Hoodlum
New elf
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2020
- Messages
- 28
Hi all,
Just documenting my work from when i started this crazy journey to XMAS 2023 lights
it all began in March 2023... wait - rewind a bit...
Well, TBH it started much longer ago than that, but family and life got in the way... let me summarise
2015 - renting - I played around with vixen software - gave up shortly after that - could not even comtemplate a light show as the rental was the house at the rear of a subdivided block.
2016 - same as above renting and life.
2017 - lost hope of xmas pixels... decided to build a life size R2D2 to spec from scratch - this had its own blinky WS2812 lights to satisfy me - moved rentals
2018 - I became R2 obsessed with building my R2 24/7 had to use the force!!!!
2019 - 97% finished R2 - remote controlable, flapping and bleeping! Purchased a mini cnc - hey this is cool... next project was build a bigger 3D printed CNC... meh - unsatisfactory result - scrapped - think i got more use and better results out of the mini cnc.
2020 - CNC 2nd try - Yes - PrintNC - this is a rock solid beast - could of used this to build R2 so many happy returns - maybe next time of use it for something else... purchased a 40W CO2 laser cutter - this is fun!
2021 - i purchased a new address and moved again, i downloaded xlights in readiness... damn, again, unpacking and life got in the way.
2022 - early november... quick purchase some pixel strings from Aliexpress... oh xlights, thats right, whoa, what do i do here, er, um... damn, not enough time - esp8266 and wled to the rescue - got full frontal gutter covered and a mini tree 360deg 6 x 25 - WLED sequences playlist - (sinister) later i'd hear how they were all watching.
2023 - soon to be continued...
Just documenting my work from when i started this crazy journey to XMAS 2023 lights
it all began in March 2023... wait - rewind a bit...
Well, TBH it started much longer ago than that, but family and life got in the way... let me summarise
2015 - renting - I played around with vixen software - gave up shortly after that - could not even comtemplate a light show as the rental was the house at the rear of a subdivided block.
2016 - same as above renting and life.
2017 - lost hope of xmas pixels... decided to build a life size R2D2 to spec from scratch - this had its own blinky WS2812 lights to satisfy me - moved rentals
2018 - I became R2 obsessed with building my R2 24/7 had to use the force!!!!
2019 - 97% finished R2 - remote controlable, flapping and bleeping! Purchased a mini cnc - hey this is cool... next project was build a bigger 3D printed CNC... meh - unsatisfactory result - scrapped - think i got more use and better results out of the mini cnc.
2020 - CNC 2nd try - Yes - PrintNC - this is a rock solid beast - could of used this to build R2 so many happy returns - maybe next time of use it for something else... purchased a 40W CO2 laser cutter - this is fun!
2021 - i purchased a new address and moved again, i downloaded xlights in readiness... damn, again, unpacking and life got in the way.
2022 - early november... quick purchase some pixel strings from Aliexpress... oh xlights, thats right, whoa, what do i do here, er, um... damn, not enough time - esp8266 and wled to the rescue - got full frontal gutter covered and a mini tree 360deg 6 x 25 - WLED sequences playlist - (sinister) later i'd hear how they were all watching.
2023 - soon to be continued...