[url]If you think about it lightning actually is mostly down lighting with a bit of reflection.[url]
Nature of the beast I suppose. I am optimistic that if one uses enough lumens it won't matter as much.
Tried making some thunder and lightning sequences in vixen. Boy it was easy with the waveform add in. Decent results. I am still gonna tinker cause I am the picky type. Main issues stems from thunder track I found doesn't stop rumbling. Less is more.
After a bit of research I found the LE can do 4 amps per channel, so a 500W photo flood should be doable. Also found that 500W photo floods are $2.50 so they are feasible to play with. Saw a cool site for theatre lightning ideas I can't find again where someone wired a ceramic socket to a dollar store trash can for a fixture/reflector. Definitely gonna try that.