How To Make Cosplay Ninja Turtle Shell! 

Check out this similar foam turtle build that has some patterns you can use to make your own! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pSq5QcSXMqk.html

Projects like this just prove that you were the real King of Random after Grant passed.

I am really enjoying the variety. I like knife/sword making, but adding other creative things is always great.

Nate From the Internet: "I'm a knife making channel. Find my knives at Haukr knives" Also Nate From the Internet: "I'm a DIY channel, here's how to make ____" Also ALSO Nate From the Internet: "I'm a food channel, here's how to make this wrong and Calli is gonna help me fix it." Also also ALSO Nate From the Internet: "I'm a cosplay channel, here's how to make a turtle shell from floor mats" I love it

YAY Foam! Thanks for the shout-out and book plug Nate. Cowabunga! =D

Dude, as a fellow foam-crafting enthusiast, I really appreciate the candid personal experiences and what you've learned about parts of the process. I know that contact cement pain all too well. I tend to spread the sides of the dart cut perpendicular to the face of the foam sheet to help get all the way into particularly narrow angles. A hair dryer works wonders for my impatience with contact cement. Turns that 15-minute wait into like 3 minutes.

Just completed my Squirtle turtle shell using this tutorial! This was my first attempt at using foam for a cosplay and this was so easy to follow! I usually get easily discouraged with projects like these, but I had to trust the process and I'm so proud of how it turned out! Thank you!

My dad and I made my TMNT shell out of cardboard from the dumpster behind the Big Bear grocery. He tossed me over the side and I picked the best pieces 😂.

I tend to like the longer format of videos. Keeps me from clicking around. I love the shells, and the idea for TMNT. I plan to dig into foam building later, but am on a polymer clay phase at the moment.

I really love this channel. You can really tell Nate has the energy and creativity and fun typical for newer smaller channels, but the quality and hosting skills of someone who has been an industry professional for years.

Using a condiment bottle to use with the contact cement is an amazing idea! I've only used contact cement a few times and the brush thing always made it a very unpleasant process.

Hm... This'd be great for an early Dragon Ball Turtle School cosplay as well. Rockin' that Kame-Sennin 50-100 pound shells!

This is very cool! its rly what i was missing from the old school TKOR

Glad i found this, I've been looking for a good tutorial for what seems like forever, will be starting this soon for my Master Roshi cosplay

For anyone making a ninja turtle costume, you can make a very convincing skin texture by stippling on some puffy paint with a sponge brush.

Thank you Nate for being an amazing, inspiring, and wonderful person. I hope you are doing well? 🍻❤️

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Looks like Nate is doing just fine going "solo", 1000 views an hour, not too shabby.

Thank you thank you Nate from the Internet! Exactly what my son needed for his TMNT costume. Easy to follow directions, very clear and resulting costume turned out fabulous. Thanks for helping make my son's first cosplay adventure at Comicon fantastic.

classic Nate, a turtle shell

if i had known how do do this when i was in my 20's i would have done cos play. then again there was not you tube back then. thanks for showing this off. i think i may try some of these

This is really cool.

Love watching foam builds!

That was so cool. I love the turtle shells you made they look awesome. 👏🐢🐢

Bro I missed these videos!!! Great to see you doing your thing again!!!

Looks Great , would make a cool shield aswell once your done with the TMNT cosplay. Just Velcro or contact cement on a handle of some sort and grab a sword

When you said EVA foam my mind went to Punished Props and Bill and Brit Doran. Then you said the word foam smithing and it reinforced it. His foam armor that he did for Dragon Con 2019 was awesome. I got to see it in person at the meetup.

This is so nice, thanks for the tutorial Nate!

much better then the one i made when i was a kid. i used a cardboard box. was not too good at shaping so more boxy than shell shaped. I made a Bo staff out of a old broom handle and some grip tape, and nunchucks out of some string and another handle. i could not decide if i wanted to be Donatello or Michelangelo for Halloween that year

Nate, you should revisit the making knifes out of (blank). You've done wood, done a random piece of re bar, and even obsidian. try ideas like, making one out of concrete, cardboard, glass. ETC

It’s beautiful! Cowabunga!

my shell is amazing! thanks for this tutorial!

