Cayde-6 Cosplay WIP: Now with Fiber Optic Eyes!

Oct 24, 2017 2:16 AM

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Cayde-6 cosplay

Lighting test for my upcoming Destiny Cayde-6 cosplay.

Eyes are powered by fiber optic end-glow strands connected to Neopixel LED rings. Whole eye rig is run off an AdaFruit Flora microcontroller.

Jaw light is a flexible LED light tube triggered by a recessed pressure switch in the lower jaw.

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9 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

holy fuck this is cool

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9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Dat blink! Awesome job!

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

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9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That's fucking neat.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I wish I had mad cosplay skills

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You absolutely MUST get that on Nathan Fillion's head

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Damm, that is really nice looking. Keep up the great work

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9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

any plans to make a tutorial?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Now get Nathan Fillion to wear it and record it

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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9 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

i guarantee nathan fillion would totally rock one if you made him one

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Cayde’s beautiful beautiful horn.

9 years ago | Likes 170 Dislikes 1

Kinda reminds me of Mary Poppins, y’all.

9 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

I don't know, though. I should brush up on my eliksni.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

The eyes make him look really surprised.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Working on it!

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It looks amazing! Please post updates!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

It might be a little more complicated, but if you stick a microphone in there and have the jaw lights be activated by your voice volume...

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I thought about it, Adafruit does sell a sound detector switch? It ended up seeming far too cumbersome for what I needed.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Also, it runs the risk of being triggered by exterior noise, too. Which was kind of a deal breaker for me.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

How do you see while wearing it?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Apertures in the eye centers are a solid tube up to just in front of my eyes. Let's LED light out, and vision in. Surprisingly good vision!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nathan Fillion better be under that mask.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

You need to find a chicken!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Colonel has been waiting patiently while I work: https://imgur.com/L9yhzro

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh Hell yes!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh, my cotton Socks! He's gonna love that!

9 years ago | Likes 138 Dislikes 2

that cotton socks line had me laughing so hard. Too bad the rest of that mission is such a pain LOL

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oh my cotton socks, did you not hear what he just said? It's still a WIP!

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Is this a gif of the voice actor?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Hah thats funny

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9 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

I am so happy to see that this exists.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This is a reference to something, can't remember what tho, and it's bugging me

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You need a pet chicken to go with this cosplay

9 years ago | Likes 62 Dislikes 0

Colonel has been waiting patiently while I work: https://imgur.com/L9yhzro

9 years ago | Likes 69 Dislikes 0

I was hoping for a dog cosplaying as a chicken but this will suffice +1

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In this video the eye brightness seems kinda high. Maybe use electroluminescent (EL) wire?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

EL wire has that awful inverter whine. I wouldn't be able to to stand it haha.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The rig is powered by a microcontroller that allows for you to set brightness on the LEDs. This is max brightness, but I'll tone it down.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ah, those are both issues I thought about with regards to EL. I do really like the soft glow it makes but it's troublesome to wire into >

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

other systems and the whine is grating.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Any way to make them blink?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's less apparent in this gif, but they actually do blink a few times. That's what the microcontroller is controlling, a random blink cycle

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ahh cool, man that helmet is so cool, one more question for you, I know it must be a pain to open your mouth all the way to get the helmets

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

To look right, any way to make a lever so you move your mouth a little, but more in the helmet? And still be comfortable

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There's a slightly different type of hinge, sort of like a pair of scissors? That I thought about using to get the mouth to open wider.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But the only problem is that it would be need to extend out of the back of the helmet to provide the needed angle of lift.

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