Topic: Doc's Datapad

[Clonehead]

OK guys, here are those two little light boxes that I told you about.

This first one is a custom made box with a white christmas tree looking bulb in it and a clicker switch on a cord. It was made to support and light up a large marble. It was a wedding present from a former employer?
It looks ok with this Holo vader fig posed over the hole.

[Clonehead]

The second one came with one of those laser etched glass cubes that I was telling you about, takes three AA batteries, and was bought out of the clearance isle at walmart for $3.

The box is the perfect size for a figure, has a reflective faceted light area and a plastic cover plate, but it changes color from red to yellow to blue using bright LED bulbs. I shot all of these pics when it was on the blue bulb which seemed almost perfect. Have you guys seen anything like this?

[wraithnine]

i rekon if you put a blue filter over the light it'll diffuse some of the light and look even better

[Clonehead]

Yep. I would like that first one to be a little brighter, though. If I could find one like that second one that would stay on the blue or modify it to stay blue, it would be perfect.

[Reconsgt]

Nice idea, I would worry a little on the heat of the bulb incase a person would forget to shut it off.

, I made similar bases for Koto kits, I used led and small Christmas lights for the  small villages,  this sparks my memory on some  old projects, I use dLEDS and Lexan for the lumination parts, I will see if I can find any old pics.

[UnitedStatesDemocrat]

I'll be sure to check in occasionally on here, Doc.  Hoping to see some great stuff from you.  Good Luck!

[DocOutlands]

http://armorcast.com/store/index.php?cPath=36

Wargaming scenery.  This particular page has bits for converting soda/beer/juice/Pringles cans into storage tanks!  Now this fits right into my dio idea.  I was all but writing the story part as I talked it thru to Brendan as we cooked supper tonight.  I need to commit the words to computer and start storyboarding it out.

[masterfett]

I really like the looks of the bottom one with the grid it actually looks like a holo generator, if it was recessed into the floor of a bridge diorama it would look awesome!

[DocOutlands]

The BAT helmet I got has - to me - very Mando lines to it in the front.  I'm thinking about casting it up so I can start researching out a satisfactory combo to use as a wearable helmet.  Once I do that, I'll combine the originals and cast up a whole new Mando helmet!  Hopefully, I'll find one that can take the flip-up visor, in case an end-user decides they want to add one.  Good bounty-hunter material, that.

[Clonehead]

That sounds like a killer combo, Doc! That one could be a winner, for sure!

[DocOutlands]

Ought to be a smooth, easy cast, too.  No real undercuts on it, iirc.

[Tamer]

Yeah buddy! You guys are finding some great stuff. I liked that one Clint found with the etched glass cover. I wonder if you could get it "stuck" on the blue setting? I hope to see you do some of the smaller ones too Doc. You have a customer if they work out!

[spudafett]

The Cobra BAT figure does look like a mando helmet!  I'm assuming you've seen my "mad bat" mando android trooper....  Making the bat helmet removable may be a little dificult though because of it's tiny size.  It's very small... 

[DocOutlands]

It is, at that.  I'm sure I can work with it to score something credible.  And yeah - I saw the Mad-Bat.  Kool idea!

[Clonehead]

This seemed like the right place to put this, since Doc, here, is a droid fan.
  I took a shot of this set, in a Disney store, during our last Branson trip.