The only thing I can think of is if you buy a light that does that. They are special and I know I've seen them around. They won't be that crazy with their flashes but you'll still get a great effect. If I find it I'll be sure to post it ASAP.
-Fuga
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The only thing I can think of is if you buy a light that does that. They are special and I know I've seen them around. They won't be that crazy with their flashes but you'll still get a great effect. If I find it I'll be sure to post it ASAP.
-Fuga
Mylar film, a small fan, and orange, yellow, and red LEDs?
I think widefault is talking about making one of these artificial flame-props.
Some of those those can be pretty expensive.. but I have purchased them pretty cheap for my little halloween thing we do here. Honestly, I will probably never buy another one, after I dismantled one. The smaller LED versions are a fan, some white silk, and usually 2 orange LEDs and 1 blue LED. The higher brightness ones are the little halogen bulbs with a orange gel and a blue gel. There are a couple of things you could do to try and emulate this. You could use the fan and the silk, but instead of using a constant on LED, substitute a few ultra bright LED's with a strobing circuit. Another option is Glade makes these new flameless candle airfresheners that have a flickering LED inside. They are about 10 bucks. I have seen some internet stores that sell the flickering LED tealites from anywhere between 3 and 10 bucks each as well.
Hope this helps and looking really good so far!!
They are way too expensive, but I think widefault's suggestion was to use the materials he listed to make one.
Thanks for suggestions guys, I was thinking of maybe a frosted acrylic (plexiglass) tube with amber or red film inside and a couple of these little xenon strobes at the top and bottom (without the colored lens covers). They run on 12 volts and flash 120 times per minute but so far I can only find a US supplier that wont ship to the UK. I guess they think Im a terrorist- ha.
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Yeah, I was thinking building would be a lot simpler than buying. I imagine most folks here probably have everything but the mylar already available to them.
As for the strobes, find a place that sells DJ equipment. They may have something that runs off 12 volts. Maybe even auto parts places, sometimes strobes are part of roadside emergency lighting kits.
Just what are you suggesting? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by widefault
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Wasnt me.... honest :twisted:
You need a plasma disc in there!
http://www.microcenter.com/random_ac...n_the_lab.html
Check out the pic of the side, low down.
http://www.microcenter.com/images/em...side_large.jpg
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I wouldn't go with the strobes, they can cause electrical interference. However, if you really must, check out these. IIRC (and yes I used to, ahem, have some...) the bulbs are about the size of christmas tree light bulbs.
