my stage costume

[sketchyj]

I just finished engineering and building a fiberglass mask that i wear at my VJ gigs. The mask incorporates green lasers, electroluminance sheets, 2.5" LCD monitors in the eyes which give the illusion to the audience that my eyes are tv screens, 4 flash cannons that shoot a quick burst of fire out of the top when each one is activated, and a night vision color camera in the mouth that runs to an input on my V4 for getting shots of the crowd. It also has an exhaust fan incorporated into it to keep things cool inside. The fan is lit by green leds so it matches the look of the rest of the mask. I finally got 2 projectors and my V4 last week, and did my first VJ gig ever at a nightclub called Larumba here in Denver for "lipgloss" night. I'm using Arkaos and an oxygen 8 controller as well. I also set up the stage with my own original artwork (a large oil painting) and some of my own lighting. The crowd loved it. Here is a video of the night (April 8, 2005)
http://www.streamload.com/jaso888n

[Kyle]

Love to check it out but I?m having problems downloading or playing your file

[sketchyj]

maybe because it's a wmv file? ill upload some other file types of this clip in case that is it or you can try this other site:
http://www.jaso888n.tripod.com/
or try this link:
http://www.streamload.com/jaso888n/lipgloss.wmv/

[asterix]

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Sounds like a great idea mate. I want to do something ' not quite so extravagant'. Come out in a big demon costume and start pointing around a big magic staff...

[sketchyj]

thanks for the heads up on that ugg im trying to contact the support at streamload to find out why my files are not accessible...meanwhile, here is a photo at least:

[sketchyj]

one more photo:

[Kyle]

Interesting...you look like some type of praying mantis

[asterix]

That is the filthiest thing I've ever seen. Who needs a VJ rig when you've got that fkn thing!! Is the all the wiring restrictive?

[papadoc]

Wow. My immediate free-association

[sketchyj]

hehe thanks guys...
the green lights, lasers, and flash cannons run on normal batteries contained within the helmet. when i get to the stage i have to plug in a 12 volt power supply cord to power the lcd monitors in the eyes and the fan. i also have 2 video cords to plug in - the camera feed out and the video feed into the lcd monitors from a dedicated dvd player for these monitors. I created a dvd for the eyes which plays a loop of different pictures of eyes over a spiraling backround. The cords are a bit awkward to plug in for the first 30 seconds im onstage but im working on a solution to smooth out that operation. All the wiring and components are securely mounted to a full face motorcycle helmet underneath and the fiberglass shell is easily removable for repairs and to change batteries. here is a pic of the undercarriage: