7/16/2005 - Today's Activities
Ok, so in light of my crypt catastrophe,
I've decided to just put it aside for now until I have more patience
and the resources I need to finish it. Lots of suggestions from
people, and I do appreciate them, but I have this grandiose vision of
what it's gonna look like and how I'm gonna do it all worked out, and I
simply don't want to compromise and "make do" with what I have.
Anyway, today I started working on converting a hurricane lantern into
an LED operated lantern that looks all old and ratty. I plan on
hanging it with fishing line from a tree branch in the graveyard so it
appears to be floating. I'll have to redirect some of the
floodlights so's not to illuminate the fishing line and ruin the
"trick".
To age it, I etched the glass so you can't tell there's an LED inside
and spraypainted black, white, and rust colored paint onto it to make
it look old. I didn't finish it up yet though, because my
soldering iron is at work and my wife, who was out for the day, had the
keys to get in at work. I'll finish it off tomorrow. Still
undecided as to what color I want the flame to be... yellow or red...
or blue? I do have a photobucket album with my progress thus far.
I also took the chains off the good old Monster in the Box
and dipped them into some Hydrochloric acid to strip off the zinc
plating and cause it to rust a bit. My only gripe with the prop
was it's chains looked too shiny and new, whereas the lock was all old
and rusted.
I guess you could say it was a busy day!
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