Crazyfool01 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 So I have made some tentative steps towards a start at my fancy dress for 2019 .... is anyone else brave enough ? or do you all wait for ticket day ? ... anyway post away if you have started any prep ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmtexx Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Nice! Was thinking about LED strips for next year instead of EL wire. But waiting till ticket day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmtexx Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 Like the wall art light thingys btw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 1 minute ago, semmtexx said: Nice! Was thinking about LED strips for next year instead of EL wire. But waiting till ticket day! ive been testing some led strips but they dont seem to be very reliable in terms of bending and breaking ... let me know if you find any that are man enough for the job ... oh and cheers ... my flat is lit up like a nightclub ... next thing is to add some lights to the ribbon tower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmtexx Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said: ive been testing some led strips but they dont seem to be very reliable in terms of bending and breaking ... let me know if you find any that are man enough for the job ... oh and cheers ... my flat is lit up like a nightclub ... next thing is to add some lights to the ribbon tower I've got these chasing strips off some Xmas decorations, mains powered but come with an adaptor - actually 5v. Made some little power supply using batteries. Might use these. They are encased in plastic tubes. They'd need a bit of rewiring to work on an outfit but nothing tricky. I'll dig out a link for you. Always more lights! Search this: Joinable RGB Meteor Shower Rain Tubes Strip Light 240LED Snowfall Xmas Tree 50cm Edited August 7, 2018 by semmtexx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmtexx Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) Thinking about some sort of skeleton outfit, using the lights as bones or robot type thing. Edited August 7, 2018 by semmtexx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 16 minutes ago, semmtexx said: I've got these chasing strips off some Xmas decorations, mains powered but come with an adaptor - actually 5v. Made some little power supply using batteries. Might use these. They are encased in plastic tubes. They'd need a bit of rewiring to work on an outfit but nothing tricky. I'll dig out a link for you. Always more lights! Search this: Joinable RGB Meteor Shower Rain Tubes Strip Light 240LED Snowfall Xmas Tree 50cm ive got similar already and find the plastic outer weakens and becomes brittle with a bit of use ... its just weather it can survive the festival ? quite a few months ahead though .... i think el wire would be better as bones as it provides an outline rather than just brightness ... but maybe a mix ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurt on a Stick Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 2 hours ago, crazyfool1 said: ive been testing some led strips but they dont seem to be very reliable in terms of bending and breaking ... let me know if you find any that are man enough for the job ... oh and cheers ... my flat is lit up like a nightclub ... next thing is to add some lights to the ribbon tower It may well be lit up like a night club, but I put it to you that you live within the old set of Blockbusters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comfy Bean Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 9 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said: It may well be lit up like a night club, but I put it to you that you live within the old set of Blockbusters! Lol :-) Think poor Bob has passed on now but the urban myth that he played the sax bit on Baker Street lives on..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 I've only just got the joke in the addition of an "s" to the thread subject. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 23 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said: I've only just got the joke in the addition of an "s" to the thread subject. ? im not usually one for subtle touches as you may have guessed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurt on a Stick Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 9 hours ago, Comfy Bean said: Think poor Bob has passed on now but the urban myth that he played the sax bit on Baker Street lives on..... Yeah, I only heard recently that it was a bored muso journalist that created the myth. In fact, I think it was last week that I read it. I've got a copy of the journalists book 'Cider with Roadies', but haven't read it. It was given to me for a birthday present 3 years ago. I must say that the number of books I have now got, but are unread, is getting out of hand. I haven't read a book in about 6 years!! I've just been bought another book though, which has every chance of breaking that cycle. I hope so, as reading a book has nearly always given pleasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmarks Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 Stuart Maconie is your man.Made it up for an NME column. Is now on radio 6 and still fab and still introducing me to new music (palace winter being the latest.) For the Jarvis thread - I sat next to stuart maconie watching Jarvis sing the Gerry Anderson song book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmtexx Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 On 8/7/2018 at 8:30 PM, crazyfool1 said: ive got similar already and find