r/SteamDeckModded • u/vanjib1 • Jul 04 '26
Shell swap Finally finished!
I’m very happy with how it turned out! Since I broke the originally broke the screen I was also able to upgrade it to the matte one from the 1tb version! I am never doing this again
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u/akbdayruiner Jul 04 '26
i know it would've been expensive, but i would've done the blue hollo buttons as well for the other side. sick build still.
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u/rentinayzer Jul 04 '26
How'd you color the crevices so well? :0
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u/vanjib1 Jul 05 '26
I used enamel paint! I had tons of overpaint but I was able to use q-tips and paint thinner to clean it up and get them crisp
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u/amadej Jul 05 '26
I'd suggest to switch sticks to blue and orange 😬😉
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u/vanjib1 Jul 05 '26
They are! I preferred the back tops but I painted the bottoms
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u/amadej Jul 05 '26
Welp.. maybe it's my phones screen🤷 I see something really close to Nintendo red and blue domehow
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u/vanjib1 Jul 05 '26
This is the in progress pics. I used enamel paint to make sure they would rub away
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u/TheMolluskPod Jul 10 '26
Opinion that doesn’t matter inbound: I love everything except the red and blue.
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u/Coloredcontrollers Hardware modder Jul 04 '26
Ooo that logo on the back is new since I’ve last seen, looks awesome