Stuck on neon sign. C&C

[Happyhelmet]

i've been fiddling around with this neon sign:



and can't get it to look right...can't think of any other way to modify it.

in my game i have a limited palette to that of the swatches in photoshop and it was working quite well till i got to this sign...

Update
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is there a way to simplify this look? i really didn't want to whip out photoshop
blending...
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Another Attempt:
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[Mr_Frisby]

I'm not sure what wou need - Maybe if you show the Background it might give some better idea. All I can think of is - if it is a neon sign - it would be lighter the closer it gets to the middle of the letters not the other way around. Try - white in the middle - then a line of pink around that then a slightly darker coulour . . and so on.

[Mr Jake]

It should be brighter in the middle, or if you think it looks too bright animate one of the lettters to flicker to make it more interesting.

[MrColossal]

http://images.google.com/images?q=neon%20sign&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&sa=Nab=wi

check these out for reference, visual aid on something like this is better i feel

[Kweepa]

Or even these
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&q=pawn+neon+sign