@StephanieW Another thought for you:
When it comes to the
Rosco mirrored
mylar,
don't cheap out.
No the aluminum foil from your kitchen cupboard won't work anywhere near as well.
Neither will the foil wrappers from candy bars or pieces of metal cut from tin cans.
Yes, the
Rosco mirrored
mylar was costly. (But compared to any other shiny, glistening, highly reflective foil, it's truly phenomenal.)
No, you won't need much. If it's still too pricey,
beat on your friendly
Rosco rep' for a tiny sample: Even a small sample can be cut to a fair number of stars.
Don't make your stars too large.
Don't make all your stars identically sized.
Variety's the spice of life, it also leads to better, more realistically convincing, stars.
BEFORE you pour hours and hours into this, create one string 8' to 10' long, dangle it from a pipe a
foot DS of your black
velour traveller, cross-light the heck out of it, turn off the work lights, and the
house lights, then closely scrutinize your efforts. Learn from your efforts, then proceed or find a new direction depending upon your initial results. This is a good time to begin your experiments with home-made donuts and carefully finessing their hole sizes.
When your production's over, save your stars. Don't bother trying to save the matte black fishing
line, you'll frustrate yourself trying to wrap it meticulously for future use when untangling it will be even more problematic.
Toss your stars in a shoe-box for posterity, this'll keep them clean and ready for the next time. If they get crumpled due to handling, worry not; in the case of mirrored-mylar stars, a few extra wrinkles can be a good thing. I won't try to convince you the same is true for maturing. BTW; NEVER grow old, maturing's O.K. but
NEVER grow old, there's very little in aging's favor. (Don't ask me how many decades it's taken me to learn this.)
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard