StephanieW
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We've been making our little twisties and we'll start putting them up this week. Photos to come...
@StephanieW Don't make all your stars the same size and don't make them TOO large. When it comes to cross-lighting them, there's no such thing as too much cross-light as long as it's all firing off-stage into the opposite wing and NOT showing on either the black velour U/S or the black scrim D/S our your stars.We've been making our little twisties and we'll start putting them up this week. Photos to come...
@Gavin Fearon No Sir, sorry I don't. I think I purchased it at Canadian Tire and went with the mattest black I could find. Keeping it clean and dust free was important.Hi guys: I’m pleased to have come across this thread just as I, too, am researching low cost star drops. I’m finding the fishing line to be *very* visible in a couple of tests, even behind scrim. @RonHebbard do you remember having success with a particular brand? I’ve tried two braided options and am about to go looking for black minofilament.
Hi guys: I’m pleased to have come across this thread just as I, too, am researching low cost star drops. I’m finding the fishing line to be *very* visible in a couple of tests, even behind scrim. @RonHebbard do you remember having success with a particular brand? I’ve tried two braided options and am about to go looking for black minofilament.
@StephanieW Thoughts: Add a few, cover a few with something matte black and / or remove a few depending upon how you attached them and how easy they are to remove. Intentionally make your stars different sizes; smaller stars create the illusion of greater depth, even when they're all hanging on the same threads from the same fly-pipe. Did you use a fan or two running quietly on low speed?
I gather you're liking the Rosco mirrored mylar, it's spendy but a little goes a long way. You can always store your stars in a shoe box and haul them out again another year. I tried wrapping the strings of stars onto 6" x 12" pieces of old corrugated cardboard to save them complete and intact but it was less then successful. I found it better to save the stars themselves and create new strings when next required.
Congrats, I'm glad this is working out for you and THANKS for your photo.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard
@StephanieW Another couple of thoughts: To breakup the regularity of the pattern, either shorten the tops of a few strands at random and / or lengthen the tops of a few strands or both. Adding a few tiny stars on the same strings between your existing stars will do a lot for you and create the illusion of much greater depth. Twisting the mirrored mylar into little bow-ties is important.I'll update with a "finished" photo when we've got it all done. Thanks so much for all your advice and help! I kept telling the kids "This guy Ron from the Internet says this will work." And then when it DID, they were like, "RON!" Haha! Appreciate you taking the time to teach!
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