Gulp.
The request was for me to supply his and hers flashing skeleton costumes with masks for a couple who were hosting a Halloween ball. Designs were agreed and the fee arranged.
My google image search quickly gave me a nice pattern to follow...
Then I drew this planning image which had three channels on auto cycle:
NOTE: when I ordered the EL stuff, I actually chose a 5 channel sequencer instead of the 3 channel. So the image below is wrong.
Two black onesies were purchased and the assembly work began.Using chalk, I drew the pattern on and glued the EL wire to the onesies. I took a million photos during this project, so here they all are:
Finally, I ended up with the finished skeletons.......
By the end of all that, I was getting pretty good and gluing and even better at terminating each piece of EL wire.
I don't like running EL wire under on the insides of costumes as the brightness can show through, So each individual bone was cut to length and wired in separately. There is as many meters of electrical wire INSIDE the costumes as there is EL wire OUTSIDE.
The Masks were cheap eBay masks, some feathers, some EL shapes and wire and a lot of glue......
They clip to the main costume with a 2 pin connector.
For some reason, I purchased a wonder 5 channel sequencer instead of the 3 channel one. So my skeleton design could now be split into 5.
I chose Head, Ribs, Arms, Pelvis & Legs.
Then shot this video with a rather predictable soundtrack.........
Phew.
Frog xx
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