(Voiceover): Dustin McLean,
Claire Max,
and Benjamin Martin,
experts in the world of cosplay and D.I.Y.,
masters of duct tape, cardboard, and hot glue.
Together, they are the D.I.Y. Costume Squad.
- Yo, I'm Benjamin, welcome to Costume Squad.
I have a bunch of cardboard and some miscellaneous
household stuff I got because today
I'm going to be making the Predator costume
from the original 1987 classic.
It's one of my favorite movies,
and I can't wait to tackle this costume,
so let's get the the choppa!
Okay, so the first thing I noticed
is that there are a lot of specific shapes,
which I'm going to probably use end up using cardboard.
I'm going to spray paint the clothes for the base,
and then the helmet will probably be
some foam element, some cardboard, so let's see what I got.
I went shopping, got a bunch of different things,
different options, I have this tan shirt.
I have some tan leggings, and leggings are always good
because they are very form fitting.
These are super cheap, I got these for four bucks.
I got some gloves.
Now all of the tan parts I think are going to be his skin,
and then he does have some fingerless gloves,
which are going to be these brown ones.
He has this fishnet material all over his body.
I found some.
This is brown, but I'm going to spray paint it black.
I have a little fancy purse here
which I am going to spray paint brown
because he does have a brown bag.
This looks exactly like the right shape.
The first thing I have to do is,
I have to spray paint all of these underclothes elements.
I have a few different colors of browns and mossy greens.
I'm going to be creating the reptilian alien skin he has.
This black was 99 cents.
That's why I have a fence.
He has this neck piece which looks like a rubbery material.
I have this black burlap sack.
It has a rugged texture to it, looks pretty cool.
I'm basically just cutting a scarf out of this material.
He has brown fingerless gloves,
so all you got to do is cut the fingers off these ones.
For the loincloth I'm going to be using
this bathrobe shirt thing I got for four bucks at Goodwill.
I'm just going to cut up the shapes,
then I'm going to attach it to a belt
I got at the 99 cent store.
I'm cutting this rough so it looks
a little more rugged on the edges.
This is very like an elementary school Thanksgiving play.
Alright, so this is the front piece.
I'm going to do the back piece, aka the butt.
Woo!
For the belt buckle I am using a piece of cardboard,
maybe some aluminum foil tape.
This is pretty shiny, so I'm going to hit this
with some black spray paint,
and the details are going to be put on with black tape.
Belt is done, time to move on to the sandles,
which I found at Goodwill for three bucks.
They have this pebbly design which I'm going to cover up
with cardboard and some aluminium foil tape.
The gloves that I painted are dry,
and I'm going to add the fingernails
which are going to be the handles of black plasticware.
Just cutting those off and gluing them right to the fingers.
There we go, yeah.
(cackling)
For the body armor I'm going to be using cardboard
and some plastic containers.
I'm going to start with the shoulders.
A lot of this armor I'm going to make out of cardboard
because the shapes are so specific
that it's easier to just cut them
out of raw pieces of cardboard.
Batman.
I have the left shoulder finished up, and it's unique.
The shoulder is a little more simple.
Now I'm going to do the chest piece
which starts in the front
and then goes all the way around to the back
so everything is going to attach to that.
I actually have these knight pieces.
These are from the 99 cent store.
For the chest piece I'm going to make each section out of
cardboard and then glue those right to the chest piece.
I'm going to add in the details using washers, tape,
maybe some clothespins, toothpicks,
whatever happens to look good.
There's a box on his shoulder, the gun sticks out.
I'm going to use this packaging thing from a hard drive.
There's a cylinder or something on his back,
so I'm going to do it in pieces.
I'm going to do the gun, and I have a bunch of random stuff.
I got all of this at the 99 cent store.
I've got a toy tank I might use, and then a jump rope,
a garden hose nozzle set, and a bike mirror.
There we go.
Yeah, there we go.
Just piecing this together.
There, that's what I want.
That's it for the gun.
It looks kind of like a bird or something right now,
but he's going to get painted up.
I have all this extra stuff.
I'm just going to glue it to the backpack
to give it some more detail,
because I have it and might as well use it, right?
The pack is all ready to go, the gun is finished up.
It's time to move on to the gauntlets,
and I'm going to be using megaphones.
I got these at the 99 cent store.
This is my box of guns,
and I know I have some toy walkie-talkies in here.
That would be perfect.
For the blades I have a craft foam.
This is a little bit thicker, and I'm just going to cut
the blades out of this material and spray paint it silver.
All this stuff is ready for paint,
so now I'm going to move on to the crotch piece.
