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- [Voiceover] Dustin McLean, Claire Max,
and Benjamin Martin.
Experts in the world of cosplay and DIY.
Masters of duct tape, cardboard, and hot glue.
Together they are the D.I.Y. Costume Squad.
- Hey what's up I'm Dustin and I'm gonna
show you how to make Poe Dameron's
X-Wing fighter pilot outfit
from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Now this is not going to be 100% movie accurate
but it's something that you could make at home
using everyday materials and stuff you can find at the store
without spending a lot of money.
So here we go.
Alright, so basically the outfit is a flight suit.
Which you can buy online but I'm going to use
just like a jacket and pants and spray paint them.
It's kind of a red-ish orange-ish.
Then he's got this white vest
that I think I'll use like a light vest for.
Got some tubes and some belts.
We'll just paint those.
And then the helmet which we can just paint
and draw the designs on.
So I went to the thrift store
and I found this pretty good jacket.
This is not the right color yet
but it has all the right shapes I think.
It has like kind of a button at the top,
this flap that goes over, and this cost me $9.
And then I found these cargo pants.
What I like about these is that
they've got lots of pockets, and flaps, and things.
And these cost $4 and we will paint those.
Alright, so I got a few different colors
because I'm not sure which one's gonna work yet.
So we might have to experiment a little.
Spray paint is usually around $4 a can.
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Okay, we're gonna let it dry and then we'll flip it.
So these pants, since they're a lighter fabric
I'm gonna go with the darker spray paint.
And I hope that that will end up
matching the jacket, we'll see.
Okay those are fairly close so let's head back inside.
The next main thing in this outfit
is the white vest and it's kinda,
it sits up high on his chest a little bit.
So I was thinking that like a child's life preserver
might be good, so this is like adult's small.
This one was a little expensive.
But I found a youth size online for like $18
and so I'd say go with that.
So I think I will take the straps off and paint it white.
And then try to make it a little bit smaller
so that it kinda sits up higher.
And then we'll go from there.
Alright so to make this a little smaller
I'm gonna just snip the tops of these
and just tape them together tighter
just so it's a little smaller and it sits up higher.
Costume Squad please send Ben over for extra help.
- I'm here Justin what do you need help with.
- Excellent, I'm gonna hold this really tight.
Can you just clip it, okay perfect.
Thank you, I will summon you again later.
(laughter) He just hangs out in my attic.
There and now it's child size.
And I'm gonna tighten up these sides here a little bit.
Right here it's a little too baggy still.
Alright, there we go, sufficiently small.
So I'm gonna just go ahead and paint this white.
Then I'll figure out the little buttons,
,and the box, and everything in the middle.
Alright so I'm using white primer and this costs $4.
Alright, so he's got a lot of belts, and straps, and things.
So I picked up a hand full of belts.
Each of these belts at the thrift store was $3
and then this random bag was $4.
But it's like the exact shape of the bag
that he has, which is awesome.
I also pulled a bunch of straps and things
off of the life vest before I painted it.
I can use all of these.
Alright, so I'm gonna spray these with grey primer.
This cost around $4.
Alright so while those belts are drying
I'm going to make the little box panel thing
that sits kind of in the middle of the vest.
So I found a box that I hadn't thrown away yet.
(laughter) Because I never throw boxes away.
And it's just about the right shape.
So I'm just going to modify this a little bit.
This box that I had was a little bit on the long side.
So I just folded the bottom down
just to make it a little shorter.
Alright, so he's got this tube that hangs down.
And I had an old vacuum cleaner tube.
This is from and old vacuum cleaner that I threw away.
I kept the tube because it's really cool looking.
And you could probably look in a thrift store
for something like this.
So I'm gonna just attach this
right to the bottom of the box.
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Alright, so I'm gonna draw in all the details
and buttons and stuff but first
I'm gonna paint the rest of this white.
Alright so now that the pain is dry
I'm just gonna draw on all the details
and make some little colorful buttons
and things to glue on there.
Alright, so the box is complete.
I'm going to figure out a way to attach it inside the vest.
But I also need to make sure
I can still open and close the vest too.
You know what I'm gonna do, I'mm gonna fold these down
so that they can attach underneath
so that the box still kinda pops out.
Alright, so tomorrow I'm gonna
finish figuring out how to attach that to the vest.
And we'll decorate all of this.
And then we'll go from there.
Alright, so I'm gonna glue this inside.
I decided to go with Velcro instead of a clip or anything.
I already had this pack but
you can pick these up for a couple bucks.
I'm gonna glue that onto one side of this.
And then we'll just lock the other side down permenently.
That way we can open and close it.
There, nice, now I'm just gonna decorate the top of this.
So I'm gonna start with the Rebel Alliance logo.
Right here, I'm just gonna freehand it.
But I'll start with something round so I can trace a circle.
I hope I didn't just write something
very offensive in Star Wars language.
So I've decided instead of drawing
a lot of these lines on here I'm just going to make
little panels out of some white cardboard.
