Human Dalek Costume!

Step 12 Electronics of the Daleks, Part Three

Finally we bring it all together, with:

• Baseball helmet
• Kneeling pad
• Cardboard
• Stiff wire
• Hot glue
• Epoxy
• Alcohol (optional, and only for those 21 and over, please)

I drank about 3 mixed drinks (diet soda and rum, stupid diet doesn't allow for beer) to steady my nerves during this step.  I was getting quite fed up with how long everything was taking, and that was the only way I could finish everything without going out of my mind.

I found a baseball helmet for $3 at the local goodwill, and it just barely fit my giant freak head. It was very snug, which I decided was a good thing for keeping this oversized Dalek dome in place. When I got it home, the first thing I did was chop off the back and sides with my dremel. I also removed the foam, and then replaced it with some that was slightly thinner so it would fit me a bit more comfortably.

When everything else was ready, I cut a couple of strips of cardboard and glued them to the side of the helmet, as a kind of basket to hold the mp3 player. I cut up an old garden kneeling pad as a spacer, and glued it to the top of the helmet. This would hold the dome up and away from my shoulders a bit.

At this point I soldered the incandescent bulbs to the voice activated driver, and glued that to the side of the helmet. I soldered the light in the eyestalk to a 470 ohm resistor and then to the battery on the voice modulator circuit, and added a switch to turn it all on and off. I stuck this mess to the brim and front of the hat.

I glued a length of stiff wire to the brim of the had and bent it so it would be right in front of my mount. I attached the mics from the modulator and lights here, gluing it all securely.

The speaker was then glued to the front section of mesh, so it would at least seem like the modulated voice was coming from the front of the dome. Finally, I glued the baseball helmet with it's crazy mishmash of electronics into the dome. And it was finally DONE!