Compleat: Deadmau5 Head

[Sithslayer78]

Well, the Debut of the Mau5head at Rave 2.0 was a success. When I got there to help set up, my friend had another suprise for me, some Electro-luminescent Wire to line the ears with. So, with my emergency dremel-superglue kit, I drilled holes to install the wire, which turned out to be the PERFECT length! I have pictures and videos, but my cell phone camera was crap, much like a pistol in a tank battle. I'd like to add that at this party, there were NO Drugs, Alchohol, or any other narcotic, stimulant, or depressant substance other than caffeine, PROOF that you can have a good time without drugs. I know this because it was my and two other guys to keep tha Drugs OUT. The guy wearing the Mau5head was one of the DJs. Anyway, here are the pics and videos of the Mau5head in action, in other words, Unce.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W2V3Da9q60[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPVOKnc1RW8[/media]

CONTINUED ON NEXT POST DUE TO LIMITS

 

[Sithslayer78]

Continued:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVk2UuNSEgc[/media]

More Rave stuff.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpDeJOVgYdU[/media]

PROJECT SUMMARY:

It was a great night, however, some of the light controls acted up during the rave, so I have to add more padding, reinvent the modular control with a phone jack, make the ears more sturdy, add a bypass for the jack, and add slots for extra batteries. Ill post the improvements later, and any more actions that its involved in. as for that, I guess thats about it. Thanks for all of the Help, Tips, and Support with this guys! I really appreciate it!

But, as for the First actual Field Implementation of the MAU5HEAD, All I have to say is this:



Forms FORM-4815162342-47:

Test Assesment Report





This was a Triumph.

I'm Making a note here:

HUGE SUCCESS.

It's hard to overstate

my satisfaction.

__

 

[Condor4]

nice job, it looks awesome! not to be rude, but what exactly is it? I have no idea what deadmau5 is

 

[minime12555]

FREAKING AWESOME! i just have to say that the eyes are a bit small but its still freaking awesome

 

[Ryan Ward]

Oh Jeez, You're DONE?!? aha, i've gotta really push to keep up! Ah, i digress. Finals are coming up, and i'll get a lot of work done after that!

 

[Sithslayer78]

Oh Jeez, You're DONE?!? aha, i've gotta really push to keep up! Ah, i digress. Finals are coming up, and i'll get a lot of work done after that!

Yeah I had to finish up pretty fast When the Rave thingy was only a week away I kinda kicked the project into Overdrive. I added the EL wire on the day of the Rave. Its not completely done though, I have to make massive repairs, LOL.

 

[Macattack64]

It'd be cool to add the el wire around the mouth.

 

[Namauri]

Great work if its a necro post idc totally worth it!!!!

 

[SauceMonster]

howd you get the eyes to shine so bright.
im making a mau5head and want mine to be as bright.
did you use leds?
did i miss a section in this thread

 

[Sithslayer78]

howd you get the eyes to shine so bright.
im making a mau5head and want mine to be as bright.
did you use leds?
did i miss a section in this thread

They are Flashlight LEDS embedded inside Wiffleballs. The opaque but transluscent quality scatters the light across the wiffleball, making it a total light up. It only required one LED per eye. I thought it was implied, but I guess not haha.

 

[Sithslayer78]

Well, the Mau5 strikes again, this time at Halloween Rav3.0. (yes, I know its a bit late or so...) Anyway, the Mau5head fit right in with the other costumes and especially Kermit the frog. Here is moar Video and photos (at the same venue as last time).

Using the light control

The "floor"

So depending on if i can get the materials, I may be casting multiple Mau5pheres and ears. I even hope to start selling them if all goes well. But, until then, Its just occasional "Raves" Expect another update/showing around April 1st, and maybe around new years!

 

[kebanks]

Wow, this is one of the most in-depth tutorials I've seen! Thanks for putting this together... I already botched my attempt at this however, haha. If you're lazy though, I did find a site where you can buy a head that looks pretty similar, and has the lights and all of the works. Did wonders at Monster Massive this year!

You can check it out at Costume Heads, but it looks like they sold out for this year but will have more next year.

Anyway, awesome job!

 

[cirocobama]

This is a great tutorial. If you give up, I think you can buy a Deadmau5 Head from CostumeHeads.com though.

Here are some pics I took from the site:

 

[GySgt Gonzalez]

This is awesome.

Deadmau5 ftw

 

[Sithslayer78]

This is a great tutorial. If you give up, I think you can buy a Deadmau5 Head from CostumeHeads.com though.

Here are some pics I took from the site:

This may be interesting and all, but can a mod please remove this...thing? ^ thanks

 

[nsx7000]

Hi @Sithslayer78,

I was wondering if you could please post another link to the sphere file you made in pepakura for the deadmau5 head because the link on the first page of this thread is broken.

Thanks !

 

[hellonfire30]

for the eyes. thats a hard one maybe get a hamster ball, sand it down and gloss it or sumthing but im not sure if that will work. OH I KNOW get any round object the size of the eyes and vacuum form the eyes with plastic. for example

hope this helps

 

[deadspace77]

hell ya bro!! could you send me the file??

 

[deadspace77]

for the eyes. thats a hard one maybe get a hamster ball, sand it down and gloss it or sumthing but im not sure if that will work. OH I KNOW get any round object the size of the eyes and vacuum form the eyes with plastic. for example

hope this helps

dude if I ever make a deadmau5 helmet.. I'd try the vacuum form thing, and also why buy a helmet if you can make one? lol

 

[deadspace77]

but what type of plastic do you use?