thebaronn Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Hello! I was all set to video all my songs this year..... I was able to get a decent recording of A Mad Russian's Christmas but on the 2nd take(I noticed the left mini tree was slightly cut out of the frame) I lost a chunk of the clock pixels. After smacking them with a PVC pipe did nothing(It worked earlier)I gave up... And well, since the season is over, I am highly unmotivated to climb up on a ladder to fix anything. And in all honesty, all I did was revamp my mini trees and change the pixel screen to a Clock Tower. Let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy. I have learned that A Mad Russian's Christmas is entirely too long a song and next year I will take care of that! But even though it doesn't come out well in the video, the dancing Nutcracker at the end of the song is pretty sweet and the kids loved it! And just in case yoou missed it, here is the New Year's Song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Fischer Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Very nice - I like that a lot better than the big screen. Does the clock actually tell the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davensj Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I like this! Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebaronn Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 Very nice - I like that a lot better than the big screen. Does the clock actually tell the time?Yes sir!! The clock does tell time!I purchased the mechanism and hands from The Big Clock Store.Lol!!Thank you,Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james morris Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 As always great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebaronn Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thank you James! Funny story! So the weather has been so bad out here in California that I put off taking my clock tower down. Well today was the day!I live in a area with a large Sikh population (of my 5 neighbors, 3 of them are Sikh households). My neighbor directly across the street is an older gentlemen that is some sort of Elder at the Sikh temple. He always looks like a million bucks (where I roll out of bed looking rough to take on the day). He walks around the neighborhood constantly (probably walks more in a day than I walk in a year). He wears traditional Sikh clothes and has a large Kirpan (giant knife) strapped to his chest and is a very nice person. Apparently he lives a very minimalist life with none of electronic devices that I have grown so dependent on! In 2012 my wife was helping me move our Ultimate Coro Mega Tree and he happened to be walking around and came over to help us (It was 3AM!!!). On Halloween night when we go loud and live, he always has a large gathering at his house and people sitting in lawn chairs watching every show, so I know he doesn't have an problem with the lights. But, I always to worry a little because he get the brunt of the brightness 5pm-9pm for 3 weeks in October and all of December. Today I finally get the clock down and I hear his front door slam and he jogs over, "why did you take it down? I liked the clock, it told me the time when walking." I said thank you very much. He said I was welcome and nodded and walked back to his house. It was a small thing, but that pretty much made my day/week/year so far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 So, what you are saying is that you also have a free armed guard watching over your light display. Impressive Baron. Something to inspire to also do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Hey Baron, how big is the clock (yes, I went looking at the store)? And yes, I agree that the that the dancing nutcracker is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilmoney Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 That is awesome! It's only a matter of time until someone gives the clock tower treatment to their whole house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 The clock is really cool.........My wife notice your mini trees and loved the look with the garland look, are those Holiday Coro trees and I was wondering if you could give us some info about them and how you got them to look that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebaronn Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 The clock is really cool.........My wife notice your mini trees and loved the look with the garland look, are those Holiday Coro trees and I was wondering if you could give us some info about them and how you got them to look that way NICE! Thank you! I created them from scratch this year (was a last minute addition) I have a thread over at DIY, but I made one here just for you! (I condensed it down so only the important stuff is here). Hope it helps! http://forums.lightorama.com/index.php?/topic/31042-ultimate-coro-pixel-mini-trees/#entry286059 Hey Baron, how big is the clock (yes, I went looking at the store)? And yes, I agree that the that the dancing nutcracker is cool. The face of the clock is 5 1/2 feet wide. I think the clock is 25 feet tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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