Tron: Legacy Costume

[ravedancerjaymz]

i will buy this off you

[robsbuscus]

how did you get that suit?

[firestonegraywolf]

too fat for tron

[ISbeatbox]

how many feet did u use?

[hacker97squad]

mwommy daddy mom!!lol..

[bricelee361]

EL Wire and neon technology is your friend. :) Did EL Wire to my motorcycle helmet. Cheap and easy.

[Arigostly]

That is amazing! Did it take a long time?

[wraevn]

@Arigostly lots of time doing research, calling companies, learning about the technology, designing the suit (in Illustrator) ordering all the pieces etc. - (probably 20 - 40 hours of research, shopping etc.) then about 14 hours to build the whole thing the day before this video was shot. Most of that time was spent striping wires and soldering.

[XxChuckyxX713]

@Arigostly Or u can just use EL Wire to make all those lines.I can make 1 with in 1day

[thexyn]

Fat

[wraevn]

@thexyn Ok. That's funny now. :-)

[Lexandreax]

@thexyn Fat?! HAHAHAHAHA! 

[ksoosuru]

looks awesome, where did you bought the EL tape ??? i found some but it doesnt have the battery feeder or however it is called, it would be awesome to buy some EL paper man (:

[kyle2892]

Thats badass 

[bixanajoana]

LOL TRON IS A LITTLE FATTER xD

[wraevn]

@bixanajoana apparently so are your fingers - having trouble w/ the caps lock key are we?

But seriously - all the fat comments - really? I weighed 200 lbs (185 now) - not skinny by any means, and no, I don't feel the need to constantly run around in spandex, nor should I - but really? I guess this is teh intarwebs chock full of many, many 13yr olds w/ nothing but time and their bedroom in Ma & Pa's basement but still...I'm a bit overweight deal with it - or I'll sit on you :-P

[bixanajoana]

@wraevn i was just joking dude xD dont take it personal

[wraevn]

@wraevn Yeah - no worries - I'm not deleting posts or anything - I just think it's weird. But, such is the age of teh intarwebz.

[c96012920425]

that's cool man!

[kakashibrimah]

How did you do the circles?

[wraevn]

@kakashibrimah The circles (like all the EL tape pieces) are stamp cut out of a single sheet of EL tape.

[kakashibrimah]

@wraevn so you can cut the el tape to fit any shape?

[wraevn]

@kakashibrimah Think of EL material in terms of sheets of EL paper if you will...this paper gets cut into any shape you could possibly want, then laminated between 2 sheets of plastic. It takes a small score (cut) that divides the shape into 2 regions (almost imperceptibly) You pierce each region once w/ a metal connector, hook them up to a driver, and voila! Give the guys at Light Tape Innovations a call - they're super helpful.

[SILchinsta]

how thick of el wire did you use? and aprox how much el wire?

[wraevn]

@SILchinsta The only wire was on the arms and legs - the rest was EL tape. The wire was about 1/8" in diameter.

[darkXXps3]

Fucking annoying brats

[theangryzzipper]

your wife is like meh.

[blasterchief123]

that is some beast cosplay right there

[ANOTHERHOLEINYOHEAD]

That looks nothing like the outfits they were wearing in the film. Its such a lame imitation.

[wraevn]

@ANOTHERHOLEINYOHEAD Holy crap your criticism has cut me to the quick! What ever was I thinking! There goes my hopes and dreams of being a costume artist in Hollywood! Your heartfelt prose has really helped me see things for what they are! Thanks!

[ollyfricker1]

so did you have to buy a large pannal of EL to then cut? that must have cost a bit> where did you buy it? im not sure who to order mine off :/

[wraevn]

@ollyfricker1 Yes and yes. I worked with the company that did all of the EL tape for the movie - Light Tape Innovations - you can find all the companies I bought stuff from at the bottom of this page: uxd . me / tron.

[AkiaraDolls]

Nice costume... but haven't seen any data so big belly... you must be google daabase.. XD

[wraevn]

@mustaceJon well, you _can_ cut EL tape, but a) you have to seal the ends you cut somehow, b) it severs the connection. The way I got the fancy shapes on the front and back with the sharp angles was by not having it cut at all. What I mean is, all my complex shapes were stamp-cut, or CNC'ed from a giant sheet of EL. Those pieces where then sealed in the protective plastic (laminated) and then I cut them out of the lamination. The thing is - you have to wire each individual piece individually.

[joeyfur1]

your kid is so annoying

[wraevn]

@joeyfur1 Fortunately - it wasn't my kid...still annoying though.

[Lexandreax]

@joeyfur1 You're so rude.

[joeyfur1]

@Lexandreax kay, have a cry

[GTAIVGUY100]

@joeyfur1 you better watch your mouth becuse you have been a kid at yourself

[joeyfur1]

@GTAIVGUY100 the person who posted the video said that the kid was annoying and if that kid was me saying mom, mom, mom look at me for the whole video i would still say its annoying

[chana420]

Grow up and grow some hair!!!.....lol..........

[entertainmint3]

why didnt you tell that kid to shut his fucking mouth

[TheNAPmusic]

theres supposed to be a three on ur leg/boot

[abstractnation]

Can you tell me how you cut and folded the EL tape to the desire shapes?

Because they have a lot of videos on how to cut, tilt and solder an EL wire but I don't know how that would work with EL tape.

Also, did you use more than one inverter, connector? how many voltages was it? Did you use batteries to power it?

[sweettooth80]

but how do you but the tape?

[lovelydiva06]

very cool

[UnladeHint]

TOO COOL!

[7voya]

does anyone know where i can find a site that shows me how to make this?

[SoulDrinkerKatara]

I was curious which vendor you purchased the EL tape from as well.

[wraevn]

@SoulDrinkerKatara Go here for more pics and links to the vendors I used: uxd DOT me SLASH tron

[Icetigris]

How much did the custom EL tape cost you?

[wraevn]

@Icetigris A LOT. WAY more that I wanted to spend, but, figured it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing.

[Icetigris]

@wraevn Are we talking hundreds? Thousands? I'm just wondering because (as you can imagine) I'm considering the EL tape route.

[wraevn]

@Icetigris It all depends on what you want. If your design is all straight, you just piece a bunch of tape together - but it'd be VERY time consuming to build, and you'd have gaps or ugly overlaps everywhere. For curves, circles, shapes etc. like in the movie, you've got to CNC shapes out of a big sheet of EL and have them laminated. This doubled my cost. The tape (not counting the EL wire), connectors and drivers were about $450, but, I've a bunch of extra left over for other projects too.

[posh99buggy]

fat tron

[SuperAwesome2002]

awesome but one thing,why is there a tranformers logo on it???

[wraevn]

@SuperAwesome2002

Thanks! Heh - it's not a Transformers logo, it's the Demon logo (it's a crash-suit by a company called Demon).

[wraevn]

Correct - the thin stuff on my shoulders and legs is EL Wire. The fatter bits are EL Tape. It's actually CNC-cut from a large sheet - I designed the different shapes to scale in Illustrator and they used that to layout and cut the shapes, which were then laminated.

[hotrodvr]

That is amazing! Love the costume! Question though, I know the thin strips are el wire but what about the thicker lit up strips? What are those?

[jar0fdirt63]

mommy daddy look! =]



[TsvetomirGrozdev]

@jar0fdirt63 hahahah cute

[TEKITOcreations]

That is AMAZING!!!!