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>> Ant Man: Hey, everybody.
Ant Man, here.
[INAUDIBLE] Hold on.
Hey, everybody. I'm Ant Man.
You guys wanna see how we made this sweet costume.
Ben and Bianca, take it away.
>> [SOUND] >> Ben: Welcome to Homemade How-To,
where we show you guys how to make props and
costumes using just stuff from around your house.
>> Bianca: We're preparing for our homemade Ant-Man trailer and
today we're going to show you how to make the entire Ant-Man costume.
So, what's the first step.
>> Ben: First I think we should call the Avengers.
>> Bianca: Let's start with the helmet.
>> Ben: We're going to make a base, first.
The base of the helmet actually starts a little bit higher on the head,
and then it goes all the way around right to the base of the head.
It tapers in.
Cut little slits in along the sides, now these tabs will fold down
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>> Bianca: Fold it over.
So you wanna continue to glue along those lines one bit at a time.
>> Ben: Let's make the side pieces.
Trace the inside curve, draw the outside
edge of the circular piece that starts from the top of the helmet then juts down.
So just trace that at the very bottom of the helmet.
It has like a tab that comes out.
Get one side done, and then you can trace the other side.
So, now you have two sides.
Glue these to the inside.
Reinforce the outside with gaff tape.
Reinforce the inside with duct tape.
>> Bianca: There's this cool texture on the inside.
We have this non-slip mat for that.
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>> Ben: We're gonna need some caps for the sides, so we're gonna use Tupperware lids.
We're not gonna actually attach these to the helmet because we're gonna need this
to rotate but we are gonna drill a hole in the middle.
>> Bianca: Take the helmet outside and
paint all of it black >> Ben: There's no way.
>> Bianca: [LAUGH]
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>> Bianca: Great, we've got our helmet nice and spray painted.
>> Ben: Mm-hm. >> Bianca: Now we're going to put
on some of the metal details.
>> Ben: Yeah. >> Bianca: We're gonna start with
the back, and we're going to use a water jug.
>> Ben: Mm-hm.
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>> Bianca: So for that like grid, we're using straws.
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>> Ben: Now we're gonna do these two slivers of metal on each side.
>> Bianca: There's a center line that runs alongside those straws and
for that we're using some.
>> Ben: We need to make kind of a spine for all of these to set on.
>> Bianca: The silver pieces that are running like a ladder over the top, for
those pieces we're gonna use our water jug.
>> Ben: It has these ridges that are perfect and it's full of water,
we don't wanna waste water, so.
>> Bianca: What.
>> Ben: Chug, chug, chug, chug, chug.
Wow, she even.
>> Bianca: [LAUGH] >> Ben: She even drank the label out.
That's impressive.
>> Bianca: [LAUGH]
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>> Ben: There is some detail cut into the edges.
>> Bianca: All the ends are tapered in just like that.
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>> Ben: We're not gonna glue these to the helmets because we wanna spray paint all
of these silver first.
>> Bianca: We've got our silver pieces all nice and sprayed, so
our next step is to attach this tab to the end of that back plate.
>> Ben: We're running that tab from the front, running that all the way
to the back of the helmet.
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>> Bianca: Okay, so this is our helmet with all
of the bug pieces, and with out little back piece there.
>> Ben: I really have to
try this on.
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>> Bianca: [LAUGH].
>> Ben: Sorry. So what's next.
>> Bianca: Next we're ready for the face plate.
>> Ben: That's right. Let's do it.
So for the face plates we're using this bowl because it all ready has
a curve to it.
We could also connect this thing entirely on the cardboard.
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>> Ben: I'm using a dremel tool on this, just because it's quicker.
But you can also use a saw or a box cutter.
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>> Bianca: For the end of the faceplate, we've got a Tupperware container.
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>> Bianca: Kind of reminds me of The Mask.
You all right.
>> Ben: Smokin'. >> Bianca: [LAUGH]
Let's do the mouth piece.
For the front of the mask, use the end of a Gatorade bottle.
There are two tabs at the end of the mouth piece.
>> Ben: Now it's time for the yo-yo's.
Pop those off into halves and glue those halves onto those side tabs.
We found wooden beads that were pretty awesome to use for this ball joint.
Just to make this whole thing secure so
that we can attach stuff to it, we're gonna make a wire base out of coat hanger.
We have these plastic salad tongs that look perfect for
the joint park here on the sides.
>> Bianca: The end piece is a chip clip.
For the cap on the end, use the top of a water bottle.
>> Ben: So, of course, this would not be Ant-Man without the antennae, and
I'm making those out of safety cabinet locks.
For the mouth mechanism to move we're using compasses, because they have
axles already in them and they stay in place, too, so that'll help out.
And zip-tie those right to those chip clips.
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>> Bianca: And there you have it, our completed mouth piece.
>> Ben: It think it's time to spray paint.
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>> Ben: It is time for the gloves, and we found these are the 99 cent store,
they're rubber work gloves.
