How to Pattern Large Costumes, Tutorial.
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2015
- I'm the Evil Ted who makes props and costumes. I’ve worked on Star Trek Into Darkness, Walking Dead, Fifth Element and Guyver, among lots of others. I've made pretty much everything out of every material, but foam is my favorite.
I'm here to share my skills and shortcuts, and help you learn how to make foam costumes and props, too.
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Holy MOLY. I think I finally figured out how to do my costume. I have a 1/6 action figure that's very detailed and every piece of armor can come off. When watching this video a light bulb went off in my head. What if I put the aluminum foil and duct tape over the toys pieces of armor, and then take those mini template pieces and buy a overhead projector and do what is basically done in the video. This might work.
Thank you.
Ted has taught me everything I know about foam fabrication, also he's awesome! Give him a sub!
Commander Holly Thank you Holly.
Holly if you ever get this or read this, I do not want to take your time or be a bother, but it would mean the world to me if you read this or comment to this! It would blow my mind! So hey! I am a 13 year old boy who is an aspiring cosplay artist. The only experience I've had with cosplay is your videos and a Finn costume I have. Feeling lonely, I know it's strange that a boy out of today's generic generation of early teens would dream of cosplaying, and I'm okay with that. But my problem is money, time, and skill. I live in Washington so buying tickets to cons would be rough for me, I have little to no experience with tools and costume making, and my working spaces are tiny and cluttered. Do you have any tips on what I can do to pick up my act and begin a hopeful living dream of cosplaying? Again, if you even read this, I would jump through the roof! Thank you for all your videos too!
Whoops forgot to do this. Please read the previous comment about help! Commander Holly
+Commander Holly Subway's closed, sorry!
I love your tutorials! Always clear, concise, and with amazing tips! And a great collab with the amazing and talented Holly!!
I hope this tip can help some people too. Projectors can skew images so the top is bigger than the bottom. If this concerns you, add a grid to the background and check that the squares in each corner of the image are the same size and square on the projected image. If they aren't you can try moving the projector up or down, changing the angle, or adjusting the keystone setting for computer projectors. Most libraries or schools, at least where I'm from, will let you use a projector, or even a computer projector, for free.
This can work for so many costume ideas! For example, the space marine suit.
Ted is such a great teacher of his trade! Thank you very much.
Great ideas and useful tips
Genius! This helps me solve how I'm going to make a Totoro costume! You guys rock!
Catrina Moat You rock for subscribing.
I love your videos they are so helpful and really do cover the basics. I would love to see your take on different kinds of cosplay weapons like guns, swords, hammers etc.
You are truly the greatest. The Grandmaster of costume fabrication . Love your channel thank you so much for positing videos :)
Its so awesome seeing two of my favorite cosplay makers on a channel working together! Awesome Job Ted and Holly c:
+Zay Xavior It was fun working with Holly.
+Evil Ted Smith Thanks for replying Ted!
She seems like such a sweet and lovely person.
I admire both you and her, and always look forward to seeing more cosplay from you both in the future!
wow, i'm glad i found this again. i had my laptop lost and saved this tutorial on it. now i found it after hours of searching again. hope i can now make a baymax costume with the help of this video.
so fucking awesome, thank you very much.
+comiclog Thank you for subscribing.
I subbed to this channel quite a while back because I noticed Holly was liking a lot of your vids. So great to see this come full circle.
+Kathryn VanSlambrouck Thank you for subscribing.
this was really great to watch, i love Holly and it was very fun to learn. I can't wait to see what she starts to add next. super cool video. :33
Evil Ted, you're a straight up, stone cold GENIUS. Thanks for ALL these great videos!
Eric Cajiuat Thanks, Eric for you kind words.
Thank you. Your videos are a great help. Trying to make my first costume out of EVA foam. You're an inspiration!
+PeteBoy19 Great! Thank you for subscribing.
You know when you have those little eureka moments and just suddenly understand something? I had one at 2:19. Just that one little motion made me think about patterning in a new way! Thanks Ted.
Thank you for subscribing.
Watching this get made was just as, if not more, amazing as watching the final product in a action. I have a soft spot for "prototype-y" looking things, so I loved seeing the assembled form with all the measurements and the labeling. That just about made my day. Thank you Evil Ted.
+Apples Malus Thank you. I'll be working with Holly again soon.
Evil Ted Smith
Well Holly is lucky to have your help. I'm definitely going to look at your other videos. It's really interesting, even if I'm personally horrible at this craft.
It's just understanding it. How it's made. Once you start you'll find that you can do it.
Evil Ted Smith
I believe you, it might just take some trial and error, that's it. Thanks for the encouraging words.
Wonderful, fantastic!! I’ve been absolutely fixated on fabricating a specific Halloween costume and this gives me an idea of where I might be able to start the process for the body piece. It’s all very fun and informative - thanks so much for sharing this!
