Be careful to not have trapped dirt and clean the acrylic with Windex before install. The whole eye assembly is then hot glued into the goggle at the end. Take it slow to keep the paint thin and not impede the ability to see though the spandex.Įyelids are made with EVA foam wrapped in the applicable body fabric (fleece) and hot glued to the hoop. To get the pupils, I found a tube and did short bursts of spray paint to create each circle. When installed the wearer will be able to see out since it is dark in the costume, but those outside will see light reflect off the white hiding the person inside. Then spandex type material was stretched extremely thin over the frame and tacked in place with hot glue. The eye was made by making a hoop from plastic tubing. The furniture nails are used to replicate the rivets The lens is crystal clear acrylic plastic. The goggles then need to be trimmed to fit the round body of the minion. Then a 4″ wide strip was attached to the back. The goggles were made using EVA foam, weather stripping and round topped furniture nails. You can see how the purple minion’s mouth was shaped to a bigger degree. I also hot glued metal strapping to the purple minion’s mouth to give it even more shape. These small details will make the costume stand out a LOT more so take the time to give it some personality. Hold it in position until it cools and it should hold the shape. Applying heat slowly will cause the foam to soften. I used a heat gun to help shape the face of the “bee do” minion. It will get you the strongest bond possible between the two sections. This glue expands and soaks into both types of foam. Then climb inside and add a healthy amount of gorilla glue around the edge. Once cured, duct tape to the top of the body tube. Make sure there is a band around the outer rim. Once the dome is off, turn it upside down and spray lines of expanding foam inside to make a “subframe” to give rigidity.
It makes a HUGE difference in the final finish quality. I recommend you get light weight wall spackle and try to get the dome as smooth as possible with multiple layers of fill sand. Deflating too fast can cause vacuum and it will crumple the head. Once the dome has dried on the yoga ball, deflate SLOWLY and remove. I used a 1:5 ratio of water to Elmer’s glue. Then multiple layers of paper mache were applied. Then plastic wrap was layered on the yoga ball. The dome top was made by inflating a yoga ball to the appropriate diameter to fit the tube. The body of each minion is a tube of 1/2″ EVA foam (aka polyethylene foam) with the edge glued using contact cement. Thankfully my wife was happy to be “slightly inconvenienced for the sake of accuracy”. The arms are fake and slits will be cut on the sides to allow the real arms to be stuck out if needed.
#MINION COSTUMES MOVIE#
This design gets as close to the movie proportions as possible.
Last month the wife and her friends requested some adult Minion costumes and here is what resulted.
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