Thank you! Yeah we spent months hunting on eBay but in the end we ended up with the blue disc …and two red discs as well! Maybe when I retire from my day job I’ll have time to build a Rinsler costume.
My kid's Tron costume was $15.00. I took a Batman kids fabric costume and sewed elastic loops onto it. Then took thin, blue glow sticks from the $1 store and tread it thru the loops. It looked great for a kid. He was so happy.
I am a competitive level cosplayer and I am trying to learn more about integrating lighting into my designs. You really helped demystify and motivate. You made an awesome costume for your son and I am glad you took the time to show us all on the internet
This is next level! It looks incredible, love all the detail. I stumbled across this looking for Tron costume inspiration/EL tape info. I've never worked with any of these materials but this is super inspiring, maybe I'll finally make a Tron costume.
Love the original Tron. Love Tron Legacy. I also watched the making of Tron original and legacy covering lots of aspect of the films but only touched upon the real life costumes which has led me to here. Fantastic work, you should definitely do more cosplay stuff and great informative video
You sir are a legendary dad! Super cool outfit and will definitely be coming back to this video in preparation for Halloween!! It looks amazing, well done!
That’s great to hear! My only recommendation in hindsight would be that you do NOT use the hot glue method to seal the soldered crimps to the EL Tape. Instead try clear packing tape or even electrical tape or gorilla tape to secure the crimps to the EL Tape. I think the hot glue actually separates the connections over time creating disconnects in the EL tape. Good luck!
man you have me thinking this is possible even for me, I love the 82' version and bought a 2010 Ducati for when the movie came out. maybe help from friends and I can do this. great video
Thanks for the kind words! I am also a huge cyberpunk fan. Read all the W. Gibson, Bruce Sterling, WJ Williams, PKD novels as a teen in the 80’s. I think I’m also like the ONLY “super fan” of the Cyberpunk 2077 game as well. Despite all its bugs, the pc version (with a good enuff GPU) is the absolute apex of visual gaming presentation. It’s like an RTX and particle FX showcase!
Hey "Dad who made something cool for their kid", You just helped a professional find his new EL supplier. Give yourself some more credit, everybody starts somewhere and you came out SWINGING!
Thank you! No link. I just went to Michael’s craft store and bought it. They have big reams of Velcro there. As much as you need. Single sided, double-sided.
Oh no! I’m so sorry. The industrial strength Velcro strips were actually from Walmart. Here is the link to the EXACT product I used in this video: www.walmart.com/ip/VELCRO-Industrial-Strength-Fasteners-4-x-2-Strips-Black-3-Count/17190461?athbdg=L1200
Did you use a separate inverter per section, per light, or one for the entire costume? I am trying to use El Tape for a different wearable project. Anytime I connect more than one El Tape my lights get significantly dimmer. Subbed and liked.
One single power inverter for the entire costume. You need 12volts (8x AA batteries) for my costume. The basic 2x AA setup most EL Tape comes with (like from Amazon) will not be sufficient to power more than one tape strip. Hope that helps!
@@buriedegg8636 I think my problem might be the two prong wire split 5 ways that I got from Amazon. No matter what volt/amp battery I plug in the lights dim using the 5 way splitter. I though that would be a good parallel solution but it seems I was wrong.
My kid was out on Halloween trick-or-treating for hours and we didn’t have to replace the batteries even once that night. Maybe 4-5 hours? I would still highly recommend having spares ready. You just never know.
Hey brother, my son and I are working on our own Tron costume. I'm wondering how you made all the different shapes with the EL tape. Did you buy all the different sized EL pads? or combine several pieces to make larger sections?
@@brenthays2660 great question. The two upside down hockey stick shaped EL shapes on the chest were made with 2 pieces over lapping to form the L shape. In other words, each “hockey stick” is actually 2 straight pieces. Good luck!
I an soooo doing this!!! I am in the furry fandom and my character is a tron legacy panther. So this is going to help me immensely!! Thank you very very much 😁 🥰🥰🥰