Thank you for watching.
ever since i met you and holly in little tokyo a fews months back and you showed me your channel, ive been going crazy with eva foam creations! its so versatile. thanks for posting these videos! hope to see you at a con soon!
***** Yes, I remember meeting you. Thank you for subscribing.
Si estuviéramos más cerca os daba un gran abrazo!!! Muchas gracias por compartir esos conocimientos!! Saludos desde Barcelona 😉
You're amazing Ted, thanks for this tutorial
Thank you for subscribing.
What a wonderful collab you did with Holly, I was kind of shocked that it is, indeed, Commander Holly!
Your tutorials are always great, I can't believe I waited so long to Subscribe, I've watched your videos so much.
Can't wait to see more, you're definitely inspiring!
+iLawlipop Thank you for subscribing.
Your vids are such an inspiration, Ted! Keep it up!
you make it look so easy~~ I definitely want to try my hand at making a mascot costume now :3
awesome as always so many great ideas come to mind
That was so awesome...I am inspired and you made it look easy and the video edits made it quick and kept my interest the whole time...very cool!!
Awesome! Thank you!
oh my god thank you so much i was thinking how i was gonna figure out the size and pattern for my cosplay and this is the perfect guide
So happy to help.
Thank you very much Ted. I really appreciate you'r wideos. They are really helpfull.
You make this look so easy! Awesome tutorial, you're such a great teacher! Happy to subscribe :D
+nanospheres Thank you.
awesome Ted that's giving me a idea for making my next cosplay gengar ☺
Glad I stopped by your booth at Comikaze 2015 and glad I subscribed to your channel. Great stuff!
+Heroes Rush I'm glad, too.
Great video, thank you for making it!
:D Holly actually introduced me to this channel way back when
Using a projector is so obvious but so clever, I would have never thought about it xD
Thank you for all the things you are teaching, your channel and your work goes to show, that simple is still best :D
Thank you and thank you for subscribing!
Found your channel through Holly and I'm really digging it. :)
I hope to learn stuff like this and work on cosplays in the future. I'm currently a broke 20 year old in college studying film and broadcasting, but I've decided this summer to start honing in and learning how to make props and dolls and such with the little money I have lol. Dreams are expensive but worth it.
Hopefully soon I'll have my own channel. :)
Thanks for the tutorials and inspiration.
Thank you for subscribing.
This helped a lot with the material choices for my giant soot sprite costume :)
Happy to help!
I love this channel. So glad I subscribed
LandoHitman I'm so glad you did, too.
+Evil Ted Smith I have been planning on making the torso (body) of Goliath from evolve with out the head arms and crouch part of it and I was wondering if I can use the same method of making it:)
I love this tutorial. Thank you!
Thank you for subscribing and for watching!
I liked and respected your work and videos. And then I saw your R51 in the garage! I'm drooling! :D
+Zac Spyrou I have to take that baby for a spin. It's been too long.
+Evil Ted Smith I am standing by for a video of that!!
Guess I need to go buy a projector. Great Video! Learning a lot from your channel
This is so freaking cool...SO COOL!!
+heyitsaleesha Cool that you subscribed.
The best video till now~!! geniuss!!!
Thank you.
I just saw one of Holly's videos and wondered if you were involved ET. You genius.
Holly called me up for help on this. So I shot a video. We made this in one day.
man i wish i had the space to do stuff like this..my creativity is being stifled..i want to make stuff!!!
AWESOME JOB!!!
This tutorial just made my day ^.^
You subscribing made my day.
I've always dreamed to make some cosplay like this, lmao. This video makes it so I can think on easier steps to do it...Thanks!
Glad I could help!
brilliant idea
+Boyet Flordeliza Thank you.
wow that is an amazing idea!!!
+TastyCinnamonrolls Thank you for subscribing.
O_O Thank you for posting this haha I've been dying with my patterns!
Aha I probably should have waited till I watched your newer videos before I commented ahaha love your work
I recently used this technique to pattern a mascot head for the Animal Crossing Villager. I used a polystyrene ball and used model magic to get the jawline shape I wanted. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I've subscribed :D
Thank you for watching and subscribing.
Thank you for this Tutorial I love it >
Thank you! I am a step closer to constructing a mascot costume for our Quidditch Team now. You are great!
Do you actually still got the pattern for this one? It would help me out big time.
No, that was Holly's pattern.
OMG this is what I need!! Thanks!!!!!!
Happy to hear that!
Fantastic! I see there were 3 haters here before me. This is fantastic work!
Great video Ted. You make everything easier lol
Joshua Brooks I'm glad to be of help.
SO COOL!
this will come in handy if i ever build a Gigantor cosplay!
Happy it helps!
hi
great video-what kind of spray glue did you use?also what kind of bmw was that?
Brilliant.
