Working Night Vision Helmet! Pt.5 #maker #props #cosplay #halo #engineering @DFROBOTCN

This is building working night vision into a wearable Halo helmet, part five. And this is the final part because the helmet is done and I got it working and I am so happy with the outcome. So after my initial spray-edon base coat of green, I tried hand painting on the white and black details with acrylic paint. It just didn't look right. So I decided to simplify and spray on the black detail. I am so happy that I did. This looks so much better than my hand painted details. And I just painted over the white. And at this point, I had the electronics working. I had the thing painted. I had the night vision piece working. And it was time to just get some cool shots of the finished product. And what's interesting about the night vision, although maybe not that surprising, is it actually worked really well at moderately close ranges, but when you were trying to focus on objects in the distance, it didn't work nearly as well. But for an affordable hobby build, it came out super well, and I'm honestly just really proud of the outcome. It's one of the most complete projects I've ever done. And while there's a ton of things that could be done for optimization, of course, I'm mainly just thrilled with the thing we've built, and I think it's a really cool series we put together. A huge thank you to Enforce Props for sending me the EOD helmet pieces. This guy is crazy talented. Check them out on Instagram, and thanks to DF Robot for providing the Uni-Hiker boards used in this series. They made the entire build possible. In case you're interested in seeing a little bit more and seeing this project in more detail, I have a long form video out on my La Master Tech YouTube channel now. So, feel free to check that out if you want to see me go into a little more detail. And we're actually finishing the series at a perfect time because the next project just arrived in the mail and we'll be getting started on that next. So, make sure you're following along.