Would love to see more cosplay stuff!

This was awesome 👏🏻

I want one soooo bad for the back of my chair!

Thanks for the tip about the gallery glass I’m going to give it a try on my next project

You missed the opportunity to use turtle wax!! I love how much I’ve learned on your channel Nate!

This will help bring my Zudomon cosplay to life. Thank you!!!! 🙌🏾

Donny or Leo would be pretty easy to secure because the straps you would want to incorporate to hold the bow or swords would make for a good harness (I'm thinking original toys.) The other two would be trickier, you'd need hidden straps or some velcro maybe to hold to the top of the shell securely while the belt is the only real strapping. This is fun though, Nate. Definitely make more. If you're doing a full costume I would be interested in seeing how you handle the rest.

I love the choice of background music in the beginning too, not gonna lie. But overall great build!

Yooo that looks so good!

Perfect and just in time for me to make 4 turtle kid's costumes for Halloween 2022! Thanks man!

I'm big fan of you and Thomson

came out great, thankz for the tip 👍

for the border, EVA foam noodles/pipe insulation would be a good choice also - less worrying about forming - just slit them open and clamp around the edge - then you just need to sculpt a little with a dremel

Love this kind of content

I'm early this time! Love to see foamwork as that's my main hobby ;)

great build! love the video! keep them coming

I'd love to see how you'd approach a build like this in sheet steel... :D Love your epic content! So well made!

This is cool, simple but very effective loved the ninja turtles as kid

Epic, man, epic! Also, I’d love to see a sequel to you and calli making throwing knives, but make ninja stars instead!

Very nice!

love the video

Awesome vid. Definitely making into a ka backpack

I worked in a tire center for years, we used volcanizing cement to adhear patches and plugs. They make small bristle brushes for laying down thin even coats that may work well for the more narrow spots.

WOW impressive skills.

I’d love to see you do some diy building for the yard/outdoor patio type stuff. I love the variety of your channel. Definitely more cosplay stuff. I just want to watch you make stuff, any stuffs 😆

Just in time for ComicCon

Mebbe measure from coccyx to base of neck plus across the ribcage for whoever the piece is for so you know what size you're working toward? Also, mebbe velcro strips to mount the shell decoration pieces. This would allow a 'quick change' by having differently coloured (yes, I'm an Aussie) panels, perhaps a metallic or pearlescent finish for a more 'natural' shell appearance. Also if a panel gets damaged it can be swapped out with trying to rip off the contact cement.

Love this Nate. Keep up the great work! Always been a fan.

Fair play Nate this is an awesome guide and project! Might try it with the kids. Really like this build videos it reminds me allot of Adam Savages 1 day builds. Oh and your editing skills have improved so much! (unless you got an editor?)

Awesome!

Great tutorial! would love to see some more foam crafting/prop/cosplay stuff.. Maybe make the infamous blue shell from mariokart? 😁

Yes! Do more of these.

Hey Nate, that was awesome! I've been trying to find a shell for my costume! I will give it a try unless I can pay you to make me one! Again great job and thanks for sharing!

You could run straps through the foam and cover the other side with the lumps on the back so it would be covered. As you said.. there are a lot of ways to attach the shells. Or.. there are a lot of ways to make turtle shell... but THIS is how Nate does it. lol.

My favorite and go to wave vomiting foam is using wood gorilla glue. Works like a charm then you could just shave off the access! Edit: my favorite way to join foam. Not whatever talk to text thought I said

Keep up the great work

I need to learn how to make a turtle shell and this was the first video I clicked on. Super impressive! I’m literally starting from scratch and feel like I can get there from just your video. Thanks for the excellent demonstration and sharing your skills! Subscribed!

Ty for the idea. Must have been hard to keep it together considering you were making it for a grown A$$ man. I was looking for ideas to make a costume for the kids, grate work though, looks like you are all fit to set the Foot Clan running.

Man you are so random, you are like the king of random content

Great channel bro.

