Anyone ever made an electric prop display?

Rusty85

Sr Member
I know this sounds weird, but I've been thinking about it, and knowing how many talented people are on here, I thought maybe someone had attempted it at some point.

Now, when I say electric, I mean you can see electricity flowing through it, aka a plasma ball or something similar. Almost as if you could take a prop, and put it at the center of the ball, making it look as if it was glowing with electricty.

I realize that it most likely couldn't be done inside the plasma ball, but what about with a trick using mirrors or something? Wouldn't necessarily have to be a plasma ball, but something creating electrical waves and such.

Any good electrical specialists that know anything that could produce this kind of effect?

I wanted to create a display for a Magic Ticket I just made from Last Action Hero. In the film it had electricity that comes off it when its starting to come alive, I thought it would be cool to have a display that did something similar.
 
You could get one of those big plasma discs and stand the prop in front of it so it barely touches the disc, drawing the current through the prop.
 
Hey, thanks a lot, that's exactly what I was looking for. I knew I had seen something like that before.

It wouldn't pose any risk of a fire would it?
 
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