How to Pattern Large Costumes, Tutorial.
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- 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 is awesome!!! So many great tips and tricks. Even something as simple as folding back the parts when you’re spray glueing a deep V. Awesome. I usually have a general idea of how to make stuff, but these were all new for me. Thank you!!!
This can work for so many costume ideas! For example, the space marine suit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Genius! This helps me solve how I'm going to make a Totoro costume! You guys rock!
Catrina Moat You rock for subscribing.
You're amazing Ted, thanks for this tutorial
Thank you for subscribing.
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.
Evil Ted, you're a straight up, stone cold GENIUS. Thanks for ALL these great videos!
Eric Cajiuat Thanks, Eric for you kind words.
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.
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.
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!
man i wish i had the space to do stuff like this..my creativity is being stifled..i want to make stuff!!!
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.
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!
Ted is such a great teacher of his trade! Thank you very much.
Great ideas and useful tips
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.
Thank you for the awesome video! I am brand new to making a costume and I’m wondering what kind of foam I should use?
I know this is an older video and I don’t know if anybody will ever see my question, but I’m wondering why was one pattern piece was cut in half? While the other one remained whole? Great video!
I did that because, it was part of the shape of the form we were making in the pattern.
Glad I stopped by your booth at Comikaze 2015 and glad I subscribed to your channel. Great stuff!
+Heroes Rush I'm glad, too.
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.
Si estuviéramos más cerca os daba un gran abrazo!!! Muchas gracias por compartir esos conocimientos!! Saludos desde Barcelona 😉
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?
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.
Would this technique work with making a cosplay from a miniature?
This might be an answer to my cosplay question! Thanks!!
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!
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!
you make it look so easy~~ I definitely want to try my hand at making a mascot costume now :3
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!!
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?
Ted, these are absolutely fantastic videos. You may have said so in the video, but I missed it: what type of spay adhesive is that? It acts like contact cement, but you sprayed it. Again, sorry if you've covered this. Fantastic videos, by the way. Thank you for your content.
StorytimeFX It's like 3M Spray 90.
:D Holly actually introduced me to this channel way back when
awesome Ted that's giving me a idea for making my next cosplay gengar ☺
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.
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!
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.
hi
great video-what kind of spray glue did you use?also what kind of bmw was that?
This helped a lot with the material choices for my giant soot sprite costume :)
Happy to help!
I could follow this tutorial exactly and make a costume of the Fall Guys character; that'd be really cool for halloween!
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 :)
Great video, thank you for making it!
Hey that's Ross's wife! Hooray!
hello fellow yognaught.
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this will come in handy if i ever build a Gigantor cosplay!
Happy it helps!
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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I know you work a lot with costumes, but I was wondering if you were planning on making videos on how to make weapon props with foam, or if you can recommend a channel.
Jake Eiland Yes I am. It's just a month or so away.
Thank you, I admire your work. Keep it up!
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
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.
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:)
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.
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.
This forever really help any generation
Thank you. I think so too.
Aha I probably should have waited till I watched your newer videos before I commented ahaha love your work
I love this tutorial. Thank you!
Thank you for subscribing and for watching!
This is so freaking cool...SO COOL!!
+heyitsaleesha Cool that you subscribed.
I assume costumes get hot because your breath is trapped inside. Have you considered using a snorkel or other method of diverting your breath directly out of the costume?
What kind of foam are you using for the body? Thanks for making this, it's very helpful!
Can you texture that kind of foam? I was thinking of making a Rayburn Jr costume for my nieces bday
I have my supply list just below the video.
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.
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
Fantastic! I see there were 3 haters here before me. This is fantastic work!
awesome as always so many great ideas come to mind
Thank you very much Ted. I really appreciate you'r wideos. They are really helpfull.
Guess I need to go buy a projector. Great Video! Learning a lot from your channel
You make this look so easy! Awesome tutorial, you're such a great teacher! Happy to subscribe :D
+nanospheres Thank you.
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?
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.
Great video Ted. You make everything easier lol
Joshua Brooks I'm glad to be of help.
brilliant idea
+Boyet Flordeliza Thank you.
Ted - what type of foam did you use for this? It looks like upholstery foam, but what cell density? I'm looking at making a polar bear mascot for my kids school and I want to make sure it will hold its shape without being crazy hot!
Dan Clavel Yes, it's 1" 1/2 upholstery foam. I find that all mascot outfits are crazy hot!
Can you do more armor? Like female armor, that doesn't really hug the body so much. Maybe knight armor or something like that
Alexandra Sherman You can adapt any of my tutorials to fit your own personal tastes and needs. Good luck, and thanks for subscribing.
