Making of the mau5 head. (halloween costume diy)

Originally Posted by E55

who's the chick in your sig?

Risi Simms

totally going to try to make one this year!

Little preview for this years version... very preliminary as I only started today =D

Originally Posted by simsima325

cleaning beer out of those things is a *****. i did this last halloween and totally regret it.

dabears show me the final product i tell u!!! and post or PM your method (more details than just pics and few words) im starting mine next weekend

Great DIY.

What's the mouth piece made out of?

How did you attach the ears to the sphere?

Great DIY by the way!!

Originally Posted by a f 1 g 3

dabears show me the final product i tell u!!! And post or pm your method (more details than just pics and few words) im starting mine next weekend

+1!

could you give us more details on how you made it, like what did you use to attach the ears to the head...

I can't seem to get this black felt to go on the way I want to, so I am getting someone who knows how to sew real well to wrap it... it's going to be absolutely sick.

I'm copying this:



Oh and I attached the ears by drilling two holes in the balsa wood for each ear, inserting the wood into the rabbit ball air holes (had to shave a bit of wood off to make them fit snug) and inserting screws into the holes to hold it tight! Unfortunately when I moved into new place this method caused the balsa on one of the ears to snap when a mattress fell on the ear... but I'm fixing it should be no problem.

Two holes where the balsa is showing:

where did you buy the various materials to do this? jo-ann fabrics? home depot? michaels? could you list each item i.e. Felt - Jo-An Fabrics, Wood - Home Depot, etc.

it would be greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by A F 1 G 3

where did you buy the various materials to do this? jo-ann fabrics? home depot? michaels? could you list each item i.e. Felt - Jo-An Fabrics, Wood - Home Depot, etc.

it would be greatly appreciated.

i'm from canada so I don't know if you have a Fabricland, but thats where I got all the fabric from (find a fabric speciality store). The old fabric is polar fleece, for the new version it's a velvet spandex going to look sick.

Here's what I used roughly:

1 Hardhat (cut it to fit etc)
1 13" Rabbit Ball
2 Tennis Racket sized pieces of balsa wood
2 1" Pipe insulation
4 screws, 2 for each ear to fasten
3 Bolts to secure hard hat
1 Plastic Mesh for mouthpiece
1 Piece of one sided view fabric for mouthpiece
1 Styrofoam ball (cut in half) for eyes, electrical tape for x's
2 Push lights inserted into eyes
2 Velcro strips to fasten eyes

That's all I can think of off the top of my head, I got everything at a fabric store and home depot.

thank you so much im going shopping now! if i could give you dap i would haha

Saw a ton of people rockin' these at Lovevolution + Skills/Spundae Afterparty!

Originally Posted by dabears

i'm from canada so I don't know if you have a Fabricland, but thats where I got all the fabric from (find a fabric speciality store). The old fabric is polar fleece, for the new version it's a velvet spandex going to look sick. yeah they had polar fleece but not velvet spandex, online ftw

Here's what I used roughly:

1 Hardhat (cut it to fit etc) i bought one, what do you mean cut to fit? cut to fit into the rabbit ball or my head or what?
1 13" Rabbit Ball bought it
2 Tennis Racket sized pieces of balsa wood home depot didnt have balsa wood i got to find a place with sheets of it or find it online :/
2 1" Pipe insulation dont want it for the ears, doesnt look as authentic
4 screws, 2 for each ear to fasten got them but do i need a specific kind that'll work?
3 Bolts to secure hard hat got three bolts, again any specific kind?
1 Plastic Mesh for mouthpiece got that! did you fold it over each other to make it more noticeable? (more thick)
1 Piece of one sided view fabric for mouthpiece the guy at the fabric store didnt know what that was, ill google it but if you can provide a link to what you used?
1 Styrofoam ball (cut in half) for eyes, electrical tape for x's got that, how big (inches or cm did you get just to make sure i got the right size)
2 Push lights inserted into eyes home depot had ones that were wayy too big, (unless i need a bigger Styrofoam ball...ill get that online if need be)
2 Velcro strips to fasten eyes got it!

That's all I can think of off the top of my head, I got everything at a fabric store and home depot.

any thing else you might have forgot? also if you use torrents i have a great private invite only site for your troubles

Originally Posted by A F 1 G 3

any thing else you might have forgot? also if you use torrents i have a great private invite only site for your troubles

1 Hardhat (cut it to fit etc) i bought one, what do you mean cut to fit? cut to fit into the rabbit ball or my head or what?
1 13" Rabbit Ball bought it
2 Tennis Racket sized pieces of balsa wood home depot didnt have balsa wood i got to find a place with sheets of it or find it online :/
2 1" Pipe insulation dont want it for the ears, doesnt look as authentic
4 screws, 2 for each ear to fasten got them but do i need a specific kind that'll work?
3 Bolts to secure hard hat got three bolts, again any specific kind?
1 Plastic Mesh for mouthpiece got that! did you fold it over each other to make it more noticeable? (more thick)
1 Piece of one sided view fabric for mouthpiece the guy at the fabric store didnt know what that was, ill google it but if you can provide a link to what you used?
1 Styrofoam ball (cut in half) for eyes, electrical tape for x's got that, how big (inches or cm did you get just to make sure i got the right size)
2 Push lights inserted into eyes home depot had ones that were wayy too big, (unless i need a bigger Styrofoam ball...ill get that online if need be)
2 Velcro strips to fasten eyes got it!

I'm not going to make a step by step you gotta have some creativity with this thing it was pretty random. I don't have the mask available so I can't take pics or give exact sizes for screws etc, but just get some nuts and bolts and put them through the rabbit holes and drill them into the hard hat.

As far as the hard hat, I just cut it so it would be able to fit into the rabbit ball and take up as little room as possible while still holding my head still.

Just find any sort of thin wood and cut it into ears. I used the pipe fitting to reduce stress on the wood which WILL crack if bent enough, and I absolutely agree about the ears not looking authentic, this year I'm using the velvet spandex to tighten around the pipe so it will look perfect... just need good sewing skills.

I just found a decent sized styrofoam ball at Michaels, and cut it in half. The push lights came in a 4 pack (1 green, yellow, red, purple) and were about the size of a loonie (little bigger than a US quarter)

As far as the mouthpiece goes, I don't know where the fabric or the plastic mesh came from because my boss actually bought it for me, but just go to the fabric store and try and find a fabric that you can see out of from one side but the other isn't see through... good luck! I just duct taped it to the inside of the mask.

Let me know if you have any other questions, and PM me that link I love torrenting! Thanks!

currently making one for halloween, but im stuck on how to properly mount the ears inside the rabbit slots :X screwing stuff in doesnt really seem like itd hold up.

PS: How are you going to light the evilmau5 head? i was thinking about getting rear bicycle lights and maybe putting 2 on the inside

Someone make a thread asking electrical engineers how to use led's for the lights inside.

Originally Posted by Dcha

Someone make a thread asking electrical engineers how to use led's for the lights inside.

i just got back from a local store that sells random lights/posters/lamps and stuff. found a 3x6 red led flashing light that runs on 4 AA batteries and its bright enough to light the inside. ill tell u how it works out

Starting to take shape gentlemen... my god it looks amazing in real life. Gotta get the ears attached and find some eyes and lighting for the inside now!