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A regulation paint ball with a small "blister" that contains the ingredient normally found in the glass tube part of a glowstick. There is a small tube attached to the blister on the inside of the ball with a tiny check valve. When you push the blister in,it causes the liquids to mix, making the paintball
glow.
Glowstringing video
http://www.youtube....watch?v=q2A1uh7ClKw
Basically to show the trace effects, even some in a lit room. [rascalraidex, Nov 17 2007]
Glow in the Dark Paintballs
http://www.pain4glo...he-dark-paintballs/
A UV light is used to charge the paintballs and give them a bright healthy glow. [steam_cannon, Aug 01 2009]
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Sounds good to me. However, I suspect
that you need a pretty bright light to be
able to follow a rapid movement in the
dark - maybe brighter than a glowstick?
Not sure. |
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Glowstick paintballs would eliminate the need to be in any type (other than dark) environment for the effect. I think that glowsticks would be bright enough to see traces. Maybe you could use ultra bright glowstick chemicals.I think they are cyalume(?). |
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I guess you wouldn't even need dark environments to see it necessarily.(link) |
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having chemicals added to paintballs may be potentially hazardous if they were to break on someone's mask and get in their mouth or eyes (although that is less likely). airsoft guns already have tracer rounds that are normal until exposed to an intense light that is ususlly in a mock silencer. i'm not sure how you could make this possible with paintball without making it hazardous, but i figured i'd let you know |
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//you need a pretty bright light to be able to follow a rapid movement in the dark // |
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Nonsense. Glowsticks at night would work just fine. We would spin a chem-light on 550 cord (rope) to mark the company assembly point on the drop-zone during airborne training operations. |
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//having chemicals added to paintballs may be potentially hazardous// |
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glow-sticks (chem-lights) are non-toxic. They taste terrible but they wont hurt you. |
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[+], by the way. The impact would be spectacular. This should be baked. |
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i was not aware that they were non-toxic. sounds good to me then. |
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I'd think that the "blister" could be made to break open either on impact just like the rest of the ball or upon firing for the aforesaid tracer effect. [+] |
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It is a great idea and fully baked :) |
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I was going to suggest a lighted hopper and glow paint sprayed on the paint balls. But I googled and it looks like someone has what looks like an even better system then that. Fully developed and it even leaves the people glowing after they have been shot! See [link] |
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"It's his eyes. He cannit seeee." |
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