Uber nerd alert. Help needed.

[Mikezilla]

As most of you know, I go to Comic con every year, well, try to anyway. I got tickets this year, and a friend wants to dress up as Thanos (look it up) and asked if I could help with the costume. He and his GF got most of the costume part down, but he wants to have each gem in the infinity gauntlet light up. I have no idea how to do this, he just sent me an email, Im at work, and as you all know, I cant look at stuff online. So, since there are a few hours left before Im off, any ideas how I could get this to work? I know my fellow nerdlings could point me in the right direction considering LEDs are used in a number of your glorious cabinets. 

[yotsuya]

Stuff an LED-Wiz in your codpiece?

[DaOld Man]

This place has some wild stuff, not sure if its anything you can use but who knows?

http://www.coolneon.com/

[Mikezilla]

Stuff an LED-Wiz in your codpiece?

  Im not the one dressing up Yotsuya. Good idea though. I like where your heads at...er wait, maybe not. 

This place has some wild stuff, not sure if its anything you can use but who knows?

http://www.coolneon.com/

Thanks for that, Ill check it out when I get home. 

[knohbody]

Wire them in series to a 9 volt, with two contacts that connect when he makes a fist.

[Le Chuck]

I suggest that the gauntlets be powered by AA taped together and sewn into the cuff of the gauntlet, accessible via velcro from the inside.  Run the LED wires between the glove lining and shell and poke the LEDs through the shell sewing them in place.  The gauntlet material (linoleum flooring works well) will be cut and fitted to the shell giving a gauntlet appearance and a rigid mounting platfrom for the gems.  Then just secure each LED behind the gem.  You can have them always on (easy way) or selectively on by wiring the contacts into the finger pads and palm of the glove allowng circuit completion when you make a fist.  A trip to radio shack and lowes should get your everything you need.  There is a metric assload of instructables on wiring LEDs in series so that shouldn't be an issue.   

[Mikezilla]

I suggest that the gauntlets be powered by AA taped together and sewn into the cuff of the gauntlet, accessible via velcro from the inside.  Run the LED wires between the glove lining and shell and poke the LEDs through the shell sewing them in place.  The gauntlet material (linoleum flooring works well) will be cut and fitted to the shell giving a gauntlet appearance and a rigid mounting platfrom for the gems.  Then just secure each LED behind the gem.  You can have them always on (easy way) or selectively on by wiring the contacts into the finger pads and palm of the glove allowng circuit completion when you make a fist.  A trip to radio shack and lowes should get your everything you need.  There is a metric assload of instructables on wiring LEDs in series so that shouldn't be an issue.   

Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, that sounds awesome, and yet really complicated.  I never would have thought of linolem flooring for gauntlet material. LC, know where I can get some cheap LED's? Having them turn on when he made a fist would be pretty cool. Cool, Ill have to take a look at those when I get home. Thanks for the ideas! 

You too Knohbody, that is a rad idea! How long would they stay on using regular batteries? Lets say if I had them on all the time?

[Le Chuck]

Radioshack. Seriously, walk in and say, "I need everything to power 7 LEDs from some AAs... Including the LEDs". 10 minutes and $25 bucks later you'll be homeward bound.

[Mikezilla]

Get a damned smart phone and tether your work computer to it already.

I didnt even know you could do that. I have an iphone but its dead. 

Radioshack. Seriously, walk in and say, "I need everything to power 7 LEDs from some AAs... Including the LEDs". 10 minutes and $25 bucks later you'll be homeward bound.

Awesome. Ok Ill let you know how it goes, thanks again. 

[Samstag]

Radioshack. Seriously, walk in and say, "I need everything to power 7 LEDs from some AAs... Including the LEDs". 10 minutes and $25 bucks later you'll be homeward bound.

Where do you live that the RS employees would know what you're talking about?  I haven't been to one like that in decades.  In my experience the only question they can answer now is "can you sell me a cell phone?"

[Le Chuck]

Radioshack. Seriously, walk in and say, "I need everything to power 7 LEDs from some AAs... Including the LEDs". 10 minutes and $25 bucks later you'll be homeward bound.

