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E,guess, he’s used the HalloWing as well. Instead of one
though, he’s used a couple that were first synced
together to mimic real eyes. Dano points to another
Adafruit tutorial (hsmag.cc/CDQZqe) that shows you
how to wire up multiple boards. Just remember to
string the boards together with a long enough length of
wire to position them inside the eye sockets in your
mask. He complements the eyes with an LED on the
nose. Follow Dano’s advice to make sure all the wires
and electronics are secured properly to the mask, and
also kept away from your face.
If you really want to turn heads, follow ace costume
designer Andrew, who’s an engineer by day andights aren’t the only thing you can
use to dazzle a Halloween
evening. There’s nothing quite like
an unexpected movement to make
the hair stand on end. In that regard,
Adafruit’s aptly named HalloWing
board is just the thing you need.
Mark Stevenson has used one to
create an Alastor ‘Mad-Eye’ Moody costume for his
son (hsmag.cc/bgAaFm). A majority of his
Instructable is about perfecting Alastor’s get-up by
creating the various elements of the costume, from
the duster coat to the wooden staff. To create
the mad eye, he’s pointed to Adafruit’s Bionic
Eye tutorial (hsmag.cc/PUCYUS) while
detailing what he did differently.
Following the tutorial, he 3D-printed the
eyeball, socket, and motor mount for the eye
and went one step ahead and 3D-printed
the goggles that he adapted from a model
over at Thingiverse. He then sewed a
black elastic to the side of the goggles and
loosely sewed the wires along the inside
of the strap to make sure the wires don’t
hang, but also don’t restrict the elastic
from stretching. He then focussed on
making sure the contraption is comfortable
enough for his son to wear all night.
If you’re looking to add some thrills to
your Halloween costume, Dano Wall, the
Deputy Director of Manufacturing at Adafruit
has just the thing. He’s taken a standard
foam reindeer mask and turned it spooky
with animated eyes and a glowing nose
(hsmag.cc/oiYcMp). As you can probablyL
The HalloWing
enables you to
easily replace
the deer eyes
used in this
project with
something elseAndrew first
downloaded photos
of the Ninja and then
scaled them for his
height using a formula
that he’s shared in
his InstructablesHA
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