https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/d5efab15-f97e-4908-b201-16d13b3d38d4 A slightly messy and unplanned video showing the construction of the Department of Villainy Christmas lighting panel for the local town hall display. It's based on an aluminium frame with a welded steel mesh attached to it, to allow easy attaching of various features including LED based linear (neon) strip, plastic forms for use with the same material and a back drop of LEDs to fill in the space. It's designed to be stripped and re-used for different years/displays. The "Department of Villainy" name is a spoof on the naming of official government departments. Speeded up footage of me building the metal frame and attaching the mesh:- https://youtu.be/2flsFpv92bc Converting standard USB/battery powered "neon" shapes to LED for use in the panel. https://youtu.be/6vtVAgPi6Mk Building last years controller at normal speed (1hr 24min) while answering questions:- https://youtu.be/qfOardiykPs This year's build speeded up:- https://youtu.be/KxBJ2GweE7s The first version of the software for animating the frame and stars. It was to get a feel for what worked, and was then adjusted for the best visual effect. https://youtu.be/7DEz8DxwfyI Last year's panel in place:- https://youtu.be/M9kSbnm5XrI Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:34:19 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/d5efab15-f97e-4908-b201-16d13b3d38d4 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.