Glowing Costumes?

[renegadeblack]

Originally Posted by ruinexplorer

What about doing a "Tron" type effect with LiveWire? Or you might also use this with a little less flexibility. Either one would also add nice highlights to the UV effects that others are mentioning.

One thing about UV paint, be careful in how you wash the rest of your costumes (as you probably already know) since many detergents add flourescents to help the colors "pop" in sunlight and will glow right along with your UV paints.

I remember seeing cats and the cats had lights in the eyes on their costumes and they all would turn on at the same time when they were in the audience. I'm assuming some sort of portable dmx solution. I don't know if that's something that you want to do, but I thought that it would be interesting.

[jessamarie6]

these are easier to find at christmas, but I had costumers use a string of LEDs on a battery pack before on a show I was working on. The string was sewn with the switch run right to the actor's pocket. Bury some LEDs behind a couple of layers of sheer fabric and you might get the look you're wanting.

[Van]

Only one other Caveat I can think of with the ScotchLite Beads.
You say the Costumer did research and found out this was what they used for an effect in a film? Assuming they did not use any Effect processing in Post and that this was a pure "live" effect, you still have to remember that the Camera and film is not the human Eye. What can be accomplished with a haze filter, some very low angle lighting, and nifty reflective technology on film, simply cannot be recreated on stage.

I still like the Irradiation Idea.

Nuke 'em, Nuke em till they glow.

[ruinexplorer]

Along the same lines as the Califoneon but without the need of electricity: ADDLIGHT Photoluminescent Safety Sign Systems

Skip the actors all together and go with holographic projection. Well, that might be out of your price range, but it'd definitely require your lighting skills!