Tron Costumes

[Logan Darklighter]

Neat!

Also, not what I would have expected, they are bulkier than what I would have made.

In Tron: Legacy, the suits are still very sleek, but there is some layering/texturing going on that wasn't part of the original. Understandable as much of the detail of the suits is filmed in a -completely- different manner in the two films! 

In the original Tron, everybody wore white and black "spandex" suits with little bits added like helmets and pauldrons and the disc on the back. Everything on-set was filmed with black and white film and everything was "roto-scoped" and re-colored in post production. Most parts of the suits that are dark in the actual film were -white- on the set and all the traceries and lines were in black! Then the film was processed and those suits were turned negative and then colored with whatever color was needed. 

Ironically, the Tron: Legacy suits are actually lit for real, on set! (In fact, in a couple of cases, if you're paying attention, you can spot the battery housings for the suits in the film. Usually at the small of the back. The filmmakers didn't really try to hide them either. Just made them part of the overall "look".) There's actually not as much "post-production" work done on the suits themselves in the new film as there was in the old film! 

So the new Tron: Legacy suits have more detail in the way of actual texture than the old film did. That's why they actually have less in the way of overt neon line "circuitry" running everywhere. 

When you apply that idea to a City of Heroes costume, things are going to be a little bit more bulky. But I don't mind. I think it looks cool.

EDIT: In fact, here's what I think you get if you take the "old-school" approach and make a "Tron"-like character from the original film: 



-Logan
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"I fight... for the USERS!"
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