the plastic outer weakens and becomes brittle with a bit of use ... its just weather it can survive the festival ? quite a few months ahead though .... i think el wire would be better as bones as it provides an outline rather than just brightness ... but maybe a mix ? Maybe two outfits! Or more! I think the tubing should hold up for the festival, so long as you're reasonably careful. With my EL wire jacket I walked around quite stiffly as the wire doesn't like repeated bending - was worried it would break at elbows/shoulder. I'm crap at dancing anyway so no-one could tell the difference! On the side of the EL wire it just looks great - real magical quality to it. So yes, the bones might well look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaKate Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Id love to make something for this year, but inspiration hasnt struck yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian the worm Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 I was commissioned to make these 4 years ago, Each had 5 flashing sections plus a matching mask. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmtexx Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 18 hours ago, ian the worm said: I was commissioned to make these 4 years ago, Each had 5 flashing sections plus a matching mask. Very nice. Lot of work in that. If you don't mind me asking - how did you attach the EL wire to the material? I spent yonks oversewing it with fishing line. Was a right PITA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian the worm Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 6 hours ago, semmtexx said: Very nice. Lot of work in that. If you don't mind me asking - how did you attach the EL wire to the material? I spent yonks oversewing it with fishing line. Was a right PITA. I made these costumes for around 5 years and if you want a good job then seeing with cotton is fine. These were attached with hot glue gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian the worm Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) On 8/7/2018 at 8:00 PM, semmtexx said: Nice! Was thinking about LED strips for next year instead of EL wire. But waiting till ticket day! Here is my most complicated LED white suit that i made 2 years ago. This year i took 5 light up costumes as a) they break, b) there are 5 nights, c) I have crew car pass so can easily take too much stuff. Video contained in my blog........... apologies to Elvis........ http://theflashingfrog.blogspot.com/2016/04/white-chasing-led-suit.html Edited August 10, 2018 by ian the worm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 40 minutes ago, ian the worm said: Here is my most complicated LED white suit that i made 2 years ago. This year i took 5 light up costumes as a) they break, b) there are 5 nights, c) I have crew car pass so can easily take too much stuff. Video contained in my blog........... apologies to Elvis........ http://theflashingfrog.blogspot.com/2016/04/white-chasing-led-suit.html I like the person who in the comments asked you to create one in a week .... wtf !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian the worm Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 18 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said: I like the person who in the comments asked you to create one in a week .... wtf !! Fair play I thought. There are plenty of people with money that will pay for commissions. The skeleton jobs earned me around £800 profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, ian the worm said: Fair play I thought. There are plenty of people with money that will pay for commissions. The skeleton jobs earned me around £800 profit. thats decent going... but a large investment in time involved ... mine take ages to put together and for me Its the sewing with fishing wire as I take the wire off and wash them after each Glastonbury ... do you just sell from your blog then ? or have an online shop ? maybe I need to streamline my process somehow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmtexx Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 Every year I've worn my outfits I've had people coming up and offering cash. One bloke offered silly money, slightly regret saying no on the cash basis but he was such a twat about it that there was no way he was going to get to wear MY outfit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmtexx Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said: thats decent going... but a large investment in time involved ... mine take ages to put together and for me Its the sewing with fishing wire as I take the wire off and wash them after each Glastonbury ... do you just sell from your blog then ? or have an online shop ? maybe I need to streamline my process somehow Yeah it's a pretty laborious process isn't it. When I add up the hours I spend making it I'm not sure it's worth it. If you get a bit quicker then its probably pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semmtexx Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 hour ago, ian the worm said: Here is my most complicated LED white suit that i made 2 years ago. This year i took 5 light up costumes as a) they break, b) there are 5 nights, c) I have crew car pass so can easily take too much stuff. Video contained in my blog........... apologies to Elvis........ http://theflashingfrog.blogspot.com/2016/04/white-chasing-led-suit.html Really nice work! I've wondered about using a boiler suit and shining the lights thru. Might look into that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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