roknjohn Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I have this huge blank canvas on top of my house. Any ideas on what I can do with it? I thought about stringing a bunch of minis over it with some cool chases/fills. I like the "bouncing roof line" look and probably try that out this year.Any ideas on rigging lights across the shingles? A dozen or so strobes would be a nice addition.I have a week before the man-lift arrives, and 240 hours of PTO time! Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigh Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Depending on how much you want to spend - you could layout a grid of lights - lay strings straight up and down over the roof, or make a checkboard pattern - up and down and then across roof, or make a big star. I use 48 strands of lights and make a big star on my roof. You could also layout snowflakes of different sizes.You could also just outline the roof line with Red, Blue and Green C9's (LED's or Incan.'s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 roknjohn wrote: I have this huge blank canvas on top of my house. Any ideas on what I can do with it? I thought about stringing a bunch of minis over it with some cool chases/fills. I like the "bouncing roof line" look and probably try that out this year.Any ideas on rigging lights across the shingles? A dozen or so strobes would be a nice addition.I have a week before the man-lift arrives, and 240 hours of PTO time!sorta depends on the budget, CCR's would look really cool as an outline. Random sized LED snowflakes/stars would also be a nice effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 nice canvas for a matrix of 12 CCR's....I have 16 Blue LED snowflakes from Target on my roof... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 jimswinder wrote: nice canvas for a matrix of 12 CCR's....I have 16 Blue LED snowflakes from Target on my roof...all I can say is WOW and "How would Cracker do that?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstorms Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I've always liked this look for strings of lights on a roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Ok, maybe that is the way he would do it but with CCR's and CCF's and CCB's!jstorms wrote: I've always liked this look for strings of lights on a roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roknjohn Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 String art - I love it.I like that star of Bethlehem hanging on the side of the house, too. Anybody know where I can get one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caniac Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 roknjohn wrote: String art - I love it.I like that star of Bethlehem hanging on the side of the house, too. Anybody know where I can get one?somewhere on here I think there was someone that made it out of coro with either CCR's or RGB's inside. was really great looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner518 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 jimswinder wrote: nice canvas for a matrix of 12 CCR's....I have 16 Blue LED snowflakes from Target on my roof...That would be the $hit! But why only do 12 CCR's? I would line the whole roof with them. I think maybe 120 CCR's would fit perfectly! And the Matrix would beat anything currently on display right now! You would see first prize on EVERY contest, I bet.That's reminds me..... Just like Danny Devito in "Deck the Halls" Here is a trailer for anyone who doesn't know the movie. The best part is about 1:55 into the trailer.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lAcOQmG02Q&hl=en&fs=1 Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda McDonald Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 We made this 48" 5 point star out of PVC pipe for less than $20. We have 24" inch 5 point stars to fill the left side of the roof. We mount those on L-Shaped brackets. Ran out of time to get them up today.The large snowflakes were bought at Target. They are mounted on 3/4" SCH 40 PVC pipe and inserted into a flag pole mounting bracket.Linda Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roknjohn Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Those look good, Linda. I think that I'll end up going with a dozen stars or snowflakes in various sizes. I'll have a look at Target this week to see what they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda McDonald Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 John,I have detailed pictures showing how I mounted those snowflakes on the roof. They stood up against 60 mph winds last year.https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298634013499130.87552.178572118838654&type=3&l=603549c4b2https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.178785938817272.46098.178572118838654&type=3&l=e054e457e7Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner518 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 What about my idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigh Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Here is a picture of my roof, last year I created a large star using 48 strands of LED white lights. I mostly do spins with it. The strands are 23' long but fold them in half to fit them on that section of roof, which measures 23' x 24'. The previous years I had snowflakes, some from target and some that I made - bought frames and put on LED rope lights myself.Craig Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitusCarnathan Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I have the perfect Idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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roknjohn Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 ny_yankee_25 wrote:What about my idea?I like it, but that might be out of my league this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKSedg Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I have a big spinner - 32 channels - on my roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainron19 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I found some great 52" wire frame stars at Walmart this year... just posted a pic of them on another post at http://forums.lightorama.com/forum79/29379.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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