Thread: New Tron costume

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Ok, so most of us have probably seen "the Tron guy" on youtube and laughed at him, but how many of you have seen the new Tron and laughed at any of those costumes?? Probably none, especially the character Clu who wears the yellow colored suit.

In the disc fighting scene, when clu realizes who this new "player" is, he stands up and walks to a window. This is the only scene where he is wearing a cape and his full mask, and i can't find a screenshot of it. Immediately I saw this and wanted it to answer the door in.

I've been brainstorming and think it might be possible to look very similar to him. I have some body armor I use for snowboarding (bmx armor) that resembles the muscley figures, and think I may be able to make this with some EL wire.

Another idea I had would be to sew on some clear plastic tubing any maybe fill it with some reflective paint and just have black lights inside the door, although it would not work outside of the light.

Any ideas?????

I would use the EL wire. It is easy to work with and relativley inexpensive for the effect. If I am not mistaken I think 1 9v battery can illuminate 60' so your power supply would not be cumbersome.

This may be alittle help but im not sure.
Watch the video on the page.

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/20..._tron_bag.html

Yea I think EL wire will be the cheapest. Theres a new tape out that they actually used for the movie, but it costs much more than the wire would, and it would prob be a little harder to customize with that.

I may just use a clear vinyl tarp, cut into strips, spray with some frost on one side and just cover the wires with that. I'm sure I will have to get a lil creative to diffuse the light.

The helmet though.................might be pricy

Maybe I'll just look for a Jeff Bridges mask lol

depending upon where and how you would be using this costume, you could go the "old fashioned" way and use a black light and some sort of black light sensitive strip material to get a great effect. I know it wouldn't be the same, but given the correct conditions (handing out candy to TOT's) it may look pretty cool. And be alot more cost effective.

Originally Posted by theedwin

depending upon where and how you would be using this costume, you could go the "old fashioned" way and use a black light and some sort of black light sensitive strip material to get a great effect. I know it wouldn't be the same, but given the correct conditions (handing out candy to TOT's) it may look pretty cool. And be alot more cost effective.

Yea thought about that. Wouldn't be able to go very far unless I had some hardcore uvs goin. Would probably spend more on lights anyways.

I figure I'll have to spend atleast 300$ for a really cool suit. Not to mention labor......

EL tape is pricey, much more than EL wire. From what I saw, a kit including 5' of tape is $40.
You might be better off getting thick EL wire, running under a translucent, semi reflective material, probably in rows. It might be more cost effective to get a short length kit of EL wire and test it with different fabric/row combinations.


I'm trying to figure out an EL wire costume myself, taking inspiration from the way they used the light tape in Tron.

At this point I would like to jump on the bandwagon and provide any help I can in the future, as I too have great interest in a tron:legacy costume, except I would go as sam not evil clue. I'm guessing etsy or the ebay might have some motorcycle helmets, same for thrift stores and personally I would splurge and get the tape, but that's just me, I'm nuts! I also noticed the costume almost looks like there's a body suit beneath and body armour over top so the bmx idea is brilliant btw. What are you planning for the disc? I think the wire would be perfect for one, might be brighter than the rest of the costume too, if you go with the tape/tarp idea.

Does anyone have a website to order the tape from yet?

allelectronics.com will have all the electrical bits you need to make one of these costumes. you can also try thatscoolwire.com, they specialize in electroluminescent wire and have some good deals on starter sets