Weathering Techniques for Cosplay Costumes

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  • čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
  • Making new fabrics look old and weathered is a practiced art. Doug Stewart has been working on costumes for film productions for over two decades. We chat about his work as a specialty costume maker and get a demo of his weathering process for costumes used at this year's E3.
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Komentáře • 217

  • @henryambrose8607
    @henryambrose8607 Před 8 lety +170

    "A lot of people say 'Just drag it behind a car,' but that would never work, because then it looks like it's just been dragged behind a car."

  • @JurassicCollectables
    @JurassicCollectables Před 8 lety +265

    Love this guy - took it to brown town. He's like the Bob Ross of costume distressing

    • @kristian1115
      @kristian1115 Před 8 lety +13

      Bob Ross is prolly why he said it the way he did. "It actually is Van Dyke Brown"

    • @Formulka
      @Formulka Před 8 lety +5

      yeah he smiled a bit saying that, maybe expecting Norm to react

    • @xPAKIII
      @xPAKIII Před 8 lety +2

      +kristian1115 For sure, he knew what he was doing.

    • @Martinsolberg
      @Martinsolberg Před 7 lety

      JurassicCollectables hjunmj.

    • @Frogal31
      @Frogal31 Před 7 lety +1

      Does anyone know if he uses acrylic or oil painting? Maybe something else? Thanks a lot.

  • @NickFerry
    @NickFerry Před 8 lety +12

    I've done a fair bit of weathering for props and costumes and it's always cool to see someone else's methods - thanks!

  • @Blaze22F
    @Blaze22F Před 8 lety +37

    still can't get over Frank's grin everytime he gets to say "Frank from tested". Happy for ya m8

    • @MonstersNotUnderTheBed
      @MonstersNotUnderTheBed Před 8 lety +4

      Yeah, I can see an inner rage building below the surface like pressurized magma in a volcano.

  • @gordonsgoldengoat
    @gordonsgoldengoat Před 8 lety +139

    Why does Norm feel he has to touch EVERYTHING!? He DEFINITELY wasnt supposed to touch those pauldrons at 1:18 XD, the guy almost lost it lol

    • @GXedits0
      @GXedits0 Před 4 lety +1

      Okay now I'm replaying this moment over and over again

  • @EvilTedSmith
    @EvilTedSmith Před 8 lety +25

    Yeah Doug! Great work as always!

    • @pinkmelon4712
      @pinkmelon4712 Před 3 lety

      Hi ted can you make a free shoulder pattern

  • @kins191
    @kins191 Před 8 lety +118

    Anybody else think of Bob Ross when he said Vandyke Brown?

    • @ErendieI
      @ErendieI Před 8 lety +9

      I sure did And I immediatly looked in the comments for comment like yours:D

    • @StarCrusher.
      @StarCrusher. Před 8 lety

      checked the comments just for this

  • @declanseeleymusic
    @declanseeleymusic Před 6 lety +32

    God norm stop touching everything 😂😂😂

  • @TroubledKarmaable
    @TroubledKarmaable Před 8 lety +6

    I love this 😍 Weathering is my favorite part of making costumes and I never get bored of watching it done.

    • @raindrop9377
      @raindrop9377 Před 4 lety

      U wana do mine lol

    • @Starfey
      @Starfey Před 3 lety

      Do u have some tips, how I can weather my Black gambeson?

  • @FLOPPYBRICKSTUDIOS
    @FLOPPYBRICKSTUDIOS Před 8 lety +1

    I love this format really enjoy how its almost like a guest star who just knows his shit and lays it down.

  • @MrDukeSilverr
    @MrDukeSilverr Před 8 lety

    I love this series with the costumes, so much inspiration

  • @alsmith1025
    @alsmith1025 Před 8 lety

    This was GREAT. awesome job Tested!

  • @DTmaskkidd
    @DTmaskkidd Před 8 lety

    frank is freaking awesome. i would love to see more of his work

  • @michelleross9782
    @michelleross9782 Před 8 lety

    Amazing video & amazingly talented artist!

