have been using the virtual Santa for about 4 years, The kids love it and it is often talked about by the people watching the show. many of the kids want to know if he is real.
I cover the internal glass with tracing paper and project the image on the glass, works great
As for pausing, I have...
Steve
I don't think that you will have much luck finding RGB icicles unless you build some with pixels or led strings.
I have seen white and blue LEDs in icicles but not red and green.
not sure if 'lifting them' is a good idea.
I have sourced them from a couple of places.
1. NZ. there was a NZ based DIYCer who had 100s of them, I bought a carton of them
2. Chris was selling them via his website .http://radiant-holidays.com/radiant_holidays/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1...
Phil,
I did leaping Arches in 2010 and 2011, using standard 2801 RGB pixels, and grey Conduit. The PIXELs were cable tied to the Conduit, and stood up like 'Soldiers' across the top of the Conduit.
I'll see if I can do some videos. The great thing about them is they are easy to store, and...