Friday, January 7, 2011

Beargguy LED Work... or perhaps LED work in general

From Gamera Baenre.  The Gunpla stuff is at the bottom of that link.

Like laser beams!
Honestly this guys LED work blows me away sometimes.  And he somehow switches it on with a magnet.  I've seen him do this before with his Gouf.  He was kind enough to put up a couple of tutorials and one of them deals specifically with LED work.

I actually bought some LED's a while ago just to test some of this stuff out and it didn't really work like how I'd hoped.  It could have been the fact that I didn't use a soldering iron.  Or maybe I messed up on the voltages/batteries or something but I could barely get a flicker out of my LED.

I've seen other guys like MatX, really blow their LED's up.  When I say that I mean they get a really bright, powerful light from them.  I want to do that too!

Look how strong that light is! Beautiful!
The only real LED experience I have (if you can even call it that) is working with PG's and with the GN Drive of the MG Exia (and even THAT one was pretty touchy).  I have 5 PG's all with LED's in their heads but all with dead batteries and/or weak LED power. I want some power damn it!  And I'm sure this isn't THAT hard to do...

I remember the first example I saw of this was when Danny Choo made a USB powered PG RX-178-2 Titans (back when he still did Gundam stuff... still feel kinda betrayed by what his site has become now but that guy is the reason I started blogging and he's done so ****ing well for himself.  I can't give him anything but props.)  


Damn I'm STILL jealous of that even so many years on!  Man that topcoat finish is just... damn...

It's just that... ugh... I need to study more I guess.  One day!  One day I swear you're going to see some amazing LED work from this blog!  I'm going to try!

Have any of you ever tried working with LED's?  Interested in trying?  I think I need to do this in order to take my modeling (and my general knowledge of basic modern technology) to the next level.

Finally I'm going to leave you with this video.  If you want to see the ULTIMATE combination of Gundam and LED work then just watch this!

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4 comments:

  1. Shaomu/NyaneriusJanuary 7, 2011 at 2:28 AM

    Oh, man! That Dendrobium is trippingly awesome! The I-field gen light effect thing looks amazing!
    BB, I'm sure anyone with enough practice can install LEDs into a Gundam's head. Beagguy is just easier to do because the head's so biiig.

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  2. TomJanuary 7, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    I though Bearrguy shoots yellow beam?

    And on that topic, I remember seeing Dendrobium in Gunpla Builder Beginning G, and going, "how the heck did that fit into the computer thingy!?"

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  3. ZJanuary 7, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    I much rather like the Dim glow (like DC's Mk II) than Arc reactor-style LED power. It just seems more natural/realistic that way I guess.

    Saying that, that Dendrobium is amazing!Even more amazing is how the modeler can fit all those LED throughout the body and still managed to make it stay clean instead of wires everywhere o_o. I love the blue thruster effect ^^.

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  4. CKai CydekJanuary 8, 2011 at 5:04 AM

    GAH! The---the Dendrobium looks like the friggin' Enterprise! With Christmas lights ^^;

    Bearguy looks cool as well. If there was any kit for a first-time LED-modder, it would be that one. Too bad you'd have to drill holes in the eyes as they're not made of clear parts...

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