What's up guys, I'm Hendo, and today I'm going to show you how to make Wonder
Woman's Lasso of Truth
You're going to need long yellow EL wire. First I'm going to loop the EL wire
together in half and bind it with masking tape, then I'm gonna use thin
beading wire to bind the two halves together. I'm just going to tape the beading
wire to one end and then bind the two halves of the eel wire together all the
way down. Any gauge (or thickness) of the wire between 26 and 30 is probably
what's going to work best. This will make sure that there's no gaps and it just
looks like one thicker brighter piece of El wire. I could tape the two sides
together but that's actually gonna leave a lot of jagged edges that will make
step 2 way more difficult. Make sure the beading wire is extra tight as you go.
And tape off the bottom when you're done.
This is gold flex mesh tubing ribbon. I got it from Amazon but it's also pretty
common to craft stores around Christmas. Carefully feed the bound EL wire into
the tubing since it's mesh you have to be a little careful that the wire
doesn't poke through the sides. I found that this part is pretty simple
it's just a little bit tedious. Once you're done just cut off the end and
tape it off.
Since my lasso still looks a little more orange than I like, I'm actually gonna
put another layer of gold tubing on top of it. This way, it'll look more gold when
it's off. It's also way easier to feed it through a second time, so might as well!
And when you're done just tape off the end.
Now you can test out the light. Like I said, it's kind of hard to see in the
daylight or indoors, but in the dark or shade you can see it pretty well. The
effect is definitely noticeable enough for video especially!
So now I'm just gonna move on to modifying the switch into a handle. The switch is just a little
too short to be a good lasso handle so I'm gonna lengthen it with popsicle
sticks and foam. Those aren't materials that you need to use, that's just kind of what
I had lying around. I'm actually gonna lengthen it from the top so that I can
hide that black connecting wire, but I'm gonna make sure that my switch is still exposed.
Now that I have the length right I'm actually gonna bind it all together with
masking tape, since the texture kind of looks the same as leather wrapping.
I'm also gonna sneakily cut where the battery cover is so that I can still
change the batteries
And now I'm just gonna paint directly on top of the tape with gold and brown.
And that's pretty much it, time to go save the boys!
Thanks so much for watching this tutorial, I hope it helped you and I'll
see you next time!