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Building the 2020 Department of Villainy Christmas display panel

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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

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