It’s always refreshing to see a costume I’ve never seen before, and this armor from the 1992 film Bram Stoker’s Dracula fits the bill. Matt Crabtree made the crimson armor that Vlad Dracula (as played by Gary Oldman) dons in the film. He pulled off the dramatic look with relatively inexpensive materials. He says:
Helmet i bought on ebay. Made from foam sheets, window weather sealing strips, cheap Freddy Krueger gloves, walmart shin gaurds, plastidip and a few other things
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.
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