Help building a custom hexagon & carbon fiber cloak (mix between Warcrafts Medivh & Tron)

[johnnyscience]

So I'm looking to have a custom and really high quality cloak made.

Think of Warcraft Medivh meets Tron and Desitiny.

For the Tron look, I want trim out the sleeves, hood & front chest zipper area with a multi-colored LED strip. I was thinking I could use some type of frosted & flexible plastic to cover the LED strip with, almost like a shower curtain type of material to diffuse the LED light. Then on top of that frosted strip I wanted to have another layer of material, this time in black and I want to have Blade's vampire hieroglyphics laser cut out of it so that when the LEDs are on they make the hieroglyphics glow.

Here are some examples of a Tron style cloak. I want to trim the edges with the LEDs & plastic diffuser with vampire hieorglyphics

I would like the main material to be a hexagon material or possibly carbon fiber.

I've searched high and low and have had a hard time finding good hexagon material and I know carbon fiber fabric can be a problem if it's un-treated can fray and splinter if it gets any abrasion.

I would LOVE hexagon fabric like this:

Does anyone know of anything available like this?

If not, I think the Kryptek Typhon camo may work:

It's a little wavy-gravy and while I do like that, I would prefer the structured perfection of the hexagon example.

I also found this hexagon carbon fiber fabric, but again, there may be issues with abrasion if untreated. And since I want it flexible like fabric to wear as a cloak, I really don't see how I can treat it.

Carbon Fiber Fabric Honeycomb 3k 50"/127cm 7.2oz/244gsm

After talking to someone at composite envisions, they agreed that un-treated carbon fiber is not good for any type of garment because it is easily affected by abraison and will splinter and become a mess.

They did however have a real carbon fiber leather! It's real carbon that has a special flexible coating to seal the carbon fiber and give it a nice leather feel:

Carbon Fiber "Leather" - 2x2 Twill Matte Finish 57.87"/147cm 19.46oz/660gsm

Then I also found this really cool screen printed 3D hexagon lycra fabric:

Honey Comb

I think if I can find someone to design me a cloak with hood with a mix of these two fabrics I can have something really amazing.

 

[johnnyscience]

Here's a couple shots of Medivh cloak shots:

Does anyone know what the inside of his cloak is lined with? It looks like crushed velet or terry or something else entirely, but soft.

 

[johnnyscience]

Couple more shots of the interior of Medivh's cloak:

 

[halrhyrr]

Yaya Han's fabric line has some good stuff in both large and small hexagon patterns, and a carbon fibre texture. You could also do something like people use for Spidey suits and outline the hexagons in puffy paint?

 

[Duncanator]

The inside of that cloak looks like raw silk to me.

 

[johnnyscience]

Is raw silk anything like duponi silk? I have some things made of duponi silk and it's not the soft silk I was always familiar with.

Does anyone know who I could talk to about designing and making me something like this?

 

[johnnyscience]

Is raw silk anything like duponi silk? I have some things made of duponi silk and it's not the soft silk I was always familiar with.

Does anyone know who I could talk to about designing and making me something like this?

Anyone have an idea on raw vs duponi silk look?

Can anyone suggest a designer to draw/design this particular cloak for me with these specific materials so I can get a real design look before having someone physically make it for me?

Also, can anyone suggest a material that is frosted and vinyl like a heavy duty shower curtain for the strips of material needed for the LED's to glow through? I've been to every local store, walmarts, fabric stores, targets etc and I just can't find the proper heavy duty, frosted material I would need for this application. I've even searched online and didn't have much luck.

 

[johnnyscience]

Anyone have any suggestions or input?

Thanks!

 

[johnnyscience]

Bump... hoping to get this project off of the ground soon.

Does anyone know of any frosted vinyl material I could use to layer over the LEDs to trim out the cloak with?

I’ve looked every where I could think and still haven’t found it.

I think a heavy duty shower curtain is the right material, but I can’t find material thick enough to be durable