Reddit reviews 14 in. Clear Acrylic Globe - with 5.25 in. Neckless Opening - American 3202-14020-003
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The two ways I know of to get a good spherical head are either using 1. a hamster ball or 2. acrylic globes.
I made one with a hamster ball several years ago and the material was relatively easy to work with when using a dremel for cutting the holes. The problem with the hamster ball is that when you cut the neck hole you weaken the entire structure of the thing and allows it to flex alot which makes it feel like a shitty end result. Imagine the black line being an exaggerated cut line for the neck hole and you will see what I mean. Another issue with the hamster ball is that I have only seen 13 in variants and the official dimensions of the mau5 head calls for a 14in sphere.
The best quality diy mau5 heads I have seen usually use the acrylic globes. They wont have the same issue the hamster ball, as it shouldnt be able to flex as much when you remove material. The issue you could have with using acrylic is that acrylic can easily crack if you are not careful depending on the thickness of the material (thicker is less likely to crack). If you go with this route make sure you get have a high speed dremel and some THIN cutting bits. In the end if you pull it off you will probably be most satisfied if you go this route and is about the same price as a hamster ball and should last you alot longer. Just make sure you give yourself at least a couple months so you can work on it here and there because it will take longer than you expect it to your first time crafting one.
You may want to check out /r/mau5head as well.
I'd suggest going Deadmau5 technique, much comfier and lighter too. Buy a Acrylic Globe to start.
I'll try and find a link in a sec,oh and go and ask /r/cosplayers they're super helpful.link (I like this one more)
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Amazon has them right here.
I can give you a link to the instructions I used too if you so desire.
I made one but I decided that I was going to go balls deep and try one of the most difficult designed mau5 heads out, the disco head. Long story short it cost me about ~$300 to make, not counting 2 others that I messed up on.
Materials:
-Head
-Eyes
-Head Mount
-Mouth Mesh
-[2] Led lights for coloring the eyes
-Superglue for mouth
-[2] Plastic glue for Headmount
-About [6-10] Rhine stone glue bottles
-[3] bags of Rhinestones
-Foam Ear material ---> With Ear template
-Washers -[4] Threaded Rods -Wing nuts
-Chrome Spray paint
-Lastly, Insulation Strips [White]
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Stuff I had: Dremel, stubbornness, no life, sharpies, too much free time.
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Use any of the above tuts to get the general idea.
The template for the ears, (mine are huge).
Once the mouth is cut and you accounted for the eyes (pop the eyes in half and trace them on.)
Spray paint the whole head chrome, in light mist layers. The more layers the smoother the finish.
Once that's done, enjoy the 90+ hours of putting each rhinestone on, one by one.
Profit.
Search around for large plastic 'sphere' or 'globe'. Even acrylic sphere/globe. Some craft stores have them as well. There's this one on Amazon Not sure if a 14" sphere is what you're looking for, but it may work. For the bottom parts, use EVA foam and some tubing you can find from most major hardware stores. Please make sure you factor in some ventilation somewhere, you don't want to suffocate.
In a word: no.
Epoxy will be difficult to use because in order for it to be strong enough, it will have to be quite thick, which will be expensive and very, very heavy. Keeping bubbles and such out of it will be difficult too.
It will be very brittle, and prone to cracks or breaking on any impact.
Epoxy is great to paint on stuff to strengthen it, but the strength of fiberglass is in the cloth, not the epoxy.
/u/Sporkicide has it right. Look for a plastic/acrylic globe. You can paint the inside so the outside stays shiny, and you can use whatever paint you want to keep it translucent for lights to show through.
Searching for "Clear Acrylic Globe" got me this as the first hit. There are lots of different sizes.
https://www.amazon.com/14-Clear-Acrylic-Globe-3202-14020-003/dp/B00435MT16
Boom Pow http://www.amazon.com/14-Clear-Acrylic-Globe-3202-14020-003/dp/B00435MT16
Hampster ball will work, but it wont be smooth looking. If you can wait on shipping, here's the globe I bought:
http://www.amazon.com/14-Clear-Acrylic-Globe-Neckless/dp/B00435MT16/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319816408&sr=8-1
I originally bought it from 1000bulbs for like 16 bucks but they just recently jacked it up to over $50! a piece, guess they caught on to all the orders lol.