Make Your Own Doc & Marty Costumes - DIY Costume Squad

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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.

- Welcome to the show.

I'm Dustin and today I'm gomma show you how to make two costumes, "Marty McFly"

and "Doc Brown" from 'Back to the Future,' which is my favorite movie.

These are pretty easy costumes, I'm gonna put them together using stuff I just found

at a thrift store without spending a lot of money.

So let's get started.

So this is Marty McFly's classic look.

We've got the poofy red vest, jean jacket, white button-up shirt,

there's a maroon shirt underneath and he just wears jeans.

He's actually got suspenders under there.

It's very basic.

So then for "Doc Brown," I'm gonna go with the 'Back to the Future II' look,

because it's really cool-looking.

He's got this kind of shiny yellow trench coat, kind of a Hawaiian shirt.

He also has a clear tie, which is really cool.

It's gonna be simple to cut out with some clear vinyl, I think.

And then he has these metallic shades that he wears.

So I've got a cool trick to make those.

So the point here really is that when you're making a costume,

you don't always have to start with raw fabric and have a sewing machine.

I'm just finding some pieces at a thrift store or at a second hand store.

Just looking at the picture and trying to piece it together.

Alright, so I think I'm going to start with "Doc Brown," and

I picked up a trench coat for $9 at a thrift store.

This is nice because it's kind of shiny already.

I'm just gonna paint this.

Once I found the trench coat, I found some pants that were

as close to the same shade as possible, that way when I paint them they'll match.

I'm just gonna paint these yellow.

I picked up this yellow spray paint, it was on sale for $3 so that was awesome.

Let's go paint.

So, basically I've just made a raincoat.

So if you can buy a rain coat, that would probably work just fine too,

but I couldn't find one so, that's why I'm painting.

Alright, so while that stuff is drying, I'm gonna move on to Doc's tie.

So I'm gonna make this out of some old clear vinyl, if you've ever

bought a comforter for your bed, it usually comes in a clear bag like this.

And we're just gonna cut this up, it's great vinyl and it cost Zero dollars.

Alright, so I think I'm gonna trace my regular tie on a piece of paper so

I don't get marker on it, then I'll trace that pattern onto the vinyl.

Okay, I don't know if you can see it, but there you go.

Rather than make an actual tie that we're gonna have to tie,

I'm just gonna make the shape so we can just tape it on.

Im gonna fold this down and glue it with super glue.

Okay, it's a little funky but hey it's a clear tie,

basically we'll tape it on later.

So in the movie, he has a very specific kind of a Hawaiian shirt with some Chinese

characters on it, but I found a shirt at the thrift store that was pretty close,

it's just a Hawaiian shirt.

So this was $3.

This doesn't have the Chinese characters on it, but as far as putting together

the whole outfit, I feel like it has the right look, you'll know it's "Doc Brown".

Alright there we go, can't see it but it's a clear tie.

Alright so I'm gonna work on Doc's metal glasses, so here's a cool little trick.

I'm gonna start with a plastic bucket.

I got this at the 99 cent store.

It's fairly flexible so it should cut okay.

I'm gonna cut the pattern out of it and we'll paint it.

Yeah, alright.

So this is pretty smooth, but

I'm gonna use a little bit of sandpaper just to smooth it out even more.

The future is so bright, I gotta wear shades.

Help, wait, no, I can't see.

Alright so this thing is ready for silver paint.

Alright so I'm gonna use metallic aluminum paint, I already had this but

new I think is around $6 bucks.

The key is to not go too heavy you don't want it dripping.

(Music) Alright that looks pretty good.

That was very simple.

Only needed one light coat of paint.

I didn't even use primer or anything.

So I think I'm pretty much ready to try it all on.

These are pretty dry.

(Laugh) This one is a little bit on the crunchy side.

The paint kinda soaked in to each one a different way, but that's okay.

Also you have a sweet pair of yellow pants now like you always wanted.

Alright, I'm gonna wearing the same black boots I always wear.

Oops flies down.

Great Scott.

Clear tie.

Yeah, alright.

Looking back, I'm feeling like maybe I should have got one that wasn't so shiny,

because then it wouldn't be so crunchy.

It'd be more like fabricy like these pants.

So, you can find different quality wigs for all different prices.

You can even find cheap ones for like 20 bucks.

Let's try this out.

Yeah, definitely can't see anything.

Or you could just tape them right here.

Where we're going, we don't need roads.

