4 more added on the first post.
Actually, from now on just check the first post in the thread.
I have to add about 8-12 more from the sample kit.
Enjoy
4 more added on the first post.
Actually, from now on just check the first post in the thread.
I have to add about 8-12 more from the sample kit.
Enjoy
Hey guys and cat, funny that this thread should be brought up, either today or later this week, I'll be adding lumia wheels to my website. They will be glass 4" circular wheels, with or without holes in the middle. To start, they will be the granite type, though more types, sizes and configurations may be added. Stay tuned!
PS- Isn't a Lumina actually a mid-sized American sedan?
Here's a first generation Lumina from 1990:
Now Compare that to a 2001 SS:
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A few tricks from the bad old days. Take one of the mild textures like "Seville (Wissmach)" and place it in a stationary holder after the rotating "granite" wheel. (About a 1/2 inch - experiment to taste.) It makes the pattern much more complex. Richard used to cast a lot of our effect wheels and stand offs after finding patterns that he liked. (Discovering a broken effect wheel in the middle of a show blows.) Many glass patterns have texture on one side and even internal structure that detracts from the dominant effect. Casting allows you to take the part you want and leave the rest. Another nice stationary stand off is a piece of plexiglass with about a 1/2 inch deep dimple pressed into the center - it produces something like a ring nebula. Lumia effects can be vastly improved by not having the different color beams superimposed. If the colors are spread out in a line that's radial to the effect wheel the patterns produced don't have that tape delay feel to them. Another nice effect from way back when was done with airplane cement "artistically" smeared on clear plexiglas. Oh and the diffraction tape that's sometimes used for auto detailing (affectionately refered to as a LaBamba wheel) is a nice reflected effect. Crinkled up aluminized mylar is another nice reflected effect.
Mophead,
What's wrong with selling something that people need and like myself can't build one. I'm sure on the forum there's more than enough business for you and DZ. I saw the videos of both, as always I am amazed. For me it would make a good gift to by a certain guy I know.......Cat
OK,
I'll do kits if there is a need. I wasn't trying to step on DZ's toes, but it may benifit both of us.
Give me a week and I'll get it going.--have to plan and aquire materials.
Count me in for kits.......