and see how they look...

hopefully will put it all together tomoro. with or without white anologs and possibly make the video showing full use of the pad.

Mods completed.....
-case re-design
-moved anolog
-re-designed/moved D-pad
-installed programmable rapid fire (lug nuts code)
-different color RF indication light.... (new mod)
-lighting mods
-Back lit triggers blue.
-multi colored ROL. (pl.1 blue, pl.2 yellow, pl.3 green pl.4 red)
-color changing D-pad. (new mod)
-Lit dome blue
-chaser ABXY lights... (xmas star code/ new mod)
-paint job....

the only mod i didnt do that i planned on was a rapid fire B on as a extra face button...
i didnt think i'd be able to fit a 3rd chip in so a dropped this mod quite early on...

t0pP8uZz · « **Reply #25 on:** November 07, 2009, 10:48:37 AM »

Very impressive man. 10+

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #26 on:** November 07, 2009, 11:50:15 AM »

Ahh that looks cool.

spurgurgle · « **Reply #27 on:** November 08, 2009, 08:51:20 AM »

ok so no update today..... i got a bit smashed last night so wont be puting the pad back together til tomoro....
but i have decided on a name for it......
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cameleon
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ok its not cos it looks like a lizard on anything...
its cos it changes color.... welll the rol n dpad....
and the pad changed from, black to white to black and white and now black
so yeah i think cameleon is a fitting name for my controller lol

and thanks guys for the compliments

spurgurgle · « **Reply #28 on:** November 08, 2009, 02:07:00 PM »

ok so yeah i got bored and put it back together....
here we are

proof of ownership...

proof of date...

the front...

the top...

the back..

some lights....

player 1

player 2

player 3

player 4

so yeah here's a quick video showing the face lights.....

another will follow shortly...

and one more later in the week showing the full operation of the controller....

spurgurgle - facelights.flv

and the second video

spurgurgle - alllights.flv

Blazinkaos · « **Reply #29 on:** November 08, 2009, 09:42:30 PM »

Dude that is AWESOME....

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