Custom PC - UK (2020-07)

wasdamagedintransitandwas

justsittingona shelf.WhenI ha

theserollsofvinyldelivered,it ju

allfelltogether.I didn’thavea u

forthatcaseinitially,andthism

justfeltlikesomethingI needed

create.Whenit wasfinished,I pu

it ondisplayinmyshop.A lotof

customersthoughtit wasmade

outofcardboard!Nowit’smyso

PC,whichheuseseveryday.

What’sspecialtoyouabou

JimmyJ3NKN5?

Ivan:It mademysonveryhappy

The PC doesn’t look real

in the photos – it looks like

someone’s drawn it. How did

you go about recreating the

style of Borderlands?

Ivan: Back in 2013, I saw a simila

case mod by CrazyLefty andI’d

always admired it. His modwas

done with paint and a Sharpie,b

I wanted to do something differ

In my case, the whole setupis

Borderlands fan Ivan Cervenak created

this unreal-looking PC mod with a load

of vinyl wrap, some acrylic paint pens

and a needle

/MEET THY MAKER

Name Ivan Cervenak

Age 40

Occupation Computer

technician

Location Isle of

Anglesey, Wales

Main uses for PC It’s

my son’s main PC

Likes My wife and kids,

PC games, honest people,

hills, sea, loneliness and

conspiracy theories

Dislikes Wind, dentists,

spinach and alcohol

Project

J3NKN5

Readers’ Drive

What inspired

you to build a

Borderlands-themed

PC mod, and what do

you use it for?

Ivan: It was bit of an

impulse build really.

In June 2015 (yes, really

that long ago), I was

making some signs

for a local carnival and

had to order sticky-

back vinyl for it. The

colours the organisers

chose were the exact

colours of little robot

Jimmy J3NKN5 from

my favourite game

Borderlands 2. The

night before that, I was

playing Borderlands

2, and this little bot

scared the hell out of

me when he jumped

out of a loot crate.

I had a Zalman Z11

case in my shop, which

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