Need to make a similar shape for a costume so this video is super helpful in figuring out how to go about it, did have a quick question though. In the video there are 3 template pieces that are cut out to be the stencil, but it looked like there was more than 3 pieces of foam in the assembly phase. How many pieces of foam were used to re-create the bean? Having trouble visualizing how it all came together.
Ted! You should upload the final video of the costume she sent you!
I remember seeing it on your Facebook page, but it'd be super-rad to see it here!
thedanimator Thanks, that's not a bad idea.
Would you be open to creating a tutorial for wearable cosplay armour boots? It would be extreamly helpful before next con season!
Quin Moriarty I don't know if this will be helpful now but you can get cheap shoes at Payless or a thrift shop and just build on top of those, gluing the foam and/or fabric right on top!
What kind of foam are you using for the body? Thanks for making this, it's very helpful!
Great technique!!!
Christopher Soprano sculptor Thank you. Now you can do it too.
hey ted your channel is great. does this method work for more complex items as well. my husband and I are looking to make buzz lightyears chest piece
Hey that's Ross's wife! Hooray!
hello fellow yognaught.
Rip
great video!
doug12341988 Thank you for subscribing.
Amazing
Thanks
Great now I'm thinking about making a viagra pill costume
Is that what shape they are?
@@darthmong7196 they are more in the shape of soap bars
Or so im told
Brilliant!
Thank you for subscribing.
awesome!
so useful, thank you
oh ya, i like her builds :3
thinking about doing this but with LCD projector
I could follow this tutorial exactly and make a costume of the Fall Guys character; that'd be really cool for halloween!
Hey, I really like your videos and I find them all very helpful and very well explained! Could you do one "Wings Tutorial"? I have some many characters with wings that i would love to cosplay, but i don't have any idea how to do them !
The Viqueen Thank you. I'll add wings to my list.
Wow this is awesome!! Its a shame I don't have the access to the projector and the bandsaw but everything else looks awesome. I'm working on making a Minus and Plusle from Pokemon - might be a bit hard but its my first try! I defiantly subscribed to your channel!! Thanks Ted!! :)
+Jasmine Thank you for your kind words and for subscribing.
Oooh! Can I use this to make a cactuar costume?
this is so good
xXPopCultureJunkieXx Thank you.
Genius simplicity. Another great tutorial ... did Commander Holly ever finish the outfit? (saw her blathers, so this one has to be great)
jrdnswyr Go check out her site. She'll post it when it's done. Thanks for watching.
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Great tutorial!! Is there a way to work out the size desired without a projector from the small pattern?
+Silv Candy You can go to a copy store and they could blow it up for you.
I'd love to see the rest of the process! Looks like it would be pretty cool. Specifically, I'd like to know how you'd do the eye hole(s).
Also, just want to give the obligitory shoutout to the Game Grumps; Ross is the reason why I stumbled upon your chanel.
Chris Stepp Holly will be posting videos of her costume when it's done.
so...if one were trying to make a 24" diameter pumpkinhead out of furniture foam, is this the method you would recommend? How would one make the scalloped ridges in the pumpkin clear?
I was wondering if this technique would work on a finer detail model. There are miniature models to scale of the costume I want to make, would the foil and duct tape method work for decently small forms?
Keep up the videos, they're pretty darn awesome!
Sure, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Would this technique work with making a cosplay from a miniature?
Hiiii Thank youuu this is a big helppp! can you help me get the pattern for bontakun?
Would this work for the shaping of a pair of Obelix Trousers? It's the making it fit to a person who isn't especially round that makes this seem daunting.
this is a big help and makes me really want to try making a Despicable Me Minion! What kind of foam is that? I think I know what it is but I forget the name of it. Also would sealing the whole thing in Plasti dip make a more seamless paintable surface?
This gonna help me wit my Mr krabs cosplay
YES! Now you can make it!
How do you decide where to draw the cutting lines? Is there any rule or you just follow your instinct?
This is an awesome idea! How well would this technique work on an intricate shape for a costume? I'm trying to find new ways to pattern the pieces of a completely foam costume, and I think making a miniature out of modeling clay would work for me.
That's a great idea!
@@EvilTedSmith Thank you! Where did you get one of those projectors?
would you suggest this method to make a Bowser shell or would you suggest another way?
I’m making Moon from line town for the foam party and I need a pattern for just the head
Thank you sooo much
This video is perfect for a costume I am trying to make. One question I have is - where does the weight of the costume rest on her? Is it her arms holding it up and the foam around the arm holes bearing the weight? If I have a costume where my head is along the top of the foam, won't it bend and bow around where the foam is resting on my head - and would that eventually deform the costume?
Thanks for all your videos, definitely a subscriber now. :)
Not really sure? You would have to ask Holly.
In the finished product. What material was used to create the eye part?
Can something like this made out of soft foam (like this or thinner) be squished down to fit in a car? Will it recover its shape?
It was great. I liked!!!...🤪👍
Thanks! 😃
Is there any way to do this without a projector?