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#1 bronchuseven

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Posted 01 June 2017 - 11:11 AM

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I've been folding my own geometric designs for many years but just recently discovered cheap battery-powered LED strings. These lamps are made with 20-bulb strings encased in translucent white plastic.
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Posted 01 June 2017 - 11:42 AM

This reminds me of Tron :)

good job !


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Posted 03 June 2017 - 03:20 PM

Destiny engrams!

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Posted 07 June 2017 - 06:20 AM

Oh damn, they do look like the engrams from Destiny! Haven't played it myself.
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Posted 07 June 2017 - 05:06 PM

I mean, at this point there's no reason to try it, wait for Destiny 2 instead. Great gameplay, not-so-great game, if that makes sense. I've put in a ton of hours but if that kind of game interests you at all, much better to wait and see what the sequel delivers.

 

Anyway, you might be able to make a killing if you actually made more and marketed them that way. Especially if you can get all four colors represented. The stress engrams were the only official kind released and Bungie discontinued them way too fast.


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Posted 10 June 2017 - 11:19 PM

I will indeed make more - I just made this third one and sold it as well
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This one is thicker plastic which diffuses the light better.
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Posted 11 June 2017 - 10:21 AM

These really look terrific! Just curious--where do you get the battery-powered LED strings? I've seen UV/"blacklight" LED strings before (not battery) that fire up GID toys in the dark...so I'm wondering if you can get the same effect with one of these polyhedrons.


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Posted 12 June 2017 - 05:51 PM

I get them from amazon - the company is called RTGS products.
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Posted 13 June 2017 - 07:44 AM

Also, I don't believe that RTGS manufactures ultraviolet LEDs, but I would love to get some!
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Posted 13 June 2017 - 12:09 PM

Yeah, I just looked at RTGS' website, and they definitely have a limited selection of colors (and no UV). Kind of a bummer. Years ago, I had looked into wiring up my own dimmable LED strings...and I forget what website it was that I was looking at, but they had a crazy selection of colors, including UV, blinking, color-changing and all that!


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Posted 24 June 2017 - 06:36 AM

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I'd never seen pink LEDs, so I had to try using some in another lamp.
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Posted 15 July 2017 - 05:59 PM

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my latest lamp is transparent, with a shiny holographic centre
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Posted 20 July 2017 - 04:13 PM

That is nuts. So cool.
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