  • @raulclarosflores7670
    @raulclarosflores7670 Před 8 lety +2

    oh my gaaaash, so cool, and norm you are getting a lot better in every video

  • @aohige
    @aohige Před 8 lety +11

    When he said Van Dyke Brown then started to mumble about little layers I thought the ghost of Bob Ross took over him.

  • @creativerootsstudio
    @creativerootsstudio Před 7 lety

    I am obsessed ...I love this channel
    BINGE WORTHY

  • @DKB-HI
    @DKB-HI Před 8 lety +2

    My gawd, I want to do this for a living!

  • @dominikmusial3963
    @dominikmusial3963 Před 8 lety +2

    this is nice since i am studying art and i plan to do something like this nice to learn some new techniques

  • @loud479
    @loud479 Před 4 lety +1

    this is my dream job I live weathering its the best part of making anything

  • @whatchef
    @whatchef Před 8 lety

    Great timing for this vid. Just working on project and weathering a helmet just as I saw this vid pop up

  • @Bioshockaholic
    @Bioshockaholic Před 8 lety

    Super cool and inspiring!

  • @MikeBoas
    @MikeBoas Před 8 lety +1

    Good reference for weathering some Halloween props.

  • @kbrou74
    @kbrou74 Před 8 lety +3

    these are always fun

  • @oivinf
    @oivinf Před 8 lety +22

    Norm has unfortunately always been a bit cringeworthy, but look at 1:17 where he grabs that man's pauldron and he literally says "hold it," and gets ignored...........

  • @peanutismint
    @peanutismint Před 8 lety +1

    I love how much 'BTS' type stuff is being featured on Tested. I would love it if you guys started visiting more working prop/costume/model shops, places that are actively working on movies and TV shows. I realise their ability to show stuff they're working on might be constrained by studio embargoes etc, and they might not want to give away *all* their trade secrets, but I'd have thought that from Adam's background and contacts you guys would probably be able to get unprecedented access to quite a few places like that. There's probably a HUGE contingent of movie fans on CZcams clamouring for more behind-the-scenes info on their favourite movies etc, but I don't think there's anyone else on CZcams making that kind of content, so it'd be open season for a group like Tested.

  • @BM-yy8db
    @BM-yy8db Před 8 lety

    Aha! Distressing fabric! Just what I needed for my current project!

  • @gtf187
    @gtf187 Před 8 lety

    i find for tattering up clothes and making en frayed, using a drill bit used for cutting out large circles in wood, and raking it across the area i want looking ragged.

  • @MrQuarts
    @MrQuarts Před 8 lety

    Norm is the best interviewer...period!

  • @jimbo_beans
    @jimbo_beans Před 8 lety +24

    This guy could produce excellent hobo attire.

  • @jordysturg84
    @jordysturg84 Před 8 lety

    I'm not crafty at all, but man do I love these videos!

  • @WarGamerGirl
    @WarGamerGirl Před 8 lety +2

    This is great! It's such an important element to costuming =)

  • @dalancer
    @dalancer Před 8 lety +13

    For HONOR!

    • @asuryan66
      @asuryan66 Před 8 lety +3

      must be for that.. the Helm looks identical to the one sculpted for the Collector Edition

    • @henryleung168
      @henryleung168 Před 5 lety

      @@asuryan66 0

  • @iriz4rry
    @iriz4rry Před 7 lety

    you gotta do some more videos with this guy.

  • @tigerpunk1996
    @tigerpunk1996 Před 7 lety +1

    Wood glue / mod podge also peals if you put it underneath acrylic

  • @syeo501
    @syeo501 Před rokem

    Amazing video! He also reminds me of Ben Kingsley

  • @ickysan
    @ickysan Před 2 lety +2

    So many questions: is he using acrylics to airbrush/age the fabric? Oils? Inks? What grit sanding blocks? This is information that would be helpful to the audience...

  • @daylightliving8929
    @daylightliving8929 Před 7 lety

    super great work, even better than the real thing!

