The "red light" effect

Konovalov · 11-21-06, 08:01 AM

I am looking to achieve a little more immersion in my SHIII which is already rocking with GWX and SHIII Commander. At present I close the curtains to my room because bright light makes it difficult to make out objects during nightime/darkness. Some times I go as far as turning out the light and leaving the room in darkness which means the only illumination comes from my computer screen.

Has anyone used a red light globe in their room? If so is it really as simple as buying a can of red spraypaint and applying it over a standard light bulb? I would like to implement this if it works. Does this work?

This would be as far as I take it because the idea of throwing buckets of salt water in my face whilst around electrical and electronic equipment doesn't appeal to me and I would have great difficulty explaining such to my better half.

NipplesTheCat · 11-21-06, 08:08 AM

Painting a standard light bulb is a no no. Light bulbs can get pretty hot and paint can get pretty flamable.

They do have all kinds of red light bulbs though, especially this time of year (x-mas red\green bulbs). I have purchsed a few over the years for xmas. I have also used them to light my desk without waking people up. Try walmart or lowes, home depot etc. I think I have gotten them there before.

This is what you are looking for. http://www.shop.com/op/~Red_Light_Bu...1?sourceid=298

Konovalov · 11-21-06, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by NipplesTheCat

Painting a standard light bulb is a no no. Light bulbs can get pretty hot and paint can get pretty flamable.

Thanks. That's what I thought. So there should be retailers who sell them. I guess Christmas is the best time for this.

Marhkimov · 11-21-06, 08:12 AM

Oooh, uhhh... Don't paint your lightbulb...

I know for certain that you can get standard 100w red lightbulbs at any home depot or similar hardware store, not to mention that red shouldn't be too hard to locate this time of year...

NipplesTheCat · 11-21-06, 08:13 AM

You definately should have much trouble finding one between haloween and christmas. Like I said, they are usually stuffed in some strange corner in walmart that none of the emplyees seem to be aware of.

AS · 11-21-06, 08:42 AM

I bought a red bulb some time ago but it was disappointing because red light does not really "shine" and so it doesn´t illuminate your room. It´s just a nice, eye-candy effect but it doesn´t make your room look red. Alternatively you will need rather strong bulbs or many of them.

Cheers, AS

NipplesTheCat · 11-21-06, 08:51 AM

I had rather good luck with mine. It lit everything up nice and red. I was not at all disappointed. There are two types that I am aware of. One is made with red glass and the other is made with clear glass with a red plastic film coating. I used the ones with the coating as they seemd to produce a darker red light.

11-21-06, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Konovalov

I am looking to achieve a little more immersion in my SHIII

I have often thought SH3 was more a submersive experience which comes with a suspension of disbelief...aka neutral bouyancy...

Cpt.Thorne · 11-21-06, 10:50 AM

I have a red light bulb bought and attached above my "Helm" and it works wonder as the light doesn´t shine under the door to alarm HMS Wife to come and DC me out from the computer when playing at nigh.

It is one of those brighter lights that have mirrored sides so it pinpoints the light right on my keyboard...not nerd enough to get a glowing keyboard...but that would be cool too.

Prost!

Jusa_Finn · 11-21-06, 11:21 AM

I used to develope b/w photos myself. I had a special red bulb which illuminated the 'lab'.

11-21-06, 11:27 AM

Make sure to get a blue one, too, for when you run silent. :p

Hybris · 11-21-06, 11:32 AM

You could always put a red colored shade over a regular light bulb that should have the effect everyone is going for... I think

11-21-06, 12:12 PM

http://www.mood-lites.com/passion.html

http://www.amazinglightbulbs.com/shop.php?CategoryID=4

jumpy · 11-21-06, 01:07 PM

I have a 60w red glass bulb in my 'puter room. The actual glass is transparent and red, not a normal bulb which has been painted with heat resistant paint. I believe they use them for those natty flame effects of electric fireplaces, in the background.
I find my eyes don't have to fight two different light sources - monitors / room lights, not done purely for SHIII

If I want some white light I turn on my desk lamp.

Herr Russ · 11-21-06, 01:08 PM

Above my computer monitor I have a desk lamp (clamped) with a red bulb (bought in Walmart) and a fan (clamped) to add some machinery noise and feel a cooling breeze.. A mug of coffee or grog and I'm set

For night play (AKA wife sleeping) I use headphones.. My JVC noise cancellation phones are great to block out normal household noises too!

