Cheap lighting for buildings
Need lighting for your buildings but don’t want to spend a fortune? well here’s how, I have also included a ‘How to’ to dull the lights and how to colour them down if you want that old steam era yellow look
1, Cheap LED lights from your local Poundland or similar shop, I bought these that take 2x AA batteries, cheap acrylics (yellow Ochre), the finest wet & dry paper you can find and a cheap old brush
2, give the plastic on the LED’s a rub with the wet & dry paper, this will take the brightness off them if you don’t like the really bright look, this also gives the Acrylic paint something to adhere to, you can see the difference in the picture
Next, water down some acrylic paint a little, here I used yellow ochre, and give the clear plastic on the LED a quick coat
The key here is to let each coat of paint dry adding more coats until you get the desired effect
As you can see, its already dulled the light down and starting to give a nice warm yellow glow, because LED’s run cool there shouldn’t be any problems with the paint peeling off, it may fade in time but will have to wait and see
A quick test and they look good, a few more coats of paint maybe to take the brightness off a little more but overall I’m happy with the result
Great advice and tips and being able to incorporate/use items from Poundland/Dollarama is a fantastic way of helping to keep the costs down. Will be sure to try these out.