Ash J. Williams - Evil Dead

seancoleman

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2013

• #1

I have named this costume The Remake
Not because of the recent remake movie but because this is a remake of my very first cosplay

I originally made this costume for the 300th show of the Evil Dead musical in Toronto
The first one I made was rushed and I didn't know a quarter of the stuff I know now, so I decided to resurrect this awesome costume

The one thing from my original costume i loved was the Chainsaw I made from an orange juice container
So I am rebuilding everything but the chainsaw



This is where I started
Found the shirt and pants at Value Village
and the shotgun was luckily found at a small store near my house. I got it for $5

I will be adding picture of each piece per post

Groovy!

 

seancoleman

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2013

• #2

THE CHAINSAW

The chainsaw was made built out of an orange juice container
the blade from a cheap fake chainsaw you can buy at walmart during halloween
and a bunch of random found pieces






The chainsaw was signed by the cast of the Evil Dead: The Musical in Toronto at their 300th show

For the remake costume I am going to be adding more paint to the blade (blacken it) and adding a fair amount of fake blood

 

seancoleman

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2013

• #3

This is my BOOMSTICK!!

I love this shotgun. I am so happy with the way it turned out

I was lucky enough to randomly find this toy shotgun in a small discount store for about $5



I cut off the barrel to an appropriate boomstick size
and removed a few "decorative" pieces that made the gun look like a western shotgun



I dissembled the gun, shaded down every piece and sprayed it with a clear primer so the wood grain texture would still come through




The black pieces I spray painted with a flat black paint and dry brushed a silver paint for the scratch marks and wear and tear
The "wood" pieces I hand painted so it didnt look "perfect"
After the first coat of base brown, I assembled the gun and using a darker brown, painted random lines and marks and then wiped off the paint right away
which gives the look of the darker wood grain
I went over with multiple layers for the dirty parts

I am incredibly happy with how this turned out

Shop smart, shop S-Mart!!!

 

Boris Mzhen

Active Member

• Jul 29, 2013

• #4

Very cool!!!

 

seancoleman

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2013

• #5

The Harness




To save money and my sanity I am not going 100% screen accurate with this costume
So for the harness I went away from the brown leather straps and used what I had at hand
black nylon strapping

I attached all the straps using my duct tape torso as a guide (which was a life saver)
It turned out better than I thought and fits perfectly

I havnt decided if im going to leave the button the color they are or plaint them black to blend in

Next up is the holster

 

FunkPunkTwang

New Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #6

I want that boomstick!

 

Ragz

Active Member

• Sep 14, 2013

• #7

Looking good, can't wait to see the finished product!

I really like the build on the chainsaw and the mods to the boomstick. Good stuff.

 

seancoleman

Well-Known Member

• Sep 15, 2013

• #8

I did'nt get many shots of this costume myself and after scouring the Internet only found 1!! and it's blurry

But here are some

One of my makeup done by my friend and makeup artist


Blurry costume shot


and last a must have selfie with my friend deadpool

 

seancoleman

Well-Known Member

• Sep 15, 2013

• #9

I forgot to show a progress shot of my holster
so here it is



this was something that magically came together. I couldnt afford to get leather or faux leather so I used something cheap.
In this case, an old plastic reusable grocery bag.

I cut it apart, and painted it brown and then realize because of all the wrinkles in the bag it actually kinda looked like leather!

I sewed the edge punched out holes for the brown shoelace to go through
which does nothing to hold it together but i thought it looked cool

The holster held up better than I thought it would and survived the whole day

 

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wah34

New Member

• Oct 9, 2016

• #10

I am trying to put together an Ash outfit. Having a hard time with the harness. Can you give some so ideas or tips or step guide for one?

 

Simpson77

Well-Known Member

• Jan 3, 2017

• #11

This costume looks bad ass!!! Can I ask you what is the width of the straps that you used for the harness? I'm trying to put together a costume my self for a fun Zombifest we have up here in the Shetland islands. Far too many zombies, needs an Ash!!!!!!

seancoleman said:

The Harness

http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu172/mohawkd/photo32_zpsfb5fee1f.jpg
http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/...a-94c1-4336-8847-d8587b38fc8b_zps0c47e0f5.jpg

To save money and my sanity I am not going 100% screen accurate with this costume
So for the harness I went away from the brown leather straps and used what I had at hand
black nylon strapping

I attached all the straps using my duct tape torso as a guide (which was a life saver)
It turned out better than I thought and fits perfectly

I havnt decided if im going to leave the button the color they are or plaint them black to blend in

Next up is the holster

Click to expand...

 

Timdelvecchio

New Member

• Oct 26, 2017

• #12

Just found this badass Airsoft sawed-off shotgun

https://www.octagonairsoft.com/product-page/double-barrel-gas-shotgun-type-d-saw-custom

I think this is what I'm going to use my costume. It'll save me a lot of trouble I think.

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