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 DIY Costume Squad. - Hey, what's up? I'm Benjamin, and today I'm going to
be making a first order Stormtrooper from 'Star Wars The Force Awakens'. And it's going to be
made out of cardboard and some random miscellaneous household
stuff that I got for the cheaps. So let's do it. (Music) I found a really good picture front and
back head to toe of a Stormtrooper suit. Definitely going to start with the base
clothes which is going to be pretty simple black clothes. And then it’s just white
armor pieces on top, which I think I'm going to
make mostly out of cardboard. The helmet's going to be the big one,
I want to make sure I get it right. And then blasters,
got a couple options for the blasters and the rifle that he has. But the very first thing
is going to be the clothes. Okay, so
first thing is a pair of black sweatpants. Got these for
a few bucks at a discount clothing store. I got a black turtleneck, same deal. It was about 3 bucks I think, at Goodwill. He has kind of some ribbed texture,
so I have this dress. And so
I'm going to end up cutting that up, and using it in pieces throughout the suit. And I got some gloves, these are black
work gloves from the 99 Cent store. And finally, I have some dress shoes. I couldn't find any that were white,
but I got these ones. Have a good shape, and I got them for
about 6 bucks at Goodwill. But I do have to mask off the soles,
because those remain black. (Music) Okay, so first, I'm going to lay down some
grey primer that's going to just kind of prepare this material to
get spray painted white. (Music) So while those shoes are drying
I'm going to move on to a little bit of the detail we've got to do for
the clothes. So I have this dress, and
I'm going to cut it up, because I'm just going to glue
them right to the joints. So that those are what's going to
be seen through the armor pieces. (Music) Okay, so
I'm finished up with the base clothes. Moving on to the guns,
we have a hand gun blaster. And then I'm going to make
one of the rifle blasters. And I'm going to use a toy blaster
that I got at the 99 Cent store. And it looks pretty 'Star Warsy' as it is. Gotta play with it at least once,
because once I paint it, I won't be able to play with it. (Laugh) and then I have a toy gun here,
it's a little bit bigger. I'm going to do some modifications to it,
but just a few. I have a toy walkie-talkie here
that I'm going to glue on the top. And then on top of that I have a 'Ninja
Turtles' pen that I'm going to use for a scope. (Music) So I'm applying masking tape to the
blasters in all the areas that I want to remain white, because I'm going to
then spray paint them black. Now these aren't the right shapes,
but they're close. And so I'm going to be taking some
liberties with the details, so that I get the right style. (Music) The next step is going to be
figuring out the body armor. So I got some boxes here. Woah, that is a big piece of cardboard. We're going to make the chest piece first. So what I'm doing here is I'm bending
the cardboard along the corrugation. If you notice,
has a natural bend to it anyway. (Music) So I realize as I'm making this
that I need to put it on my body, kind of measure it to how it fits,
take it off. Do some cuttings, some alterations
because it is a very snug fitting piece. (Music) We've got the back piece here and
then the front piece, starting to look like something. (Music) Yeah, my head doesn't fit, that's cool. So I'm going to have to
put a seam down the back. (Music) Wow, am I that skinny? That's so tiny. - Wow.
(Music) To keep the back seam closed, I'm going to
be using some clips off these luggage straps that I got at the 99 cent store. (Music) Cool, and now it's time to
put some of the details on. It has like little clips on each sides, so I'm going to be using clothes pins for
those. I got this pack at the 99 Cent store. I was like to try to use actual things
to make the detail rather than just drawing it on. I feel like it gives a little
bit more texture and depth. Some of this linework detail, I'm going to
be doing with tiny strips of tape. You can use duct tape or
really any kind of paint, but once I spray paint them
it'll show that detail. So it'll look really sweet. There's pouches I'm going to
be using these little plastic containers that I have. And I also have some EVA craft foam
that I'm probably going to use for some of the details. I'm working on this back piece,
I'm not exactly sure what it is. But it's a tube shape,
there's another box element to it. I think I'm going to use this index
card case, I got it the 99 Cent store. (Music) Okay, so for the shoulders, I have
pet food scoops, both were 99 cents, just going to chop off the handles. So that's it for the shoulder pieces, but I'm going to attach them right to the
chest piece, so that it's all one unit. I'm just going to zip tie it. (Music) So I'm going to move on to the biceps and
these are going to be plastic containers. (Music) So once these are painted, then I can
zip tie them to the shoulder pieces. Moving onto the forearms, I'm going to
be making those out of cardboard. (Music) So I'm going to keep in mind is, this
is all going to get spray painted over. So feel free to use whatever
miscellaneous stuff you have to get the details in there. So the forearms are ready to be painted,
but before I do that, I'm going to change up and
move on to the belts. There's a second belt that he has
I got this belt, 99 Cent store. And again, using some plastic containers,
I got at the 99 Cent store. I actually have this little tin,
'Star Wars' tin, that I'm going to put in
there as an Easter egg. So I'm going to need to paint these
right before I attach them to the belt. (Music) He does have a black bag, so I got this. It's a dark blue,
I'm going to spray paint it black. While I wait for that paint to dry, I'm going to make the
cod piece out of this plastic container. So here's the cut piece,
I cleaned it up with some tape. And it's going to attach
onto the belt like that, but first I got to paint it white. (Music) So while that's drying, I'm going to move
onto the butt piece, the butt plate. I'm not sure what it's called,
but it protects the butt. And this is a serving bowl that
I got from the 99 cents store, it's got pretty good butt cupping contour. (Music) Gotta say, this is a first for me. (Music) So for the belt, I'm actually
going to put the buckle to the side. So I can attach the boxes onto the front
