DIY Cheap and Easy Star Trek Costumes (TOS)
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2014
- If an Anovos replica is a little out of your price range, you can make your own TOS Star Trek costumes out of a turtleneck with almost no sewing for under $10 by picking up a cheap shirt at a 2nd-hand shop.
While I made the patches for my Star Trek costumes, you can also buy ready made iron-on starfleet badges. I've seen the one for command here on Amazon: amzn.to/2gc8QsB. If you choose to make your own badges, and you embroider them as I did here, they will twist, but once you glue them onto the shirt, they straighten right out.
For the Spock/Vulcan eyebrows tutorial visit: • How to do Spock Eyebrows
For the female Star Trek TOS costume tutorial visit:
• How to Make a Lt. Uhur...
Hope you enjoy this tutorial. If you have any questions or requests for future tutorials, feel free to leave me a comment below. I post a new cosplay tutorial every Thursday and a new crafting tutorial every other Monday, so check back next week for more DIY goodness.
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I was gonna answer "Fascinating" until I realized that someone beat me to it, so I will just have to settle for...Your tutorial was Awesome!
Thanks :-) Live long and prosper.
SantoDominus yes but it was...interesting.
I’m doing an engineer shirt! This looks really good. May you live long and prosper! 🖖
This is so good, I'd bet any money that this is how they made the original costumes en mass for the back ground artists.
I needed this for Black Friday... retail sucks and wearing the Security Red Shirt would have been hilarious. thanks for sharing! 🖖🖖
Ahh, that would have been really funny!!! Although, wearing a red shirt might have put you in danger of not making it out of Black Friday in one piece...
Exactly! It's about miserable and putting me out my misery would have been a kindness
Ah, gotcha. Yes the red shirt would definitely be very logical then
Yea I feel your pain. I worked one of the box stores in the early 90s. I always had flashbacks to the original Dawn of the Dead when the motorcycle gang let all the zombies in. Doorbusters indeed!
This is what I came here for. I'm working event staff for a Halloween bar craw this year.
Anybody who knows me well knows I'm a Trekkie, so it's only natural I'd get around to this eventually. This week's #craft post is a #costume tutorial for some very easy and cheap #StarTrek costumes (The Original Series style). You can make them out of turtlenecks from your local 2nd-hand shop.
You have made the gods happy...
I paid $80 for a costume like this #fail. Looks great.. great tutorial
Fascinating!
Thanks :-) Live long and prosper.
Great tutorial! Looks like I'll be making a trip to the fabric store soon :)
Really nice. First DIY I've seen for the TOS tunic. Thanks.
You are so creative and talented! This came out great thanks!
Thank you !
All the costumes for sale that I see for OS Star Trek aren’t even accurate, yours looks way better. And no sewing needed lol, awesome!
Glad you liked it. Live long and prosper 🖖
This tutorial was quite logical. I thank you.
Thanks for watching :-)
Excellent! I'm excited to try this.
+Katrina Leonard Good luck, live long and prosper :)
By far one of the best video tutorials I've seen in a very long time. Love how you managed to make the outfit so cheap. My only problem is finding the blue color turtleneck, but hey I started early this year it's only January so I have about 9 months to find and make it. Already have the wig (ebay) and the science badge. The hard part is the ears. hmmm Still researching. Hey thanks for an awesome video. Wanted my wife to help sew but your glue gun idea is brilliant.
Yeah, the blue one I couldn't find a turtleneck for either, that one ended up being a thin sweatshirt I found in the Salvation Army. Check the 2nd hand shops, they usually have a better selection of colors than stores that only carry new stuff. For the ears check out Aradani, they sell some Vulcan specific ones there (around $12 for a pair if I recall).
That's really cute! I like that idea!
Thanks :-)
Thank you, looked great 👍
Nicely done!
Thanks 😊 Live long and prosper.
Pretty cool
Thanks 😊
Your a Costume textiles genius, Thanks.
really impressive diy costume and pretty decent too from a Trekkie's point of view...
Thanks :-) LLAP \\//
Thanks this is really helpful!
Thanks for watching :-)
no problem!
Did you know that originally the yellow shirts were all going to be green in colour but it looked yellow on the old tv sets so they switched the main uniform out for yellow while keeping the other uniforms that Kirk wears the original colour, light green.
Yup. I believe the "gold" uniforms are in fact actually avocado green all through the first season, but the type of fabric made it appear gold under the lights. Whereas the wrap-around green tunic, being made of a flatter fabric, held its green appearance under the lights.
Totally making this for my Dad...he's a total TOS Trekkie.
