Scott Tuthill Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I bought the package of 8 10W RGB floods and controller this year during the sale. I have always wanted to incorporate them in my show. However when I started experimenting with them I just could not get effects that looked good. It is the difference between direct illumination as with lights and reflected illumination of the floods. I tried shining them up in trees and against the house. Reds would show up reasonably well, greens marginally so, and then white would just illuminate whatever it was pointing at with its native colors. (of course.) So I am wondering if anyone has come up with any creative uses for RGB floods they can share. I thought about building mini-trees from upside down wire plant cages, wrapping them in a white translucent material with a flood under each. But, am hoping someone out there has already come up with the ultimate use for RGB Floods in a show. Thanks in advance for your ideas. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) I have three in my yard. I have three brick rings that go around dwarf fruit trees, You can see two of them in the photo below. I put RGB dumb strip around the inside of the rings years ago. A couple years ago I added an RGB flood on the audience side of the tree pointed up and away from the audience. It lights up the tree better than the strip does. I have the strip and the flood on different channels so although most of the time the strip and flood for a given tree operate together, I can run just on or the he other. Note that the flood had not been installed when the photo was taken. Edited January 30, 2018 by k6ccc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75redman Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I use mine pointed toward the house. For Christmas the floods are about 8' from the house. See video below. My house is an off white color so the colors show pretty well. For Halloween the floods are against the house pointed straight up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Well... since you asked... Mega tree and mega arch, pointing towards the audience. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 On the house during non-seasonal stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 At wedding reception party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) Halloween Edited January 30, 2018 by Santas Helper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerc20 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Accents Accents Accents for me. Also some illumination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I feel like an amateur. All I do with mine is shine them on buildings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncledan Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, George Simmons said: I feel like an amateur. All I do with mine is shine them on buildings. I'm an amateur too! Shine mine on side of the house is the extent of my floods.. I need to sell my LOR 10w, upgrading to 24v 20w 2811 this year Edited January 31, 2018 by uncledan added video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tuthill Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Thanks everyone for sharing. Some good ideas in there. Perhaps like Santas Helper I just turn them into giant RGB bulbs and use them as such. I also have some fence to use like racerc20, though right now the fence is plain cedar planks. Maybe a coat of white paint this summer? And sure wish my house was not a tutor style with brick and tan painted siding and darker painted trim. That just didn't work well when shining the floods on them. Will see if any more ideas come in. Then I have summer to prototype some ideas and get them in the display for next Xmas. I do like that "Hot Chocolate" song -- might have to add that one to the show. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Scott, I figure if TSO can blast the audience with direct LED contact, then so can I. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 24 minutes ago, Santas Helper said: Scott, I figure if TSO can blast the audience with direct LED contact, then so can I. ?? Tom, If that's the case (and it is), when are you adding the fire, pyrotechnics, and tens of thousands of watts of sound? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Well Jim, it's funny you ask.... ? I was thinking... ...and still am. ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 15 hours ago, Santas Helper said: Well Jim, it's funny you ask.... ? I was thinking... ...and still am. ? It can be done, just a tweak here and a tweak there!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Arch Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 8 hours ago, caniac said: It can be done, just a tweak here and a tweak there!! That's a lot of tweaking Chet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Mega Arch said: That's a lot of tweaking Chet.. I'm about due for a good tweaking. ? Can't beat the pixel monsters so dazzle them with something different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, Santas Helper said: I'm about due for a good tweaking. ? Can't beat the pixel monsters so dazzle them with something different. that's what's fun about this hobby, no rules!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 56 minutes ago, caniac said: that's what's fun about this hobby, no rules!! Other than no one can sequence the Barney song or beep beep bunny. Absolutely no one deserves to be subjected to that sort of torture. IS JUST NOT RIGHT MAN! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, Ebuechner said: Other than no one can sequence the Barney song or beep beep bunny. Absolutely no one deserves to be subjected to that sort of torture. IS JUST NOT RIGHT MAN! Or what does the fox.... Oh I can't even finish it. Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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