That game board's pretty wonderful! I'm jealous. It would look great with a lightbox. I hope you can figure something out for that. On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Jeff Zeitlin <icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 23 May 2008 18:02:31 -0500, "Jessica Jackson" > <o0ojessio0o@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>I just had an idea for a really sweet thing to do. You know the game >>Volcano? Also how most of the Icehouse pyramids are clear? It would be >>really cool to make a volcano game board out of a translucent plastic >>and stick LED's under it to illuminate the pyramids. I know it's a >>long shot, but is the white part of the plastic volcano boards you can >>buy let any light through? I know some white plastic is more >>translucent than opaque. I'd probably have to make it all from >>scratch, but it'd be real nice if I could just assemble some kind of >>light box under the board instead of making the board from scratch. > > Thank you for the idea. I have a multimode game board as part of my > Icebox (see http://freetrav.livejournal.com/30284.html); the basic board > is transparent with black margins, and you've just given me the idea of > putting a "light box" under it. > > Currently, as you can see, I use printed "masks" (or templates) under > it; with a properly-done light box underneath the plastic board, I could > use colored lights to delimit the boards for specific games. > > If I manage to put this together, I *promise* I will take pictures! > _______________________________________________ > Rabbits mailing list > Rabbits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/rabbits >