Here is my robotic base I'm building. A robot has to have flashing lights.

Here is my robotic base I’m building. A robot has to have flashing lights. The base has a recess for the ping and ir sensors. In the recess i want to put a string of lights to indicate if anything is too close. I have it working now with just a 6 led segment by the front sensor. If the ping detects anything closer that 24 inches the lights go red. Simple enough.
My question is if i have a string of 108 leds how do i address the individual leds by each sensor. I looked at the sample library but i cant seem to find aIything. could some one point me in the right direction? thanks john.