Sparky McFly! (actually, that’s captain america) When I began brainstorming for this project, I took it way too literally -- when I thought about making an outfit for a superhero, initially I thought of a costume that would make someone a superhero. my initial design involved a hacked estes rocket, with the launch pad attached to the hip. By hitting their chest, the superhero would complete a circuit which would launch the rocket, and utterly annihilate their enemy. But when I went to the met exhibit, and when I observed other superheroes outside of the exhibit, I noticed something...
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Sparky McFly!
(actually, that’s captain america)
When I began brainstorming for this project, I took itway too literally -- when I thought about making an outfitfor a superhero, initially I thought of a costume that wouldmake someone a superhero.
my initial design involved a hacked estes rocket, with the launch pad attached to the hip. By hitting their chest, thesuperhero would complete a circuit which would launch therocket, and utterly annihilate their enemy.
But when I went to the met exhibit, and when I observedother superheroes outside of the exhibit, I noticed something...
http://www.just-marvel-x-men.com/image-files/astonishing-x-men-1-100k.jpg
none of these costumes do anything!
upon making this discovery, I went in a different direction, and decided insteadto make a flashy, bright, zippy costume,much like any of those on this page
I ordered four strips of flexiblesuperbright LED strips, and cut
them in to 3 inch squares.
In order to place them on the shirt, I simply put the shirt on
and stuck them to myself while looking in a mirror (a very
precise art...)
Materialssuper-bright LED stripsunder armour shirtconductive threadconductive fabricfabric glueblack leather gloves
I then used fabric glue to permanently stick the strips to the shirt
(sticking them on w/ the glue)
I then sewed them together in parallel using
conductive thread
here is the (almost) finished product
when the costume is complete, these gloves will act as a
switch.
the power supply for the lights will be on the back of the hand, and the contact points
on the tumb and middle finger will be a switch So, when the wearer clenches his fists, his suit will
light up.
problems:
time -- I’m the slowest sewer there ever was
dress form -- I found out after everything was done that I sewed a few of my stitches into the dress form, which meant I had to go back and completely re-sew a few of the LED strips
all in all, the biggest problem was that sewing to an elastic-y fabric like the under armour shirt is really tough, because you need to have it stretched out as much as possible while you are sewing. As I continue the project, I have been sticking a big piece of cardboard inside the shirt, which so far has worked pretty well.