Re: Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter helmet build
Yes, the shot in the hotel room is me; shot by my friend Anne Almasy - who was also one of my wedding photographers!
Photo dump from Dragon*Con? YES!
Shot by Anne Almasy:
Above pictured with my wife's Kasumi Goto (Mass Effect 2) costume
Shot by Bill Doran:
My leathers were courtesy of Catherine Jones at GodSaveTheQueen Fashions.
You can check out more of her work here as well as
her FaceBook here
Coding was, once again, handled by
James Moss - still some issues with the WiFi (an iOS update right before DC borked the sync code with the iPhone!) so right now the animations are controlled by a toggle switch that runs down the sleeve. This ended up being much easier in the long run, because even holding an iPhone in those gloves (let alone fishing one out of a leather pants pocket) is quite an ordeal.
I've got some more shooting scheduled in the coming days, but MAN this thing was fun to kick around the con in.
Visibility? Better than you'd think! The more lights on, the harder it got to see in darker areas, but overall no issues!
Temperature? Those fans were PERFECT! The costume was hotter with the helmet off than it was with it on. Easily the most comfortable costume to date. Also, no heat at all off the switching voltage regulator.
Battery life? I ran three 11.1V LiPo packs over the course of 4 days. Only one even dipped below 10.5V, the others never even got past 11.2! Thats with matrix, fans, and side lights running full-time.
So happy with the results. More to come soon!
