Had already started a thread on the Furstralia forum: http://www.furstralia.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=658 but you can only view it if logged in. I haven't been active on Furstralia though since the day I was made redundant. It's been one of life's bitter twists. Now that I'm employed again I'd very much like to be back there but my new job is even more demanding than my last one.
The conductive thread sounds good, so long as its durable. Doesn't matter to me though if the LEDs are visible, and I'd like them to be large enough to give off a decent glow.
A waterproof layer is what I had in mind. The suit will already need this because I aimed to do what one of the other FurJam fursuiters already has and incorporate a couple of inward pockets to hold frozen gel packs to help keep me cool when needed. Will need some insulation to keep moisture from forming anywhere near the electricals. I'd be OK with resin, so long as replacing burned-out LEDs doesn't become impossible.
As to the actual design for the circuitry, it's probably too soon to speculate on how that's going to work. To quote an old BBC documentary narrator - These questions are for the future.
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Date: 2015-01-17 06:31 am (UTC)The conductive thread sounds good, so long as its durable. Doesn't matter to me though if the LEDs are visible, and I'd like them to be large enough to give off a decent glow.
A waterproof layer is what I had in mind. The suit will already need this because I aimed to do what one of the other FurJam fursuiters already has and incorporate a couple of inward pockets to hold frozen gel packs to help keep me cool when needed. Will need some insulation to keep moisture from forming anywhere near the electricals. I'd be OK with resin, so long as replacing burned-out LEDs doesn't become impossible.
As to the actual design for the circuitry, it's probably too soon to speculate on how that's going to work. To quote an old BBC documentary narrator - These questions are for the future.