Recent content by Balthezar

Awsome. just Awsome.

as for attatching, most people just get a nice fit and velcro it in. I have seen at least one or two people attach bolt hardware to the inside of their helmet and mount it that way. There are plenty of ways to make a helmet suitable for paintball. But after looking around, you'll find every...

Replacement motorcycle helmet faceplates. Some folks vacu-form thier own visors, but im not sure about homemade mirrored tint. Im surprized you didnt find anything on the forums. There are tons of solutions and methods out there.

Final update: video tutorial. enjoy. this should be enough for anyone to duplicate it. hope it works, and I'd like to see your versions if you get a working model!

Here are some up-close pictures of the two types of hinges. Horizontal (left/right) hinges: Note orintation of the purple 'L' brackets. Rubberbands string from the farthest white rods shown. Verticle (up/down) hinges: Verticle hinges are identical to...

After adding some pantyhose 'skin'. Plus a short update vid that includes other projects. (vid was ment for youtube, sorry if it doesnt all belong on my thread) Enjoy!

lol, nice guys. Ive actually used pantyhose as a skin before, on the metal tail shown in the vid. I hadnt thought of the effects of it on my K'nex tail, but It'd be easy to try out. I'll let you guys know!

Thanks for all the awsome comments!!! Sorry for taking a week to reply. Something about my computor doesnt let it visit the 405th that often, dont know... whatever. anyways, like the video said, Im very pleased with the final version, and Im glad so many people also like it. Im thinking...

I like them. :rolleyes

Alright, here's pretty much an entire overview of my tail experimentaion as well as alot of details about the final version. enjoy!

So this costume peice has been in the works for well over 5 years. Started with building it out of K'nex. After proving the simple concept worked, I upgraded to metal. While the tail worked alright in the end, it was too heavy, and was very hard to counter-balance correctly with simple...

I agree. there needs to be a sticky on the subject. maybe even with a short sections on fans, and entire-suit wiring. Joint effort?

Yes, that'll work, but only assuming your 1.8v LED's have the same AMP ratings. The current of the system is dependant on your LED's. In the second diagram, it says 20 mili-amps MAX, which means your ideal Current is .02A or less. If you hook up 4 LED's the way they have shown (at 1.8v each...

There is an amazing armor-referance section on the 405th. Just hit Gallery up there at the top and follow the links. There is one light at the top of each shoulder peice. The two lights on the lower chest get moved to just below the 'hinge' ports (right above the huge "V" that gets added for...

seems no one has bothered to put the formula up: V=IR Voltage = Current X Resistance (volts) = (amps) X (ohms) you can figure out your own schematics using this equasion. subtract the total voltage of your led's from your batery, and then devide that by the current of the system. That will...