Need ideas for Glowing Eyes

Crimotaku

Well-Known Member

• Apr 10, 2011

• #1

Planning to make some demon like glowing eyes. But i am seeking for other ideas. the plan is to ...

imagine headless horseman and u are wearing a helmet with nothing inside but pitch black. the only thing u want people to see are LED lit glowing eyes when the visor is removed. but at the same time, wearer must be able to see clearly.

anyone got any ideas? i am thinking small and LED powered. this eye gear will be hidden behind a black hood.

Think of spiderman noir, if u removed his lens, what makes his eyes glow?

 

EyesofTeal

New Member

• Apr 10, 2011

• #2

There are contact lenses that glow under UV light.

Maybe you could conceal a small blacklight in your costume's hood? :confused

 

ChaoBreeder

Well-Known Member

• Apr 10, 2011

• #3

Maybe something like this?

 

SmilingOtter

Master Member

• Apr 10, 2011

• #4

Most places that carry Halloween costumes will have a solid black cloth mask that lets you see out reasonably well. That combined with a setup like ChaoBreeder's should work.

 

ChaoBreeder

Well-Known Member

• Apr 10, 2011

• #5

Yes, and with the LED out of your eyes you can still see. Infact, if you put the black cloth right over the glasses, you wouldn't have a problem. Is this for day or night time?

 

Crimotaku

Well-Known Member

• Apr 12, 2011

• #6

its gonna be pitch black when i remove the visor in the helmet. so its ok. awesome ideas! keep them coming!

Hmmm .. halloween shops eh?

 

blastmaster

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Apr 13, 2011

• #7

I Made my kids glowing Eyes for their Jawa Costumes, Basic same concept as the diagram, I used safety glasses for the mounting, I needed them to be a little large so I used Small coin Machine toy containers, and mounted the LEDs in the tops, but you can do anything, I guess the most important is to have a solid mounting base, then cut holes in the Black out mask and there you go, here are a few pics, good luck,
AL

 

Last edited: Apr 13, 2011

Crimotaku

Well-Known Member

• Apr 13, 2011

• #8

Excellent idea! U reminded me about the Jawas then I remembered this maker! Comes with switch (on/off) too!

STAR WARS Jawa Costume Eyes Orange/Yellow on/off switch | eBay

 

SmilingOtter

Master Member

• Apr 13, 2011

• #9

Do a google search on "invisible Halloween masks" and it should give you plenty of options.

 

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Patron Zero

Member

• Apr 14, 2011

• #10

Last Halloween one of the neighborhood kids came around wearing a very cool costume, from head to toe he was in black *think Ninja* with a full head-covering see-through hood. The very clever bit was he had red glowing 'eyes' that carried off an exceptional impression of the legendary Mothman, that said I asked his mom where he got the outfit, she said Wal-Mart so such an item is out there. Good hunting !

 

Jayn

Sr Member

• Apr 14, 2011

• #11

Most hardware stores like Lowes/Home Depot carry these safety glasses with battery op. led lights on the sides & the batteries last pretty long. I've got a couple of pairs of these & love them. They also have other options like clip on hat-visor lights. I think the safety glasses run around 15-20 dollars. I've seen
cheaper options at "BigLots" type stores too.