Hi guys, new member here. I've been a long time fan of the RPF, and I've finally got around to signing up. I have done various costumes for personal wear, and have made the costumes for a YouTube series called "ASSIST ME!" over the last year.
I figure rather than saturate the place with multiple threads, I'll just add them all here in one place. Unfortunately, many of the ASSIST ME! costumes are meant to be worn only for the shoot (we tend to put them through lots of stunts, and we don't have much time to produce an episode, so they often fall apart soon after use) and thus we don't get many good photos of them.
I'll do the best I can with these:
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider was one of the first costumes I built for the series. There wasn't much to it, we found a Halloween skull mask that worked well enough in a pinch, bought a nice leather jacket, some gloves and pair of pants, and some vinyl knee boots.
I couldn't find any spikes that were large enough, so I made the spikes using metal icing tips filled with hot glue, and drove a screw through the leather into each spike. It was tedious, but I was happy with the final result as they're big and mean looking.
My wife made his bracers out of sheet plastic and craft foam, and we used the same spikes on those. They just slip on over the sleeves of the jacket. We also added spikes around the cuffs of his boots. We set him up with a length of chain from Home Depot, but never had the time to make the handles.
The flames were added digitally, of course.
Vergil (Devil May Cry)
Vergil was a real pain in the neck. I drafted a custom sewing pattern for his coat, and made it out of charmeuse (it has that nice satin look, but that much lower price tag). I wish I had some shots showing the buttons, as they're beautiful by themselves. The trim was done with masking tape, painted gold (super time crunch, haha!) and I didn't have the time to do the silver embroidery on the chest. I think I had to make this full getup in two days, and at one point one of the coat sleeves tore so I had to rmove it and build a new one. The lining was a fiery blend or red and orange, which I though worked well given Vergil's demonic heritage.
The scarf was just a simple black fabric with some heavy looking texture that I liked. The vest was made out of vinyl, with vinyl plates cut and glued to the base. Since his vest shows no seams, I wanted to use a "no-sew" method on it. The pants were a different type of vinyl that had the perfect woven leather look. His gloves, boots, and sword were all bought.
Deadpool
Deadpool was made completely of cotton spandex (I wanted to have some texture on the fabric, plain spandex doesn't do it for me!) and the mask was made with two large eye holes. My face was covered in liquid latex to give it Deadpool's scarred look, and then painted matte black. I wore white eye contacts, and this way I was able to get all of Deadpool's emotion across like they do in the comics, without losing the look. The idea was inspired by his look in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.
I've gone through two different tactical gear setups in the show. The first was an original design, the second is based on his Udon design, and is still incomplete.
The shoes were bought at Target and were tan with black rubber soles, we painted them red to match the suit. The gloves were basic red spandex gloves with black leather Harbinger brand workout gloves worn over them.
Chris Redfield (Resident Evil 5)
For Chris, I made a custom shoulder harness and t-shirt based off his design in Resident Evil 5, and made his knife out of sheet plastic. His belt and gear were customized (usually no more than painting) tactical gear that was bought. His pants, knee pads and boots were unmodified, and his gloves were bought from an airsoft retailer and modified.
Taskmaster and M.O.D.O.K.
Taskmaster and M.O.D.O.K. were made for the latest episode of ASSIST ME! with Taskmaster being based on his Udon design. We took several liberties with him, as the costume needed to fit three different actors, and none of them were built like comic-book superheroes, so we didn't want to make it too form fit. We wound up designing a custom tactical vest that was still in-line with what the Udon costume looked like, and decided to use his classic skull mask, as it's, well, classic.
M.O.D.O.K. was made mostly out of EVA foam with craft foam and plastic details, a mini screwdriver and parts of an action figure. Obviously the actor just wears it on his head, and his body is blue-screened out.
That's about it for now! Got to get back to the craft table, as well as taking care of the pregnant wife. I'll try to get more pics of the costumes I do in the future so I have some more stuff to show in detail.
I figure rather than saturate the place with multiple threads, I'll just add them all here in one place. Unfortunately, many of the ASSIST ME! costumes are meant to be worn only for the shoot (we tend to put them through lots of stunts, and we don't have much time to produce an episode, so they often fall apart soon after use) and thus we don't get many good photos of them.
I'll do the best I can with these:
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider was one of the first costumes I built for the series. There wasn't much to it, we found a Halloween skull mask that worked well enough in a pinch, bought a nice leather jacket, some gloves and pair of pants, and some vinyl knee boots.
I couldn't find any spikes that were large enough, so I made the spikes using metal icing tips filled with hot glue, and drove a screw through the leather into each spike. It was tedious, but I was happy with the final result as they're big and mean looking.
My wife made his bracers out of sheet plastic and craft foam, and we used the same spikes on those. They just slip on over the sleeves of the jacket. We also added spikes around the cuffs of his boots. We set him up with a length of chain from Home Depot, but never had the time to make the handles.
The flames were added digitally, of course.
Vergil (Devil May Cry)
Vergil was a real pain in the neck. I drafted a custom sewing pattern for his coat, and made it out of charmeuse (it has that nice satin look, but that much lower price tag). I wish I had some shots showing the buttons, as they're beautiful by themselves. The trim was done with masking tape, painted gold (super time crunch, haha!) and I didn't have the time to do the silver embroidery on the chest. I think I had to make this full getup in two days, and at one point one of the coat sleeves tore so I had to rmove it and build a new one. The lining was a fiery blend or red and orange, which I though worked well given Vergil's demonic heritage.
The scarf was just a simple black fabric with some heavy looking texture that I liked. The vest was made out of vinyl, with vinyl plates cut and glued to the base. Since his vest shows no seams, I wanted to use a "no-sew" method on it. The pants were a different type of vinyl that had the perfect woven leather look. His gloves, boots, and sword were all bought.
Deadpool
Deadpool was made completely of cotton spandex (I wanted to have some texture on the fabric, plain spandex doesn't do it for me!) and the mask was made with two large eye holes. My face was covered in liquid latex to give it Deadpool's scarred look, and then painted matte black. I wore white eye contacts, and this way I was able to get all of Deadpool's emotion across like they do in the comics, without losing the look. The idea was inspired by his look in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.
I've gone through two different tactical gear setups in the show. The first was an original design, the second is based on his Udon design, and is still incomplete.
The shoes were bought at Target and were tan with black rubber soles, we painted them red to match the suit. The gloves were basic red spandex gloves with black leather Harbinger brand workout gloves worn over them.
Chris Redfield (Resident Evil 5)
For Chris, I made a custom shoulder harness and t-shirt based off his design in Resident Evil 5, and made his knife out of sheet plastic. His belt and gear were customized (usually no more than painting) tactical gear that was bought. His pants, knee pads and boots were unmodified, and his gloves were bought from an airsoft retailer and modified.
Taskmaster and M.O.D.O.K.
Taskmaster and M.O.D.O.K. were made for the latest episode of ASSIST ME! with Taskmaster being based on his Udon design. We took several liberties with him, as the costume needed to fit three different actors, and none of them were built like comic-book superheroes, so we didn't want to make it too form fit. We wound up designing a custom tactical vest that was still in-line with what the Udon costume looked like, and decided to use his classic skull mask, as it's, well, classic.
M.O.D.O.K. was made mostly out of EVA foam with craft foam and plastic details, a mini screwdriver and parts of an action figure. Obviously the actor just wears it on his head, and his body is blue-screened out.
That's about it for now! Got to get back to the craft table, as well as taking care of the pregnant wife. I'll try to get more pics of the costumes I do in the future so I have some more stuff to show in detail.
