[font style="font-family: Verdana;" face="Arial Black" size="6"]Cool. This guy built a "Matrix" APU costume. I want one of these, too.
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[/font][font face="Arial Black" size="6"]Building an APU Costume
[/font][font face="Arial"]It was a dark and stormy summer. No, that's not quite right, it was actually murderously sunny and clear, but I need an explanation why I'm spending time in my superheated garage working on a costume for Halloween.[/font] [font face="Arial"]For background on a couple of my past costume projects, click [a href="vny!://hallert.net/apucostume/apucostume.htm#Background"] here[/a].[/font][/p] [font face="Arial"]This year, I've decided to build an APU (as featured in The Matrix films). If you've seen either of the last two, you should be familiar with this beast. Essentially, it's a large bi-pedal robot with a human driver. My plan will be to build a sub-scale version that I can wear and that looks like I'm being carried by it.[/font][/p][span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;"][font face="Arial"]Design goals[/font][/span][/p] [ul type="circle"][li][font face="Arial"]It should look good and be recognizable as an APU (well, duh).[/font][/li][li style="font-weight: bold;"][font face="Arial"]I should be able to wear it without dying. My last Mech costume was so heavy and awkward that I could only wear it for 20-30 minutes before either passing out or losing blood from chafing.[/font][/li][li][font face="Arial"]It should look like I'm sitting in it. If at least one person asks 'Who's under there?' or something to that effect, I'll have definitely met this design goal.[/font][/li][li][font face="Arial"]It needs to break down for transport and storage. My Mech costume haunts my garage. I'm unwilling to just throw it away, but it's 'uge! I don't know what to do with it.[/font][/li][/ul][a href="vny!://hallert.net/apucostume/apucostume.htm"]vny!://hallert.net/apucostume/apucostume.htm
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