Monday, October 31, 2011

Wasteland Costume and other Steampunk Accessories

This is my Halloween costume this year. I'm not sure what to call it. It could be a Brown Coat costume from Firefly/Serenity. Maybe a Wastelander from Fallout 3/New Vegas. Or perhaps some random ass dude from some Steampunk world. All I know is, it looks pretty sweet.


The goggles are modified welding goggles you can get at the hardware store. I glued on random clock parts to them and replaced the black tint with amber colored tint. Then I painted them brown with brushed silver in different places for a wood and metal effect. 


I have had the belt for years. Its and old, brown, walmart belt with a warn, gold buckle. The small pouches are Chinese military goggle cases that I got from a military surplus store for 4 bucks a pop. The holster I hand made from leather scraps of previous projects.



The duster jacket I found at a motorcycle rally for 200 bucks, brand new. To all of you who cringed, it was originally 350. I mean its a head to toe, authentic, leather jacket and they are not cheap. Wait for summer and go to your nearest swap meet or rally where you can get some cool, cheap leather jackets if your looking for one.


The boots are infantry, green, slip over, mud boots. These were 2 bucks a piece at the surplus store because, who the hell is going to buy those?  They slip over your shoes, so you can walk around in some comfort. 


Down below are some other accessories I found that fit the look as well.


These are Harry Potter Quidditch goggles that I found at the halloween store. They were black and silver, so I had to paint them brown and copper. The brown acrylic paint holds surprisingly well to the black leather. Don't paint the back side or you will eventually get brown smudges on your face. 




This is just a random flight cap that I found at the Halloween store also. No adjustments. I hope you enjoyed. Check back for more.

To see the steampunk gun click here.








Monday, October 17, 2011

Tron Identity Disk

I got bored and nerdy one day and decided to buy an Identity Disk from the Tron Legacy movie. Like the one below.
Well, the disk sounds dumb and only has 12 LED lights in it and the one in the movie had like 150. So I decided to get super nerdy like I do and pump up the LED count.

You can go to your local auto store and will most likely find a set of these flexible LED light strips in any color you want.


Now rip that disk open and cut everything out of it keeping the outer ring in tact.


This is not an exact science and took a lot of toying and rigging to get all the light strips to fit.


I added a blue inner light ring and a white outer light ring.


The battery packs for each light ring had to be installed outside the disk. I also drilled holes for the power buttons for each color just below the batteries.


Now the previously crappy 12 LED light disk is a considerably better 54 LED light disk.