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 DIY Costume Squad.
- Welcome to the show.
I'm Dustin and today I'm gonna show you how to make two costumes, Marty McFly and
Doc Brown from Back to the Future.
Which is my favorite movie.
These are pretty easy costumes.
I'm gonna put them together using stuff I just found at a thrift store
without spending a lot of money.
So let's get started.
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So this is Marty McFly's classic look.
We've got the poofy red vest.
Jean jacket, white button up shirt, there's a maroon shirt underneath.
And he just wears jeans.
He's actually got suspenders under there.
It's very basic.
So for Doc Brown,
I'm gonna go with the Back to the Future II look because it's really cool looking.
He's got this kinda shiny yellow trench coat.
Kind of a Hawaiian shirt.
He also has a clear tie which is really cool.
It's gonna be simple to cut out of some clear vinyl I think.
And then, he has these metallic shades that he wears.
So I've got a cool trick to make those.
So the point here, really is that when you're making a costume,
don't always have to start with raw fabric and have a sewing machine.
I'm just finding some pieces at a thrift store or a second hand store.
Just looking at the picture and trying to piece it together.
So I think I'm gonna start with Doc Brown and I picked up a trench coat for
$9 at a thrift store.
This is nice, because it's kind of shiny already, so I am just going to paint this.
Once I found the trench coat,
I found some pants that were as close to the same shade as possible.
That way, when I paint them, they'll match.
So I'm just gonna paint these yellow.
I picked up this yellow spray paint.
It was on sale for $3, so that was awesome.
Let's go paint.
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So basically I just made a rain coat.
So if you can buy a rain coat that would probably work just fine too but
I couldn't find one so that's why I'm painting.
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So while that stuff is drying, I'm gonna move on to Doc's tie.
So I'm gonna make this out of some old clear vinyl.
If you've ever bought a comforter for
your bed, it usually comes in a clear bag like this.
And we're just gonna cut this up.
It's about great in vinyl and it cost $0.
So I think I'm gonna trace my regular tie on a piece of paper so
I don't get marker on it then I'll trace that pattern onto the vinyl.
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I don't know if you can see it but there you go.
Rather than making an actual tie that we're going to have to tie I'm just gonna
make the shape so we can just tape it on.
I think I'm gonna fold this down and glue it with super glue.
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Okay, it's a little funky, but hey, it's a clear tie.
Basically we'll tape it on later.
So in the movie he has a very specific kind of a Hawaiian shirt,
with some Chinese characters on it,
but I found a shirt at the thrift store that was pretty close.
It's just a Hawaiian shirt.
So this was $3.
This doesn't have the Chinese characters on it, but
as far as like putting together the whole outfit, I feel like it has the right look.
You'll know it's Doc Brown.
All right, there you go.
Can't see it, but it's a clear tie.
All right, so I'm gonna work on Doc's metal glasses.
So here's a cool trick.
I'm gonna start with a plastic bucket.
I got this at the 99 cents store, it's fairly flexible so it should cut okay.
I'm gonna cut the pattern out of it and we'll paint it.
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Yeah, all right.
So this is pretty smooth.
But I'm gonna use a little bit of sandpaper,
just to smooth it out even more.
The future is so bright, I've got to wear shades.
Wait, no. I can't see.
All right, so this thing is ready for silver paint.
All right, so I wanna use metallic aluminum paint.
I already had this but I think new it was around six bucks.
The key is to not go too heavy.
You don't want it dripping.
All right, that looks pretty good.
That was very simple, you only really needed one light coat of paint.
I didn't even use primer or
anything so I think I'm pretty much ready to try it all on.
These are pretty dry, this one's a little on the crunchy side,
the paint kind of soaked in to each one in a different way but that's okay.
Also, you have a sweet pair of yellow pants now like you always wanted.
All right, I'm gonna wear my same black boots I always wear.
Fly's down. Great, Scott!
Clear tie.
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Looking back on, I'm feeling like maybe I should've got one that wasn't so shiny.
Because then it wouldn't be so crunchy.
It'd be more like fabric-y like these pants.
So you can find a different quality wig for all different prices.
But you can usually find cheap ones for like 20 bucks.
Let's try this out.
Definitely can't see anything.
Or you could just tape them right here.
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
They fell.
So that's pretty much it for the Doc outfit, so now I'm gonna move on to Marty.
- Hey, stop Marty, we gotta go!