Actually I don't know what this piece is called.
The jock strap?
Predator protector?
(laughs) I don't know.
- Okay, let's see it.
- Alright.
Woo!
Moving on to the thighs.
Those are going to be cardboard panels,
sort of a scale shape on each side.
Moving on to the shin pieces,
I'm going to do these a little differently
with some plastic containers.
I actually have a football bowl.
That's going to be pretty cool for the back of the leg,
and then some cardboard details.
Okay, all my body pieces are done,
but I'm going to hold off on painting these.
I'm going to do the helmet first
and then paint everything at the same time.
I have this bike helmet,
I think I got it for two or three bucks at Goodwill.
Oh, it's so comfy too.
As well as this serving platter that might be
a good treatment for the head.
The top of the head has a really specific shape to it.
Alright, it's done!
To fill in the front piece
I'm going to be using some of this foam.
This is a knee pad that I got from the 99 cent store.
Now I have my skeletal structure on this base,
and I'm going to be wrapping it with craft foam.
These are the thin sheets,
and they are 89 cents apiece.
Super Shredder!
Alright, the helmet is all done.
This stuff is all going to get covered
so we don't have to worry about it,
but everything is ready for paint.
First I want to cover everything with a grey primer.
This was about four bucks.
I'm going to be covering it all with a metallic silver.
A little more expensive, I think this was like six bucks.
Now I'm doing a layer of silver.
Now for the black layer,
I'm going to do a layer of black,
then I'm going to take just a plastic bag, dab it in,
texturize it, and it really looks like brushed steel.
It's pretty rad.
Alright, this guy is ready to go, almost.
We gotta do the hair.
This will not be Predator without the iconic dreads,
so to make those I'm going to be using some bungee rope
and some electrical tape, it's very stretchy and malleable,
and then some gold duct tape.
To make these dreads thicker
I'm quadrupling the rope together,
and then I'm going to wrap them entirely
with electrical tape,
and then the gold details are the gold duct tape.
Alright, here is a finished dread,
and it looks like I'm going to need a whole bunch
of these things so I gotta get to work.
Okay, all the dreads are done,
my hands are a little sore, it was a lot of them,
but I think we're ready to put it on.
Before I do that, I want to add the laser scope.
I'm going to use a little flashlight
I got from the 99 cent store,
cover up the flashlight with a red notebook divider,
and using black tape I'm going to cut out three little holes
and when I put it all on the end of the flashlight
it's going to create those three little lasers that he has.
Pew pew pew!
This is velcro pieces.
I'm going to be putting this on the flashlight
so that I can take it on and off to replace the batteries.
For a starting place,
I know he has dreads all along this top plate,
so I'm going to start there using hot glue and some tape,
and I'm going to fill in the whole back of the helmet.
Alright, I think this guy is looking pretty sweet.
The only thing left I forgot is the eyes.
To do that, I'm going to use a mesh material
that I got off of a jersey shirt.
There are certain elements I had to hold off on
until I got to this point, like there's some belt detail
on the chest piece that I had to wait
until this piece was all made and spray painted,
and I just got these at the 99 cent store.
Okay, everything is done,
and now it's time to assemble the whole costume.
Okay, I've got the base shirt and pants on.
They're very tight, and I feel very vulnerable,
exposed right now, but I gotta put this mesh material on
and zip tie it to the actual shirt.
Oh zip ties, the greatest thing ever.
You know, I had an art teacher
that used to wear socks with sandals.
I used to make fun of her.
Wow, this thing got heavy!
Yeah, that is it man, that's Predator.
That is it for the Predator costume.
I am so stoked to show this to the rest of the squad.
- Alright, are we ready to check out Ben's Predator costume?
- I am very excited to see this.
I think he's coming right now.
Woah, alright! - Wow!
- This is so awesome.
This is the most elaborate costume we've had so far.
- It's very intimidating, I was surprised.
- It is!
I appreciate that this is a toy car here on the arm.
- Woah, woah!
Oh wait, it's foam, it's foam.
It's actually super comfortable.
I feel like I could actually do
a lot of stuff in this costume.
- Like go work out?
- Yeah.
- I don't know, who has a more fierce manicure?
(laughing)
- Yeah, that is epic.
So how much did this end up costing?
- Roughly about 35 to 40 bucks.
I had a lot of the materials,
so it kind of offset the price a little bit,
and then the cardboard of course I got for free.
Free cardboard, which is great.
Thanks for watching.
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- That's right.
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what costumes you want to see the Costume Squad tackle.
Alright guys, let's get to the choppa!