Intention: cosplay Medusa from Soul Eater as much as possible! (first cosplay in life ever 👻👻👻)
Arduino technique:
- button controlled LED lighting
- Fading purple LED light that only glows around the arrow heads so it is recognizable in the dark (against black arrows and black costume)
Material
- galvanized wire: to create bendable arrows and a strong frame for waist band where central control is located on
- black electrical tape: to wrap around and protect the joints where wires are bent
- foam tube: to build the body of tubes
- foam block (maybe just blue foam?): to band saw individual arrow heads and spraypaint it black
- LED stripe: to wrap around the edges of foam arrow heads and glow
- extension cord (from VFL): to connect the LEDs at the far ends of the arrows with the controller on the waist
- Medusa cosplay costume: jumpsuit, wig, body paint stick (for Medusa’s snake tatto on the arm), lab coat
(All materials have been purchased and some of them already arrived)
TODO List
- test the fitting of foam tubing on galvanized wire & extension cord
- saw individual arrow heads x6
- stick LED strips around the outline of arrow heads
- make the waist band with strong wire support & covered in black clothes to hide the wire & arduino board
- cut foam tubes into sections of varying length, then insert wires
- solder LED strips onto extension cords insert cords, insert the extension cords through sections of the foam tubing for each arrow, then solder all extension cords to the arduino board with button controller on the waist band
- connect the arduino board with the power bank
- put the costume on and get ready to bounce 🙂