SithsPadawan
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i saw them at ElecTRONica
if i remember right i think it was just blue reflective tape
if i remember right i think it was just blue reflective tape
i saw them at ElecTRONica
if i remember right i think it was just blue reflective tape
My daughter was so excited to see the Tron costumes at Comic Con, but being a geek-kid, she wanted to pay tribute to the original...so she went that route:
Cosplay.com - - Yori - anime_wench
Was that "Don't do it" aimed at my info request? If it were, I don't see a single reason that it would be difficult at all as I am not mod'ing the armor or placing the plates on another suit. I am just putting a single, small led into (under) each of the plates with a hidden line of wire leading under the pads back to the power source on the lower back area. Soldering a dozen LEDs and running some wires is hardly 'a lot' of work.
Sorry I didn't ment to sound cocky, my apologyze.
In fact I did not realize you said "tron-ish", I assumed you wanted to be accurate. I had read the whole thread and my eyes betrayed me a little, and I failed trying to be helpful.
No, what you want to do do is not "that" hard hehe :angel
I just see many people working so so hard but going in the wrong direction that I feel I should help with my best, that was it.
I left the idea behind a month ago but definitely I will build my own for the premiere.
Thanks and good luck!
Sorry I didn't ment to sound cocky, my apologyze.
In fact I did not realize you said "tron-ish", I assumed you wanted to be accurate. I had read the whole thread and my eyes betrayed me a little, and I failed trying to be helpful.
No, what you want to do do is not "that" hard hehe :angel
I just see many people working so so hard but going in the wrong direction that I feel I should help with my best, that was it.
I left the idea behind a month ago but definitely I will build my own for the premiere.
Thanks and good luck!
So I finally went to FOAM MART.. try and shape it around the curves to fit me???
Oh what to do, what to do?!?!??!?!
The concern I would have, the heat generated in a suit made of rubber most be huge. :confused
This is my first time posting on this site but I have been stalking this post for a while now to get ideas for how to produce a Tron costume for Halloween. It definitely helped a lot so thanks to everyone for their ideas.
I thought I would share a bit on how I produced my costume incase people are still trying to get something to work.
So I finally went to FOAM MART thanks to Tenabre's recommendation. Any one living in LA that still needs neoprene or any other rubber materials to make your Tron costumes, please go there!
Amazing products. I loved the neoprene sheeting they had. Comes in black, smooth rubber texture and $16 a foot, kinda pricey but this is the stuff you wanna work with and would be fine to take a heating gun to it to shape.
Now, I was looking around and found my dream material. A 1/8" black rubber sheeting, even cheaper, $11.50 a foot! Not bad.
I hesitated on buying it for now because I really wanted to think long and hard if I really want to go with this thick of a rubber sheeting.
The latex/rubber I am considering using is a 1.05mm gauge, the one at Foam Mart is 1/8", very thick and strudy. I can even cut into it slightly if I have the guts to try that, and embed my El Wire light job I plan on doing, like Eddie's.
Then I got to thinking after my excitement of finding this rubber sheeting wore off it is so thick, how am I possibly going to get it to conform to fit tight around my body even with that pattern I made.
It is going to take alot of darting I am thinking to get it to fit snuggly around me.
I really need to use a practice piece of material that is equivalent to this rubber before I go and cut it up and possibly destroy it, wasting all that money. I need about one meter to complete the Quorra chest armor.
Of course I know you can't heat latex or rubber but since this is so thick, I was wondering if this type of rubber sheeting can be heated with a heat gun just very VERY slightly so I can try and shape it around the curves to fit me???
Oh what to do, what to do?!?!??!?!
My friend finally gave me the pics she took of the suit lit up. I hope to start working on the suit again in 2 weeks, when I have free time. Again thank you all so much for sharing your input on making a Tron costume.
My friend finally gave me the pics she took of the suit lit up. I hope to start working on the suit again in 2 weeks, when I have free time. Again thank you all so much for sharing your input on making a Tron costume.
Hi ya everyone,
As requested by the lovely Annisse, here are my quorra pics.
FYI, I never intended to make a replica so it's a bit of my own take on the theme.
I used EL tape which I cut and resoldered into different sections to get the proper angles. I laser the pattern for the harness. The EL film harness is velcroed onto the vest itself so the vest is washable. Also lets me troubleshoot the film easily in case things go astray after a night of wear.
I'll post a tutorial on fashioningtech.com in the next few weeks on how to work with EL tape. It's tricky and a pain but I think I came up with a few solid solutions.
Thanks!
Your approach could be a cheaper alternative to latex casting the rubber parts used in the screen costume. Just cut out the openings in the neoprene suit where the hex fabric shows through and bond it to the bodysuit. The difficult part would be getting the cut edges of the neoprene to look tapered and finished.