Well i may have finally found a source for a ball that can be used for Plasma grenades. The product that they showed me was of all sizes, but mainly im looking at 70 - 80mm. they are plastic/crystal clear and come apart into 2 halves. i wanted to find complete or near complete spheres but its next to impossible. they want a minimum order of 50 balls for the 70mm and 40 balls for the 80mm, that is ABOUT the size of a tennis ball. Ill probably use, say 10 balls on experimentation, but heres the main idea im going towards.
1. Maybe frost the inside by wetsanding wtih 2500 or up sandpaper.
2. paint them with purple tansparent paint, from the INSIDE.
3 i wll make the orange panel with the green glyph on it, and hide a small pushbutton there to "activate" the grenade.
4. Quite a few leds inside to get that blinding blue glow.
Any ideas you guys may have please let me hear them.
*I am NOT looking for anyone to chip in on the cost of the raw materials, i can cover that cost myself. I just want to see how many ppl would be interested in something like this, and to possibly get the 405th community involved in the actual design.
PS since they are in 2 halves there WILL be a seam, id rather there wasnt, but id imagine itd be better in case you needed to change batteries. Im hoping after the frosting and painting with the transparent dark purple, the seam wont be noticeable. I may even use a spray tint to darken them up after i paint the purple. Im not too worried about it dulling the light, because i have the Signature NSD Powerball and those lights are BRIGHT behind a smoked casing.
I need to get ahold of Gokussjokazu of Okazu mods to see what his thoughts are on the electronics.
So lets hear your thoughts on the size, design etc of the grenades.
1. Maybe frost the inside by wetsanding wtih 2500 or up sandpaper.
2. paint them with purple tansparent paint, from the INSIDE.
3 i wll make the orange panel with the green glyph on it, and hide a small pushbutton there to "activate" the grenade.
4. Quite a few leds inside to get that blinding blue glow.
Any ideas you guys may have please let me hear them.
*I am NOT looking for anyone to chip in on the cost of the raw materials, i can cover that cost myself. I just want to see how many ppl would be interested in something like this, and to possibly get the 405th community involved in the actual design.
PS since they are in 2 halves there WILL be a seam, id rather there wasnt, but id imagine itd be better in case you needed to change batteries. Im hoping after the frosting and painting with the transparent dark purple, the seam wont be noticeable. I may even use a spray tint to darken them up after i paint the purple. Im not too worried about it dulling the light, because i have the Signature NSD Powerball and those lights are BRIGHT behind a smoked casing.
I need to get ahold of Gokussjokazu of Okazu mods to see what his thoughts are on the electronics.
So lets hear your thoughts on the size, design etc of the grenades.