- So this is what I've got.
Pretty close dress shirt, and this cost me 3 bucks.
The main thing here is the certain pattern that it has.
This shirt has a little bit of blue in it,
which I don't really mind because the rest of it was so perfect.
So this is a long sleeve shirt.
His is actually short sleeve.
If you just gonna put on the whole vest and the jacket and everything,
you can just leave it long, but we can just cut it real easy.
Short sleeve.
(Laugh) You could stop there but I'll just glue a little hand.
There it go then underneath that you he just wears a plain maroon shirt.
I picked up an extra here, this was $2, it has a pattern on it but
I'm just gonna wear it inside out then I picked up some suspenders,
this are just black suspenders and this were $4.
Now, this is what really makes the outfit right here, it's the red poofy vest.
I didn't have any luck finding this at a thrift store, but
I went to a vintage store.
I paid 16 for this, but
totally worth it cuz this is exactly the right shape for Marty.
So I think this one's a little on the big side, let me see.
So it's pretty giant, but I think I can easily just kinda tuck in the sides.
Let me just do that now.
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So on the inside edge, I'm just gonna reinforce it with some heavy duty tape.
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So if you can't find the red vest, but you find one that's just the right shape,
you could also just spray paint it red, I've done that in the past.
One I made years ago, it was just a blue or green vest and I painted it red.
So that works too, I just got really lucky finding this red one.
All right, so the last thing I'm gonna do, it's not the most important detail, but
Marty wears a very specific shoes.
They're white Nikes with like a red logo.
Here's what I'm gonna do.
I got some Nikes.
These are my regular shoes.
They're not red though.
You can buy rolls of red duct tape.
They're usually only a couple of bucks.
I'm gonna make the little swoosh out of the tape and put it right on my shoes.
This is kind of a good technique for
sort of extracting the outline of a textured surface.
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And now, I just trace this outline on to the tape, and cut it out.
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This episode's not brought to you by Nike, but it should be.
All right, cool, I think it's time to try it all on.
Sweet, custom Nikes.
Then, Marty just wears jeans.
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Simple enough.
So here's the thing, if you want to be authentic Back to the Future two Marty,
you can stop right here.
But we're gonna keep it going.
So before you put the red poofy vest on, he is wearing a jean jacket so
maybe see if one of your friends has one you can borrow.
I already have one so I'm just gonna put that on.
This is sufficiently open.
Now, the vest.
All right!
That's Marty McFly right there.
Ready to hop in the Delorean.
Where we are going we don't need belts.
Could be our suspenders.
I think I am ready to show the guys.
- All right, everybody, to see Dustin's costume?
- I am. I can't wait.
I think he's coming right now.
- Great, Scott!
- It's Marty.
- Hey, where's Doc?
- Marty, great scot!
I've got your hoverboard.
- Thanks, Doc.
- Come on, we're running out of time.
- This is what the future looks like?
- Absolutely.
- This is the future of fashion, right here.
- 100% authentic.
- It's a little loud.
- (Laugh) It's a bit crunchy.
You guys have to get back to the future/past?
(Laugh) - Yeah, it's not the future anymore.
- Yeah, it's Back to the Past.
- (Laugh) - (Laugh) What are we gonna do about that?
Are you from the future or the past?
- Don't mention anything about the future!
You'll ruin the space-time continuum!
- (Laugh) - Okay, let's not do that.
- How much did this cost in 2016 money?
- (Laugh) - Okay, in 2016 dollars,
I spent about $25 on this costume,
not including the jacket which I already had, and $25 on Doc's beautiful.
He knows how to model, he's got the moves.
- Awesome, you guys look fantastic.
- Thanks, we're ready to go geek out-- - Thank you and
you're not too bad looking yourself.
- Whoa, she's got a boyfriend.
- I heard you got a time machine.
(Laugh) Not all the time.
- (Laugh) - I think we have a love
connection over here.
- All right, well special thanks to to my buddy Piotr.
You can check lot of his other impressions on the Howard Stern show, and
his website themixednut.com.
Next week we've got Ben.
What are you making?
- Stormtrooper.
- Yes, can't wait for that.
That's gonna be awesome - And be sure to subscribe and
write comments below, about what you want to see next.
Great Scott, we're running out of time.
Hurry, we gotta get back into the DeLorean.
This concerns you too, let's go.
- Go. - Not you, Ben.
- (Laugh)
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