Tron Legacy Costume

TodReynard43 said:

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I want to retain the shapes on the boots, but I have no experience with EL. What I want to know is: 1.) Which kind should I buy? and 2.) How do I cut the patterns without damaging the lighting in any way?

Thanks in advance!

Tod,

My advice to you for the strip on your jacket is check out glowhut.com
The strips they sell are the perfect width for a screen accurate look.
That's where I got mine for my Flynn jacket, and it's super easy to cut
and reconnect if needed. Then you would just have to find some sort of
inverter. I found the 9v sized inverters work perfect for this as they fit into
the inside pocket of a jacket very well without noticeable bulging.

To retain the shapes you had on your boots may be a little tricky to attain with just using a straight strip. You maybe have to look into cutable el sheets. I've become quite the expert with the cutable sheets, so if that's the route you think you might go, let me know because I know a great site to get it and would be happy to give you advice.

I was a complete and total noob when I joined this site. Everyone on this thread helped me find the right tools for the job. So ask anything and you will get great advice, as you've already seen from other users' posts!

Hey guys,

I'm working on a new LED aqua disc color to match the Glow of the electroluminescent tape and wire. The color is achieved with a mix of blue and green diodes. Just thought I'd share.

Whoa... that looks awesome! I'll have to order my next Rinzler discs from you when I work on version two of the costume. I love how bright these are!

Soul, that is epic!

Soulinertia said:

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Hey guys,

I'm working on a new LED aqua disc color to match the Glow of the electroluminescent tape and wire. The color is achieved with a mix of blue and green diodes. Just thought I'd share.

Just wanted to thank the RPF Tron Thread for helping me find the ideas and materials put my costume together. I put this together last year for Norwescon and it was a smash hit.

Woah, that is cool!

Awesome!

Corren: That is WAY awesome! Very different take, I like it.
Did you have any breakage problems with your el wire?

@Corren: Whoa! Very clever take on a Tron based costume. I love it the hat and the tie. I also like that you can see the lighting on the vest through the coat. Did you plan that purposefully? I bet you were a hit. This is awesome!

I've been lurking around the RPF for a while now, and after seeing all the amazing things you guys have done I've decided to start on some projects of my own, one of them being the Tron Anon costume. I'm new to the prop scene so I went with a paper craft for the helmet as the pep file was available. Here's some picture of my progress so far. I plan on making a mold and casting it when my order gets here. As for the suit, I'd like to try making it out of foam if possible. This costume is actually being made for a friend of mine and he's almost 7ft tall, so I have my hands full with the suit after I get this helmet done ha.

I'm also working on the Daft Punk helmets. I have more stuff posted at here for those interested.

paper craft model

Tron Anon_Helmet_005 by Detravoid, on Flickr

laying in the fiberglass cloth

Tron Anon_Helmet_011 by Detravoid, on Flickr

adding the fiberglass resin to the cloth

Tron Anon_Helmet_013 by Detravoid, on Flickr

finished resin layer

Tron Anon_Helmet_015 by Detravoid, on Flickr

first coat of bondo

Tron Anon_Helmet_022 by Detravoid, on Flickr

first sand down

Tron Anon_Helmet_031 by Detravoid, on Flickr

after several filling and sanding stages

Tron Anon_Helmet_053 by Detravoid, on Flickr

2-3 layers of primer filler

Tron Anon_Helmet_059 by Detravoid, on Flickr

final layer of gray primer

Tron Anon_Helmet_065 by Detravoid, on Flickr

titanium metallic finish

Tron Anon_Helmet_083 by Detravoid, on Flickr

Nice work! and welcome to the RPF!

Nice work on the Anon helmet, I have a pep'd helmet bondo'd in garage but like my CLU & Disc Wars helmets it's waiting for me to finish my vac forming table and a a few uni essays "blargh".

just remind some
White glow color is users and none programs ie Kevin and Sam
Blue and variations of blue are programs
Yellow CLU
Red but more of an orange is system guards and warriors

Corren, That looks SNAZZY! Nice job!!!

Megatron said:

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just remind some
White glow color is users and none programs ie Kevin and Sam
Blue and variations of blue are programs
Yellow CLU
Red but more of an orange is system guards and warriors

Hi megatron

Hope you don'tind me expanding on the colour system.

White is also for ISO's

Yellow is for all infected or corrupted program's (Thorn and Abraxas are yallow too).

And don't forget green for resistance fighters like Gibson (another costume I'd like a crack at in the future).

A FULL explanation of different types of programs can be found here: Program - Tron Wiki - Tron, Tron Legacy, Tron 2.0, Tron Evolution and more

Canobi said:

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Hi megatron

Hope you don'tind me expanding on the colour system.

White is also for ISO's

Yellow is for all infected or corrupted program's (Thorn and Abraxas are yallow too).

And don't forget green for resistance fighters like Gibson (another costume I'd like a crack at in the future).

Check out my Tron and light Cycle i made for Halloween 2011
Coolest Tron Light Cycle Costume 8

Love the 'simple' idea to use the electric scooter in the middle to move the bike! Great job. I'm sure I speak for everyone: show us more pics of it here, please!

joedjc said:

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Check out my Tron and light Cycle i made for Halloween 2011
Coolest Tron Light Cycle Costume 8

That's awesome!
You have any daytime pics of the finished cycle?

joedjc said:

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Check out my Tron and light Cycle i made for Halloween 2011
Coolest Tron Light Cycle Costume 8

Cool! Got any video of it in action?

Im working on a few projects right now.. TRON being one of them..Id like to get some video and pics up of the bike speeding away with some music, (there is an ipod stereo system built in to the frame with speakers on front and back, with tron legacy sountrack)
but been busy with the avengers movie premiere and parties. I have a HULK , THOR..+ Optimus Prime (movie version) and a custom terminator (I call it the T-650) im recunstructing all of them for Halloween and different events. This site and the people on here are the best of the best with sharing ideas and helping others with personal projects I just hope i can do the same in the near future!

@joedjc: Wow! Looks awesome. I'd love to see a video of it in action. Does it light up? It looks like it could.

@Darkmantis: Wow! This looks amazing so far. Can't wait to see more pics.

Agreed. Great work so far!

Another week and more progress. I just finished the last bit of the helmet which was tinting the visor. I built a vacuum former from an old light box I had made and used that to make the front visor to fit the helmet. I'll post a couple pics of that. The last part I have left is the lighting on the helmet. Still debating whether I should run a separate inverter for the helmet or somehow have it connect to the rest of the suit. It was getting dark so it may be hard to see the tint in the last picture. I'll post a better one tomorrow, and I'll have the helmet waxed

Cut out the piece for the visor

Tron Anon_Helmet_159 by Detravoid, on Flickr

test fitting the vacuum formed visor made from the piece cut out.

Tron Anon_Helmet_167 by Detravoid, on Flickr

primer that was wet sanded with 1000grit sandpaper

Tron Anon_Helmet_175 by Detravoid, on Flickr

sprayed with gloss black paint, then glued in visor

Tron Anon_Helmet_183 by Detravoid, on Flickr

masked off helmet and spray tinted the visor

Tron Anon_Helmet_184 by Detravoid, on Flickr