Even though i didn't do your project, i still understand this video! At 7:33 i dident understand at first. But then when i watch 9:16 I NOW UNDERSTAND! And the final clip of you guys putting in to like a weird shape that i dont know but thank you your the best!( ≧∀≦)ノ
So happy you liked it and got it!
Is she strapped into it with a backpack or does it just kind of rest on her shoulders or so?
I believe that it just sat on her shoulders, because it was just foam.
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.
Your vids are such an inspiration, Ted! Keep it up!
I'm having one of those "why didn't I think of that!?" moments with the projector part! Where would be a good place to buy one other than ebay?
I'd also like to see the rest of making this costume!!
singingawolfsong Got mine a million years ago at Office Depot. No idea where you'd get one today.
singingawolfsongI know you can get one at Hobby Lobby (just search for EZ Tracer Projector) for about 40 bucks. Amazon has a bunch, but most of them are expensiv.e You also have the option to plug your computer into most of those if you have something you designed on there.
Oh awesome, thank you! ^-^
oh! Animal Crossing! :D
I'm making a boba drink costume, what type of foam was this and also does it have to be 1 1/2 inch thick??
My supply list is below the video.
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.
The best video till now~!! geniuss!!!
Thank you.
Wow u guys go all out. Them great old school projectors rock. All ways whanted one. Great idear. To inlardgen patens than drawing them free hand. Onto big sheet s of carbord to trace around cut shap out.foam. ........ I have just made. My mascot head. Outta a light wait Dow putty that's like blue tack an drys hard. Like fiber glass Can shape an sand it drill n cut it. Drys in few minutes made ears seepret then atacht them. Now sanding to get smooth all over. To make it light. Wait as I can..as its a littal hever than cuting a foam block for head. I yousd. Kids floor foam matt s .in lips an nose an mouth above eyes...an started with a balloon an stripps of papper .an packing tape .all as a mold. an just started covering it in putty. to geat shape of my head. Riptt out balloon foam paper an packing tape .... now getting a big lardge red beanie made an .pink skin glove n are s part. Next steep is to make. Denim Overall s with white shirt. Just need to figer out.how to make Foam.shape.inside denim overals. To fit to body shap. To look like mascot size. An that is ventilated good. .made shoe s outta foam .just need to cover in vynal ..its a uni mascot for my. ..hip hop Clothing brand. And Art stuff an my donut i make on side small bizz for fun promotion n give aways ..
I used an overhead projector when I wanted to take a pencil rubbing of a Chinese dragon off of a pewter mug that belonged to my grandfather and transfer it to the wall in my bedroom. It ended up about four feet long and came out nicely. Can you still get those things?
+Randy Strauss Yes! I l use mine all time.
Now I can finally live out my dreams of being Grimmace!
If you really mean it, I am a ronald mcdonald cosplayer and I'd super love to team up. Find me on insta, Tiktok, face book: invaderlee
How do you decide where to draw the cutting lines? Is there any rule or you just follow your instinct?
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?
OMG this is what I need!! Thanks!!!!!!
Happy to hear that!
“High tech” drying procedure!! HAHAHAHA!! The best!! 👌🏻
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Evil Ted Smith Hahaha thank you for sharing you stuff with us! I’m an fx makeup and prop artist from Barcelona spain and i’ve been following your work since looooong ago! You are great, my friend! Hugs!
Oooh! Can I use this to make a cactuar costume?
wow that is an amazing idea!!!
+TastyCinnamonrolls Thank you for subscribing.
How would I go about painting upholstery foam? Should I use plasti dip and then paint over that?
Most soft upholstery costume are covered with fabric. I don't use the type of much.
I think most people seal it with liquid latex first and then paint.
Excusme, my Englisch is not so good. Whats is this for a white Material? I get only Hard styropor and no soft one🤔. Thanks for your help and Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
I have it listed just below the video.
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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.
Mr. Evil Ted, you're awesome!!!!
I'm building a AT ST Imperial walker from Empire Strikes Back, costume for my 10 year old boy. Do you have any suggestions as to what material I should use? Thank you
Eva floor mat foam
Thank you sir!!
I'm going with your suggestion. I'm going to have to glue the mats together first, as the sides for the AT ST are a little longer that 25 inches. After I glue it and cut my side, can I then use a heat gun on the eva foam, to seal it after gluing two big pieces together?
I have a few questions. What's an alternate technique we can use if we don't have a projector to help us transform the miniature suit pattern to a life size pattern? Also what type of form did you use for the final product of the suit?
+Xaku Xaku Otaku You can go to a copy place and have them blown up.
Great technique!!!
Christopher Soprano sculptor Thank you. Now you can do it too.