Tron Legacy Costume

kaiwalkerz

Is this the Aqua Glow Tape from Glowtec in UK?

I might have missed something here, but I see this very bright.

Compass72

We refer to that as 'power creep'. I'll have the same setup, with a couple of 9V inverters to power the waist and legs. My only saving grace is that the BMX body armor has a spine protector on the back of it, which will shield me if one of my inverters goes. It also allows me to mount that many batteries and inverters to my back in the first place.

I'll throw up a couple of pics later. I'm busy with wire management. :P

Annisse

I actually shouldn't have a problem using my one driver to power all my el wire. My el wire corset I wore to ElecTRONica has 50 feet high bright white. Was fine the whole time I was there. Completely brain farted and forgot about that. I guess the driver I have powers up to 50ft.??? Really don't remember I have had it for 5 years now. Coolneon.com is a great store! Plus use the code JRS when you check out and get 10% off your order.

Annisse

Awesome!!!! My IPhone weather app. says it's gonna rain in L.A. this Friday!!!!! Uggghhhh! It better not. I definately can not wear my costume in the rain.

Compass72

I heard 40% chance... I'll keep my fingers crossed.

oculus1857

Good to know! Thanks for the assist.

Rain? You should get one of these since it will match your costume

Monstaa

Now THAT'S cool! If it rained, i'd TOTALLY use one of those :'D


GOD DAMMIT. I just gave up on my costume since the ELwire won't work I can't turn it on (What's weird is that last week it worked PERFECTLY.)
I'll just wear my Flynn Lives shirt and hang my identity disc on my back for the premiere :c

gams001

I ran 9ft of Hi-Brite ELWire on my 12v Sound Driver.. no heating at all with over 2 hours of run time mixed constant-on and sound-reactive.

gams001

To confirm.. this pic shows Green UV Tape with 'clear' Blue-White UV Paint over it.

Tape: http://www.blacklight.com/items/BLTAPE
Paint: http://www.riskreactor.com/mm5/merch...y_Code=BLPCH2O

Afterglow

Hi everyone!

I've been lurking here for a while and am almost finished with my Quorra costume for the midnight showing! One question though for those of you using reflective tape as I am (one day I'll have money for El wire--ugh! So jealous). I'm finishing up the circle designs in the tape and can't get it to stop puckering and bunching or looking really angular. The tape I'm using is about 1 inch thick. Any suggestions?

Also all of you Bay Area people what showing are you guys going to? I have to work until 9:30 Thursday night (so I can't make it if it's super far) and I'm in Palo Alto...anyone close by?

bays

wouldnt recommend

wouldnt

ie. 12v is great for longer lengths


edit: just to clarify, its the shorter lengths that will burn out the inverter ... you can connect 100, 200 feet or EL wire to an inverter, thats not going to do any damage (its also not going to glow very brightly). Its when you have a short length of EL wire (I estimate I had 3meters connected to my 12v) that the chance for the inverter to overheat is increased. Shorter the length = greater the chance. Thats why you should never turn your inverter on without EL wire connected ... in effect you are supplying power to the few inches of wire connected to the inverter

CostumerNew2010

Yes yes yes - I FINALLY FINISHED my suit and it looks SO AWESOME....almost like IN THE MOVIE! Take a look at it!



Jealous of me now?

Annisse

Uggghhhh!!! My bad. Sorry. I failed. I have been running on next to no sleep trying to get my costume done. Sorry I read this wrong.

Oh man. But I actually have left my drivers on for God knows how many hours, no el wire attached by accident. I have on/off switches that were accidently pushed on and my driver never fried up and in still working condition. Just drained all the battery juice of course. That's why I have always trusted Coolneon.com, they got some good s*it

Well, here I go again, another all nighter withmy costume and yes I pray for no rain. Otherwise, all that work for nothing, at least for this Friday it will be.

