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 guys, it's Claire.
Welcome back to another exciting episode of DIY Costume Squad.
Today we are going to tackle a much requested costume.
And that is Harley Quinn from the Suicide Squad movie.
Super exciting.
We're going to use stuff I found at the thrift store and
we're going to do it without spending a whole lot of money.
Let's get started.
Alright so this is the costume I'm going to be making.
It is the Suicide Squad movie version.
Little bit different from her comic book outfit, but
this one consists of a pair of little sparkly blue and red booty shorts.
She's got a sort of Ragland baseball type top, some fishnet tights and
then she's also got a pair of crazy insane boots and don't look comfortable at all.
So I'm going to start with the shorts and for those I'm going to
use two pairs of sequin booty shorts that I got online for $10 a piece.
So I'm going to cut both of these pairs in half.
(Sound) Then I'm going to stick them together with my trusty hot glue.
And hopefully this is strong enough to keep my pants on.
All right, so there are my half and half shorts.
Now I'm going to reinforce that seam on the inside with some tape
because I really don't want these to fall apart.
Next I'm going to start on the shirt.
For that I am using this white long-sleeved t-shirt that I got at
the thrift store for 4.95.
It's a little big, so I'm going to have to take it in a bit.
So I'm just going to make a new seam using hot glue to make this a little bit
smaller.
All right, that's a much better fit.
I just need to cut it shorter, and cut the sleeves a little shorter.
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So there's my trimmed down shirt.
She has what looks like a sort of hand painted red top on the shirt.
So I'm going to go ahead and do that using my trusty red spray paint.
This is the same floral paint that I use for my Sailor Moon boots,
because it does not crack on things that stretch.
So, her left sleeve has a little bit of blue kind of smudged around on it.
So I'm going to do that using some acrylic paint and
my cut off sleeve pieces as my smudging rag.
So the next step is to add the text on the shirt.
I am first going to print out the image.
I'm going to put it inside the shirt and
then I'm going to use that as the stencil to trace it onto the shirt with a Sharpie.
You can see it just enough through the fabric to be able to trace it.
So now I'm going to go ahead and mask off the stripes on the sleeves so
that I can spray paint them.
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So the next step is just to distress this, dirty it up a little bit, and
make it look lived in.
I'm literally going to go throw it in the dirt (Laugh).
All right, looks appropriately dirty.
So the next step are her crazy boots.
I got these at the thrift store.
They were $12.
They're basically the right shape.
So I'm going to paint the heels red and the platforms here black, and for
that I'm going to use acrylic paint.
The next step is to cute out this weird little opening.
So I'm going to go ahead and cut that out and then paint the rest of the details.
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That's it for the paint for now.
So now I'm going to seal up these edges with some black tape.
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All right, so now that those are all taped up,
I'm going to fake lace them with some shoe laces.
I've got these at a convenient store for $2.
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So there are also laces on the bottom part of the shoes, but
they don't need to be functional so I'm just cutting and gluing some fake ones on.
So the last thing these boots need are some fake tongue and for
that I'm going to use my trusty craft foam.
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Boom, knock-off Adidas.
So the next step is to make her choker, which says PUDDIN.
So, I'm going to use craft foam once again, and
and some metallic duct tape for the gold letters.
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Not bad. (Music)
All done with the choker.
So the last accessory I'm going to make is her belt, which was given to me by Dustin.
He's apparently have this sitting around knowing that one day he would need it for
something and that day has come.
But I need to make Harley Quinn diamond belt buckle for it.
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All right, so I'm going to make her shoulder gun holster.
And I'm just going to use some black duct tape and
kind of figure it out as I go along
(Music) All right, this gun came
from Ben's stash of guns and
I'm just going to hit it
with some white paint.
(Music) All right, so the outfit is almost done.
But there's one last accessory that I need.
And Dustin is wearing it right now.
We realize that his glove is almost identical to the one that she wears.
- Its my sweet fingerless glove.
- Costume Squad professional tip,
if you don't have an accessory, steal it from your cameraman.
All right, I also picked up these fish net stockings for $9 online.
The outfit is complete so it is time to try it all on.
So here is the main costume.
I've got my little tiny shorts on and time to add accessories.
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Just some jewelry that I already have, goes with the looks.
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Alright, so the final step
is hair and make-up.
I got this wig online, it was $32.
And before I put it on, I'm going to take the time to do a full
face of Harley Quinn make-up and then I'm going to show the guys.
All right, so I'm going to do Harley Quinn's makeup.
She's got sort of the clown white face going on, with some blue and
some pink eye shadow.
Cute little face tattoos.
I'm going to start with some white cream base.
Great thing about this makeup she's a crazy person so
it doesn't really have to look that good.
So now I'm going to do my eyebrows.
For that I'm just going to use a light brown eyebrow pencil since she does have
brown eyebrows.
Now it's time for eyeshadow.
It's going to be really messy and not blended and just sort of everywhere.
Now I'm going to put on some false lashes just for a little bit of extra drama.
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This part's going to be really hard.
Let's see if I can write on my face in the mirror.
There you go, it only sort of looks like a five year old did it.
So now I have the very difficult task of giving myself an arm tattoo
on my right arm.
So I get to do this with my left hand.
We'll see if it looks like I was attacked by a fourth grader with some crayons.
We'll see.
How does anyone, okay.
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All right, hey.
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All right, so now that the make-up and all the tattoos are done,
I'm going to put the rest of the costume on and go show the guys.
- All right, here we go.
Time to see Claire's finished Harley Quinn outfit.
- All right, can't wait.
- It's going to be awesome.
- It's going to be scary.
Here it comes.
Whoa! - Yes!
My gosh.
This is so awesome.
- The boots are killer.
Look at those.
- They're pretty intesne.
- Those were some nice knockoffs.
- It's knockoffs, designer knockoffs.
- Hand painted, wow.
- Wow, is your gun white?
- Her gun is white, yeah.
- Okay. - I got really lazy when
- Only painted half the gun
because it's going to be in a holster but hey, it's a white gun.
- Cool. (Laugh)
- All right, so
how much did this end up costing you?
- The whole thing, not counting the chains on my holster, was about $40.
- The wig was, I think, $30.
That's pretty good for that wig because that's like the real thing, right?
You didn't dye it.
- No, I didn't.
It came this way.
- Yeah, and you'd thought about just maybe spray painting a blonde wig too
which you could do.
- Yeah, you could get a blonde wig and add the color yourself.
- But they happen to have this online.
(Crosstalk) - And it looks awesome.
You really completed the whole look.
- All right, thanks for watching guys.
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Let us know what costumes you want to see us tackle next.
Up next we have Ben making- - I am going to do a trooper.
- Or a storm variety.
(Laugh) - Mm.
- Something about like, space battles.
- It's a space battle, yeah.
- Star fights, yeah, so keep an eye out for that.
Thanks so much for watching, well see you next time.
- That's right.
High five?
- Yup group high five, here we go.
(Sound) - I think she broke my nose.
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