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25-06-2009, 07:49 PM
Thought I would have a good tidy up and get everything sorted.
Whilst I was in there I noticed that I still had 2 x Source Abyss lights. If you haven't seen these before, they are 250w lights that change colour slowly (really vibrant colours actually) and the effect is a kind of water effect. I remember buying these when I first started and they still look brand new. They were cheap and cheerful to start off with.

Anyway, I had an idea and I think I am going to try it on saturday and that it is to use them upright and against the wall behind me to create a kind of backdrop 'wavey' effect. Unfortunately they are not DMX and as I am sure someone will mention, they are CHEAP but the effect is great in my opinion. The only problem with these is that they get quite hot and if I remember rightly, they eat bulbs quickly. I don't plan to be using them that often though.

I also found a Source Samurai. This is quite a mad effect with good coverage. I got the smoke machine out and it looked awesome with it. I found a whole bunch of other lighting effects too and I will get back to them once I have more time.

I just thought I would mention it. To be honest, I am really impressed with the Source Abyss lights and I think that if they look good then I may start using them again. Has anyone else done this kind of thing and gone back to stuff that they used to use?

pdarnett
26-06-2009, 08:23 AM
yep just blew the dust off two 12" mirrorballs at the back of my garage and got two of the new acme led pinspots to point at them. Sometimes the old stuff is the best !!

Plus I found an old knackered antari hazer which I've now fixed (fan jammed!)