So today we're making a duct-tape dress form because we're making...what's her name?
-Wonder Woman -Wonder Woman costume for
Lorinda and rather than me always having to try stuff out on her it'd be nice to
have a dress form so I can do that. So first step: Make a dress form
out of duct tape. Never done it before, probably will never do it again.
Let's roll. Trust me, I'm a professional (laughing) Okay let's put some
plastic wrap around your neck...well I will tape it down, with duct tape! And when we do
your arms you're gonna wanna just stand, just like that. -I'll stay like this
You're supposed to tie a little string around the waist so you know where it is
This is gonna be a string around the waist. It has to be not too tight and
not too loose. You should be able to breathe but it should be like tight enough.
Diagonal...(tape rips)
Ah the smell of fresh duct tape in the morning.
Now you basically want to follow where the duct tape wants to go
(laughter and tape ripping)
This is as far as I remember from the tutorials...
You've already deviated from the tutorials!
No, it's supposed to have a nice X...now...
and then they did like all vertical... -They did do the neck
Sure we'll do the neck
we can do whatever we want, really.
Oh no, I remember one! We do one right under the bust line
before you do this.
We really should have the tutorial out
Some people would say that -Me, I would
So we're gonna just lift that bust up a little
You really do have to watch that you don't get my hair
The neck is the trickiest bit everyone
So as you can see, I'm just doing whatever I want
Here's a little extra piece
This could be your costume!
Why are we even bothering?...Just put this on!
Good luck going to the bathroom
I'm liking this. This is looking a lot more organized now.
It's just a bit uncomfortable, like feeling I have to stand
so stiff and straight.
So Lorinda, how's it going? Why are we lying on the floor?
Ummm (laughter)
Because I was feeling light-headed
If you're feeling light-headed, get your head down -On the ground
That's why you faint, because your body is trying to get your head down
Handily we have a nice carpet.
So best to do that before -Cuz you didn't actually faint, did you?
No. -So now we're just waiting for the reboot
I think, I think I'm good probably now -Yeah but it is quite relaxing
It's tricky getting up perhaps though
Yeah and I'm not supposed to lift 25 pounds -I'm unsure...oh yeah...
If you can get to your knees you're good
Yeah I'll try I just... -But we don't want to bend it too much...
I know, how am I going to get up?
Look sideways is good because if you roll on your side and then stay like a stiff
board...here we'll film it -Oh no...
Roll to your side. Okay, now use me like
this to get you up, see? -Done!
And now, stand up
I think I can lean against here...
(laughter) Awesome.
Now we're back in business!
Oh there's still a piece of hair
but your hair is like not necessarily
the most cooperative hair I've ever done this with
As soon you push it out of the way
way from one spot it's gonna be in the way in another spot...oh my goodness
you're gonna have to cut it.
Really it's hard! -I believe you but it would've been good to ...
I've been really trying to not make your hair have a bad day
While we're standing here, tips for people if they do this...
Put the plastic wrap around your neck and
overtop of any little hairs that might be hanging down.
Also your tip about the tape, Chris
I have a good tip about the tape that I figured out
is when you're trying to tear small strips
if you just keep, keep it torn unequally, and you're always
going to be tearing two separate small strips instead of having to tear it afterwards kinda.
(blowing sound) Hey that worked! Blow on it.
Okay another tip is when you're putting it where the hair is, blow the hair away as
you put it down, like this. Boom!
That seriously is the best thing I found to work so far
I still think if we initially set it up with the cling wrap over top of the hair...
How's that neck looking?
Good.
Look at how close we were to the end of our
roll of tape! Look at that. That was exactly the amount of tape for...that's two layers
Some people said three layers but I don't think we have the patience to do that.
Do we? -No
See? No we don't.
This is just for reference...middle of neck...
Okay and then center, right?
I'll do a little circle for the belly button
The line straight down the back - this is gonna be our cutting line...
...and go down this butt cheek...
make alignment marks so we can line it back...
Just these right off
Now we're gonna do the cutting
Ahhh! -Oops that was me pinching you
Okay, hang on...
This is just...I have no scissors in here, that's just my hand
I actually think these scissors aren't as good because, cuz look, it has to go up
that high to start cutting whereas a different pair of scissors...you could...
...yeah I think... -Just be careful
I am. I'm being very careful.
I got my finger underneath the scissor...thing.
(jazzy music plays)
(snipping sound) We're almost done Lorinda
It's kinda like a..(unintelligible) -Really what?
It's kinda like...it has a bit of movement to it cuz it's loose
Okay so now we'll just shrug our shoulders forward
This is a bit stuck
Which part?
That, yeah that arm
It's kind of if I can kinda just work it
Really tight...wait...okay
So here it is!
There's my body!
Does that look like Lorinda? In silver? (laughter)
What do you think, Rin? How was that experience?
Um, it was...it was fine in some ways and also in some
ways really it was kind of uncomfortable -I kept getting your hair caught
Yeah getting my hair caught was just, that was uncomfortable, but also in the middle there
when I just kind of felt kind of nauseous and had to lie down that wasn't as fun
Yeah, the almost fainting.
You pulled through...
Other than that it was fine. -...like a trooper.
It was good.
I think it looks pretty good it's actually
quite heavy. That looks like you.
It's interesting - I don't know -
Have you ever seen yourself like that before?
That's what my body looks like... in duct tape. Okay.
And then we gotta fill it with some stuff - stuffing - and then it'll be Lorinda forever!
Okay so to finish the dress form off I cut some ovals from cardboard that were the right
size for the bottom of each leg hole and taped them in place. I started taping up
the seam where I had cut the form off Lorinda, and packed it full of stuffing as I went.
(jazzy music plays)
When I got to the arms I added some more little cardboard ovals and
then stuffed a hanger in with the last little bit of stuffing as well.
Alright, duct tape dress form is finished and it's looking good! The only thing, it took
a lot more stuffing than I actually thought so I had to run off to the
thrift store and buy a giant body pillow or something and use the stuffing out of
that, but... it's good - it's nice and firm, ready to rock and roll.
Thanks for watching. See ya.
Well done Chris.
Well done Lorinda.
That's teamwork!
Team Lost Wax!