Light Up, Light Up.
Feb. 5th, 2010 06:48 pmI admit it I got a bad case of Larfleeze ring envy when DC did the promotional ring give-away a few months ago. I just had to have every ring and an extra ring to tinker with. See I had already wanted that nifty JLA prop( www.dccomics.com/dcdirect/) They were offering but I didn't have the money and I didn't necessarily like the display base anyway. So when DC did the promotion I figured it was a great way to preview some comics I don't read and pickup the rings.
I had intended to build my own display base, more or less sort of a ring box that would display the rings vertically and possibly light-up. I still intend to build that it's just that project got pushed behind the DIN delete plate I was building for my car's interior that got held up because I can't find the piece of Balsa wood I was working with.
I had also intended to make a ring that lit up, which is why I had gotten an extra one. My LCS gave me an extra Red ring (though admittedly I was hoping for a Green) and I was going to use it as a template. For those of you unfamiliar with the rings design they look like this:
What I had intended to do was cut off the top circular piece with a Dremel (www.dremel.com/Pages/default.aspx), then drill and mount a small LED in the ring's face. I would power the LED with a small watch battery, and I would mount a small push toggle switch in between the circular piece and the ring's base (I'm good with simple electronics). The end result would've given me a light up ring that I would be able to turn on and off by pressing on (or rather clicking) the ring's face. (Before I go on I'd like to point out this was all under the assumption that the plastic top was hollow. had it not been hollow I would've either replaced it with some sort of cap or used the Dremel to hollow it out)
It's seem like my efforts won't be necessary however as DC-Direct has decided to make their own set of light-up rings.

This set lights up with an LED when its worn, which means there's probably a small monetary switch on the inside of the ring that gets depressed when it's put on a finger (did I mention I'm good with simple electronics?). There's a way to shut off the light feature and a way to change the batteries when they die (the latter of which was absent in my would-be design). Depending on my future monetary status I'll probally get this set of rings eventually.
So what do I intend to do with my spare ring? Well I had thought about painting it green and using the Dremel to engrave (seriously that tool does almost anything) a Green Lantern symbol similar to the Sodam Yat had in Legion Of Three Worlds so I could have a spare GL ring to wear to cons. It looks like DC remains a step ahead of me again though dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/01/26/who-doesnt-want-to-wear-a-flash-or-green-lantern-ring/ .
Stay Frosty
Dan
I had intended to build my own display base, more or less sort of a ring box that would display the rings vertically and possibly light-up. I still intend to build that it's just that project got pushed behind the DIN delete plate I was building for my car's interior that got held up because I can't find the piece of Balsa wood I was working with.
I had also intended to make a ring that lit up, which is why I had gotten an extra one. My LCS gave me an extra Red ring (though admittedly I was hoping for a Green) and I was going to use it as a template. For those of you unfamiliar with the rings design they look like this:

What I had intended to do was cut off the top circular piece with a Dremel (www.dremel.com/Pages/default.aspx), then drill and mount a small LED in the ring's face. I would power the LED with a small watch battery, and I would mount a small push toggle switch in between the circular piece and the ring's base (I'm good with simple electronics). The end result would've given me a light up ring that I would be able to turn on and off by pressing on (or rather clicking) the ring's face. (Before I go on I'd like to point out this was all under the assumption that the plastic top was hollow. had it not been hollow I would've either replaced it with some sort of cap or used the Dremel to hollow it out)
It's seem like my efforts won't be necessary however as DC-Direct has decided to make their own set of light-up rings.

This set lights up with an LED when its worn, which means there's probably a small monetary switch on the inside of the ring that gets depressed when it's put on a finger (did I mention I'm good with simple electronics?). There's a way to shut off the light feature and a way to change the batteries when they die (the latter of which was absent in my would-be design). Depending on my future monetary status I'll probally get this set of rings eventually.
So what do I intend to do with my spare ring? Well I had thought about painting it green and using the Dremel to engrave (seriously that tool does almost anything) a Green Lantern symbol similar to the Sodam Yat had in Legion Of Three Worlds so I could have a spare GL ring to wear to cons. It looks like DC remains a step ahead of me again though dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/01/26/who-doesnt-want-to-wear-a-flash-or-green-lantern-ring/ .
Stay Frosty
Dan