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Notice the marble swirls and translucent look to it. One thing I'd love to do is incorporate an LED into this prop, inside the bulb, and from seeing FD and FUD in regular lighting, it seems quite translucent already with thinner walls, so making this piece hollow would make it relatively see-through.

My question is, has any one had any success dying this material? And if so, does it appear translucent afterwards?

I figure if I can find a dye that works, I can water it down to varying degrees to get the swirl effect and then insert a green LED to complete the look.]]> DoctorOctoroc 2012-12-08T01:26:19-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=59741&th=11912#msg_59741 Mhagan 2013-01-07T01:46:18-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60877&th=11912#msg_60877
I personally have used nail polish or thin paints on one side or the inner side to get some nice effects.]]> Silverbeam 2013-01-27T02:18:59-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60901&th=11912#msg_60901


I got mine at a police car modelling site for $3 per jar, by far the best deal I've seen.

They come in red, green, blue, yellow, orange, and 'smoke'. If you properly clean the FUD material with water and detergent, they go on nicely. 3-4 even coats did the trick for me:

FUD lens before painting:


Blue and red lens after painting.


Macro detail of the red lens:


And here's a light test with the blue lens and blue LED underneath:


Detail on a blue/green mix (swirly texture done on purpose):


That last one is the emitter bulb from the sonic screwdriver I posted at the start of this thread.

They seemed so smooth out nicely as well.]]> DoctorOctoroc 2013-01-27T16:13:06-00:00