Painting parts beige for retro towers (eventually)

So here’s the thing. Late last year I bought the excellent SilverStone FLP02, a retro-themed computer case with modern component support. It was absolutely, jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and has easily become my favourite modern case alongside the legendary NCASE M1. It’s big, relatively easy to work in with just a few caveats (a topic for another time), and yet looks the part so well. I’ve since moved our FreeBSD bhyve/jail server into our FLP02, and am giving serious consideration to an additional one for my desktop in the loungeroom. It’s that good! I subsequently received email from angry people asking me what the point was, which I answered in a detailed reply. Turns out that just made them more cranky, because they thought I was mocking them somehow. Perish the thought! But use of such a case poses a problem, and it’s the same one the plagued seemingly all beige computer towers at the tail end of what I call the Golden Era of computer cases. Which I suppose should really be called…