Day 9-10: Male Back Pieces

We had already done the base of the back, but now we needed to add the detailing, the lights, and the bottom half.  For lighting we used Electroluminescent (EL) Lights.  We got them off eBay, if you just do a search for "EL Lights," you will get results in all sorts of colors and lengths.  We used ours for the circle in the center of the back as well as the 2 stripes to each side.  We bought the 9 foot (3 meter) length which was PERFECT, they were about $4-5 each and shipped from China (which means it took them like 3-4 weeks to arrive to USA).  It comes with a small battery pack which takes 2 AA batteries.

We used the dremmel tool to create the two circles.

 We added sides underneath so it would form a little box, which gives the compartment to hide the battery pack.

 We drilled holes in the circles and fed the light thru it.

 We did glue the light down so it doesn't pop up, as you will see in later photos.

We also cut out a notch for the battery pack in the base piece, that way it will stay in one place.

 Then we glued on the compartment onto the base piece.

 We pulled the light thru to the underside of the back and now we were ready to add the 2 side panels.

 We cut out the pieces and glued on the top detail piece.

 We drilled holes so we could pull the EL Lights thru.

 And here is what the top half of the back looks like all lit up!

 For the bottom half of the back, I painted the base piece black and just left the detail pieces the grey color of the foam.  And here is what we have for the back so far!