How to make your very own Psychedelic USB Creature

introHow to make your very own Psychedelic USB Creature

So you woke up today bored.

Really, really bored.

Then the day went by, and not much changed.

Don't worry, it happens to us all the time. Most days actually.

Then you saw this weird looking creature online, or maybe you remembered it from a party, or some kind of quality flashback from the late 90s.

Either way, the mediocrity of reality has made you at least slightly interested in how this thing is made.

Maybe you will be inspired by something we have done during it's creation and can use it to escape from your own tedious reality.

Maybe you would like to make one of your own, increasing our army of two to a force previously unknown on planet earth.

Maybe you're looking for a way to pimp out your bike with UV lights but you got lost.

Anyhow, welcome to How to make your very own Psychedelic USB Creature.

step 1Ingredient One - The Fur
The first thing you are probably thinking, is where did they get that sexy fur? Spotlight . No doubt there are similar fabric superstores everywhere other than Australia. It was $23AUD per metre(1.2m width.) Each creature required 1.5m. This fur looks incredible under UV light.

step 2Ingredients Two - The screen for the face, and cables
Next up comes the screen for the face. In future versions we plan to do bigger ones, including some with projectors inside, however for this one we went with something small and simple. It turned out to work well, as many people simply asked 'how did you get the eye in the head?' - with the small (7") screen throwing them a little. We used the Lilliput Mini USB Monit…

step 3Ingredient Three - Welders helmet
We used this to create the head shape. We learnt that welders helmets are usually costed according to the lenses - so you can usually still get some pretty cool looking ones for a decent price, just make sure you are not paying for some fancy piece of glass you don't need anyway. We paid $27 AUD for these ones at Mitre 10, a hardware store here in Australia. In terms…

step 4Ingredients Four - Football and foam for shape
We used an old footy(ripped up) for our jaw and some acoustic type foam for the back of the head(just stuff that was laying about).

step 5Ingredients Five - Paper mache - flour and water
We created the shape using paper mache, google it if you need more information, it's basically flour and water to get a gluey consistancy, dip your paper(we used a phone book) and whack it on, use a paintbrush to smooth it all out if need be.

step 6Ingredients Six - Cable ties, glue, varnish, turkey, Rid
We used cable ties to attach the helmet to the body before applying more mache. We used glue to stick the fur on and also to strengthen as we went. We used a lacquer for protection before applying the fur. We used turkey for inspiration and continuation. We used Rid to kill bastard mozzies whilst working outdoors and late.

step 7Ingredient Seven - One blow up (mini) sex sheep
Seriously. If you are not willing to buy one of these, stop now. It's absolutely essential.

step 8Step One - Buy the sex sheep
Seriously. Don't be all 'well I could just use a pinata for that.' No you can't. That would just be wrong. It's nowhere near as much fun as rocking up and buying a sex sheep. And the only thing more fun than rocking up and buying a sex sheep, is rocking up AGAIN 30 minutes later (and a little bit more drunk), after you have realised they are ideal for your purp…

step 9Step Two - Mache it
Paper mache it. We used Wild Turkey cans for the feet just because we happened to have a few empties laying about. You can use a can opener to take the tops off and gaffa them on. We used lots of plaster re-enforcement type tape in between layers to add strength, particularly between the legs and body. This took ages. Total mache time around 30 hours per creature. …

step 10Step Three - Discard the corpse
Using scissors or a knife pop and remove the blow up sheep. Do not leave the corpse where it could be discovered by minors.