Hey! Long time ago I promised you a tutorial on a really simple way to put LEDs in your costumes, as I did with my Commander Shepard armor. Well, here it is!
It’s such an stupid way to make them work that I don’t know if it’s crappy or brilliant. Back then, when I was making my Mass Effect armor, I barely kew anything about electronics (I forgot everything I learnt in school). So I went to an electronics shop bringing with me a sheet full of calculations I took from a page like this one, which helps you know the current and the resistance you need to create a LED circuit. We talked about wires, switches, batteryholders, resistances here and there and, then, the shop assistant said: “Hey, why don’t you just wrap each LED to a battery using insulation tape?” And, bang!! problem solved. No need to calculate anything, no swtiches, no wires, no resistances, no circuit: just a 3V watch battery and insulation tape.
To make this, you only have to take in account that the long pin of the LED goes to the positive pole of the battery and the short one to the negative pole. And it’s done!!
So this is a very simple way to light up your costumes without racking your brain. It’s a quite shitty way because every time you get on and off your costume you have to wrap each led with its battery and put it in place, but means no trouble and it’s quite effective if you have no experience with electronics.
If you want to learn a little more, check out the new LED basics video tutorial by Kamui, where she explains this easy way I told you and how to make a very simple LED circuit.
Now you have no excuse to look like a Christmass tree anytime of the year!!!
