Mallika’s Halloween Costume Pt.4

‘Mine-crafted life’

Progress

Final 4 moods with RGBW color codes
Planned pixel map for the box

Updated TinkerCAD Circuit link
https://www.tinkercad.com/things/39yYl1YGqdN-halloween-tinkering

Updated Code for Gemma

Soldering physical circuit

Re-soldering the wires to
the Neopixel stick
Cables soldered to both
Neopixel sticks
Wires twisted and soldered to Gemma

Physical circuit running code

Process photos of the Box

Laser cutting the 1/4″ Acrylic sheet
Laser cut pieces
(4 faces + 3 testers for light)
Temporarily assembled box
Gathering supplies to paint the pixels
Testing the opacity of paint
on the testers cut
Realizing the pixels should be
painted on the inside of the box
Experimenting with light and
tones with 3 testers
Final shades of yellow
Final shades of red
Final shades of green
Final shades of blue
Making the grid lines for
pixels on the inside of the box
Painting the eyes and mouth of
the Minecraft head

T0-Do list

  • Painting the pixels on acrylic
  • Make remaining components (top and bottom of the head, severed neck and handle out of chipboard)
  • Gluing the structure together
  • Final assembly of the prop

Thank you!

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