Masters of duct tape, cardboard and hot glue.
Making cosplay out of everyday materials.
They are the ' D.I.Y. Costume Squad '.
- Hey there, welcome back to To 'DIY Costume Squad'.
I'm "Dustin", and joining me again is "Tali".
- Hi. - Thanks so much for coming back for
another costume adventure.
- Thank you for having me back.
- So what are you going to be making for us today?
- Today, I'm going to be making "Link" from 'The Legend of Zelda'.
Classic character, classic game.
- There a twist.
- There's a twist.
I am not a male.
- What?
Hot off the press.
- Hot off the press is it, you heard it first, I am a girl.
- But this is fun because you'll be able to adapt the classic costume and
kind of change it a little bit, modify it the way you want.
- We always have a green tunic, the classic "Link" look.
I'm going to be dropping the neckline a little bit, just to be, like,
more of a sexy "Link", more lady- "Link" like.
- (Sound) It kind of looks like a skirt to begin with.
- Definitely, this is a great female costume.
I love to include some of this chain mail.
I feel like that's a really cool element.
- I have some DIY ideas on that chain mail too.
Are you going to trying tackle his classic shield or sword?
- Yes, I think that that is imperative.
- Awesome! Well I am looking for
seeing what you came up with.
Let me know if you need some DIY assistance.
- I'm definitely going to.
- But I'll get out of your hair.
- Awesome. - Good luck.
- All right, I think the first thing to focus on would be the tunic
because that is a major part of the costume.
So first off, we have our tunic, this cost $5.
Don't think you're going to find something so perfect.
I really lucked out and found the exact collar that I needed.
I found this similar in fabric shirt which I'll be using to create the little skirt.
First thing we're going to do is cut up our shirt so
that we can attach it to the bottom of our tunic.
But first, I have to cut it right at my waist so it sits properly.
So I'm just going to cut into this fabric here and
make two separate pieces of white to glue onto the bottom of the shirt.
So we're done with the shirt for now.
And now I'm going to take my white fabric and
I'm going to glue it to the bottom of my shirt.
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So next, I'll be cutting the sleeves
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So that's the basic shape of our tunic, so let's move on to making our hood.
To make my hood, I am going to be using the arms of this leftover white shirt.
All I'm going to do is cut off my arms, put them together,
so I'm going to glue one seam shut.
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And then I'm going to measure my head with it.
- Who has the nun costume coming out?
Yeah. - I changed my idea.
Sometimes you just want to change your costume halfway through making it.
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Now I'm going to glue this into a cone.
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- So when I turn this inside out, it should be a cone hat.
And I have myself a little elf hat.
So I'm finished with my hat and
now I'm going to move on to some of the details on the tunic.
Using this scrap lacing that "Dustin" lying around,
I'm going to weave it into my collar and the side of my shirt.
I am going to start my lacing down here and weave each section of the collar.
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So technically, you could use grommets for this and
it would look very professional, but we're not going to do that today.
So I think I finished my lacing for my neckline.
So now let's go ahead and do the lacing on the sides.
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I'm done my tunic, I'm done my hat.
Time to go paint them.
I'm going to use this green that was $4.
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All right, it's ready to go.
So my tunic is all finished and
I think it looks great except for it's missing something very important.
He has chain mail at the top and the bottom of his tunic.
I would love to have that because I think that it would add a lot of detail.
Unfortunately, I haven't figured it yet
but I think that "Dustin" might have have some idea for me.
- I've been thinking about this.
I might have the perfect DIY solution.
These are one inch book rings.
They're little circle clips that kind of open and close.
- Cool.
- These were $9 for 100.
- That's a lot of rings.
- I don't know if this going to work the way I'm imagining, but
they do hook together pretty well.
So check it out.
You can connect them together, so- - Cool.
- In theory, we can just connect a whole bunch of them.
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So you might be able to then attach a whole row.
- (Music) Might just (Inaudible) mess too.
- It might.
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- That's too funky?
- It's like- - It's just a little random.
- Working, but it's not quite there.
- I think we've come up with a plan.
This is a little complicated, but rather than interlocking them entirely,
I think we're going to use a combination of tape and glue and
just create a single shape that we can glue right into the edge.
There, look at that.
We got ' to stay in place for a change.
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- Cool, I love it.
- Now we gotta make 500 more of them.
(Laugh) No, all right, just for the bottom.
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- I think the Ford assembly line would be very proud of us.
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That looks dope.
- Let's do another.
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All right, we got our two trims.
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Look at that.
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Pretty cool.
- Well, my work here is done.
- My tunic is done so now it is time to move on to my arms.
I found these space bracers which were $1.
I found these gloves which are also $1.
This belt which was $1.
And this shirt which will make our sleeves for $4.
I'll be cutting these gloves into fingerless gloves, pretty cool.
So let's cut these straps.
Now our belt should be able to feed right through.
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There we go.
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So the basic shape of my gauntlet is done.
I just want to go over the edges with some craft foam.
Which, I have some left over.
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And I have my little outline that's going to go on my bracers.
Okay, so my bracer is finished.
All I have to do is cut my sleeves.
Now, they're a little bit loose.
So I'm actually going to glue up some of this excess so
that it's not too bulky underneath.
Okay, so my sleeves are done, my gauntlet is done, and my gloves are finished.
