LED Steampunk Aeronaut Costume - Android, Adafruit, FastLED and Steam powered awesomeness

Halloween costume #3: Aeronaut Erin and her magical arduino powered flaming rocket pack.  :)  
Featuring   interactive steampunk goggles, a glowing fairy bottle, my glowing soul caster on my wrist and my "secret of nimh sparkly" necklace, and of course my brand new LED isis wings running FastLED.  

The rocket pack is made out of plastic soda bottles and the aviator cap is made from craft foam.  The goggles change color depending on which way I'm facing and have a pendulum effect that reacts whenever I turn my head.  I'm wearing 4 different arduinos, one accelerometer, one bluetooth module and 5 different batteries, and all together I'm rocking 180 LEDs.

The outfit lasted all night without me having to change a single battery or fix a single flicker.  This is a major accomplishment!!   I am so proud.  :) :) :)  

I LOVE HALLOWEEN SO MUCH.

 

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Steampunk Rocket Pack!

Rocket pack!  Steampunk Rocket Pack!  I am the proud creator of this fine little piece of machinery and I can't wait to start flying around the neighborhood.

Materials:  

Ocean Spray Grape Juice bottle

2 funky shaped water bottles from Safeway

Shiny Spray paint

Elastic for straps

Random springs & screws from the garage

Drip watering manifold & hoses from the garage

Grommets & gears & rivets & hot glue & epoxy

Assembly:

Spray paint the bottles.  Glue them together.  Glue stuff on.  Stick the straps on with tape or cut slits in the bottles and slip them through.  FLY.

I'll figure out the rest of the costume and helmet, and then take better pictures, but I'm just so EXCITED that I had to post these cheesy phone snaps.  :)  Enjoy!

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