Then may he Live Long and Prosper.
The Woodland Elf amazing quote 😂👌🏻
Very effective . 👍🏻
Nice! Also, I must have been hearing things, because I could have SWORN I was hearing a cat in the background. I had to rewind several times, because I also thought it was OUR cat meowing, LOL.
Mike Uchman Lol, yup you heard right, that's my cat (who is appropriately named Mr. Spock) talking in the background. He always likes to be around when I'm crafting or sewing, so he can be heard squeaking in the background of several of my videos.
*beam me up Scotty*
That was really helpful, thank you so much! I never would've thought of doing it like that. I'll be able to modify that and make my daughter a costume too.
Rey Chavda Yup, for the female version basically all you do is use a longer shirt or sew an extra section to the bottom and then cut the neckline a little lower and off to one side.
The gold piping is a rank device, somewhat similar to what airline pilots wear.
No stripes: Enlisted, Cadet, or Ensign
Dots: Lieutenant JG
1 solid stripe: Lieutenant
1 solid stripe plus dots: Lt. Commander
2 solid stripes: Commander
2 solid stripes with a line of dots in-between: Captain
If you're not playing a specific character, this is how you'd indicate rank.
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awesome! 👌 thank you so much! Brilliant!!!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed. 😊
awesome!
Thanks :-)
great!
Thanks 😊
Hi, Amber! Thank you for posting so many things of Star Trek. It really helps me! Please, don't stop posting videos of Star Trek, and if you can, make a tutorial of that black clothing used by Spock on the first film. Thank you a lot
+Thamy Tolomei Hi Thamy, yup I could do a tutorial of that (you're talking about his black meditation robe thing right?). It might take me a few months to get to it, because I've got a few other requests ahead of it (some of them Star Trek too), but I'll let you know when I get it done and posted.
Yep. This one. Thank very much
+Thamy Tolomei - Hi Thamy, took me a little a while, but I finally got it finished. The how-to for Spock's black meditation robe is up. Hope you enjoy.
brilliant Tutorial. I Tryed (however you spell it, im from germany :)) it at home and it turned out really well :)
+Felix JF Thanks for watching, Live Long and Prosper :)
+Felix JF tried. Good try though!
The Woodland Elf :)
Tried
Awesome! 😎
Amazing!!!!!
Emanuela Tosi Thanks :)
thought this was really cool!
Thanks, live long and prosper :-)
Live long and prosper!
Some great tutorials. I would love to see mirror universe Kirk.
Sure, I'll add Mirror Kirk to the list. It'll be a few month before I get to it, but I'll let you know when I get it posted.
Wow thanks. You've inspired me to try my hand at doing some cheap cosplay vids. I'm currently looking into doing Captain Harlock and some Robotech costumes.
Ah yeah, Harlock would be really cool 😊 Somebody did that one at a local convention here, came out really nice.
Ok, it took me a while to get my list whittled down, but I did just post the mirror universe Captain Kirk tunic. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for the request.
My fully illustrated Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual Copyright 1975 has the measurements for the uniforms.
Oh dude, that is awesome!! 👍
OMG i have to try thissssssssssssss
Live long and prosper 🖖
I just started to look on YT for how to make a Trek costume, and yours looks great! Going to try this as well as the original phaser and communicator!
Thanks, good luck 😊
Very interesting. This is something I should try out some day even though I'm not exactly skilled at these things.
I'd love to see more TOS-era costume tutorials, especially Klingon and Romulan uniforms, if these can be done inexpensively and easily. :-)
Yup, I actually have both Klingon and Romulan on my to-do list. So they'll be coming at some point. I'll let you know when I get them posted.
Great. I'm looking forward to these. Thanks. :-)
Finally got the Klingon costume started. Just posted the bat'leth tutorial, and the rest will be coming over the next several weeks. Hope you enjoy.
@@Thewoodlandelf I'm looking forward to it. :-)
I know kinda old but can I use a crew neck shirt? I have a medium blue colored one that could possible work perfect for Spock. just need a black turtleneck shirt under it or something basically :P
Yup, that would work too. You could even cut around the neckline if you want it more pointed. And when you put the black turtleneck under it, it'll look the part anyway.
Very impressive,now if you can find velour material it would be exact!🤔
You got the color shades correct!
Jman
Yes that would be my ultimate dream, to find velour shirts in the proper colors a second hand shop.
@@Thewoodlandelf someone on ebay makes repro tops in velour material, myself Im partial to the 2 pilot episode uniform styles!😁
Jman
Ah yes, the velour "sweatshirt" uniforms. Gotta say, they did look very comfortable, lol.
