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Post by fastmax on Oct 13, 2022 19:12:09 GMT
Joe,
It would be a plus to any static prop model towards introducing, where possible,..glow in the dark / fluorescent parts ...where they function as "light up" elements.
Just as you use brilliant colored filaments as for control knobs or "detail greebles" to enhance the props appearance. This would work well for "Phlox's medical scanner" if both the view screen and the probe points were of a "glow in the dark" blue hue filament. If anything,..it would make for a "great selling point" for this one article!
Just think: "Glow in the dark" TOS phaser type 2 emitter points,.. Laser Beacon signal emitter funnel,... could even use a paper cut out over a plate of blue hue GitD plastic and add glow to Ent Communicator screen !!
Worthy experiments to see their viability, no?
I don't really know if such filaments exist?!
xx,
FM
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Post by fastmax on Oct 19, 2022 5:24:31 GMT
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2022 0:37:28 GMT
I change nozzles so often I don't really worry about them getting worn out.  |
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2022 0:41:14 GMT
Joe, It would be a plus to any static prop model towards introducing, where possible,..glow in the dark / fluorescent parts ...where they function as "light up" elements. Just as you use brilliant colored filaments as for control knobs or "detail greebles" to enhance the props appearance. This would work well for "Phlox's medical scanner" if both the view screen and the probe points were of a "glow in the dark" blue hue filament. If anything,..it would make for a "great selling point" for this one article! Just think: "Glow in the dark" TOS phaser type 2 emitter points,.. Laser Beacon signal emitter funnel,... could even use a paper cut out over a plate of blue hue GitD plastic and add glow to Ent Communicator screen !! Worthy experiments to see their viability, no? I don't really know if such filaments exist?! xx, FM Yes, glow in the dark filaments exist, they are a little more expensive. The problem I run into with using special filaments for very small parts is you have to buy it in 1Kg rolls. I don't end up using enough of it quickly enough and it goes bad (Brittle, stringing, etc). I end up throwing out an almost full roll after printing 100g of small parts, and thus those small parts end up costing about 30 bucks to print. I do have filament storage containers that monitor the humidity of the sealed environment and have heaters to dry the filament out, but even those machines can only do so much.  |
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Post by fastmax on Oct 22, 2022 1:59:26 GMT
Joe,
Got an email yesterday from Polymaker, says they're coming out soon with an "orange" and "blue (which I thought they already had according to their site page)" colored GitD stock.
I actually initially inquired whether they'd made a "white" and "red" glowing filament.
Understand your concerns, yet.. you could think ahead ...and create a stash of "ready made GitD parts" for ..."Phaser type 2", let's say of these 3 things, ...the firing nozzle segment and focusing rings, the emitter nib of phaser 1 and (an invention) the targeting prism that's in often featured for phaser 1. That's 3 GitD parts for one prop. State to buyer the choice they have.
Something to ponder.
FM
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Post by fastmax on Oct 22, 2022 11:20:55 GMT
Joe,
I awake just now to this one raging in my thoughts. A whacko blast of an idea !!
Glow in the Dark parts for "the Rocinante"!
Yeah! Yeah!
Her 6 PDC guns made of Glow material!
Yeah!! Yeah!!
The engine gets a big blue jet flare blasting out back!
Yeah!!! Yeah!!!
Her underside mounted railgun is blazing with Glow elements.
Yeah!!!! Yeah!!!! This is so whacko. Let's make it moreso!
Yeah!!! Yeah!!!!!
She has a constellation of 8 nuclear missiles surrounding her in flight, magically rotating about -and changing colors as they do, like, ..Christmas lights !!
Yeah!! Yeah!!!
Ain't that great !!
I got myself too excited now. Going back to bed.
:? zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
FM
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