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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Cut a thin piece of clear acrylic to cover the entire triangular area. It'll be raised so get the exterior outline right. Could even get someone like Ponoko.com to make it but will cost a bit. (Alternative...3d print inverted with a clear filament. Want the cleanest (build plate) face for the top.

Black paint top and sides after masking with a vinyl cut logo you can peel afterward. Or black paint then laser etch the logo. Suggest multi paint coats for full hide. Low wattage 1-10w blue diode lasers are plenty to "cut" black paint.

Sand the backside with fine sandpaper 400grit or so to make it a diffuser.

Tack glue it on with small dots of superglue well away from the actual light source area (after just holding in place to test and see if it lights up the way you hope).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

By the look of it the dragon is cut into the surface of the IO cover, so that gives you a nice and flat surface.

I'd get some reasonably sturdy card stock and cut out a cover piece to match the shape of the dragon panel or the entire IO cover. Slap some vinyl wrap to the card stock and just stick it down with some double-sided tape.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Get some black/carbon fiber 3m vinyl wrap and cover it. You can then easily peel of said vinyl if you ever sell the board.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nice idea i might try that but was thinking of utilizing the Backlit of the logo and maybe put another logo in its place without modifying the plastic on the motherboard of course.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I did not realize that it lit up. I'm that case you could use a heatgun/hair dryer to warm up the glue holding the dragon stencil plastic down and make your own stencil to go over the led plate.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Never buy it in the first place

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If flat cover it with paint or vinyl

If embossed /indented

Remove the shroud and eith sand flat...or fill with body filler

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's not flat and i prefer not to modify the shroud for resale value, reading through some of the comments inspired me to do something different, I'm thinking laser cut a plastic sheet with a different logo then put a defuser sheet at the back see how it'll look.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago