White Diamond Wig EXPLAINED. Many People Asked How I Made My Glowing Wig For WD, So Here I Come With

White Diamond wig EXPLAINED. Many people asked how I made my glowing wig for WD, so here I come with some progress pics and explanation. Enjoy! Numbers correlate to order of wip pics

1. I started with a base for the wig. I made patterns by covering my head with foil and paint tape and than just cut it into pieces that I transferred onto thick foam (5mm). Then I glued it together to have base "helmet". 2. I made paper patterns for the main body of the wig, by sticking paper pieces together with tape and some clips, until I was satisfied with the shape I moved on. 3. I traced the patterns onto thin styrofoam pieces (5mm, it was a styrofoam used for decorating ceilings, it was extremely cheap like 2 €  for a lot of sheets) 4. I glued all the pieces onto the halmet starting with whole spikes and than gluing them to the base (I used hot glue but hot enough to become liquid but not hot enough to destroy the styrofoam. It was tricky) 5. I left some holes in styrofoam for place for batteries and to have a way of putting polyurethane foam inside the structure (the stuff to isolate windows etc.). I did it cuz styrofoam itself could break (now stuffed with foam it is seriously VERY sturdy, It survived a lot by now). After letting it grow and dry I cut off the excess foam and made a bigger hole for batteries at the back of my wig. I also painted white some parts. 6. Now lights! I used wire LEDs with batteries (because I am not into electrical stuff at all, it was cheap lights for christmas decorations) and just glued the wires with LEDs (hot glue) to the front side of the wig. Battery pack went to prepared place at the back. 7. Now to cover it with hair! Using the same paper patterns as earlier, I cut pieces out of very thin white foam (0,5-1mm) and I carefully glued synthetic hair to them (vinyl/tacky glue).  8.Then I glued whole panels to my wig (hot glue again) and trimmed the excess hair. I also glued some loose hair to the front. I ended everything with a lot of hairspray and glued my gem to the wig. And so it was done!

I hope it will be in some way helpful to you :)

White Diamond cosplay by me - Vanthica