Masters of duct tape, cardboard, and hot glue.
Making cost play out of everyday materials.
They are the DIY Costume Squad.
- Hey welcome to the show, joining me today is Mark Johnson.
- Hello everyone.
- Of Homemade Movies, you guys know Mark, he's been making tons of stuff.
So how are you feeling about this?
- I'm feeling great, we are going to have a lot of fun today.
- Time for your first official costume squad episode.
- I'm a little nervous but we are going to make it happen.
- So what are you going to be making for us today?
- Today we are going to move back to the gladiator costume from the new Marvel
movie Thor Ragnarok.
- Nice.
- And there is - Take a look at this thing.
- A lot of cool different elements to this,
- The main jacket armor kind of thing,
where we have a lot of different layers there, we have a couple belts going on.
He has some wrist guards, he has some shin guards, pants,
obviously, can't make it without pants.
- You're making the sword and the shield?
- I'm going to be making the shield, and then in the movie he has a really cool bat
looking sort of weapon that we're going to be making, and then of course, the helmet.
And the helmet has some moving parts to it, so
we're going to have some fun with that.
- All right, well I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
I'll be nearby if you need any help.
All right, have fun.
- Thanks so much.
I believe the first thing we're going to get started on is the armor.
So we have this vest which fits a human body just perfectly.
Got this for about five bucks at a thrift store.
The cool parts are going to be made out of this awesome vinyl that I got for
$15 at a fabric store.
These belts that we have laying around, but you can get them for
about $3 a piece if you look for them right.
Basically, we're just going to be covering the whole thing first, and
then adding different elements to it after the fact.
Leaving myself a little bit more play room to fold this over once I get it cut out.
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When you're cutting out curves,
anything that has a round edge to it, going to make these slits.
So you're pretty much dividing up each part geometrically into smaller
straight lines it go like that.
And then you fold each part in and eventually,
hopefully if you did a good job it should look like a nice smooth rounded edge.
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- All right so this is cool.
We actually made the Thor costume in the past and
used it a few times in homemade movies, it's this old guy.
So I'm excited to see the new, improved version for
this movie and I think Mark is going to kill it.
- So I'm going to take this old brown t-shirt that I've already cut
up a little bit.
And I'm going to take some cloth from that to make the part that covers the junk.
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There's a few more details that I haven't put in on the leather part of this
chest piece.
I'm going to add those in with metallic marker.
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It's got some gold pieces on both of the shoulders.
I'm going to make those out of cardboard.
And I'm going to use this roll of tape to make my template.
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So now that I've got these guys cut out.
I'm going to cover them with gold duct tape and make them shine.
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On his belt, this one's silver.
I think we've got just enough silver duct tape to cover it up.
So I have this lighter vinyl that I'm going to be making the chin guards,
wrist guards and all that stuff out of.
But it's also the perfect color for the belts.
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Okay, the belt is made.
I just gotta find a way to attach it, so we're going to use some Velcro.
That makes a cool sound when you go (Sound).
So now I have this red piece of felt, which is going to be our cape.
Super cheap, you can get it at any fabric store.
And this costs two bucks.
And it's going to attach to this belt here at two different places.
But what I'm looking at right here is that there's little riffs.
What we're going to use for that is a silver Sharpie.
Using a precise method of measuring right here.
Just using my fingers and moving them.
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- Al right this is looking awesome.
Ready for battle.
- Absolutely.
- I like the shiny bids.
(Laugh) - They're very cool.
Yeah so what's next?
- Next stop will be the helmet.
And we're going to make it out of this really cool
Anaheim Angels helmet that I to in nachos out of at a game.
- I see a drumroll in your near future.
- A drumroll is absolutely necessary.
- Don't cut your fingers off please.
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- There's the base of the helmet, we're going to make some more elements
out of cardboard that come down, and then we're going to attach the wings that will
actually move autonomously from the helmet itself.
Should be pretty cool.
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We have the wing elements to the helmet that we're going to do some moving.
Attached here.
But there are two different colors on the helmet and the wings.
There's a blue element on both.
So we're actually going to go outside and spray the blue element first.
Now I'm going to be covering the backs with some tape and put on the brown vinyl.
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So we got some aluminum foil tape here that I'm going to use to
make some of the details on the helmet.
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So this is a round head fastener.
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In order to cover up the fasteners,
we're going to need one more element on these wing pieces.
