Answers.Body: <p>One way you could achieve that is to use <a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=65578#T=C" rel="noreferrer">Minifigure, Utensil Posing Stand, Bar with Hollow Stud</a> with the bracket you've mentioned. Not entirely sure of an exact angle, but it looks to be close to 45°/135° angle.</p>
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Body: <p>I'm planning on doing the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcR9k8o4I0w" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Indiana Jones Face Melting Scene</a>.
  At time frame 1:08 of that clip, you can see arcs of energy going out from the Ark, devouring the Nazi soldiers. My current plan is to use the <a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=18986#T=C&amp;C=12" rel="nofollow noreferrer">transparent neck bracket with 2 studs</a>, then attaching transparent red or green bars to that to make the energy arcs. However, the arc is depicted as going out in a sort of cone or fan shape, rather then in straight lines.  Is there a way I can attach some bars to the back of a figure at an angle (33-45 degrees or so)?</p>
  <p>Or is there another way altogether I can approach this?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I've also got some of the single neck brackets saved up. I can use those if it works better somehow.
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Tags: <design>
Title: Rendering the wrath of a vengeful god
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ThreadText: # Rendering the wrath of a vengeful god
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-08)
  
  I'm planning on doing the [Indiana Jones Face Melting Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcR9k8o4I0w).
  At time frame 1:08 of that clip, you can see arcs of energy going out from the Ark, devouring the Nazi soldiers. My current plan is to use the [transparent neck bracket with 2 studs](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=18986#T=C&C=12), then attaching transparent red or green bars to that to make the energy arcs. However, the arc is depicted as going out in a sort of cone or fan shape, rather then in straight lines. Is there a way I can attach some bars to the back of a figure at an angle (33-45 degrees or so)?
  
  Or is there another way altogether I can approach this?
  
  **Tags:** design
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I've also got some of the single neck brackets saved up. I can use those if it works better somehow.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-12-09. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  One way you could achieve that is to use [Minifigure, Utensil Posing Stand, Bar with Hollow Stud](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=65578#T=C) with the bracket you've mentioned. Not entirely sure of an exact angle, but it looks to be close to 45°/135° angle.
  
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