  • @aurelienmdcst3540
    @aurelienmdcst3540 Před 7 lety

    what is the dark block that he used for ripped the cloth?

  • @WilliamJakespeareProps

    cool!

  • @galgreenfield2630
    @galgreenfield2630 Před 7 lety

    There is an option to buy the costume?
    I really want it !!
    Even if the price is not cheap costume.

  • @redtheshed1454
    @redtheshed1454 Před 7 lety +1

    3:23 is that a gundam model i see in the background

  • @Rocker-tz2qk
    @Rocker-tz2qk Před 7 lety

    This is my 2nd dream job of all time.

  • @Ninjanamaka909
    @Ninjanamaka909 Před 7 lety

    When are we going to get those patterns

  • @notsuferatu
    @notsuferatu Před 8 lety

    when will we be able to see the patterns?

  • @Hellsong89
    @Hellsong89 Před 8 lety

    Okey that explains for the most parts the light color fabrics, but what to do with leather and black fabrics?

  • @drewschneebeck1325
    @drewschneebeck1325 Před 6 lety

    where did the guy at the beginning of the vid get that brain/skull shirt? I need to know.

  • @AC-sf7rr
    @AC-sf7rr Před 7 lety

    Any idea what that blue fabric called? or where i can get it?

  • @cyberigs
    @cyberigs Před 7 lety

    Great effects, film budgets are like 😯

  • @Sir-IKON
    @Sir-IKON Před 3 lety +1

    What kind of paint you airbrush with?

  • @jinwu9423
    @jinwu9423 Před 8 lety +1

    Dat MG Sinanju Stein on the shelf!

  • @EricVelez0609
    @EricVelez0609 Před 7 lety

    ok speaking from someone who takes a lot of uniforms through dirt. dirt does stick if you are rough enough with it. i have shirts pants and jackets that have been washed multiple times and still have a brown tinge to them. aside from that the man is amazing!

  • @sergiodiventura1230
    @sergiodiventura1230 Před 7 lety

    That's a Nice Sinaju Stine Ver. KA in the background

  • @codyscott1705
    @codyscott1705 Před 7 lety

    i dig the sinanju stein in the back ground.

  • @kaitripician7487
    @kaitripician7487 Před 8 lety

    I would love to go to some sort of class taught by Doug.....

  • @adamvykouk3469
    @adamvykouk3469 Před 8 lety

    Anyone knows the watches he is wearing?

  • @nvii3679
    @nvii3679 Před 8 lety

    I need those costume

  • @AhmadyasinOrMickeyMoses

    YEAH !

  • @alexrouleau_
    @alexrouleau_ Před 8 lety

    Cool

  • @anonymous-mu6qq
    @anonymous-mu6qq Před 7 lety

    nesesito un tutorial de armadura de caballero de for honor en español o al menos subtitulado en español porfabor

  • @mikeswag5872
    @mikeswag5872 Před 5 lety

    Great warden costume

  • @villian_von_badguy_ii145
    @villian_von_badguy_ii145 Před 8 lety +4

    Could you just do a light tea soak to kind of brown up the white fabric ??

    • @SenkaLunette
      @SenkaLunette Před 8 lety +1

      That's what I was thinking.

    • @gottimw
      @gottimw Před 8 lety +3

      he wants to control the process. Using tea would probably be more evasive. And if he had to do it multiple times, i bet it would take longer.
      Also he mentioned that he want to do the pweathering differently depending on colour and fabric.
      I think it all boils down to control and paints provide a lot of it.

    • @villian_von_badguy_ii145
      @villian_von_badguy_ii145 Před 8 lety +1

      +gottimw I could agree with that .. I was just wondering for an over all grimy effect

    • @ghostfather1390
      @ghostfather1390 Před 8 lety +1

      it would take away all of the white, instead of leaving most of it with a more graded effect. a tea soak does work nicely for making modern paper seem like old parchment. shred and abrade the edges and make your own pirate maps and spell scrolls.

