Alan173
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Well...this plan has been in the works for quite some time as I enter year 3 (???) of creating my basement arcade (will this project ever be completed?). Anyways...I wired in some LED features before I drywalled and I have roughed in the first one this evening. Knowing there are some folks with killer cades on this site with features that are just over the top....I figured I would post up some progress as I scratch the surface of silliness in my basement.
My girls call these 'Rainbow Doorways' which I thought was kinda funny. I basically designed a custom cross section (plexiglass/white masonite/standard case molding/drop ceiling trim strips) to make a plain looking door jamb during the day....turn into a lighting freak show when the cade gets fired up. Everything was custom except for the LED strips...and I had to modify those as well to go around the 90 degree corners. I can control everything via a keypad I wired/recessed into the wall which will eventually be behind my small bar area. I could not really capture any of the vivid colors or how cool this looks in person....and the video is crummy....but hopefully you get the idea. You can do 30-40 custom lighting features from a crazy flashing white strobe light to a slow/fade/burn of 7 colors....to flashing red/green Christmas lights.....whatever. It is amazing how lighting and music totally changes the feel in my arcade space. Another cool surprise is the effect the LED's have on my black light carpet...CRAZY!
This doorway is not even finished yet...but I was geeked about the results so far. Let me know what you guys think...
Here is a crummy video of a very fast 3 color pulsing/fade that the camera sort of captured (my video camer seems to struggle with the changing light source)....
My girls call these 'Rainbow Doorways' which I thought was kinda funny. I basically designed a custom cross section (plexiglass/white masonite/standard case molding/drop ceiling trim strips) to make a plain looking door jamb during the day....turn into a lighting freak show when the cade gets fired up. Everything was custom except for the LED strips...and I had to modify those as well to go around the 90 degree corners. I can control everything via a keypad I wired/recessed into the wall which will eventually be behind my small bar area. I could not really capture any of the vivid colors or how cool this looks in person....and the video is crummy....but hopefully you get the idea. You can do 30-40 custom lighting features from a crazy flashing white strobe light to a slow/fade/burn of 7 colors....to flashing red/green Christmas lights.....whatever. It is amazing how lighting and music totally changes the feel in my arcade space. Another cool surprise is the effect the LED's have on my black light carpet...CRAZY!
This doorway is not even finished yet...but I was geeked about the results so far. Let me know what you guys think...
Here is a crummy video of a very fast 3 color pulsing/fade that the camera sort of captured (my video camer seems to struggle with the changing light source)....
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