Ever since the Tron Legacy trailer debuted, old and new fans alike of been jonesing for some real life light cycles and light suits.
Here's a dude that took matter into his own hands and built a completely kickass LED Tron Legacy costume that is actually quite functional.
On his Instructable for the project sheetmetalchemist says,
My goals in making this costume were to make a robust, easily washable, waterproof, Tron style suit which was energy efficient to minimize battery weight and hardware bulk. To do that, I had to dodge the commonly used EL wire implementations and switch to LEDs.
Even if you aren't interested in making a Tron suit, I would highly recommend reading the section on lighting implementation - I did not individually stitch each LED with conductive thread...instead I used a combination of silicone coated LED strips and faux leather to produce a beautiful, diffuse light without seeing those pesky LED points.
If you've ever tackled any DIY project that involve LED's, you know how challenging it was for this guy to come up with this design.
But now that he has, we can all benefit from his forethought and make our own Tron Legacy costumes too!
I'll give +10 cool points to anyone who posts a pic of them wearing this costume while riding their bike at night. +20 cool points if you do it with Trontastic LED-embedded tires on your bike.
Who is going to tackle this awesome costume project?
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