  • @amazin9896
    @amazin9896 Před 8 lety

    Where did Frank get that shirt?!

  • @blank9286
    @blank9286 Před 7 lety

    Is that a Sinanju Stein Ver. ka?

  • @JesterfaceBassplayer
    @JesterfaceBassplayer Před 7 lety

    That's one good lookin' Speedmaster right there. The guy even knows his watches.

  • @Harsh_Trip
    @Harsh_Trip Před 4 lety

    1:06 got some gunpla on the shelf there, hell yeah

  • @Starfey
    @Starfey Před 3 lety

    I need help, how can I weather a BLACK gambeson?

  • @omgoshlawlgtfo
    @omgoshlawlgtfo Před 5 lety

    ooh i want to see his nu gundam

  • @jakemumbles715
    @jakemumbles715 Před 8 lety

    Thanks

  • @olivianeugeboren602
    @olivianeugeboren602 Před 8 lety

    is that a white sazabi kit in the background? dope.

    • @TheFabioEiji
      @TheFabioEiji Před 8 lety +5

      It's the Sinanju Stein, from Gundam Unicorn

    • @BizmarktheGreat
      @BizmarktheGreat Před 8 lety

      +Fabio Nagumo Fuck ya it is my dudes!

    • @jonspectre1103
      @jonspectre1103 Před 8 lety +1

      ayy that's the sinanju stein ver ka. it's pretty cool stumbling upon other gundam/gunpla fans lol

  • @gearandalthefirst7027
    @gearandalthefirst7027 Před 6 lety +1

    Me: Just run around in the woods and then roll down a red-clay hill.

  • @2nd3rd1st
    @2nd3rd1st Před 8 lety +8

    What I absolutely hate hate hate with ageing and weathering of armor is weathering just for the sake of it and where non is necessary or even possible.
    Everytime I see an Iron Man armor in the movies for instance there are areas of the individual pieces that would never see any impact but the costume designers still felt the need to bruise it and chip it just to make it look cool. (not to speak of that Tony Stark would probably invent indestructible spray paint)
    It takes me right out of the movie. Right out!

  • @jaxicab372
    @jaxicab372 Před 8 lety +19

    "we took it to brown town"

  • @barebottombandit1621
    @barebottombandit1621 Před 8 lety +11

    I spy a gundam model kit in the back...

  • @ladycathy1486
    @ladycathy1486 Před 6 lety

    I would love to see someone make Havel the Rock from Dark Souls armor

  • @dinkleburgerz
    @dinkleburgerz Před 8 lety

    Can I do costume design in college? Can you get a degree or career from this?! Man I would love to do this especially if it's a war movie like wwii

  • @K3v114
    @K3v114 Před 8 lety

    Vandyke brown.
    Rocking the bob ross brown.

  • @nobodyinparticular5639

    What fabric is he using?

  • @koreratman329
    @koreratman329 Před 3 lety

    Norm: tactile sensation required, manipulatory appendages engaged

  • @LeetJuice1337
    @LeetJuice1337 Před 8 lety

    this guy can be the Bob Ross of weathering

  • @destinygundum
    @destinygundum Před 8 lety

    Eyyyy sinanju stein hanging in the background

  • @brappin_boden3924
    @brappin_boden3924 Před 7 lety +2

    5:45 bob Ross would be proud

  • @SirCharles.
    @SirCharles. Před 7 lety

    OOOOHHH I spy a Gundam in the background! Sinanju Stein. noice!

  • @achuck4321
    @achuck4321 Před 8 lety

    Doug with a speedmaster? Must be a lucrative business!

  • @dtitimanu
    @dtitimanu Před 7 lety

    What do they mean by washing the helmet to help weather it?

    • @calebclunie4001
      @calebclunie4001 Před 7 lety

      I think they said "gouache", not "wash". Though, that word is tricky, and not used much outside of the fine arts world.

