All Hallow's Eve, Cyberspace to Asgard

     Back in January I wanted to create my own personal Tron costume for Halloween. But due to my lack of employment, receiving all the necessary components became an issue. In May, due to the release of the movie, Thor, I was bombarded with comments of how much I look like the title character. From there on my plans for October's last day were to dress up as the son of Odin due to its lack of fiscal investment. All I need is a Mjolnir, and I'm rearing to go, because I'm just going to wear a plaid shirt as stated in my previous post, Thor Dilemma. But all this pondering upon Halloween's guise could be to no avail due to my lack of actual plans for the day in question. *le sigh*

    

     On a not-so-totally-but-still-completely unrelated note, I've gone from looking like Jesus in tenth grade to looking like Thor. I guess there's a godly presence about me huh?

     Final note, I am no longer unemployed and am happy to work at the Aztec Hotel. Yay money!

Thor Dilemma

     This past May I was barraged on Facebook with numerous notions of how I look like Thor, the Norse god of thunder. At first I didn't see the resemblance and thought they just saw we both sported beards, then I looked up the actor, Chris Hemsworth, and saw how he looked unThored and saw how much we looked alike.

Chris Hemsworth

Me...

      So for Halloween I am planning to dress like Thor, very cheaply though, by just purchasing the hammer and wearing a button up plaid shirt like he wheres on Earth. But nonetheless, I would be easily recognizable as Thor. But I have a problem, my hair is not long enough yet and I'm not sure it will be by Halloween. So hopefully my hair will decide to grow the extra inch or so in the next few weeks so I have a Halloween costume this year.

Also, I don't think I'll be that well physiqued
 by Halloween either.

Tronalicious

     I saw Tron: Legacy last month which gave my eyes orgasms, so much so that I had to have more. Baby needed his crack so instead of paying money to go watch the film again I decided to Google image search instead. Whilst I gave my eyes a cheap substitute for the real deal, I stumbled upon a girl who had made her own Quorra costume this past Halloween.

  

     I read that she used faux leather and Electroluminescent (EL) wire or tape to create this DIY Tron: Legacy costume. After seeing such inspirational innovation, I decided that I too wanted to create my very own light up Tron outfit. So instead of just blindly searching for "Tron" and "Tron: Legacy," I decided to look up Tron outfits more specifically. One thing I saw was this official merchandise motorcycle outfit. Instead of EL wire, or any other form of illumination, they use reflective tape.

  

     I mean, these are cool and all, but I want something that actually lights up, also these are a bit on the pricey side. So its back t scratch DIY for this guy. I then again made a more specific search for homemade Tron outfits. And what I found was outstanding. I had stumbled upon something thats been on the internet for over five years, I discovered the Tron Guy.

  

    Now, his costume is from the old school 1982 Tron. The original Tron isn't as popular as the one and is, in some circles, placed in the same category as playing Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). But say what you will about the Tron Guy, he is extraordinarily brave and has gained fame (or notoriety?) from this endeavor. He's been spoofed and interviewed several times.

  

     So since 2003, when he created his costume, hes gained much media attention especially with the new movie that just came out. But still I want my costume to be more of the new movie's style as opposed to the original's (despite my liking of nostalgia). So now its all of how to make it all work, how to put the costume together. I'm thinking of a black morphsuit as the base underneath it all, also some black leather motorcycle boots and motorcycle helmet. The armor and EL wire are the tricky parts. I've never used EL wire before personally, but I'm not a complete noob. I've known about the stuff for over a year due to one of my best friends, Blyth, who has used it before for her own outfits. So I'll have someone for referencing (thumbs up). But the armor, I'm a little clueless. I could get chunks of plastic for my chest, shoulders, and gauntlets but where does one find such plastic? Also I don't know what to do with my lower half. I may be ballsy at times but I don't necessarily want my junk just hanging out there, and with just the morphsuit I can have no shame. So I'll need to think of how to do that, leather pants maybe? However I end up doing it, I'm sure it'll come out great and I'll have a blast making it!