Hey - NIZE HAT!

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dubious

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My son wanted a "Gilgamesh Wulfenbach shmott guy!' hat from the Girl Genius webcomic for crazy hat day at school, how could I refuse.

materials used:
  • baseball cap
  • poster board
  • foam board
  • paper mache
  • polyester batting
  • fabric
  • felt
  • spray paint
  • titebond wood glue
  • more mini glue sticks than you would think possible
  • wires, a switch,LEDs,a small DC motor, and an 18650 cell from an old laptop battery

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The base

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the spiky things on the side before painting. they are paper mache formed in parts over aluminum foil molds

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the mid section before covering it with polyester batting and fabric, this is all foam board

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the top section built on a foamboard cone, you can see the score marks on the back side that helped it be formed into shape

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and the finished hat

I thought I had some pictures of the blower assembly for the "flame" but I can't seem to find them
 
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Excellent new addition to the Mixed Medium section! Great work! I'm sure the hat was THE hit of the day! :)
 
Thanks for the compliments!

Here is a short clip of the flame running

the blower assembly is all papercraft (except for the motor and LEDs;))
the body is rolled poster board with foamboard rings. The the fan is all 110lb cardstock. The blades were 2 laminations of cardstock taped to the side of a cylinder to dry (to give them some curve)
 
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That is really cool, excellent, all of the above! The best part is, you can wear it and use it! :)
 
So I built a "lightning stick" and sewed a vest to complete the ensemble
here is the lightning stick, the body is paper mache around a craftpaper core, the finial and the collet at the top are fimo and some epoxy putty, the "crystal" is a 1/2 liter fizzy water bottle that the shape was modified with a gas burner and the oven. inside the body is hidden a flashlight to illuminate the "crystal". I should have wired up some high intensity leds, but the flashlight was easy
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and a few pics of the whole thing (taken at Arisia www.arisia.org)


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That is awesome!! Not enough words to describe the sentiment of the request, you building it, and him wearing it. That is wonderful! :)
 
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