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| Side by side comparison of the cartoon with the finished cosplay. |
Mr Meeseeks, Make Me Mr Meeseeks.
"Ooooh yeaaah! Caaan do!"
This a quick and dirty tutorial on how I made my Mr. Meeseeks Cosplay. I made this costume for DragonCon 2016 and had a ton of fun getting in character. It's a pretty simple costume and was inexpensive to make.
Step 1: Paper mache
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| First Few Layers of Paper Mache Done |
Blow up a 12" balloon and paper mache away! You'll want about 10 layers so that the structure isn't too flimsy. For the first 8 layers I used 1" strips of newspaper. The last 2 layers I used standard printing paper cut into 1" strips for a little extra strength/thickness. You'll want to let each layer dry before adding another one.
Step 2: Pop the balloon
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| After popping the balloon. It's so empty and hollow... Like my soul! :D |
Now for the fun part! After the last layer of paper mache is dry, you get to pop the balloon! kinda looks like an egg sack from Aliens.
Step 3: Cutting & Prepping
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| A Quick Test Fit |
Use a dremel to trim the neckline so that it fits over your fat head :D Then, Trim out the mouth. The mouth will be where you are going to be able to see out of, so make it big enough so you have a decent field of vision.
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| Spackled. Waiting for it to dry so I can sand it. |
Time to smooth that shit out! No one likes a lumpy ass Meeseeks. Slather on some spackle, let it dry, and then sand it smooth. Then, seal the surface by brushing on a couple layers of mod podge.
Step 4: Paint
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| I'm blue, da ba dee dabba da-ee! |
Paint your Meeseek with a nice light blue spray paint. You can see in the picture that there is quite a glossy shine, so to dull it a bit I brushed on a coat of mod podge to seal the paint and give a nice matte finish.
Step 5: Eyes and Teeth
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| "Existence is pain to a Meeseeks, Jerry!" |
Add the teeth by cutting out foam board and hot gluing it to the inside of the mouth.
You want the eyes to have a little dimension to them and not be flat on the head. So, to form the eyes, I used paper clay which I pressed into a mold (the mold was just the bottom of a seasoning shaker covered in plastic wrap. Fancy stuff, I know). Once the paper clay is dry, sand it smooth, mod podge to seal the surface, and then paint it black. Once the paint is dry, hot glue the eyes into position.
Step 6: Adding Details
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| "Excuse me, but I'm a bit of a stickler Meeseeks." |
Time to add the details that make a Meeseek so damn handsome.
Add in some expression lines for the mouth, eyebrows, and chin.
That sexy tuff of hair was made by taking orange yarn and brushing it out until is like Troll Doll hair.
Lastly, use some black pantyhose or shear material to cover the back of the mouth so that you can see out, but no one will be able to see your ugly face!
Step 7: Gotta have a body too. "Oh yeah! Can do!"
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| That's a fine fit looking Meeseeks. |
A zentai suit is all you need for the body. A quick google search for "light blue zentai" will find you what you need. Also, if you are a guy, you absolutely need to buy and wear a "dancer belt" underneath... no one wants to see a detailed outline of your junk vacuum sealed against your body. The dancer belt won't hide your junk, but it will at least make it less disturbing.
Also, to help prevent too much wear on the bottoms of the feet, you will want to glue on some soles to your zentai suit. There are some pretty good youtube videos for this, but here's the quick and dirty: Obtain a pair of water shoes that are 2 sizes smaller than what you normally wear (prevents overhanging flaps). Cut the sole away from the fabric. while wearing the suit, use either Shoe Goo or Barge Contact Cement or any other appropriate adhesive to glue the foot of the suit to the sole of the shoe.
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| I'm Mr. Meeseeks! LOOK AT MEEE!! |
That raps things up. Have fun with your Mr Meeseeks cosplay and don't forget that Meeseeks are created to serve a single purpose, for which we will go through any lengths to fulfill!
