Duct Tape Batman Mask

Here's a Dark Knight version batman mask made of mostly duct tape. It was made to enter in a county fair "duct tape creations" contest. It won $15 dollars.

It's fairly rough, but maybe it'll inspire somebody.

Step 1 Custom fit for your head

To start, I laid out lots of strips of duct tape on my cutting mat, and sliced them into various sized smaller strips. Using a plastic grocery bag to protect my head, I started putting tape all over my head to get my personal head-shape. I trimmed off extra plastic as I went. My head was sweating like crazy, as plastic and duct tape don't breath very well...

Comments

[DareDevil147]

Ironman147 says: awesome.

[skhan34]

Thank you so much! i couldn't find it any where else! I have made a tutorial for it after i did it, if u want to see it here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44-PpASM5cU

[seamster]

Looks good. Thanks for the photos!

[parrster]

And I just bought some duct tape... I think I'll need another role. Very neat little project, I'm going to do this with my son.

[Survivor51]

How did you create the "bat ears"?

[wildman365]

I think the "antennae" are the bat ears.

[monsterlego]

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na...
BATMAN!!!!!

[seamster]

I believe you missed 2 "na"s there . . . but thank you anyway :)

[monsterlego]

oh yeah... oops :S

[foothillfrontier]

Makes me feel better that I wasn't the only one counting

[SkyWire101]

Wow! Great instructable! A+++
I decided to make my own "Duct tape batman costume!"

[batmansmama]

soooo awesome, i love it ... i will make one for my lil one his name is .. batman..

[splazem]

Amazing!

[erobinson-1]

Thanks for the instructable i made 75$ in a art competition i told them you were the original maker i just based it off yours, be proud man

[seamster]

Nice! No photos?

[erobinson-1]

I will post them soon

[vanaka]

nice! I think i'll give this a try

[Paracord Ninja]

Thanks for the instructions man I made one and its beastly

[ducktape100]

dude so cool i just made one

[Paracord Ninja]

yeah black would work great I agree with plastiktoe

[voldemortkein]

Leaving eye holes...


and Nose holes no???.
Or dont you wanna breathing??.
LOL.


No, really, good work!!
Regards

[goku ssXXX]

would you be able to make other kinds of masks using this method? maybe like a harlequin mask? im trying to make a costume of the assassin's creed brotherhood multiplayer character, the harlequin, and i'm in need of a good mask.

[seamster]

I'm not familiar with that character, but something's surely possible. If you make one, I'd love to see a photo!

[Jynx.]

I decided to make this mask but i changed the nose piece a little. Its no triangle but its more comfortable.

[musicgirl]

cool mask dude

[Ikkalebob]

A really great instructable! I think im going to use this concept to make something similar. Is the structure fairly strong?

[armored bore]

Thanks. :)

My husband pointed this out to me and I used the basic idea to make a protoss mask. I used masking tape instead of duct tape because it is porous and you can stick things to it, then glued on fabric.

More photos here:

[seamster]

Hey, that's pretty cool!

If you have some photos of the whole project, you should do an instructable and enter it in the Halloween contest. It closes for entries Sunday night!

(Slideshows are welcome if you don't quite have enough photos for a complete write-up.)

[armored bore]

Oops, forgot the link:
http://www.cosplay.com/costume/335808/

[VenomShockProductions]

Can someone help me? I don't know how to apply the plastic bag. Like... I don't know what I'm supposed to do with it. I don't know how to wear it, how to adcance it like in further pictures (over the eyes and nose and such).

Can someone help me? I need this done by Friday. Early Friday.

[toogers]

i wanna make a yellow one!

[sethyrn]

use masking tape.very good I made two and panted black[but you don't have too]

[Brother_D]

 Ahhhhhhhh....
I will never understand.

[toogers]

nope, probably not.

[_-MacGyver-_]

have made a yellow one :D will post pics shortly

[toogers]

w00t!

[tobor27]

Sweet I love Duct Tape!!!!!!!!

[mrsocky]

cool model airplanes, do you have any instuctables about them?

[seamster]

No. But you can check them out at combatwings.com. It's a slope/combat glider. They're pretty fun if you've got a good place to fly them.

[mrsocky]

yeh i do model airplane flying myself and my club rent a place in the mountains neer me.