Worklog Joe Cool Ashida summer 2026

[Joe Cool]

Hello I am trying my hand at making a portable Wii. I have ordered the stuff from 4Layer and have started with 3d printing the case the printer I am using is a Elegoo Neptune 4. I am posting my progress so if I get stuck I can get some help. Here Is a picture of the bottom half of the shell.

 

[PizzaPerpetrator]

good luck, and have fun

 

[Joe Cool]

I printed the top half of the Ashida shell yesterday and am now working on smoothening and sanding them out. I was thinking of painting it a dark blue and making it look like the Galaxy edition of the 3ds or paint it black and add gold accents to it. If anyone else has other good ideas I am definitely open to other suggestions if anyone has them.

 

[PizzaPerpetrator]

I think if you’re a skilled enough painter, making it look like the galaxy edition could be sick as hell, but if you aren’t confident enough in your painting skills, I’d just do the black and gold.

 

[Joe Cool]

Another thing I need to consider is button colors if I should follow the 3ds buttons and make them black with colored letters or stick with the original Gamecube button colors. I am leaning toward painting them similar to 3ds buttons.

 

[Joe Cool]

Today I put filler on the shell then sanded it I can see how rough my 3d print of the case was. I am glad i did this and would suggest doing the same to anyone FDM printing the case. I have also installed the custom firmware on my Wii. As for a colors update I think I am going to go with a dark blue and paint constellations on the back. I am not very skilled at painting so this is as close to the Galaxy edition of the 3DS I can get but, I still think it is going to look awesome.
The sanded down shell

The shell with its donor

 

[Joe Cool]

I have started on the PCB assembly and I have painted the shell dark blue and am getting ready to paint the constellations onto the back.

 

[PizzaPerpetrator]

its looking real nice man

 

[Joe Cool]

I finally got back around to working on the portable again and I painted the backside with constellations and just need to add a clear coat. I also painted on the front but I am not satisfied with how it looks so I am going to sand it down and repaint the front half.