Where do you live that the RS employees would know what you're talking about?  I haven't been to one like that in decades.  In my experience the only question they can answer now is "can you sell me a cell phone?"

Deep south.  Bad luck for you.  RS around here seems to pride itself on having a guy on deck that knows his way round the parts drawers.  They even have a project wall where they'll post picks of projects with RS parts if you bring it in for them. 

Mike, best thing to do first then would be hit up the instructables for wiring LEDs off AA batteries and get a parts list.  RS will have all the parts. 

[HaRuMaN]

Radioshack. Seriously, walk in and say, "I need everything to power 7 LEDs from some AAs... Including the LEDs". 10 minutes and $25 bucks later you'll be homeward bound.

Where do you live that the RS employees would know what you're talking about?  I haven't been to one like that in decades.  In my experience the only question they can answer now is "can you sell me a cell phone?"

Deep south.  Bad luck for you.  RS around here seems to pride itself on having a guy on deck that knows his way round the parts drawers.  They even have a project wall where they'll post picks of projects with RS parts if you bring it in for them. 

Mike, best thing to do first then would be hit up the instructables for wiring LEDs off AA batteries and get a parts list.  RS will have all the parts. 

Yeah, when I walk into Radio Shack (which I try to avoid like the plague) and get asked "Can I help you?" my reply is "Prolly not...".

[Bootay]

+1 Haruman same here.

[Le Chuck]

Try this:  (If one of the great gods of wiring wants to jump in with a more betterer solution please feel free)

This is in parrallel rather than in series which has the advantage of using a smaller power supply and it's easier to make them light individually by assigning a single LED contact to each fingertip (one will have to double up).  I also went the 6 and not 7 since the 7th infinity gem isn't cannon.    
 
1 x 6 array
         +----|>|---/\/\/----+  R = 150 ohms
         +----|>|---/\/\/----+  R = 150 ohms
{6v}  +----|>|---/\/\/----+  R = 150 ohms
         +----|>|---/\/\/----+  R = 150 ohms
         +----|>|---/\/\/----+  R = 150 ohms
         +----|>|---/\/\/----+  R = 150 ohms

each 150 ohm resistor dissipates 60 mW
¼W resistors should be fine for this application
  together, all resistors dissipate 360 mW
  together, the diodes dissipate 396 mW              
  total power dissipated by the array is 756 mW      
  the array draws current of 120 mA from the source, which is 4AA batteris.  

LEDs in this diagram are white LEDs with 3.3v of diode forward voltage

If you want to use colored LEDs those use less power, around 2.2v.  You can work it out on this LED Calculator and then do the wiring diagram option and it will give you pictures of how to lay it out.  

To buy:  Wire, 6x white 3v LEDs, 6x 150 ohm resistors (brown green brown), tape or a battery compartment for 4x AAs.  

[lordnacho]

Arduino Lillypad?  I haven't used or seen one in person though

[Mikezilla]

Le Chuck you are my new best friend! Good job on knowing just the 6 infinity gems haha. So the resistors are essentially the contact points? Ill probably use colored lights, and clear gems, that might be the easiest. I appreciate it!

[Le Chuck]

Le Chuck you are my new best friend! Good job on knowing just the 6 infinity gems haha. So the resistors are essentially the contact points? Ill probably use colored lights, and clear gems, that might be the easiest. I appreciate it!

If that's the case you'll need different resistors and it'll be easiest in parallel because some colors need different resistors than others.  The resistor goes on the negative leg of the diode.  Easiest to pick out your LEDs then figure out what resistor each will need.  If you can find colored gems you'll save yourself wiring headache but if you can't it's not that bad.  Also, if you want to power off a single 9V you can do an array like this:

   +----|>|----|>|---/\/\/----+  R = 150 ohms
   +----|>|----|>|---/\/\/----+  R = 150 ohms
   +----|>|----|>|---/\/\/----+  R = 150 ohms

which is three parallel lines of two LEDs each, so you could have all, four, or just two lit at once.