Some weeks back I posted photos of a preliminary experiment using “black light” paint to illuminate starship models. Included was a small Bandai Star Destroyer model, which had windows on the left side of the ship and the engines painted and lit up with UV to demonstrate that it could make a convincing lighting system. After taking the photos I tried to put the model back on its shelf, fumbled, and broke one of the “shield generators” off of the bridge. Whoops. But that presented an opportunity to try something new… modeling the ship as being under attack and exploding.
The photos kinda stink, largely due to being shot under dismal lighting conditions (what do you want… it’s 4 AM) and the camera being handheld. So everything is blurry. Even so, I think it turned out pretty well. This would certainly be a hell of a chore to light up using LEDs.
