How to make your own Deadmau5 Mau5head!

Step 2 Mapping everything out

Take out one of the panels of the ball so it won't roll away from you (don't throw away the panel, you'll need it later). Take two sheets of paper and sketch out a the shape of the mouth. take your styrofoam ball and slice it in half. Take your two plates of birch baltic wood and slide them in two the holes of the ball. tape everything with masking tape and predict how everything will turn out. The top of mouth should be at the equator of the ball and it should be spread side to side.

Comments

[wpuerta]

how long does this take to make, if i got materials on Monday and worked everyday would it be ready by Halloween???? please answer soon

[richfart231]

i built mine with black felt so you can't see any mistakes made on the fabric. I also put 10 feet of el wire around the head and mouth as well as yellow led's in the eyes. It's my FB profile pic. Any how you'll want 4" eye balls, and if you spend 2-4 hours a day for 5-7 days you'll be well past finished. If you manage to find extra time toy around with electronic wiring and minor touch ups to improve the look of it. I'm thinking about building another one out of an acrylic ball thats 14". its pretty expensive but i have extras from the first one. Please ask questions, this demo is a little tough to understand at some areas

[prettycoolme209]

I found them 14 in balls on amazon for $18 way cheap so i bought 2!!!

[nknele]

How do you see through this lol?

[Blackmau5]

Dont use too much silk/mesh. Or, the silk/mesh is too thick.

[tcorwin]

im makking one right now and i cant wait to be done

[hfreeborn]

http://www.housemusicessentials.com/mau5head-details-have-been-revealed/ here are the dimensions of everything!

[cfc106]

can u roughly give me the mouth dimensions and position of the ears?

[jsingh3]

anybody have a mouth template for the 13" ball?

[oms925]

and is it okay if im using an 11.5" instead i couldnt get any bigger

[oms925]

im not doing leds in mine but a great place to go is this website online full of rave stuff: http://www.liquidemotions.com good prices too

[cc0master]

Yea try getting a acrylic globe but you would have to make sure its the same diamter as the lights i would also change the led to invoas from a rave website that sell rave gloves to make light shows. You can get different type of effects and colors

[RhinoKnexArmorments]

Can u tell me the site?

[nickkduh]

id go to www.nitelifedesigns.com or www.orbitlightshows.com

[willgame4food]

http://rave-nation.com/

[wand74]

What size diameter was your styrofoam ball, do you remember? I think I bought a 5" one...

[bloodyG1R]

I used a 6" one, and it worked just fine.

[deadmau5rocks!!!]

how do we see out of this deadmau5 head cause i am dressing up for this for school :)

[leonandkobe]

by using see through material for the mouth. Mine is 3 layers of a material almost like a wedding veil. See below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BalJH8xRK8g

[thatchubbyguy]

gonna be a dumb question but i cant get the shape of the mouth right

[hotshotchowfun]

wraps from one side of ball to the other, starts at 40 degrees, runs at equator to about a half to full inch from bottom of mask

[rlerma]

Is there any way to Put tap Lights?