i ordered some 1kv ceramics and looking at this schematic:

i saw another where the first resistor on the left was 10M.
the scope of the project is to incorporate this into a miniature diorama,
and to produce visible sparks. i intend to limit current as much as possible
and in the end it should be no more dangerous then a stun gun module.
(hell, if things get too hot or whatever i might just end up faking it with one of those modules

)
anyhoo i still have some reading to do on this one, it is one in a long list of miniaturization experiments
i have lined up.
the bleeding resistor, it can be the same watt rating as the rest?