flags....

[koncept]

we are going to be doing a show called american hero. so far im not involved enough to know all the details but thats bc school just started....ugh...

to get to the point. it is a student written play and there will be a american flag cut up into 3 section to be lit up stripes and stars w/ blue feild

I dont know if it needs to be dimable, so lets assume it does.
i know leds would work but cost is an issue. christmas light? florescents? (non dim option)


any sugestions

[propmonkey]

if i read that correctly its not an actual flag but one made out of lights?

paint the flag on some pleix glass and the build a little box to mount the pelix glass on and put some small lamps in it? its the first thing that popped in my head

[koncept]

correct it is not a real flag, it will be built out of who knows what. what type of lamps are you sugesting? i've had that thought.

[zac850]

Check your hardware store for small lamps would be my suggestion. Or even if you take a bunch of Christmas tree lights and bundle them all up nicely and put some frost in-front of it to even out the beam.

Or maybe LED's? Of course, LED's would get very complex very quickly, and expensive.

[Foxinabox10]

You could use regular incandescent bulbs with the plexiglass. It would have to be pretty deep in order to let the light spread evenly.

[propmonkey]

we had like 4 boxes of 20 little bulbs. like 20watts or maybe 15watts that ive used around our theatre and we have a bunch of sockets all you have to do i wire them. and maybe line the side of the pelix towards the lamps with a frost to make it look more even.

[koncept]

What are your guy's thoughts on using the little night light bulbs.

when you say led's will get complex quickly what do you mean by that?

[avkid]

Circuit boards, triggers and other support devices complicate matters.

[ship]

urr, rope light comes in colors.

[ship]

urr, rope light comes in colors and is dimmable.