I'm going to use this cardboard, but instead of spraying it,
I'm just going to cover it with turquoise duct tape.
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Next element that we're going to work on is the pants.
I got them from a thrift store for $4.
We're going to spray them brown so that they look like the rest of the costume.
Now I am going to add these vinyl elements to them, and
make it look like they have some cool leather pieces.
Next thing is next we are going to be working on the gauntlets I have got these
roller blade pads from a thrift store for about two bucks a piece,
we are going to be covering them up with this awesome vinyl
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So I'm going to cut out an extra piece of cardboard, and
use that to extend the length of these gauntlets.
I'll then cover that with the vinyl piece and make it look longer.
And I'm going to paint the straps brown to make them look like leather.
And I'm going to paint one of the shoulder pads blue because it's blue.
Now, on to footwear.
Awesome combat boots that I got at a thrift store for about five bucks.
Thor has really, really cool shin guards that go all the way up and
cap at the knees.
So I'm going to make those out of cardboard and cover them with vinyl.
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Got these things, little mini clips.
You get them at the hardware store, their under $1 a piece.
- I ask the shinguards of Asgard, Is this really going to protect you, you think?
- On yeah. (Crosstalk) The layers,
I mean, I can go right from costume squad to soccer practice, and be all good.
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- I'm Curt.
So the shin guards are dry.
All right, looking pretty good.
- Yeah!
- I love it.
I love these pops of turquoise, this is amazing.
Nice, I love how leathery it is too, its just like even the painted one.
- Yeah. - So leathery.
- All right, the next elements that we have to do are the shield and the club.
Ooh, accessories.
- Yeah. Once I get those done,
we should be pretty much ready to fight the Hulk.
- Sounds good.
I think I'm just going to keep wearing this.
- You should. It works for you, yeah.
The first step is the shield.
I got this awesome trash can lid in my buddy Oscar's house.
You can find one on the streets for free.
Or you can buy one at a hardware store.
First things first.
Gotta get this handle off.
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I'm going to be adding some cardboard elements to it to
give it a little more shape, and
then I'm going to spray it out gold and then back with the red and blue details.
We're going to put those on using red and blue duct tape.
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Okay, that about finishes up the details.
Now it's time to put a handle on this shield,
which I will be using duct tape for.
Pretty simple, but it works.
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All right, all the handles are done, so the shield is now complete.
Now onto the club.
We're using a wiffle ball bat, I got it at a sporting goods store for about $7.
Once we paint it up and add some cardboard elements It's going to look pretty cool.
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So the club has these red features, and
I'm going to make them out of cardboard and red duct tape.
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I have my club done.
Looks like the accessories are ready to go.
I think this is the whole costume.
Maybe we should try it on.
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- Okay, I am ready to see Thor's gladiator costume.
I'm so excited for this, yes!
- Here it is.
- This is so awesome.
Very powerful.
- Feels powerful.
- Ready to fight the Hulk.
I love the pops of, kind of, aqua on this costume.
It's a nice update.
- Pure Asgardian cardboard.
- Yeah.
This is so cool.
These, I don't know what heavy duty metal strips that he's got on there but But
they're ready to flail, they're ready to- - Kick some butt.
- Yes.
- Looking like we got some shin guards here.
(Noise) - Very solid, very solid.
- That's super solid.
- Nice shiny boots.
(Sound) We got blood, did you hurt somebody?
(Laugh) I like the compact disc, this is my favorite album.
And makeup, you got your official war paint.
Yeah yeah, so I look even more cool.
- No, you look threatening, very intimidating.
- Thank you, I feel threatening.
And the helmet works.
- Yes, I love it, I love the- - Both sides!
- The foil trim.
All right, cool, well how much you think ended up spending on this whole thing?
- Well, a lot of the elements we had laying around the studio here.
But if you were to buy it all yourself,
my guess is that you probably spend around $65 on this costume.
- Not bad, not bad.
Be sure and check out the homemade shot for
shot 'Thor Ragnarok' trailer that Mark is working on right now.
It's going to feature this costume, and feature Mark.
So, we're excited for that, we're going to put a link in the description, let us know
in the comments what other idea or costumes you want us to try and make.
All right, well thanks for watching, we'll see you next time.
You know, I think I saw The Hulk right over here, let's get him,
let's kick his butt.
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