I think that'll look a little bit better.
So I painted this little bag white
and it's like the perfect shape.
So I'm just gonna attach that right to the side.
Alright, just to make sure this is
really really sturdy I'm using some
steel wire and just wiring it through
so I can just attach it really tight.
Alright cool, Poe's lunch bag, attached.
Alright, so the straps, and belts, and things.
Now, he's got these little things.
I don't know what they are but
they look like sharpies to me.
I'm gonna take these old sharpie
and I'm gonna paint them silver.
So I already had this leftover.
It's a metallic paint but new it's $4.
Alright, so those are looking good.
Now I'm going to attach them to one of these belts.
Alright,so this one is gonna be our main belt.
He's got straps that just kinda hang down.
Alright, so let's see how these look on the pants.
Oh yeah, (laughter) this is the latest fashion.
That's what the straps are for.
The pants are so baggy you gotta have straps.
Alright, and there's these bad boys.
Yeah, alright.
Alright, then I had an old pair of black boots.
You can just wear any black shoes really.
But black boots seem to finish it off.
I feel like I'm half ready to get into an X-Wing.
Exactly half.
Alright so I'm just going to make a
very simple holster out of some cardboard.
And that's the last piece I need to attach.
Alright, so cardboard bends pretty easily.
As long as you're going with the perforation, which is the
little folds that you see on the inside and you can bend it
along the edge of a table or something like this.
Alright, so now I'm just going to paint this black
and then I'll attach it to the belts.
So I'm just using a flat black paint.
You can actually get these for $0.99.
Alright, cool, so that's gonna just hook right on the belt
ready for your sweet blaster of some sort.
Alright, so the last thing I'm gonna make is the helmet.
And I'm gonna start with just a
baseball helmet I got at a thrift store.
This was only $3 so I'm gonna just take this stuff apart.
And then I am gonna use the rotary tool
to remove the top portion, make it nice and smooth.
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So you just need to file this down
and smooth it out, get some of these chucks off.
This helmet that I bought does have some holes in it
which I think I'm just gonna cover up with some duct tape.
And then I'll spray paint the whole thing.
Okay, painted entirely black.
So instead of trying to do any red paint
I've decided o use this red duct tape
which you can get for a couple bucks.
I'm gonna cut some shapes out and then see if I can
put some of these stripes and things on.
Shapes, alright, so I'm gonna make
the Rebel Alliance logo out of some tape.
So I'm gonna cut out the circle first.
And then apply it, and then draw in the details.
If this Costume Squad gig doesn't work out
I'm just gonna sell these online for $1 a piece.
Alright, I'm gonna use a white paint pen
to draw on some of these white details.
Alright, so I'm gonna draw the
Rebel Alliance logo right on
the front here using a red marker.
Just gonna kinda freehand it.
Alright, one last finishing touch.
It's this little microphone, sticks out the side.
So I'm gonna look in my junk box.
I can probably find something that'll work, here we go.
Anything that looks too cool to throw away I keep in here.
I can put that on there, yeah.
It's perfect.
Okay, there we go, the final thing
I need to insert in here is the goggles.
Now you can buy these online, they're safety goggles.
They're orange safety goggles and they're $7 a piece.
So you don't even really have to glue these in here
you can kind of just tape them in.
Or you could just put them on and put the helmet on
but we'll attach them in here with some tape.
So this is not actually the first time
I've made a Rebel pilot helmet.
I've made three of them from the original trilogy,
Including Luke Skywalker, so this is just
a nice addition to my collection.
Alright, time to try it all on.
Jedi pants complete.
Tight squeeze in here, Velcro time.
Velcro complete, there, er rah, that's it.
I definitely look like I need to go on a jediet
if you know what I mean.
Alright, well costume is complete.
Time to show the squad.
- Alright, are you ready to check out
Dustin's Poe Dameron suit?
- I am so ready, I cannot wait.
And I think I see him now.
- Oh, here he comes.
- Here I am.
Here we go all completed.
- Wow this looks awesome.
- Thank you, I did end up taking the lining out of
the jacket which was driving me crazy.
It was really poofy.
- So you did that on the way here?
- Yeah, while I was in the X-Wing.
- Are these spray painted sharpies?
- Yes they are.
- Fantastic.
- Let's see if I can get this guy off, yeah, okay.
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Stop touching my buttons, ah, ah.
- So how much did this cost you?
- So the materials all together ended up costing around $50.
I already had a lot of the spray paint as you know
but if I had bought all of that
it would have been like an extra 15.
Alright, well be sure to let us know in the comments
what other costumes you wanna see us try and make.
And we'll be taking your suggestions.
And stay tuned next week for Claire's pisode.
What you making?
- Leeloo Dallas from the Fifth Element.
- Awesome, I can't wait for that, it's gonna be rad.
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- Go Exit.
- Yay.
- No we'll do the jump, we'll do the jump.
On three, one, two three.
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