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Self illuminating Tron stick? *** UPDATE with pics: Its alive, its alive!
jipp:
hey man, they be crossed. i have a black light next to my guitar amp.. many years ago i got into playing with it on and just tripping out on the sounds that it would inspire ( early pinkfloyd sounding stuff ).. even had the nail polish.. the stuff i had was clear tho.. so no one knew my secrete. yeah playing the ol guitar under a black light and pretending i was a teen a gain. laughs.
being a kid at any age is where its at. :)
chris.
pinballwizard79:
Damn it looks good in real life, my camera isnt doing this thing justice.
Going to crack open my flight stick tonight to put the final details to rest
Xiaou2:
Sorry, Do not like.
Try just One of those leds (cover the rest). I dont think you need more than one or two.
Seeing a segmented line of blinding Leds in there looks like a carnival ride... but not as nicely lit/done.
drventure:
I dunno. I think it looks pretty good. I quess I wasn't expecting to be able to "see" each led, and much as they'd all be frosted together to make the whole stick just kind of glow.
Still, looks good to me.
pinballwizard79:
It looks 10 times better in real life, my DroidX isnt a UV friendly SLR camera. The dots are not that apparent as I stand here & quite frankly Id rather see a few dots if I look hard enough as opposed to a 2 foot long bulb in my face. Even my wife who hates to see me pull off something cool (gameroom related) couldn't fight back a smile.
The number of LEDS is perfect IMO & you are actually only seeing half of them ;D The stick is so damn unbelievably UV reactive that the shell itself is somehow brighter than the LED's (meaning it looks good, well diffused & not over powered but damn saturated with UV glowing awesomeness). I can think of no better way to illuminate a Tron joystick other than installing a UV flood lamp over my head.
This is one of those things I think you would have to see in person to grasp its true appearance. A lot is lost in a picture but this gives you a decent preview.
Anyway its a welcome addition to my blackhawk high/low spinner & new control panel, cant wait to finish this thing!
EDIT: Xiaou I knew you wouldnt like this, its not a IJ pin, CRT or Wico leaf.