Hey
Joba Fett
That little $5.00 LED was from an Etsy user calling herself "
LEDLightStore", Her name is Leigh and she's super cool and responsive!
Etsy - LEDLightStore
I'm a repeat customer too as I built a Jawa (
Iron's Jawa Build) and used her LED's for the eyes. I spoke with Leigh after I couldn't decide to use either her Orange or Yellow One's, I ordered Yellow - trusting my gut, but she was kind enough to send me both sets. In the end the yellow LED's were the better match. I asked her if she wanted the orange LED's back and she said keep em'!
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For the Gauntlets, make sure to get the
Red LED's as it is my opinion it's look way better than a white one would look like even under the red transparent covering. And the
Red LED it is super bright too and very noticeable. For the mounting of it, I have a set of Boba Maker's Gauntlets. So I simply used Hot Glue to get it set in place and then strategically used dabs of Super Glue for the wire management. You'll also notice the on/off switch is pretty close to the opening. This is so I can easily turn it on/off without having to remove my gauntlet.
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And the 9v battery is velcro'd on the inside of the flame thrower housing.....
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Another tip is to....Pre-Hot Glue, play with the LED placement and see where best it would need to be positioned to shine the brightest. I found that the bulb when positioned at different angles produces less of a shine. So just play with it. Once you have it where you would like it, hot glue it in place. Nice thing about hot glue is the working time, that's also kind of the worst thing about it too. The fact that you have to hold it in place while the glue hardens.
Hope this helps!
-Iron