Cyberman Head

There are few shows that I go back to as often as Doctor Who. I love all of the Doctors, but I love the villains, too. The cybermen creep me out big time and I can’t see people walking around with those Apple AirPods without thinking they’re doomed. The Doctor is always victorious, though, and I made this fun Cyberman Head as part of a Doctor Who Halloween display where the good guys won.

Cyberman Head

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To make your own Cyberman Head, you will need:

The first step is to file down the mouth. I didn’t want any sign of the lips and Cybermen have just a rectangular indentation for their mouths. It’s an easy place to start.

foam head

Next, start filing away around the face. We made the basic shapes and then went back in to go deeper with them. Scott and I took turns with it–it can get a bit tricky and it was nice to be able to pass it off every once in a while.

filing

filing

File down the nose and outline the eyes.

filing

file down the nose

If you’re looking for a break from filing, grab your two foam discs and cut the sides off. These will be the ear plates.

foam discs

cut discs

Back to filing. File down the eye circles. Add in the two lines down the sides of the face. I also flattened the chin to square off the head and filed down the area where the ear pieces will go.

cyberman filing

Cut your smoothfoam rod into a piece that is roughly two inches. Get your pipe, elbows, and ear pieces together.

handle pieces

Cut three roughly three inch pieces out of the pipe. Stick the elbows on two of the pieces. Push the piece of smoothfoam through the third.

cut pipe pieces

Take the two pieces with the elbows and push them into the a curved side of the ear pieces. You can put some styrofoam glue in the hole to help secure it.

ear pieces

Put a connector in each ear piece.

connector piece

Stick the ear pieces onto the sides of the head and attach the top piece of pipe. Remove the neck so that just the head itself is left.

cyberman head

It’s time to paint (finally!)! Grab the silver spray paint and cover the head and pipe pieces.

silver paint

Using the black craft paint, detail the eyes, mouth, and grooves. Put two stripes of blue paint on the mouth. Because my Cyberman is damaged, I used spots of brown spray paint to create a dingy, rusty look.

paint your cyberman

Cut as many pieces of the cable as you want and stick them in the bottom of the head.

insert cables

Your Cyberman Head is finished! He’s perfect for every Doctor Who lover, especially as part of your Halloween display!

Cyberman Head

Cyberman Head

Cyberman Head

31 Comments

  1. ha! this is great! I let my kids pick a theme every Halloween….I may just have to point them in the direction of Doctor Who next year so I can make one of these :). pinning!
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