>> Bianca: It says do not use on electrical work or fire fighting.
>> Ben: It didn't say anything about crime fighting.
The first part I notice is there's like a main box that tapers.
We're not cutting all the way through,
we're just gonna scar it, that way we can bend it.
And I'm gonna cover this all in aluminum foil tape, so
it will be nice and shiny and metallic.
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>> Ben: There's all these little boxes that run around his wrist and
we're gonna make those 2D.
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>> Bianca: And then we've got straws to fill in the space between the top and
bottom piece.
>> Ben: Mm-hm.
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>> Bianca: So now let's put the veins in.
Those are the tubes on the hand.
>> Ben: We got some grey jump rope here.
We're gonna be taping the ends right onto the glove.
We're gonna run these inbetween each knuckle.
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>> Bianca: For the buttons on the index finger, we've got flashlights.
They've have awesome little buttons that kind of pop on and off.
>> [MUSIC] >> Bianca: The button is red, so
we're just gonna customize that with a little bit of red duct tape.
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>> Ben: Super glue or
hot glue isn't really gonna work on this metal button on this rubber glove.
So we're gonna just wrap an elastic band around the index finger
to create a surface that the glue will take to.
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>> Bianca: The gray looks awesome,
I feel like it'd be cool to add some aluminum foil tape or something like that.
>> Ben: That would be cool.
>> Bianca: Just so it looks a little more shiny.
>> Ben: Really glad we put the aluminum foil on these tubes, it makes them pop.
>> Bianca: Legit, let's move on the the belt.
>> Bianca: The centerpiece of the belt lights up, and so we're using a tap light.
>> Ben: Spray paint the case silver, and the inside is red, so
spray paint that metallic insert.
>> Bianca: It's not red enough.
So, we're using a folder.
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>> Ben: For the buckle, there's a specific shape around our tap lights.
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>> Ben: Zip tie our buckle to the cardboard base.
These details on the side, like tubes.
>> Bianca: Use the straws for this.
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>> Bianca: There are three boxes on the belt, for
those we are using little Tupperware containers.
There are a couple of buttons.
For those we're using water bottle caps.
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>> Ben: There's our belts.
Now put on the red decals for the lights.
>> Bianca: We need to be able to close up the belt.
We're using a little bit of velcro.
>> Ben: Grand Finale is to put the cap lights on there.
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>> Ben: And that is our ant man belt.
For the suit we have a mock turtle neck and then some black leggings.
>> Bianca: There are couple of red details on the suit and for
that we're using this red jersey.
The first thing that we need to do is make a template that we will
trace on to the red fabric.
>> Ben: Cut that out and then trace the shapes on to the red shirt.
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>> Ben: Just hot glue those right to the shirt and the pants.
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>> Bianca: Some of the tubing details will be using metallic puffy paint.
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>> Ben: And we may be using some other
materials like cardboard to fill in some of the details.
>> Bianca: And shoelaces and wrapping them in aluminum foil tape.
>> Ben: There's some parts of the suit that have a different texture like
the elbows and the knee pads.
We have black socks that have a really cool texture too.
>> Bianca: For the backpack on the suite, we are using a Tupperware container.
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>> Bianca: At the ends of Ant man's shoes,there's a small like a T-shape.
So we just cut that out, with some of the jersey fabric and
attach it to the shoe using hot glue.
>> Ben: A couple of details to finish up on the faceplate are two red strips in
the forehead.
>> Bianca: We're cutting out a small panel of red gel for
the inside of the face plate.
>> Ben: You could also use clear file folders or dividers.
There is a trim around the eyes and we're using electrical type.
>> Bianca: We have two LED lights to put on the inside of the face plate.
>> Ben: And these little lights shine in your face and it looks really cool.
Attaching the face plate to these lids.
We're gonna glue them right under the tabs using a wire coat hanger.
Bend the end 90 degrees.
Run it through the red cap and secure that to the red cap and
then run that through our side into the helmets.
And then, once inside the helmet, bend it another 90 degrees.
Secure that with tape and glue and then do that to the other side.
>> Bianca: For the mouth piece, drill two holes into the red lid.
>> Ben: Yup on either side of the compass.
>> Bianca: Feed a bit of zip tie.
Take that compass, close that zip tie around the compass and
then that is a able to move up and down freely.
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>> Ben: I've worn many homemade superhero costumes in my day.
>> Bianca: [LAUGH].
>> Ben: This has got to be the craziest.
This is like, this makes me feel like a super hero.
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>> Ben: And that's how you make a homemade Ant Man suit.
>> Bianca: Thanks for watching.
Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter because we're gonna
be posting a couple of templates from this build, as well as some exclusive photos.
>> Ben: That's right, and come back in two weeks,
because this bad boy is gonna be in our homemade Ant Man trailer.
>> Bianca: So you'll wanna make sure you subscribe to Cinefix.
>> Ben: That's right, Ant Man away.
>> Bianca: Is that what he says.
>> Ben: It's not working.
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