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DaveA · 25th May 2015, 07:44 PM

Iain,

I'm sure you can find recessed lights like this, or smaller ones, and ones that are line powered rather than battery. Other than the form factor, the quality of the light itself was important to me. If it is too red (e.g., like incandescents and some halogens) or too blue (e.g. like fluorescents) then the collection items looks seriously unnatural. I like the LEDs because you find ones that put off almost whatever spectrum you choose, and if you want to get really fancy you can even find ones that you can change by remote control!

Good luck. I'll be interested to see what you come up with. Displaying one sword is easy. Displaying 30 or so is a lot trickier!

- Dave

25th May 2015, 07:44 PM	#13
DaveA Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 413	Lighting Iain, I'm sure you can find recessed lights like this, or smaller ones, and ones that are line powered rather than battery. Other than the form factor, the quality of the light itself was important to me. If it is too red (e.g., like incandescents and some halogens) or too blue (e.g. like fluorescents) then the collection items looks seriously unnatural. I like the LEDs because you find ones that put off almost whatever spectrum you choose, and if you want to get really fancy you can even find ones that you can change by remote control! Good luck. I'll be interested to see what you come up with. Displaying one sword is easy. Displaying 30 or so is a lot trickier! - Dave