Destiny is a relatively new game (it came out last September) but that of course doesn’t mean anything to cosplayers. It’s not a surprising thing – cosplayers often assemble outfits before games are even released thanks to concept art and trailers and once a game is out for a few months? Forget about it. Plus, Destiny is full of cool looking armor. DeviantArt user DragonOfTheFire, also known as Daniel Theophani, started building a Hunter costume from Destiny in February. The armor is made from lots of EVA foam, pepakura, EL wire, and LEDs. He finished the build at the end of March and wore it to the Sci-fi Weekender in Wales; he received such a positive response to the costume that he plans to keep refining the armor.
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
