Wiz Head Tutorial by Hyokenseisou-Cosplay

Wiz Head Tutorial by Hyokenseisou-Cosplay

Wewt, done. Here you go, enjoy!

Can I also just say....the whole time I was working on this...I was watching the Mummy...every time...for 45 hours...so 45/2.5 is about 20 something times...I've watched this movie so many times I pretty much have it memorized line for line...O.o...Why, I do not know...But it's such a good additicing movie!

road-tripping Featured By Owner Mar 15, 2015

How much fur and chicken wire did you use?

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Nov 29, 2015 Hobbyist General Artist

I'm sorry I don't know, I didn't keep track when I was making it. Maybe about 4-5 yards total for the whole costume (body, head, ears, tail, etc). Wire maybe 2-3 yards? if that?

jetterwetter Featured By Owner Oct 9, 2014

This is so amazing! I was wondering... You said you put stuffing around the chicken wire. What do you mean by stuffing? Sorry if this seems like a dumb question >.< I'm trying to dress up as Tamama from Sgt. Frog and I'm trying to figure out how I could make his head...

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Oct 14, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

Pillow stuffing sheets. You can also use upholstery foam like what I used for my Stitch. You can view progress pictures of that on my fb page: www.facebook.com/hyokenseisou.cosplay

jetterwetter Featured By Owner Oct 16, 2014

Okay thank you!

tinaxbomb Featured By Owner Mar 3, 2014

question... have you tried using the chicken wire tactic with paper mache? i'm going to be making two of these heads, and covering it in paper mache, as i'm trying to make Mr. and Mrs. Pacman heads.

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Mar 3, 2014 Hobbyist General Artist

Paper mache would make it far too heavy.

Lovely-Disease Featured By Owner Apr 12, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I was wondering how I could keep the head from flopping around a lot? I will be attending a Halloween Costume Party Dance with a costume head made similar to this, and it seems like it would jiggle all over the place. I put foam around the neck (as tight as I can while still being able to slip my head in) but it is still super unstable. Any suggestions?

Samiraku Featured By Owner Nov 3, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

This is probably a stupid question, but is it hot to wear or is the mesh netting for the mouth enough for 'air conditioning'?
Thanks for the tutorial, this helps a lot.

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Nov 3, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

It does get VERY hot, because the fur acts as an insulator and there's not much circulation. If you installed a small fan in there, then it wouldn't be as bad.

gir2195 Featured By Owner Oct 27, 2012

AMAZING, THANK YOU! I've been trying to figure out how to make a donkey kong head for a long time. Hopefully, I'll have something to show soon

Two-Tailed-Moon Featured By Owner Oct 5, 2012

Thank you so much. It's nearly impossible to find a head-making tutorial for an anime mascot character.

I made a Kero recently completely out of foam. This method seems a lot less expensive and a lot more rewarding.

MissNightmares Featured By Owner Jun 8, 2012

i wonder if monoyasha used this method for her emolga and minchino mascot cosplay

DragonGames Featured By Owner May 19, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

OH MY F TiS WIZ

Doggyfong Featured By Owner Jan 3, 2012

I'm trying to use your method to make this but from where I am, its abit too expensive to afford. Do you have any cheaper alternative or similar?

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Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Jan 4, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Chicken wire and cheap fur is probably the cheapest method you can do. Sorry, good luck.

MarimoMellorine Featured By Owner Sep 27, 2011

Thank you for the tutorial, your Wiz head looks amazing , i've been trying to make a head like this for ages. I do have one question though, i'm having a lot of trouble getting mine to balance on my head, it keeps on slipping down. Do you have any advice to stop this from happening?

Thank you again.

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Sep 27, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Padding maybe? Mine sat on my shoulders, soo....

KittyChow Featured By Owner Jul 2, 2011 Student Artisan Crafter

Wow this is pretty amazing! :0 thanks for this ^^

Eldorgwynna Featured By Owner Jan 21, 2011

>w< This is so cool!

Quick question, where do you buy chicken wire? Sorry if you're asked this a lot >.> <//3

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Jan 21, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Any hardware store.

Eldorgwynna Featured By Owner Jan 24, 2011

Thanks! ^^

smallrinilady Featured By Owner Apr 27, 2010

HOLY SHIT

DarkDrawerCompany Featured By Owner Apr 23, 2009 Student Artisan Crafter

oh, this is sooo cuuute! ur really good at this! XD

Can i try make this head? (i live in denmark, so u prob wont see me anyway)

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Apr 23, 2009 Hobbyist General Artist

Uh yeah sure. That's why I made this tutorials, you help people make their own.

DarkDrawerCompany Featured By Owner Apr 23, 2009 Student Artisan Crafter

Thank u so much! XD
I always wondered how u made these fantastic costumes! Keep up the good work!

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Apr 24, 2009 Hobbyist General Artist

There's also some more tutorials on my youtube [link]
Check those out too. I'll probably just start posting stuff on youtube as I don't have the attention span to take pictures, upload them, edit them onto one page, add text, etc; plus I suck at explaining stuff by typing it out. So videos are definately the way I'll be doing tutorials.

DarkDrawerCompany Featured By Owner Apr 24, 2009 Student Artisan Crafter

X3 thank u so much! ur really nice!

Fluffy-Moose Featured By Owner Sep 26, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

hey, I remember another tutorial using 'friendly plastic', but I don't know where I can get it, could you help me...? @_@

This is really cool btw :3

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Sep 27, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

I only know where to get very small pieces of plastic. I don't work with plastics anymore, I work with fiber glass.

What are you trying to make?

Thanks!

Fluffy-Moose Featured By Owner Sep 27, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

ack, okies @_@;

I found this thing on how to make like... semi-real vampire teeth that you attach to your REAL teeth

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Sep 27, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

AH, right, that technique. Well I don't know where you're located, but I get my friendly plastic from Micheals Craft store.

Hope that helps!

Fluffy-Moose Featured By Owner Sep 27, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

I'm in Canada, and there's a Micheals near where I live! Thank you! <X3

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Sep 29, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

No problem!

Blackout-tiger Featured By Owner Aug 11, 2008

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I have been looking after a tutorial like this for months!

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Aug 11, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

You're welcome!

nezumi2489 Featured By Owner Jun 5, 2008

i luv wiz >,<

Jyrotika Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2007

What exactly is this "friendly plastic" and where can I find it? (I've been looking for something similar for a LONG time now... )

Hyokenseisou-Cosplay Featured By Owner Oct 7, 2007 Hobbyist General Artist

It's a type of plastic that becomes soft and maluible when heated. I got mine at the Micheal's Craft Store. In Micheals, it comes in strips, sometimes different colours.