Florecent Light letters?

Ikyoto

I gott make neon signs, but I'm lazy. Any tube letters?

ghastlycomic

What modelling program do you use? Hexagon lets you use fonts to create 3D text. Download a Neon font and use the font to 3D to make your sign.

mjc1016

Here are a couple of TrueType fonts...

http://www.fontspace.com/allen-r-walden/neon-lights (commercial use allowed)

http://www.fontspace.com/nicks-fonts/lost-wages (commercial use allowed)

http://www.fontspace.com/fenotype/neon (commercial use allowed)

Here's a previous thread on the subject...

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/32705/how-to-make-3d-letters

And if you use Blender....

ghastlycomic

Quick and dirty but Blimpo makes a pretty good Neon font.

 

Well…..there’s a puppy in the parlor,
And skillet on the stove,
And a smelly old blanket,
With a Navajo wove,
There’s popcorn in the pooper,
And a porker in the pot
There’s pie in the pantry,
And the coffee’s always hot
There’s sausage in the morning,
And a party every night,
There’s a nurse on duty,
If you don’t feel right,
There’s a chicken on the table,
But you got to say grace,
There’s always something cooking down at Old Joe’s Place

 

ghastlycomic

mjc1016 said:

 

http://www.fontspace.com/fenotype/neon (commercial use allowed)

 

That one would probably be the best because the letters would all join like a real neon sign and it's a solid font so you can just select the curve then sweep a circle around it to get a neon tube.

mjc1016

ghastlycomic said:

mjc1016 said:

 

http://www.fontspace.com/fenotype/neon (commercial use allowed)

 

That one would probably be the best because the letters would all join like a real neon sign and it's a solid font so you can just select the curve then sweep a circle around it to get a neon tube.

Yes...that one is my favorite.  I did some renders with that one before...now where did I put them...

Neon on top; LostWages on the bottom...

 

Ikyoto

ghastlycomic said:

What modelling program do you use? Hexagon lets you use fonts to create 3D text. Download a Neon font and use the font to 3D to make your sign.

Rhino or Carrarra

Ikyoto

Spirituality works wel. Only for personal though

Ikyoto

ghastlycomic said:

mjc1016 said:

 

http://www.fontspace.com/fenotype/neon (commercial use allowed)

 

That one would probably be the best because the letters would all join like a real neon sign and it's a solid font so you can just select the curve then sweep a circle around it to get a neon tube.

Exactlymy process, but this way I don't have to extract ab edge. You folk rock.

mjc1016

Carrara should be able to do it...

Ikyoto

mjc1016 said:

Carrara should be able to do it...

Yup.. I just gotta build all 26+. Good thing I'm already brain damaged.. that's half the work.

mjc1016

In Blender, I just add the font to 'text', type the word(s) and convert to mesh (either with a direct conversion or sweeping a circle around the curve).