11-21-06, 08:01 AM	#1
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	The "red light" effect I am looking to achieve a little more immersion in my SHIII which is already rocking with GWX and SHIII Commander. At present I close the curtains to my room because bright light makes it difficult to make out objects during nightime/darkness. Some times I go as far as turning out the light and leaving the room in darkness which means the only illumination comes from my computer screen. Has anyone used a red light globe in their room? If so is it really as simple as buying a can of red spraypaint and applying it over a standard light bulb? I would like to implement this if it works. Does this work? This would be as far as I take it because the idea of throwing buckets of salt water in my face whilst around electrical and electronic equipment doesn't appeal to me and I would have great difficulty explaining such to my better half. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

11-21-06, 08:08 AM	#2
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Painting a standard light bulb is a no no. Light bulbs can get pretty hot and paint can get pretty flamable. They do have all kinds of red light bulbs though, especially this time of year (x-mas red\green bulbs). I have purchsed a few over the years for xmas. I have also used them to light my desk without waking people up. Try walmart or lowes, home depot etc. I think I have gotten them there before. This is what you are looking for. http://www.shop.com/op/~Red_Light_Bu...1?sourceid=298 __________________ Your sister swims towards troop ships.

11-21-06, 08:12 AM	#4
Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oooh, uhhh... Don't paint your lightbulb... I know for certain that you can get standard 100w red lightbulbs at any home depot or similar hardware store, not to mention that red shouldn't be too hard to locate this time of year... __________________ It takes two to tango

11-21-06, 08:13 AM	#5
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	You definately should have much trouble finding one between haloween and christmas. Like I said, they are usually stuffed in some strange corner in walmart that none of the emplyees seem to be aware of. __________________ Your sister swims towards troop ships.

11-21-06, 08:42 AM	#6
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	I bought a red bulb some time ago but it was disappointing because red light does not really "shine" and so it doesn´t illuminate your room. It´s just a nice, eye-candy effect but it doesn´t make your room look red. Alternatively you will need rather strong bulbs or many of them. Cheers, AS __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)

11-21-06, 08:51 AM	#7
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I had rather good luck with mine. It lit everything up nice and red. I was not at all disappointed. There are two types that I am aware of. One is made with red glass and the other is made with clear glass with a red plastic film coating. I used the ones with the coating as they seemd to produce a darker red light. __________________ Your sister swims towards troop ships.

11-21-06, 10:50 AM	#9
Cpt.Thorne Torpedoman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 116 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have a red light bulb bought and attached above my "Helm" and it works wonder as the light doesn´t shine under the door to alarm HMS Wife to come and DC me out from the computer when playing at nigh. It is one of those brighter lights that have mirrored sides so it pinpoints the light right on my keyboard...not nerd enough to get a glowing keyboard...but that would be cool too. Prost! __________________

11-21-06, 11:21 AM	#10
Jusa_Finn Bosun Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vantaa, Finland Posts: 67 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I used to develope b/w photos myself. I had a special red bulb which illuminated the 'lab'. __________________ It was a dark and stormy night... From the 1830 novel, 'Paul Clifford' by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

11-21-06, 11:27 AM	#11
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Make sure to get a blue one, too, for when you run silent. :p

11-21-06, 11:32 AM	#12
Hybris Officer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Periscope Depth... Posts: 237 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	You could always put a red colored shade over a regular light bulb that should have the effect everyone is going for... I think __________________ "His masters voice!" "FASTER! FAAAASSSTTER!" "All submariners have one universal wish regardless of nation, cause, or creed. That wish is that the boat goes up and stay up one more time then it goes down." ~Hybris 8/22/07

11-21-06, 12:12 PM	#13
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	http://www.mood-lites.com/passion.html http://www.amazinglightbulbs.com/shop.php?CategoryID=4

11-21-06, 01:07 PM	#14
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I have a 60w red glass bulb in my 'puter room. The actual glass is transparent and red, not a normal bulb which has been painted with heat resistant paint. I believe they use them for those natty flame effects of electric fireplaces, in the background. I find my eyes don't have to fight two different light sources - monitors / room lights, not done purely for SHIII If I want some white light I turn on my desk lamp. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

11-21-06, 01:08 PM	#15
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Above my computer monitor I have a desk lamp (clamped) with a red bulb (bought in Walmart) and a fan (clamped) to add some machinery noise and feel a cooling breeze.. A mug of coffee or grog and I'm set For night play (AKA wife sleeping) I use headphones.. My JVC noise cancellation phones are great to block out normal household noises too!