and then I still have access to the belts. (Music) So that’s done,
I think we’ll move on to the legs. (Music) First thing, I want to do is kind
of get a measurement of my thigh. Think I’m going to use some cardboard, much in the same way that
I did the forearm pieces. So I did one piece, and now I'm going to
trace it onto another piece of cardboard. So I have two,
I don't have to do this all twice. For the shins, I'm going to use the same
technique I did with the thighs. These shin pieces are way to skinny for
me to fit my foot through. So I'm going to have to
leave them cut in half, and I'm going to use these buckles from
these dog collars to attach them. (Music) These things are looking
pretty legit with the clip. And it had like these bats on the bottom
of the legs, so very specific shape. So once I have this shape figured out in
the paper, then I'm going to use that as a template to transfer to cardboard or
whatever material I decide to use. (Music) So the legs are all finished up,
and the last part for the body armor is going to be the hands. The gloves, there is a little piece on the
top of the hand wich is going to be these toy shovels. (Music) The last two pieces are ready to get
spray painted along with the rest of the costumes, so let's head outside for
some spray paint. (Music) I don't even know where to start. (Music) Here we are,
all of the pieces are painted white. There are some black details
on in little areas, so I'm going to just do those with some
black tape and some black marker. (Music) It has a mechanism on his right thigh to hold his blaster in place. And what I have is a door lock,
it's a chain door lock. What I'm going to do is attach
the base piece on to the thigh and then the knob will get
attached to the hand blaster. So I'm pretty stoked, because I've had
the idea to do this with the door lock for a long time. And I've just never had the opportunity,
so now I get to try it out. (Music) All of the pieces are done,
the blaster's done and it's of course, not a Stormtrooper without the helmet. The helmet's pretty simple
as far as the materials go. I have some foam sheets, this is EVA foam. I've got some white and
some black, our handy dog collars. I've got some mesh fabric,
this is also from the 99 cent store. And then this is a noise maker. (Music) Got it at 99 Cent store. I'm going to be using this to create
like the lip around the bottom, because there is kind of
fat lip on the bottom. This is a helmet I got,
it's like soldier helmet I think. I do have this clear mesh which is shiny
and that might work for the goggles. I'm not sure, but we will play
around with it when we get there. Before I start adding too much to this,
I want to get this chin strap in place, going to take care of that right away. It's the saddest helmet ever. So what I'm going to do is make
whole base helmet out of cardboard. Then I'm going to then add stuff
to it to create the shapes. Boy the blast shield
down,I can't see anything. (Music) All right, I know it's looking
pretty wacky right now, but once the foam gets on there,
it'll fill in all these contours and
look pretty awesome. So at the very bottom there's a black mesh
material and that's going to be this. And then I'm going to put
the white elements on top of that. (Music) I'm using a scrap piece of foam that I
have, so that I can make a template. because I'm trying to get
this eye shape just right. (Music) All right, now I'm going to be putting the
white foam on top of all of this helmet. I thought I could wing it,
but it didn't work out. So I had to take all of that stuff off,
and I'm going to need to make templates. So I'm going to be doing those
templates with some construction paper. (Music) Part of the tricky thing with
helmets is the curvature. And so there's kind of a technique that
you can cut wedges out of paper like that or material. And then you can fold it in, and
it'll help you create that curve. (Music) As I go along I'm numbering these so
that I can remember what order they go in. (Laugh) I really want to leave it like
this because I think it looks awesome. But there are no rainbow Stormtroopers
in 'Star Wars', at least not yet. So I'm going to have to take
all of this stuff off and then trace them on to my foam sheets. I got all of my Stormtrooper
puzzle pieces ready to go, and now it's time to attach
them to the helmet. (Music) Got the helmet all wrapped
with white foam, and now it's time to put on
some of the details. Just going to use some sharpie and
some black tape. (Music) Got the Stormtrooper helmet
all wrapped in white foam, and I think everything is ready to go. So I'm going to go get suited up. - Yeah. - (Music)
I think I got to call one of the squad members. Dustin, help. (Laugh)
- My God. (Laugh)
- Where am I? You need help?
- And so it like clips way on the inside there. (Music) - Yeah, we did it! - Hey. (Noise) Yeah, all right, let's go. So I am insanely happy with
the way this turned out and I can't wait to show it to the squad. - All right, can't wait to see
the finished Stormtrooper costume. Ready? - Super excited, yeah.
- Okay, where is he? - Where is he?
- What's going on here? (Laugh)
- Yes, this is so awesome! - Hey, wow.
- Is he a good guy or bad guy? Yes, he's a bad guy. - Aren't you a little long
haired to be a Stormtrooper? (Laugh)
- That's why they wear helmets. - I'm the rebel Stormtrooper. - Lots of little plastic containers-
- Yep. - So you can take your goodies for lunch. - They function.
My favorite part-
- I love that. - Is the butt plate back here
- Yeah- - Butt plate. - Everyone loves the butt plate. - How secure is this? (Laugh)
- These guns are awesome. - The guns are just Nerf guns painted. - That looks fantastic. - So how much did you end up
spending on this whole thing? - The whole costume was about $35, $40 which-
- Nice. - Was mostly in the helmet
which was about 15. Most of it's cardboard
which is totally free so. - (Laugh) That's amazing. - Cardboard and plastic. - So that wraps up Costume Squad season
one, but we're going to be back real soon. But it will give you guys some
time to think about what costumes, you want to see us tackle and
let us know in the comments. - Yeah, and be sure and subscribe with. We've got lots of cool video content
to hold you over in the meantime. - Thank you guys so much for watching. - Yeah.
- We will see you soon. - See you soon. - All right, move along move along yep. - Okay, yep. (Music)