Great tutorial! Gonna try it. I assume this is a no-wash costume?
Right, I wouldn't try washing it in a machine because of the hot glue (and definitely no dryers, or the glue will melt). Just hand washing is best. However, you can use fabric glue (they sell it in places like JoAnn's) that is made to be washed if you want to use a machine on the gentle cycle.
I'm in a pickle and I'm wondering if you can help me. I ordered an engineering patch but it appears that it won't be arriving in time, so I'm thinking of making one like the one in your video. What is the name of the silver material?
It was called silver foil fabric. I found it in JoAnn fabrics. Check in the costume fabrics, or pleather sections.
share the links for the products plz for everything for cheap strar trek uniform thank you
ok thxs
Pretty cool, economical and fairly simple. But to be accurate it's not really gold it's green or chartreuse to be precise.
True they were actually green, but the studio lights generally gave them a gold sheen, so they pretty much adopted gold as the standard color later on. They even gave Kirk a gold shirt in the animated series.
The Woodland Elf you are right. I tell people all the time that all Kirk's tunics were green even the mirror universe but most don't believe me.
Ditto. I've got a couple friends who absolutely would not believe they were green until I made them read it for themselves on a few trusted Trek sites.
Could you do a series of deep space nine cosplays . Like odo , kira , gul dukat , or quark
I guess that depends on which part of the cosplays. The actual costumes I could do, but Gul Dukat and Quark's heads would be difficult because that's some pretty advanced prosthetic/makeup work, which is something I don't have a lot of practice in at this time.
@@Thewoodlandelf True . But you always do just the outfits and let the people do the makeup
Yeah, I can definitely do the costume parts. I'll them to my list.
@@Thewoodlandelf Ok awesome 👍
This is a little late, but where did you get the command turtleneck? I can't seem to find one with the same color.
I found it in the Salvation Army's turtleneck section. Took a bit of searching, since it's not a real common color, but eventually found a ribbed one that matched the color pretty well.
Thank you!
perfecto.
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Live long and prosper
Do you have anything similar to that for the next generation?
I've done a similar construction for the Voyager uniform ( ruclips.net/video/Yz7Vjfb1sLE/видео.html ), which could be TNG with just a couple alterations. The only actual TNG uniform I've done so far is the Skant ( ruclips.net/video/JsK59eLwjrA/видео.html ). But I do plan to do the standard TNG uniform at some point eventually as well.
how well would iron-on adhesive work?
As long as it's good quality it should work fine. But it would only work for the rick rack. The silver material I made the badges out of would melt under the heat of the iron.
Omg lol!! Send hug from here :')
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Great tutorial!
One minor criticism - the insignia should be gold, not silver.
Yeah, I'm usually torn about whether to do gold or silver. I know they were actually gold, but the lighting always made them look rather silver to me (kinda like the green tunics appearing gold, lol), so I went with that. But it's an easy fix to change it gold if someone want to be more authentic, 'cause they sell that metallic fabric I used for it in both gold and silver.
@@Thewoodlandelf
Yes, it was definitely gold leatherette. I know what you mean about them looking silver sometimes though. They definitely look gold on the Blu Ray though.
Cool, I don't have Blu Ray, but I'll have to see if I can watch it at a friend's house sometime.
Sorry, but where did you get the golden trim?
Hedda Winther You can get it at JoAnn Fabrics.
this is really cool, could you do one for women?
+Hannah Glossop Thanks. Yup, I actually have a tutorial for the female Trek uniform here: ruclips.net/video/LZJb-2KnLf4/видео.html A tad more sewing required, but still pretty simple.
Yes i found it a short while after posting the comment! your stuff is amazing, so helpful!
What the name of the ribbon? Just asking
It's quarter-inch gold rick-rack. You can find it in JoAnn's or pretty much any sewing store usually.
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\V/ LLAP
How will you wash it
You can use a regular washing machine on gentle. Just don't use the dryer, otherwise the glue will melt.
isn't the insignia more of a gold color?
Yeah, the badges were actually gold, but the studio lights often made them appear silver. (It's kinda like how the gold shirts were actually green, but looked gold on TV so that became the accepted color.) If you try to buy a pre-made one, you usually get both silver and gold ones as options because of that. I kinda liked the silver better so I chose to go with that.
How can u wash it if it using hot glue??
You can wash it ok, just be sure to keep it out of the dryer or the heat will melt the hot glue. As an alternative, you could also use fabric glue instead of hot glue.
