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My favorite Christmas story
A Christmas Story, remember the nostalgia of the time.
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Location
Moorhead, MN
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Biography
Make my home in Minnesota.
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Interests
Family, Mountain Biking, Christmas & Halloween
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Occupation
Programmer
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About my display
My display is a mixture of blow molds, homemade props, with all LED's and synchronized to music. Show controlled with a Raspberry Pi and Renard controllers, using Vixen & Falcon Player.
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Let me know how the goes when you get it all put together. I've been using the same Pi for 4 years now and plan to add a couple more as remotes for this year.
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2021. Easier way to decorate to get more involved?
FatBiker replied to Chuck's topic in Lights, Lights, Lights!
Creative Display has some pretty cool things that are plug & play. https://www.creativedisplays.com/products/rgb-leaping-arches -
How do you plan to display the video? What do you plan to use for a computer? When I started, I purchased used Renard 64 controller and setup a Raspberry Pi 3 to run the show. Then started working on props and collecting blow molds. I definitely planned much more than I was able to accomplish that first year and that was okay. Since then I've been adding new props every year and added a few more Reanrds.
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Are you going to build your controllers or do you have them already?
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2021. Easier way to decorate to get more involved?
FatBiker replied to Chuck's topic in Lights, Lights, Lights!
Very nice, thats some pretty impressive props. -
Just have fun with it and don't over think it. It's really easy to bit off more than you can chew with this hobby. lol I like your idea of going with all white and it should look very nice. When I started sequencing, it took me quite a while to get through my first couple songs. Then I picked up on short cuts and copy & paste sections that I liked from other songs, I was able to cut the sequencing time.
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I use plastic hardware cloth or hardware net to create straight lines for my mega tree and my zig zag prop(don't know what else to call it). I just push through regular led mini lights. The hardware cloth/net has half inch squares, which makes it easy to measure out. If you're not using mini lights, you can attach the lights of your choice using zip ties.
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Something like this? https://www.wowlights.com/ProductDetail.asp?Category=20&Product=183 or https://www.wowlights.com/ProductDetail.asp?Category=20&Product=655 or https://thechristmaslightemporium.com/products/rgb-mega-tree-with-ez-up-center-pole-10-17-or-20-packages-available?variant=30305429028961 or https://christmaslightshow.com/collections/20-foot-outdoor-mega-tree-kits/products/10-simple-outdoor-christmas-tree-kit
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Very nice looking display. As a suggestion, I think you can add some blow molds to the roof above the garage and it will still look classy.
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PlanetChristmas shifting away from forums?
FatBiker replied to Chuck's topic in Announcements From Evil Management
Please don't.... -
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What’s everyone Christmas Display looking like 2020
FatBiker replied to Scott Rob's topic in Showing Off
Here is our lights display for 2020.... -
Source for Empire style 38" Noel Candle - flame tips?
FatBiker replied to nipster's topic in Blow Molds
I have a couple extra flames that I'd be willing to part with. I have about 25 candles and only use 20 in my Christmas display and the others I replaced the flames with plastic skulls to use for Halloween.