I want to attempt a Cantor/Zuse costume from Tron Legacy. First there is going to be a quick and dirty version of his illuminated tailcoat. These are pictures of a test lighting of 5 meters of white LED strip from a 5V power bank, using one AdaFruit 12V Boost modul.
October 7, 2024 Using a gap filling superglue (Bob Smith Industries Insta-Cure Plus *), I did most of the rough assembly of the first skull in an evening, following along with Steve’s demonstration in the Youtube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LKYCmaZ2uE&ab_channel=SKSProps)He goes pretty fast, so there was lots of pausing and rewinding going on. The superglue was cranky…
Identity Disk, roughed out After a fair amount of banging away at it, I have a reasonable facsimile of the “Identity Disk” for Castor. Fortunately the Tron cosplay/prop community measured and shared the dimensions of the prop, unfortunately that was for 3D printing, and modeling it in 10mm EVA foam offered a few challenges. But,…
Couching the lighting strips… While the adhesive on the rectangular silicone tubing for the LED strips is really handy, experience has taught me that it will peel off of fabric at the least opportune time, so I should only trust it as basting.I’ve now hand-couched all the LED casing for the cuffs and “lapels” to…
I was super pleased to discover that Mendel’s Art Supplies was still open in the Haight, so made a beeline there while we were up in San Francisco for Xmas. The base fur is “Punky Muppet” Granite color. This is a premier faux fur, 1.5″ pile, that is dense enough to shave down to shorter…
Saturday I finally took the time to add the internal band that lets Rocky’s head rest securely on my own.
Here’s how Rocky’s head looks after assembling and doing a first shave on the furring.The fur is not yet glued to the head, and the nose and teeth are just pinned on. Fur also needs to be trimmed back from the eyeholes slightly.
