Shredder - Ninja Turtles

This tutorial was created about two years after I made the Shredder costume.

Almost none of the items are still intact.

The helmet was destroyed, any fabric that I used was destroyed.  The only things to survive are the armor pieces, and they have been damaged.

This is just a guide on how to approach the costume since I will not have many developmental pics.

Be careful in making any costume since I do not assume responsibility from anything that may happen from following any instructions on my instructables.

This item barely cost anything.  I think the paint cost the most at $10 bringing the whole cost of the costume to about $25.  Then again, I had a lot of the materials, as many of you probably will too.

Materials:
helmet
balloon
papier mache (see my Mola Ram instructable to find out my method of papier mache)
Silver spray paint
thin cardboard (cereal box is great)
old baseball cap
masking tape
paintball mask
string (shoelace is good)
spackle is optional

armor pieces
empty 2L soda bottles (probably 1 or 2)
thin cardboard (again, cereal box is good)
papier mache
masking tape
Silver spray paint
velcro (I prefer the kind that has an adhesive side to it)

Clothing
Gray sleeveless shirt
gray cloth (another gray shirt will do, make sure the grays match)
black pants (sweat pants are nice and baggy)
purple cape (I had a purple bed sheet in the house, I just used that...less expensive than buying one)
black boots
black cloth (can get this anyway, old shirt is good)

Step 1

If you don't know how to papier mache, check out my instructable on making a Mola Ram costume. 

What you basically want to do, is papier mache a balloon that is roughly the size of your head.  This will form the base of Shredder's helmet.


Add many layers to make it sturdy, once completed, pop the excess balloon and you will have the helmet shell.

Comments

[scoochmaroo]

Ha, excellent! Looking forward to this year's build!