So, now it is time to paint them, and
I'm going to be using this brown and this blue which was $4 each.
Pretty.
I'm never (Inaudible) fabric again.
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I don't want to get my hands all dirty, but I really want to get paint in these
little cracks here, so I'm going to spray paint my hand while this goes on.
These came out looking great.
All I have to do to finish these off is put some little black tape
on one of the sleeves
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Okay, those are done.
Moving on to our belt portion for "Link's" chest.
I have picked out a couple different belts that I got for $2 each.
I just got a bunch of one's that might have the right buckle.
We can always change the color by spray painting it.
That'll be my main shoulder belt.
And then we'll attach this one,
and then we're going to put a little shoulder pad up here out of foam
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And then we'll slip the belt right through.
Okay, I think that works.
For the waist, I like to use the thickest one possible which is this one.
It's black and silver, but we can change the buckle color, and
we can change the belt color.
Wait a minute.
It's reversible.
Look at that.
This belt is a little bit too long for me, so
I'm going to use "Dustin's" hole puncher.
Thank you, Dustin.
(Laugh) And I'm going to punch myself a new hole.
We're going to use our muscles that we've worked so hard for.
There we go, I did it.
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So now, all we have to do is paint them.
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My belts are all dry and my shoulder piece looks great, but
I'm still kind of missing something for my bag.
That's done, so now we get to fashion these belts together.
(Music) I'm going to glue it.
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That was easier
than I thought
it would be.
Okay, so it's day two on my "Link" build and everything is dry,
everything's looking great.
I am missing something though.
I am missing my" Link" boots.
They were $7.
And then underneath, I'm going to have these lovely white tights which were $2.
I don't think I'm going to stop there.
I think I'm going to go ahead and build myself a shield and a sword.
I think I'm going to use some cardboard for this.
Mr. cardboard man, can I get some cardboard?
- Somebody called for the cardboard man.
- There he is!
- I got a big piece for you.
- That is the biggest piece of cardboard I've ever seen.
- This is what I was thinking.
Just kind of like, draw the shape and then you can cut it with the box cutter.
(Sound) - Right.
- And build on top of it from there.
- Okay. - Since it has some of those like
thicker details,
I think it might be really cool to use kind of like three quarter inch EVA foam.
This is the same as the craft foam that we always buy but, this was $8.
And these are made for garage floors.
It's like a mat that you stand on.
This is a four pack and this stuff is awesome.
- These are great.
- It's exactly the same foam.
You can basically just draw out your shapes.
All right, don't cut yourself.
(Music) - I'm going to use my shield as a stencil
to cut out all of the foam pieces that are going to go on the edges.
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So I've made my side pieces out of foam and
now I'm going to be doing some inserts.
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I'm going to label these as I go just so
that I remember exactly where they're supposed to go on my shield.
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To get some of the smaller details,
I'm going to be using this thinner craft foam.
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My foam pieces are done and now it's time
bend this cardboard into shield shape.
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Okay, it's ready for paint.
Blue spray paint was $3.
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Solar spray paint was $4.
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Okay, so all of my silver foam is already dried.
I think I need to go over some of it with black sharpie just to give it some detail.
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So I'm just going to use some of this yellow masking tape to make my tri force.
I'm just going to make a layer of tape and cut it out.
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All right, so my tri force is finished and
now it's time to glue all of my silver pieces on the shield.
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Okay, so all of my foam is on, and
now I'm going to do my red detailing in here with some tape.
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Okay, my shield is done.
I'm going to add some handles to it.
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And then we'll dirty up the front a little bit.
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Okay, my shield is all finished.
So it's time to start working on my sword which I have right here.
This was $3 and
I'm going to change everything about it to look more like (Inaudible) sword.
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I'm going to make the cardboard blade before I put on the rest of the hilt so
that when I put the hilt on it'll cover my seams with the blade.
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Coming together.
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So I think my sword is all finished.
So I'm going to go ahead and paint it.
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Okay, so that is my finished sword and I think that is it for this costume.
So I guess it is time to go try it all on.
Cute.
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All right, I think I look great so I'm going to go show "Dustin".
Okay, I am ready to see the new improved sexy "Link", come on out "Link".
Yeah.
- Hello.
- Awesome.
How much did you end up spending on the outfit?
- On whole thing, probably about $70.
But for the sword and the shields, about $7.
- All right, not bad.
- Pretty cheap for these two things.
- And the chain mail which we spent so much time on.
- So much time on.
- Does it feel very heavy?
because that was five pounds of metal rings.
- It doesn't feel heavy, it just feels stiff.
- I notice you've got your ears too.
- I do. I have these cute little elf ears to
really complete my look because "Link" is an elf.
I already had these.
- Okay, watch were you're pointing that there.
- I'm just making a point.
- Okay, yeah.
- (Laugh) I already had these ears on hand so they didn't really cost too much for
this one.
- They're left over.
- But if you did want to get some, they are about $30 online.
- How about that sword?
Let's see, it's sharp.
magic.
(Laugh) All right well thanks again for joining us, "Tali".
- Thank you for having me.
- Awesome having you here.
Let us know in the comments what other costumes you want to see us make.
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- Time for my adventure, bye guys.
- I don't have a sword or shield,
so, I'll just stay here.
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