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Post by daveyjones on Mar 13, 2015 2:20:12 GMT
torches on poles: braziers: stasis chamber, protective case, etc: Crystal ball: Magical gem in treasure box: asteroid with crystal outgrowth: Candle: Lantern: Candle in a glass type dealies: Giant cauldron:
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Mar 13, 2015 2:40:14 GMT
Howdy,
Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble!
Karma for the Cauldron...
Really excellent use of the lights all around, Kev!
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Post by daveyjones on Mar 13, 2015 2:43:14 GMT
there are no vids of the asteroid or stasis chamber, as they do not have any animation going on. the stasis chamber is a chessex dice container. switched the led for a bright one and diffused with a leftover piece of ping pong ball. the asteroid is hot glue, pebbles and some of these mini stereo (headphones) jack dust protection stoppers. the torches on poles are unmodified tea lights, just a straw and move the flame thingy to the top. for the braziers i just cut out a piece on the top and filled it with cotton. for the crystal ball and magical gem i replaced the LED in the tea lights with an RGB fading LED + resistor. followed dmscotty's video for the treasure chest and used a plastic gem i ordered from spelshop.be the crystal ball is a paint agitator ball from sceneryworkshop.nl the candle is a piece of a transparent plastic stick formerly known as a brush. added some hot glue as suggested in LndCrzr's february craftwar winning shrine post. the wick is hot glue, and due to it's small aperture little light actually makes it to the flame which is also made of hot glue. due to battery discharge characteristics it is only really visible when there is a fresh battery in there. if i try this again i think i will try to get the LED closer to the wick and make the wick thicker. the lantern is made from another piece of the transparent brush handle. i used 2mm electrical masking tape (stuff they used to use in the process of etching circuit boards, but it can be bought from sceneryworkshop.nl as paint masking tape.) to make the frame, the plastic cover from a thumb tac for the top and a piece of an ag4 button cell battery blister card for the bottom and a cut off piece of mantle from some electrical wire makes the loop on top. the candle in a glass things are transparent lantern beads: for the giant cauldron i added a green led + resistor to the tea light. the cauldron is a ping pong ball. i should have done this in a different order then i did and i totally forgot to filter out the green LED so it flickers sympathetically with the yellow one :S. also could have used some diffusing. oh well, well just call this one a prototype...
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Post by beerfrog on Mar 13, 2015 4:07:29 GMT
The cauldron is fantastic!!
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Post by michka on Mar 13, 2015 7:46:56 GMT
It's a real shame you haven't been doing anything lately.
Great Deity of Hot Glue and Tea Lights, do you ever sleep man? This is all amazing work, and you crammed into a single post. And I bet you did all this recently too. Consider me well past impressed, and headed to insanely jealous.
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Post by daveyjones on Mar 13, 2015 8:04:50 GMT
lol thanks.
i occasionally sleep but i don't have a day job, so that helps. i did these over the course of a week or so.
currently working on a 2nd cauldron with a more practical approach. the result should be better then the first one.
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Post by Alexis on Mar 13, 2015 8:42:34 GMT
This is just awesome. I really like what you did there. My absolute favourite is the cauldron. I might steal that idea sometime in the future ;-)
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Post by stroezie on Mar 13, 2015 19:22:19 GMT
Have to agree that cauldron is the bomb!
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Post by daveyjones on Mar 13, 2015 19:49:03 GMT
This is just awesome. I really like what you did there. My absolute favourite is the cauldron. I might steal that idea sometime in the future ;-) mmmm, your bf could probably rig up a super small circuit to replace the LED with options for different colours and animation effects. if he can solder surface mount stuff by hand you could do quite a lot without it getting too big to mount inside.
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Post by Alexis on Mar 13, 2015 19:52:48 GMT
This is just awesome. I really like what you did there. My absolute favourite is the cauldron. I might steal that idea sometime in the future ;-) mmmm, your bf could probably rig up a super small circuit to replace the LED with options for different colours and animation effects. if he can solder surface mount stuff by hand you could do quite a lot without it getting too big to mount inside. that sounds absolutely awesome. I really have to ask him about that sort of stuff sometime.
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Post by daveyjones on Mar 13, 2015 20:32:08 GMT
in the interest of removing restraints from creative thinking, and to encourage you to have that conversation, consider this:
with 'surface mount' capability a ping pong ball is technically big enough to hold 2-3 mp3 players. the cauldron for example could, if you wanted it to, be made usb rechargeable, programmable with total freedom of colour on both sides and it could read and play sounds from an sd card. and you would still have room left for even more silly stuff i can't think of right now.
a talented artist and a competent electrical engineer could make some pretty cool stuff together.
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Post by Alexis on Mar 13, 2015 20:42:18 GMT
in the interest of removing restraints from creative thinking, and to encourage you to have that conversation, consider this: with 'surface mount' capability a ping pong ball is technically big enough to hold 2-3 mp3 players. the cauldron for example could, if you wanted it to, be made usb rechargeable, programmable with total freedom of colour on both sides and it could read and play sounds from an sd card. and you would still have room left for even more silly stuff i can't think of right now. a talented artist and a competent electrical engineer could make some pretty cool stuff together. ok now you definitely got me ;-) thank you!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 14, 2015 4:55:34 GMT
this is when i miss the fact that i should of learned about electronics and the ability to create my own stuff. all i know is that you need a closed circuit for electricity to carry on.
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Post by voodoo on Mar 14, 2015 5:55:44 GMT
Thanks for sharing! Karma for you brother!
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Post by DMScotty on Mar 14, 2015 8:53:34 GMT
Very creative!
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Post by chiefsgtbradley on Mar 14, 2015 16:24:11 GMT
Looking good, karma is coming! Thanks for sharing
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Jayzhee
Paint Manipulator
What should I work on today?...
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Post by Jayzhee on Mar 16, 2015 7:25:17 GMT
Holy moley! Now I've got to try to make the crystal ball!
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Post by vestrivan on Mar 16, 2015 15:41:19 GMT
Too much awesomeness! Way to go! So much creative uses for electronics...
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Post by dogfarm on Mar 24, 2015 19:40:28 GMT
Haven't been on here in a while and decided to check what's new. This is some pretty worthy stuff. Keep it up!
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Post by daveyjones on Mar 26, 2015 10:29:03 GMT
thanks guys this is when i miss the fact that i should of learned about electronics and the ability to create my own stuff. all i know is that you need a closed circuit for electricity to carry on. i plan to post a bit of a tutorial on how to achieve lighting without electronics knowledge or even a soldering iron. if i explain only how to do what one needs to do to get lights to work, it should be simple enough for anyone to do.
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