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Welcome to my new portablizing adventure!!! In this weeks episode it's a gamecube!

Specs:
6 x 6 x 3 inch case with flanks
xeno gc
psone screen
11.1v 9400mAh battery (the reason for it being 3 inches thick)
switching regulator for the screen to save MO POWA!
All ports including s video for home mode
both a and b memory card slots

I've been getting some secret help from SS and hail in the past couple weeks and it's time to make it public. I can't show much work so far but I can show designs and I have nearly all the parts.

The meaning behind the name: I wanted to make a reference to my great friend the companion cube, but I couldn't think of anything involving a cube, but looking more into the flank design I've decided to go with wingman, it has wings and a wingman is your companion. At least in some case, yes I'm looking at you slippy!

Anyway, now for some designs, the ones made in paint are the final ones, the drawings were made a couple weeks ago, unfortunately I don't have a scanner so for now I'll just post some camera pics.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02609.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02610.jpg
I don't really like making stuff in paint but I needed something to do for finishing a paper a week early.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/mockupback.jpg
The fan is a bit crappy but it's ok for a mockup.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/mockuptop-1.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/mockupbottom.jpg
As for the color I'm going to get as close to the companion cube shade of gray, maybe silver but not shiny, which is gray I guess......don't judge.

As for now this is really all I have done so far.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/MNDOGYDUDE105/DSC02611.jpg

More updates to come!!!
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*UPDATE* 05/21/10

Sorry about not updating for a couple weeks, I was procrastinating about setting up my miter saw, but I finally got my mold cut and sanded. The mold looks really square but it is sanded on the edges so it's rounded off.


Home depot didn't have any * x 2's so I had to glue two boards together to get the mold.

*sigh* I really have to clean my room.
By the way that is the moonlight 64 case in the background, it died about 6 months after I finished it. I used really crappy wire from an old telephone cord I found, it was horrible stuff. I'll probably reincarnate the portable one of these days.

By the way updates will probably be a little slow for this project, I'm moving across town when school is over so a lot of stuff will be packed up, it shouldn't take too long to set my work shop back up though.

I just guessed this about ten minutes ago.

Yeah, the fan thing started to give way. I was planning to post it tonight anyway.

Holy crap, you already have the hard wiring done. Is it all working?

'Course!

By the way this is a modretro exclusive.

Nice! Its about time you threw your hat into the GCp Ring!

FLAAAAAAAAAAANKS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!

Maybe just having a little box with wireless controllers would be cool.

NO! In my personal opinion the gamecube controller is the most comfortable controller of any system, although the wii is a close one behind. If I could hack a 360 controller without a lot of case modifying I would. But it does make the thing look smaller.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

I agree, just have an area for a wireless controller reciever could plug in snugly without being shown or something.