this is a posable character i created, but im sure i didnt think of it first. its a chinese lamp… and the one on the right is bowing. the tassels are dupliverts and i wish there was some way to make each thread strand bounce off of eachother without individually moving them…i guess im a dreamer…
i recon a frosted lightbulb is in order…
pretty cool. nice tassles.
Nice lamps. Hey, dreaming is free, but I think you’re going to have a hell of a time animating all those tassels!
You could if they are all individual mesh’s use a copy rotation restraint, that would save you some work, but i’m not sure if that what you mean… other than that, good luck dreaming 
WeWa
thanx for the advice. i tried it and it’s pretty close to what i was looking for. then again, i could be doing it wrong since i just started with the restraints and stuff.