Vegas Vader's Iron Man helmet light tutorial!! post4

[Vegas Vader 2]

i just finished adding some white leds with built in resistors to one of my helmets!! took me about 30 minutes!! im very happy how it turned out. i will be adding some to the clean version as well and post a step by step tutorial right after. each eye has one very bright led and i used some cut up plastic mixing cups for the inner lens to defuse the light. they both run on 1 9v battery. its not that hard to see through compared with my last attempts at this..

enjoy!!


the battle worn is the one thats lit

and here is the inside of the helmet still in the works

here is a picture of the clean version no lights

and indoor pictures lights off.. for some weird reason the leds look light blue in the photos...:confused

kind regard
Ian

 

[StupidMunkee]

Re: Vegas Vader's Iron Man helmet with lights

Wow great job.... Can't wait to see the tutorial..

 

[obiwan2]

Re: Vegas Vader's Iron Man helmet with lights

Looks great, my friend

 

[punisher]

Re: Vegas Vader's Iron Man helmet with lights

Great job, which helmet is that one, Dungbeetles?

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

***here are the materials needed for the light setup***.


white LED lights with built in resistors and are pre wired from www.plasmaled.com great guys to deal with and shipped it out fast!

PC bored toggle switch they come in 2 from radioshack

paint mixing cup

9volt battery and 9 volt battery holder

***for the tools you will need***

glue gun and some glue sticks

heat gun to bend cut up plastic into shape

solder and sodering iron

wire heat shrink tubes to make the wireing look clean

heavy duty Velcro to hold the battery in place

once you've gathered all your tools and materials, you will need to test the led lights before the installation.

*tack your led light with hot glue on the center of the plastic strip.*

wait for it to set.. once thats done, carefully coat the led with hot glue once that sets it should look like this

then test the finished piece

here is the finished set up

the liner that i will be making will cover interior glare from the LED lights

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

for the outer lens, i used some plastic from an old flat screen TV monitor. works great and helps spread the defused light.

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

Re: Vegas Vader's Iron Man helmet with lights

Great job, which helmet is that one, Dungbeetles?

yes it was based of his V2 helmet which i built modified and made casts of.

thank you guys im glad you like it!!

 

[punisher]

Re: Vegas Vader's Iron Man helmet with lights

Thanks for the tutorial! Thats a great method for doing the lights. Im working on the same helmet. did you do anything to make the back open so it could be wearable? Im thinking about coming up with something and making a tutorial when Im finished. Its basically just a peg and hole system that turns the back part into something similar to lego pieces and it just snaps in place. But Im still bondoing and sanding it so it might be a little while before I get to that stage.

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

Re: Vegas Vader's Iron Man helmet with lights

Thanks for the tutorial! Thats a great method for doing the lights. Im working on the same helmet. did you do anything to make the back open so it could be wearable? Im thinking about coming up with something and making a tutorial when Im finished. Its basically just a peg and hole system that turns the back part into something similar to lego pieces and it just snaps in place. But Im still bondoing and sanding it so it might be a little while before I get to that stage.

i used 6 rare earth magnets to hold the quarter panel in place. snaps in perfectly every time!:cool

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

more pictures of my finished helmets.

kind regards
Ian

 

[STEALTH]

great stuff man, nice of you to share this with everyone

 

[punisher]

Wow, thats a great idea! I think Ill have to try that instead of mt lego idea. Thanks dude.

 

[StupidMunkee]

I like this.... Clean and simple... Nice work!

 

[Abzilla89]

Nice work. Thanks for sharing!

 

[PAULFIERCE]

hahhaa nice TAO nightclub cup. hahah!>. oh yess.. TAO... number 1 place to get ruffied and wake up in hotel room with dudes.

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

hahhaa nice TAO nightclub cup. hahah!>. oh yess.. TAO... number 1 place to get ruffied and wake up in hotel room with dudes.

good eye Paul F!! I work as a buser over at Tao Nightclub let me know if you guys want to come over!!:love daming chicks pare!!! whoot!!:love

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

great stuff man, nice of you to share this with everyone

thanks!! its the least i could offer to this awesome community!! and thank you again for taking the time to help me with my chest and back build buddy!:cheers

 

[Vinom11]

Thanks a bunch for the info. I'm making an Iron Man helmet and you just took a lot of the guesswork out of the project.

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

hey thanks! i will start working on my glove lights next. i am trying to make my suit as accurate as i possibly can. so keep an eye out for some new updates!

 

[propologist]

that helmet looks so good it makes me sick....great work,