but I really like the effect Daniel got with his El WIRE and white vinyl after actually seeing it, it looks GOOD! now I think I may just try it out. May not do the neoprene, if I do, I will just be covering up the reflective job I did since it is superglued, no way will it come off without my entire comtume getting destroyed.
If you have any extra of those magnets left, I will take them off your hands
Thanks!
Dear Annisse, I finally put on the white paint on the upper body armour. This was time consuming. I'm glad I'm not doing Sam's costume. I still have not put on the glow paint. But I did test it. It's pretty awesome. The color really lights up.The White paint has to be really white for it to work right. I used 3 coats of white paint. White acrylic paint is easy to use & wash up with tap water. When you go to a dark room(Even minimal light), the effect is awesome. I believe a good combo with the EL wire boots and helmet will really work. Using the white vinyl with the el wire & the glow paint will make it even brighter. I'm going to get the vinyl tommorrow. I'll keep you posted. PS. You looked great in the front row at the SPIKE awards show. Great front row seats!WOW! what you have done is most excellent, just saw all your photos you posted with your EL WIRE attached. I am liking what you did.... ALOT!
I just got my white glow paint today, gonna try it and post my results. But so far, charged in the bottle it glows white bluish not green, which is perfect!
But I am really liking your EL WIRE and neoprene you used. Is neoprene the same as EVA FOAM? where did you get it from? and the only thing I am worried about going with the EL WIRE method, as you mentioned here, and I mentioned in many posts ago, buried in this thread, I have made costumes with EL WIRE and every place your body bends, any joints, elblows, knees, even moving around in the waist area, my EL WIRING broke somewhere in the connection. What I like what you have done here is made your EL WIRE design independent of the costume. If you do get a break somewhere, which I hope you do not, it will be slightly easier replacing the damaged wire since it is not stuck on the costume, and those neoprenes strip you made even looks accurate to the movie look of the costumes.
I too wanted to do that elevated, 3D look, on my Quorra costume as the strips of lights are floating on her suit and your idea does just that! BRAVO!
Now in regards to the white vinyl you used. Is this white vinyl fabric used to sew clothing? Just regular white vinyl fabric you purchase from a fabric store? Your white vinyl almost looks like a hard plastic.
Very good, you guys are gonna look SWEET! CONGRATS on all your hard work! :cool
great! thanks so much for the info. I have a Joann's near me! Now, will painting my reflective tape white, either aryclic or even latex white paint primer, then adding a 2-4 coats of glow paint then adding the EL WIRE over all that give the same affect? Just wondering if I can use paint instead of the white viny to work with what I already have on my suit.
I ordered my EL WIRE at the time many moons ago from www.coolneon.com try that site or the one Daniel got from. I know of no place in LA that sells EL WIRE. There was one ages ago, same time I ordered mine but they are gone now.
Hey! sorry so I am confused, you painted 3 coats of white acrylic paint on your suit but have not painted the glow paint over your white yet?
So when you say the effect of the white, even in minimal light, is really awesome. Are you talking about the glow paint or the white paint? Since you said you didn't paint the glow paint over the white aryclic yet, this is where I am confused as to what exactly you did for the AWESOME glow effect. I wanna get that too
Is your glow paint from Risk Reactor like mine? and how long did the glow last? I find it very hard to believe, even with many coats of glow paint over white, that their bright white glow paint can stay lite for 46 hours as their site claims. I guess I will find out 2nite. *crosses fingers I get at least 3-4 hours of glow time*
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Sorry for not being clear. I tested the Glow Paint on another Black Fabric I had. I had already spilled some white paint on that one already. I put a few dabs on it of glow paint. Hey it's still glowing. I left the bottle under the light for about five hours. The paint is still glowing. I hope I put the just enough layers on top of it. But I'm satisfied it was a good test. My uper body armour I painted believe it or not is still wet. I hope to give this a real testing tomorrow. The black fabric soaked alot of white paint. I hope this can be photographed well. Good Luck!
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Hey! sorry so I am confused, you painted 3 coats of white acrylic paint on your suit but have not painted the glow paint over your white yet?
So when you say the effect of the white, even in minimal light, is really awesome. Are you talking about the glow paint or the white paint? Since you said you didn't paint the glow paint over the white aryclic yet, this is where I am confused as to what exactly you did for the AWESOME glow effect. I wanna get that too
Is your glow paint from Risk Reactor like mine? and how long did the glow last? I find it very hard to believe, even with many coats of glow paint over white, that their bright white glow paint can stay lite for 46 hours as their site claims. I guess I will find out 2nite. *crosses fingers I get at least 3-4 hours of glow time*
hehe thanks for noticing me at the Scream Awards... LOL! didn't expect anyone to comment on that here :$[/QUO
Sorry for not being clear. I tested the Glow Paint on another Black Fabric I had. I had already spilled some white paint on that one already. I put a few dabs on it of glow paint. Hey it's still glowing. I left the bottle under the light for about five hours. The paint is still glowing. I hope I put the just enough layers on top of it. But I'm satisfied it was a good test. My uper body armour I painted believe it or not is still wet. I hope to give this a real testing tomorrow. The black fabric soaked alot of white paint. I hope this can be photographed well. Good Luck!
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Ahhhh I see. OK. so how many hours straight glow have you got so far?
Gotta take test pics to see how the glow effect will look when photographed. I am hoping photos will work well too with the glow paint. Yes, good luck too!
I don't remember how many coats I put on the initial test. I stared to paint about 5 oclock this afternoon. I left it in my bedroom. As of right now 1:20 is's still going. The glow is pretty consistent. It does look better than 3M tape. I'm very happy with the results.
PS-Don't worry about the primer!
I don't remember how many coats I put on the initial test. I stared to paint about 5 oclock this afternoon. I left it in my bedroom. As of right now 1:20 is's still going. The glow is pretty consistent. It does look better than 3M tape. I'm very happy with the results.
PS-Don't worry about the primer!
Coo! I will let you all know my results when I am done testing my glow paint.
