How to Make a Pirate Hat! DIY Pirate Costume Template. Jack Sparrow Would Love it. 

Yeah, I too laughed at that. The humor in these videos is always exquisite.

Nah; Snatching the book and closing it without a bookmark is _worse_ than piracy. Walk the plank, I say!

KreeZafi I do that too and too much

my name is William

Sweet! I'm glad it can be helpful for you:)

Awesome! Thanks for subscribing.

WEll, that's quite a compliment, much appreciated:)

So it would seem.

Yep, that'll be one of my next projects- It'll be the one shown in this video.

Yep, with a tiny bit of Aussie mixed in.

,,annoy my neighbors" I like you already mate

Awesome!

😁

Wow, glad I didn't let you down in your moment of inspiration!!

Thanks!!

Thanks!

One of our pirates was too busy playing on the playground, and the newest one was fast asleep while we were filming this time:)

Ooooh, I was just thinking how much I wanted to make a jetpack. I might have to do a gauntlet type thing first though.

Thanks! There's a new one coming tomorrow.....

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

My pleasure!

Update: Hat rack is complete, and looks great! Thank you so much for the inspiration and tutorial! Keep up the good work

I read this and I was like, what? what happened to his back xD

Doh, ha ha h ha

Yep, I do have a steampunk Captain America costume I designed, I will probably make a tutorial eventually- not sure when though....

I used to use contact cement, but since moving from Australia to Canada, I can't find one I like, not to mention I can't just go outside and not breathe the fumes. I actually now really like using hot glue, as long as I have a silicone baking sheet to use with it. One great thing is, if I make a mistake, I can heat up that section with a hairdryer and the glue will soften and I can pull it apart. I would say if you were making them professionally, contact cement is going to be stronger, but I am really surprised how well hot glue works. Can you believe I don't actually know if my glue gun is high or low heat- I bought it at a thrift store when I moved to canada. I think low melt works well enough. I actually plug my glue gun into a dimmer switch so I can adjust the heat to where I like it- just a little higher that what the glue melts at. I don't want it too hot or I have to hold the pieces longer for it to cool down. O.K., that was quite a ramble, hope it helps!

The actual hat itself holds up really well, as long as you don't sit on it or something. The weak point would be the paint you use to cover the hat, if you are changing the style and bending it in different shapes, the paint will start to crack a bit. I experimented with mixing my paint in a 50/50 ratio with mod podgy-which dries a bit flexible, and that seemed to work quite well, just needed more coats of paint for coverage.

I did make a plan for the pistol I used in this video, I will be getting that up probably sometime in sept.

Hi Chad, Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. If you want you can go over the foam with a heat gun before you glue it together to seal the foam, but this releases fumes from the foam so I recommend you do it outside. Basically you are going to need to give the foam 3 good coats of something, so sometimes I do the first coat with ModPodge, and the next two with paint, Or sometimes just three of paint. Whatever is cheaper and easier. If your project is just painted, then it doesn't need a top coat, but if you have added a metallic paste finish, then I recommend using any clear water based sealer. Hope that helps.

I am not quite sure what you are asking, how many tries for which stuff?

No, you don't need to print all the pages. The reason there are so many in the PDF is because there are 6 different sizes included. Just print the pages you need.

Hmm, I get my foam at a local craft store. If anyone is in Norway, can you help out? I do have some links for foam from Amazon but that is probably too far away from you.....www.lostwaxoz.com/product-links/

Lost Wax I see, thought that would be the case... Thank you for answering though (and the link) :) I have been looking online, so I will probably try ordering some

Sorry it took so long to answer, it was Halloween over here, and it gets a bit crazy for me.

Lost Wax That is okay, I understand. Hope you had a great night

I just googled French Pierott hat, and I get a bunch of different hat types, can you explain the look of the one you are wanting to make?

I wasn't able to attach a pic but I went to your FB page and sent you a message along with a pic of one, thanks

I will say a cautious yes... I haven't tried it, and I think it will depend a bit on what kind of leather you use, how well it keeps it's shape. I'd say foam is closest in properties to vegetable tanned leather rather than the soft leather you'd find say on a couch or leather jacket.

agreed

Hat or Sombrero

Wow, I thought 66cm would cover even the largest of heads. Apparently, once again I was wrong. Keep reminding me, and I will try to get to update this pattern with one larger size yet. Just might not be real soon….

I actually draft the patterns by hand, I don't start with a 3D model. Have you tried Pepakura? The thing is, I find computers don't necessarily understand where you are going to want your seams and how different materials can be manipulated. Have you tried Pepakura?

That is impressive, I have tried starting by hand, or even winging it through trial and error, but I struggle to imagine a 3d image in 2d parts. Especially curves. I shall have a look at Pepakura, Thanks for the response :)

Hmmm, I am trying to remember- I think I used two different colours- probably burnt sienna and burnt umber, but I can't totally say for sure without trying to replicate it. I wouldn't have mixed the colours together, but done one coat of one colour and another coat of the other colour.

Lost Wax Thanks so much, I'll try that way ♥

You know what, I think on the second coat with the different colour, I also used a paper towel to kind of take some colour away creating a bit of texture.

That's sounds good. Thx, in the instant that I can buy the pattern, I'll do my best to make it look great ♥ Seriously, thank you so much for answering ♥

You're welcome! Have fun making!

It really depends on how complicated it is, but on average to get a prototype I am happy with, it would take a couple of days to get one size drawn out with pen and paper. After that I need to digitize the pattern and then create all the other sizes. I then make each size pattern out of foam to make sure that they are all going to work, as scaling a pattern isn't always straight forward. So, by the time I finish a pattern, I have made the project a dozen or so times and it has probably taken about a month.

Wow! Thats awesome! Keep up the great work!

Talk about a long process, but it seems to be a very effective one at that. Keep up the great work!