Making It Move

Making It Move

Guests: Jeff Leingier, Stormy Mystique, Ronah Harris, Sahrye Coleman, Hail Rodigorize

Servo allows for rotation and they are programable

Stepper motors, which allow you to put it at certain degrees

Motors are powered, they allow off and on switches

Starting out you need to think about 1. budget 2. how you want it to function 3. research

* There is a book called Making Things Move

You can purchase lego kits that have pulleys and motors. You can use toys - if they do exactly what you want them to do.

Also, you can go to Linked In and ask mathematicians questions about your programming, etc. and they are happy to help.

Wings- you need a firm harness so that they will balance

You can build things purchased from amazon, which is simple than deconstruction.

Also for wings, you can use scrapbooking brads, that can help with cardboard wings, etc.

Rooker switch, powerful controller

People have even used a garage door opener

Layer things so that hides things you may not want people to see.

Servo rotator - helps like a spring

12 volt Dewalt battery, is programmable

actuators - it helps move wings

firgelliauto.com sells actuators to $50.00-$200.00 always buy two.

Fiberglass or fiber carbon- fiber rod instead of pc pipe.

linear actuators move out and then in.

You can go to digikdy.com for electronics.

Draw what your motor is to work. need 12 volts.

Lithium & water or sweat is not good for your costume and it's toxic

If you are a beginner use 3 volts ( 2 batteries) which would be 6 volts all together & a simple motor.

If you want the costume to smoke, don't do e-cigs. Magician supplies sell smoke things.

Model train software, they sell things for lighting

Frightprops.com has voice activation devices.

Adafruit also has electronics.

Making A Paper Circuit

Making A Paper Circuit Taught by Amped Atelier

We took the conductive copper tape and had it go down one side of the circuit.

And put the copper conductive tape on the other side as well. DO NOT LET IT TOUCH EACH OTHER. Then we put the LED in the middle of the star. The long side with the positive. then taped that down.

At the bottom of the paper there was a spot you would put your battery, and fold the paper over the battery and it would make the paper light up!

Hobbit Cosplay

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit...

Research And Inspiration

Well, I've liked Lord of the Rings Costumes because they're full of magic and whimsy. I've actually created the Blood Read dress that Arwen wears (see post). I wanted to make this hobbit dress for a few different reasons: 1. It's almost spring and it will be perfect to wear to events 2. Dragon Con has an event usually every year called An Evening At Bree 3. It's extremely comfortable.

Plannings Stages

I knew for a fact that I wanted to make a flower crown with my hobbit dress. So I went to hobby lobby with Daniel and got the pieces for that ( see how to make a flower crown post).

I decided to use the pattern from Simplicity 1771. I wanted to make the dress using colors that reminded me of hobbits so I found an elf looking green for the side, back, and skirt of the outfit, a rust-red/orange for the apron, cream-colored for the ruffles and sleeves, and the front of the bodice has a floral fabric. The cloak is a fleece olive green that's extremely soft.

Building the Bodice, Skirt, Apron

Cloak

Finished Product

I had to make the back of the bodice a corset back by adding another rectangle piece.

I decided to make a mask that matched the bodice since we're still in quarantine for COVID-19. Back when I first started this costume, was before COVID. Once it hit I had to put this project aside and I helped out with making over 200 masks. I wanted to do this as a special little nod to the situation. Dragon Con was canceled, but I still wanted to finish this comfy and whimsical cosplay.

Hobbit Cosplay Photoshoot