Annisse

Why?!?!?!! Why?!?!? This is driving me crazy all these pre screenings!!!! Someone just sent me this. Hurry! You still have time, I am sure the line is only a mile long if you go wait now

Got to hold out till Friday! Got to hold out!!!

http://bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/s...screenings.jpg

Monstaa

As I read on Flynn Lives, the screening was gonna start at 7pm, BUT, it said no more lines were gonna be admited after 5pm. I'M MAD I couldn't make it there on time.

dbalschi

From my understanding they just were not allowing lines to form before 5pm

twinight

If the inverter heats up, you probably have a short. Check for flaking phosphorescent coating(I'm not sure how you would see it) at bends/kinks and touching wires at the cut end. If the inverter doesn't do anything, you probably have a break somewhere. Check your solder connections and work from the inverter side towards the end. I make sure to encase it in hot glue to seal it from any movement or moisture. Rain or shine, I'm wearing my costume friday!
Anisse, If you still got that 4.5' of extra EL wire by friday, I'll take it off your hands. My 4yr old is on his iron man kick, so I got my next costume project cut out for me at 1/2 scale. LOL
And you got to wear your costume! We'll be indoors half the time anyway. I bet you could hide a purse umbrella in the baton!

Compass72

Power test complete. 4.5 hours and I'm still lit. I can't say enough for these rechargeables.

Yeah, rain or shine if I'm flying from Philly I'm not going to have my costume hanging on a clothes rack in the hotel room. I'll take my chances. There isn't anything on this costume that I can't fix if it breaks.

Monstaa

I'll definietly have to check the inverter. I want to take my suit to the premiere so badly!

Knowone251

So I just got back from an early screening and lemme tell you, AMAZING, just the visuals and sound track, it all just came together soo well. And to let you all know from what we saw Cora, Sam and Flynn's lights were always white. I dunno if its how the suits photograph that give them a blue hue some times, but the only real blue or teal suits I saw were some of the other Grid Warriors and citizen programs.

blackfeathers

i was at a flynn lives screening too (i played the a.r.g.).

i think the el panels are white but have a slight bluish tint to them. my modified shoes w/el panels are that way.

buried in this thread somewhere i linked to a behind the scenes on the tron legacy costumes. one shot from a non-cinematic camera shows a grid warrior in blue/cyan and then sam in white. this is helpful to deduce that it's not a camera filter or effect per se.

also, the movie posters are always enhanced so can't really go by that for the actual colour.

thormungandr

My girlfriend and I made Tron and Yori outfits for Halloween (I actually made the Tron one back in May for a party). The pads used reflective tape and we used glow paint for the unitards

jyhash

Is it bad if you're only 85% done with your suit and are going to the midnight showing on Wednesday? ;-) Almost there folks!

CostumerNew2010

So, as I fan-fanatically counting down the days of the long long awaited movie, I also franticly trying to get my suit done! All the sewing and 'whatnots' of this has taking a crazy toll on my creative mind, but STILL I have determination to get it done(even if it's about a few hours before my midnight showing, BUT HOPE IT WON'T GET TO THAT POINT)! I have rough pics of the suit in its ALMOST completion but mind you:

1)I still haven't inserted my EL wire lights yet. That difficult task may be done by strategically sewing the wire onto & along the corners of the 3-D patterns(yep, I counted which corners are chosen and what best hand-stitch to use). The inverters will be hidden in pouch in the back of me(velcro-holding also)while the lead-wires will be 'hidden' within the suit

2) The shoulders' pattern must be finish sewn.

3) The gloves have to be redone(that be quick) for they don't go over my sleeves very well(and the use of velcro to keep them in place).

4) My Helmet will be covered with the same fabrics(just drawn out how to make the pattern) - I got a idea of how it will you like.

5) I have a idea for the HUB for the disc to stay on the back(found a plastic container that has a circumference that fit it quite well with some adjustments for tight hold).











And the Disc has a Holographic label on both sides to add some kind of 'difference' to it(and to separate MINE from the OTHERS that will have theirs at the movies/party) - sorry for blurry pic!

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I'm also debating to just put these 1/4 inch thick Polyethylene padding within the 3-D patterns to give it more 'armor look'(the suit is kinda tight enough with me and muscle-suit underneath it). Yep, still a few more things/alterations to get done and it may read like I'll be 'sweating up a storm' and that's why parts of the suit also have breathable fabric for just situation(or if I need to feel a nice cool breeze in those AREAS). I will say that movability is still good and I think after about half hour in the suit, it feel like almost a 'second skin'. I just have to make sure to 'relieve myself' before I put it on for the movie as well that big NYC TRON-Theme party this weekend too(so PSYCHED I got my tix to go)!

MorbidCharlie

IMO Costumer, that looks great. Is the "hologram" fabric or another material?