I think Fabric glue would be a much better glue for this. As I have hot glued some things in the past, it doesn't wash very well. XD
And god forbid that time my dad suck it in the dryer. O_O
MercyTheFox In the dryer, oh no, that must have been a horrible mess! Yeah, definitely use the fabric glue if they're going to be cleaned with a washer and dryer. I usually just wash anything I hot glue by hand in cool water, and it seems to hold good that way.
Yeah, I hand wash most of my cosplay. But there are the few times it gets mixed in with my clothes. Or my dad picks it up. One time he picked up my Star Wars cosplay and washed it. Needless to say I haven't used it in while. A lot of my cosplay has hand stitching and embroidery. I really don't like having to put it in the washer or drying. :P
Can You Do Kirks Green Shirt?
Jimmy George Yup, but which green one, the alternate green shirt he wore around the ship in some of the episodes that closed across the chest at a diagonal, or the green dress tunic he wore when they had company and legal proceedings?
The Woodland Elf How About Make A Video On Both I Love This Tutorial!!
Jimmy George Thanks :) Ok, I'll go ahead and do both. Might take me a couple weeks to get them up. When would you need them by?
Oh Sorry, I don't need you to make them I can but I don't know how. I Was putting out a suggestion for a tutorial video on your channel.
Jimmy George Right, I just didn't know if you needed the how-to's up by certain date. Most of the how-to requests I get are from people heading to a convention, so they usually have a certain date they need to see them by. If you don't have a specific date you need to see them by, I'll probably get the tutorials for them posted sometime in July.
I want an Andorian full mask and a costume
As in a Andorian tutorial, or an actual costume?
both I want to go as an Andorian and I want to know if you would make me a full mask I'm female and I love Andorians
Ok, I'll save your email and when it gets winter months again I'll email you and get your measurements and stuff.
thanks I tried to make an Andorian mask like in star trek ENT and I couldn't do it
I've got some rubber-like stuff that would probbaly work pretty well. I'll give it a try this winter and let ya know.
What shirts did you use for these?
They were a few generic turtlenecks I found in the Salvation Army for a couple bucks.
The Woodland Elf Ok thank you so much I plan on making these! :)
Good luck 😊
Thank you! Beam out 🖖🏼
If they did wear another turtleneck under their shirt thats probably why sulu didn’t start complaining about the cold until it was something like -30 degrees c
Good point 😂 I guess they're right when they say dress in layers, lol.
Why not just sew the patch on instead of hot glue it? Since you are already sewing wouldn't that be better to do?
You can do it either way. I just hot glued it mostly because it's faster, and I was already gluing the trim on the sleeves too. But yup, you can definitely just sew them on if you'd rather.
I never thought I would end up on this side of RUclips...
Which side; the final frontier? 😉
It's a nice Vid, only I have not seen those colored turtle necks in the stores for awhile now. instead of spending the expense of a black turtle neck that your gonna waste once you cut the collar off, wouldn't it be better to use a black dicky? they are just the collar so your not wasting anything cutting them, and allot cheaper than a full turtle neck.
I got all the turtlenecks I used from the Salvation Army, and you can get turtlenecks there for around $2-4, so probably not any more expensive than a dicky. Plus I actually used the whole black turtleneck underneath, I didn't cut anything off. That way it gave them an extra layer of warmth, since we were wearing them at Halloween time.
do spock;s plz
You make Spock's shirt the same way as the red one, except the shirt is blue and he get 2 full lines of the gold ribbon on each sleeve. Or are you talking about one of the other versions of Spock's uniform?
thank you every much
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Live long and prosper to you as well. 😊
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Watch out for CBS
Kirk's shirt is actually green not yellow.
Yup, it was actually an avocado green, but the studio lights always gave it a gold tone due to the fabric it was made out of. It generally appeared yellow to people watching on TV, so yellow was eventually adopted as the standard. Which is why Kirk wears a yellow shirt in the animated series.
1 Person did not know how a hot glue gun works ;)!
I paid £50 for an official one on eBay and I could've just made one for half the price
Instructions unclear.
I'm a Klingon now.
That being said, I have no idea where to find good turtlenecks like that.
They don't seem to exist.
Check your local Salvation Army (after coronavirus is over of course). They usually have tons of them there. That's where I got all mine.
I hear a cat...
Yes, that my cat, who is appropriately named Spock 😹
Never choose red, unless it's the next generation series or a main character, because red shirt guys always die
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Never choose red, unless it's the next generation series or a main character, because red shirt guys always die
Never choose red, unless it's the next generation series or a main character, because red shirt guys always die
Exactly; Star Trek life expectancy goes up dramatically with a blue or gold shirt. 😉