    • @danielutzon4870
      @danielutzon4870 Před 7 lety +1

      Delvina Okesene you are meant to make "paint washes" by watering out a dark colour of paint, "washing it" all over the helmet, so basicly just cover it with the thined out paint. Then you can remove it with a paper towel and the paint will only stay in creases and scratches, making them appear more three dimensional. They did not say gouarche, that's a whole different kind of paint that is not suitet for props. You should use acrylic paint for the majority, oil paint can be used for weathering and rub n buff is great for metalic shine. Hope that helped

  • @mikes252
    @mikes252 Před 8 lety +1

    gotta remember armor that's medieval was hand hammered, sharp crisp corners is fantasy and sci fi, most real armor looks rounded and uneven. only non combat ornamental royal armor was shiny and crisper for looks

    • @burpitola
      @burpitola Před 7 lety

      This isn't supposed to be totally realistic, and as someone who loves arms and armor, i personally think it looks fairly believable

  • @THEShoky
    @THEShoky Před 8 lety

    Sinaju Stein in the background! GUnpla for the win!

  • @kovarcoley3460
    @kovarcoley3460 Před 6 lety

    Is cosplay copyright I want to make costumes and monetize my video is that illegal someone please answer?

  • @trinityzaku
    @trinityzaku Před 6 lety

    I just kept looking at the Sinanju Stein thinking BUILD ME!

  • @jonspectre1103
    @jonspectre1103 Před 8 lety +3

    MG sinanju stein ver ka behind him

  • @desired397
    @desired397 Před 8 lety +2

    Looks amazing, I dont thing i would have the patience to do all this :O though i not the biggest fan of some of the pieces they've shown as their isnt really any crisp edges, everything looks like its made of clay/playdoh, doesn't hold up in the closeups.

    • @wwaxwork
      @wwaxwork Před 8 lety

      Would battle worn & aged gear have a crisp edge though?

    • @desired397
      @desired397 Před 8 lety

      +wwaxwork battle worn doesn't mean sanded to a round edge. I can beat a hammer against a piece of metal and give you a 100% guarantee there will at least be some sharp edges, ridges or lines. abuse doesn't magically mean there are no hard edges. I'm not trying to say it looks bad as it is, it's just that I would have liked some more definition just so it looks a bit less like something made of rubber/foam.

  • @MrChief101
    @MrChief101 Před 8 lety

    The inside info-- not bad.

  • @stianbye3599
    @stianbye3599 Před 8 lety

    Can you test this

  • @taipan185
    @taipan185 Před 7 lety

    why no look at the complete costume on someone?

  • @dcrypter87
    @dcrypter87 Před 8 lety

    Finnish Knight armor =D cool

  • @tjmov
    @tjmov Před 8 lety

    They should make a movie about Doug starring Kevin Spacey

  • @leo772
    @leo772 Před 8 lety

    Holy crap! I thought this was Tommy Flanagan!!!!! when I heard the American accent my brain took a min to catch on. I was that sure.

  • @TheFabioEiji
    @TheFabioEiji Před 8 lety +2

    First thing that caught my eye was that Sinanju Stein ver.Ka

    • @jonspectre1103
      @jonspectre1103 Před 8 lety

      ayy same

    • @gurufoxx
      @gurufoxx Před 8 lety +1

      Yep, I totally spotted that - I want to see what Frank does with it ^_^

    • @jonspectre1103
      @jonspectre1103 Před 8 lety

      Modelmaking Guru oh hey nice seeing you here

    • @gurufoxx
      @gurufoxx Před 8 lety

      Thanks! Followed Tested for ever ^_^

  • @joewouldknow
    @joewouldknow Před 8 lety +6

    I want to see this guy weather something science fictiony

    • @jacobTV1
      @jacobTV1 Před 8 lety +1

      That would be awesome, I love seeing futuristic things with dirty/worn and real looks to them it just looks too damn interesting.

    • @owenbrasseaux3894
      @owenbrasseaux3894 Před 8 lety

      I want to know what they had to do for mad max fury road

  • @SiopaoSauc3
    @SiopaoSauc3 Před 7 lety

    MG Sinanju Stein in the back.