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If you look at the pictures you will see 6 pieces of foam, each cut like an oval.
Are you asking how I drew the oval shapes or are you asking how did I make it rounded from front to back?
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Suggestion 2 - it is easy to cut more, but if you cut too much it is almost impossible to undo your mistake. Cut a little, test the fit. Cut a little more, test the fit.
Suggestion 3 - use something like a hard hat. If you don't you will have lots of wobble. Harbor Frieght Tools has them cheap. Or you can go to Walmart and get a kids play batting helmet or play footbal helmet. Anything that fits nicely on your head. Your only other choice is to stuff the inside of the head with upholstery foam but that gets hot real fast.
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To help adhesion, roughen up the surface of the plastic helmet with a fine to medium grit sandpaper. This should help the glue stick to plastic. You are looking to remove the "gloss" of the plastic. You want to make sure the glue doesn't just "slip off" the smooth surface.
turn yourself into a cartoon
Question though, what are the measurments for the foam bits you cut out.? And how many?
Please and Thank you!
The two pieces in the middle are the exact same size and shape as each other. The same is true for each layer out. In other words, the four pieces of foam in the front of the head are identical to the four pieces of foam in the back of the head.
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but thanks ^^
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Thanks for the response. So it basically acts as slightly sideways/forwards portholes? Is the front far enough from your face to do that? They look black. Interesting, indeed! :D
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But other than that, awesome tutorial. I'm planning to make a mascot head that is like similar to this, and was just wondering, how many sheets of foam did you use for this?
Also is there any alternative foam that can be used, as I doubt any of the hardware shops around here carry this brand, would styrofoam be advisable?
1 - yes it is an Ouran High Host Club costume.
2 - like it says in step 1, I used 2 (2 feet by 8 feet) sheets of solid foam
3 - I know that every large hardware store (Lowes, Home Depot, etc.) will have the solid foam insulation sheets. And I would almost every smaller hardware store will have it. Some time it will be blue, some times pink.
Regular (white) styrofoam will work but it is much harder to work with. I tried it and did not like it. It was more fragile, and very messy, and drywall screws do not work as well. I highly recommend that you look around for the pink or blue solid sheets.
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Thanks very much for the quick reply!
It was great.
I was there. And I was the only person dressed as Ouran High Hello Kitty.
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There's construction foam glues that come in cauking gun tubes that would work but the elmers glue is easier to clean up since it's water soluble.
Great Instructable.