Nice build. Might need one from cast aluminum soon ;-) Weekend Stuff

Hi Nate, I'll leave acomment for you cuz the algorithm likes it!

Honestly my first thought when i saw the thumbnail was "Is that the 'Great Turtle Shell' shield from Elden Ring?"

it's a good idea to add registration marks to help make sure you are getting the seams to match properly.

I love your projects, I just realized I haven't seen your videos in a while, I need to be better at watching your videos.

great work nate , tho you are looking like master roshi in the thumbnail

EXCELLENT! TUBULAR! RADICAL! PIZZA! Cowabunga!

That was pretty cool. Channel is getting a little more personality lately which I really like to see. Now I know how to build out things with foam. Cool :P

I like your fire pit.

Now get some sunglasses, a bald cap, an orange Hawaiian shirt, and a white goatee and you'd be master Roshi!

I love the squeeze bottle you have for the contact cement. How do you keep it from drying out/clogging in there?

This should be re made into a survival backpack so yeh please do that so we can all have one. Ps great vid IV only ever seen you from taking over kor vids

I see a turtle hermit cosplay in my future

I've caught up with your videos recently and I'm loving what you have done on your channel. Your chemistry with Calli and your friends is amazing and I love the jokes and humor that create an awesome working environment. I also really enjoy your unique experiments. It really shows that you love what you do and that's awesome. A little while ago I made the decision to unsubscribe from TKOR and 2KOR because their videos just don't feel that special or entertaining anymore to watch. It made me sad since TKOR was one of my favorite channels of all time due to you and Calli with your fun experiments and amazing chemistry together. You and Calli brought that channel to life for me and ever since you guys got fired from it the videos just don't look or feel as special as you and Calli made them to be even though they could be similar videos that you and Calli have done in the past. I believe that TKOR made a mistake with letting you and Calli go and they'll probably regret not having you 2 amazing people on their channel anymore. It doesn't feel entertaining to watch their videos anymore because it seems to now be more focused on money then entertainment. Regardless, I am so happy that you are still making videos and bringing Calli along every now and then plus still keeping that amazing chemistry you guys had on TKOR that we all love. You are such good people and I'm positive you guys will have amazing success. Keep up the amazing work you've always done and never give up!

Thank you!! I'll be trying to replicate this but using cardboard from some boxes I have laying around the house, as I need a costume made from recycled materials. Wish me luck 😂

I would love to see your take on a dwarven war hammer, as I think that could be quite interesting to watch!

Ooo ooo. Nate. Since you’re making turtle shells and likely making an front to the shell (like a ninja turtle) can you show how you would make that kinda chest piece?

I think it was a mistake to use the exact same pattern multiple times. If they look too similar, they won't look real. lol

Teach me the kamehameha wave, Master Nate-shi

if you do make a follow-up video to this, and continue with the TMNT theme, i'd be interested to see how you make Leonardo's _katana_ s, and how you incorporate their holsters into this shell

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Great videos Nate, just one question. Do you have to score the foam in order for it to stick better? I have seen other tutorials do that.

Idea for a turtle fur suit and fursona Thank you

Hey Nate thank you for awesome content. You are missed on tkor honestly by me. But loving the new show.

Nate and others who do this Craft could answer, Wouldn't it be a better bond to keep the factory edge [puzzle edge] when gluing to two pieces together? Although you make need to sand a bit to ruff it up! My thoughts are the puzzle edge holds a bit by itself and then there would be more surface area to adhere to.

Could we get a video or some pictures of the final 4? Id like to see the complete setup with them strapped on

Well hey lets get some pizzza and be some ninja turtles to eat more

"You don't put contact cement on both sides..." and at that precise moment i'm gluing stuff to an art piece with contact cement, and not putting it on both sides.. I have my reasons, it is just better to do it the right way. I used tons of the stuff in instrument repair shop, it is very good alternative for attaching pads to sax, clarinet etc. The old school way is to use hot wax cause you can melt it and re-adjust the pads to make them airtight. Contact glue when wet works the same way, you can adjust it before clamping it down. It takes much, much longer to cure, hours instead of 20 minutes.