Adaptado do original na edição online do Brickjournal
A iluminação estática é uma boa forma de melhorar a apresentação dos minifigs originais dando-lhes um pouco mais de detalhe. () Tudo começou com uma modificação do sabre de luz com bateria externa e a partir daí as capacidades técnicas foram crescendo, permitindo a adição de baterias internas substituíveis e interruptores.
Sempre com o objectivo de melhorar o produto final decidiu aprofundar os seus conhecimentos e após meses de planeamento e colaboração com outros artistas surge uma nova dimensão na iluminação decorativa de minifigs. Graças aos talentos de Mark Marquez (escultor de minifigs) e de Stuart Guarnieri (programação), nasce agora o primeiro minifig com efeitos de luz incorporados: o Cylon possui uma chamativa sequência de quatro luzes que lhe garantem grande destaque em qualquer display ou layout.
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Static lighting has always been a great way to present minifigs with more detail than what is currently available off the shelf. Through the years of my research, each new generation of LifeLites minifig from Brickmodder Labs has raised the bar in technological advances to the point where I thought there could be nothing better. It started with a simple Light Saber mod with external battery box, and from there, expanded as my abilities grew to include such things as internal replaceable batteries and ON/OFF switches. Always wanting more, I decided to start further research on improving my designs.
Months of planning and collaboration with two other talented LEGO artists have finally culminated into a new era in minifig lighting. It is with great pleasure that I announce a brand new never before seen sample of things to come. Thanks to Mark Marquez for his minifig sculpting talents and to Stuart Guarnieri for his uncanny programming skills, I now have reached the next level and present to you a minifig Cylon from Battlestar Galactica complete with onboard lighting effects. This minifig has a circuit board of my own design with the smallest programmable integrated circuit (PIC) chip available. Of course, the same features you’ve come to expect from me are still integrated, like an ON/OFF switch and replaceable battery. What sets this creation apart from all others is now, instead of a static light for display, it has an attention getting sequence of four lights that move back and forth to give the minifig more “life”. The LifeLites name came about from the words “lifelike” and “lights” based on what I try to portray with my lighted creations; to make them more lifelike with the addition of lights.
For those of you who have noticed the lack of updates on www.brickmodder.net, rest assured that I’ll be back on track with this new family of minifigs and I do take custom orders. In the planning stages now are a completely new line of minifigs that will include this new dynamic lighting!
I’d also like to say thanks for all of you who have purchased a lighting kit from www.lifelites.com. I’m proud that this new product line is going strong. Keep checking back for even more new and exciting products on both sites.