They fell. So, that's pretty much it for

the "Doc" outfit, so now, I'm gonna move on to Marty.

Great Scott, Marty.

We got to go.

Alright, so this is what I've got.

Pretty close dress shirt, and this cost me three bucks.

The main thing here is the certain pattern that it has, this shirt has a little bit

of blue in it, which I don't really mind because the rest of it was so perfect.

Alright so this is a long sleeve shirt, his is actually short sleeve.

If you're just gonna put on the whole vest and the jacket and everything,

you can just leave it long sleeve, but we can just cut it really easy.

All right, short sleeves.

(Laugh) You can stop there, but I'll just glue a little hem.

Alright, there we go.

Then underneath that, he just wears a plain maroon t-shirt.

I picked up an extra here.

This was $2.

It has a pattern on it, but I'm just gonna wear it inside out.

Then I picked up some suspenders.

These are just black suspenders, and these were $4.

Alright, now this is what really makes the outfit right here.

It's the red poofy vest, I didn't have any luck finding this at a thrift store but

I went to a vintage store.

I paid $16 for this but

totally worth it because this is exactly the right shape for Marty.

So I think this one is on the big side, let me see.

So it's pretty giant, but

I think I can easily kinda tuck in the sides,let me do that now.

Alright, so

on the inside edge I'm just gonna reinforce it with some heavy duty tape.

So if you can't find a red vest but you find one that's just the right shapes,

you could also just spray paint it red.

I've done that in the past.

One that I made years ago, it was just a blue or green vest and I painted it red.

So that works too.

I just got really lucky finding this red one.

Alright, so the last thing I'm gonna do, it's not the most important detail but

"Marty" wears a very specific shoe there.

White Nike's with a red logo.

So here's what I'm gonna do, I got some Nike's.

These are my regular shoes.

They're not red though, but you can buy rolls of red duct tape and use.

These are only a couple of bucks.

I'm gonna make the little swoosh out of the tape and

put it on my shoes, this is kind of a good technique for

sort of extracting the outline of a textured surface.

And now I just trace this outline onto the tape and cut it out.

This episode is not brought to you by Nike, but it should be.

Alright cool, I think it's time to try it all on.

Sweet custom Nike's, and then "Marty" just wears jeans.

Okay, simple enough.

So here's the thing.

If you wanna be authentic 'Back To The Future 2 Marty', you can stop right here.

But we're gonna keep it going.

Alright, so before you put the red poofy vest on, he is wearing a jean jacket, so

maybe see if one of your friends has one you can borrow.

I already have one, so I'm just gonna put that on, and that.

With this sufficiently open and now the vest.

Alright, that's "Marty McFly" right there, ready to hop in the 'DeLorean'.

Where we going, we don't need belts could be a suspenders.

Alright, I think I'm ready to show the guys.

- Alright, are we ready to see this costume?

- I am.

I can't wait.

I think he's coming right now.

- It's Marty.

- Where's Doc?

- There he is.

- Thanks Doc.

- This is what the future looks like?

- Absolutely. - It's the future of fashion right here.

- 100% authentic.

- It's a little loud.

- (Laugh) It's a bit crunchy.

You guys have to get back to the future costume.

- Yeah. It's not the future anymore.

(Laugh) - Back to the past.

- What are we going to do about that?

Are you from the future or the past?

- Don't mention anything.

(Laugh) - You'll ruin the space-time continuum.

- Okay.

Let's not do that.

How much did this cost in 2016 money.

- In 2016 dollars.

I spent about $25 on this costume, not including the jacket, which I had.

And $25 on "Doc's" beautiful- - Nice.

- He knows how to model.

He's got the moves.

- Awesome. You guys look fantastic.

- Thanks. We're ready to go to the convention.

- Thank you. You're not too bad looking yourself.

- I heard you got a time machine.

- She got a boyfriend.

(Laugh) - Well I think we have a love

connection over here.

- (Laugh) - Alright,

well special thanks to my buddy Piotr.

You can check out a lot of his other impression on the 'Howard Stern Show' and

his website, themixednut.com.

And next week we've got Ben, what are you making?

- Storm trooper.

- Yes, can't wait for that.

It's gonna be awesome.

- Be sure to subscribe and write comments below about what you want to see next.

Great Scott.

We're running out of time.

Hurry.

We gotta get back in the 'DeLorean'.

This concerns you too.

Let's go.

- Let's go.

- Not you Ben.

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