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Jewpacabra

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Does anyone out there know what to do when you want to light up a WH40k Necron Monolith? I want to light it up with LED's or Cold lights or something and i just need to know if anyone out there has any hints or tips, i also want to maybe rig it up to a pulsing switch so that it'll pulse (un)realisically, so yeah, if anyone out there has any electronics exp any help would be appreciated
 

The Cheezy One

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Can't really help, but when you get it done, could you send me a message? I'm interested in seeing how it turns out. Got any photos now?
 

Valkyrie101

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I don't think anyone's ever done that before. Still, I'm curious. Are you planning to use a wire? I think you'd have to break part of the model to get it in.
 

lolelemental

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japlandweirdling said:
I'm pretty sure there are some guides out there, just use some search-fu :p

But as an ex-Necron player, I can safely say I had dreams of doing that to my monolith every night :p

Have you already constructed the model? It might be more trouble than it's worth trying to wire it up if it's already put together...
 

Patrick Dare

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I have no idea what that is and looking it up didn't really help. Is it just a model or does it have some electronics in it? If it's just a model you'd have to figure out how you're going to power it. Luckily LEDs hardly use any power. I'm not sure exactly how much they need but you could probably rig something up with batteries.

Electronics are pretty cheap. Resistors are sold in the cents and I think small LEDs are as well. You can buy large LED and cold cathode tube lights for computers for a few bucks. You're going to need a soldering iron as well which you can get for like $15 at walmart or radio shack. You'll also need some wire, probably 18 or 20 gauge would be good for this. You could probably find something to make them pulse on a site that sells hobbyist electronics.

Like someone said, look for a guide. It would probably also be a good idea to read up on hobbyist electronics and get a grasp for basic electrics (like what are amps, ohms, the basic equations, etc.).
 

AnAngryMoose

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Ask around on Element14.com [http://www.element-14.com/community/index.jspa]. It's a site full of hobbyist electricians and people like that. I'm sure they could help. Good look with the project. I can imagine it looking pretty badass, especially with a nice paint job.