My name is Tony Swatton.
I am a blacksmith.
I make suits of armor and swords.
My business is making weapons for
movies, videogames, television shows
commercials, all of that.
Blizzard Entertainment has approached me
to make a whole costume
based on the character:
The Demon Hunter.
Because I specialize in metal work,
I am bringing in a team to help.
Because these mitts
are not much good for sewing.
Demon Hunters are dark shadowy warriors
who are shun by greater society.
They made a pact long ago to fight against
the force of Chaos
using their own terrible powers.
These mysterious warriors ritually
blind themselves
so they can develop spectral sight,
that enables them to see their enemies
with great clarity.
I enjoy collaborating with other artists
and in this case
I brought in Steve and Cetta
to do the sculpted elements
the leather-work
and the prosthetic makeup
I am really excited because there is
a bunch of different things
that we can do on this.
We also brought in Jessica Dru
to model for the Demon Hunter.
She has a ton of cosplay
and costume experience
and she may even lend a hand.
So I will be doing the clothing.
The Milan armor,
not on metal
and I will also be assisting Steve
on various things.
So we have everything form prosthetics
to body paint, to sculpture
to armor parts, that we can all
put together into a kick-ass Demon Hunter.
There is a bunch of steps in this project
and the first step is
take a life cast of Jessicas Head.
So this is going to be the first step
to turn you into a Demon Hunter.
We going to start off by
padding you in a bald cap.
I typically use red hot molten bronze
for my cast
so I am going to give Jessica a break
and Steve will make his cast
out of alginate.
-Here we go.
-Okay.
Alright, good luck.
Alright Jess, you are doing great
so we are going to get this one
as fast as possible before it sets.
I am turning into a Demon Hunter!
We are going to do
the plaster bandage next.
Alright Jess,
slowly lift your head out of it.
It is me!
Now that we got you out of it
we are going to cast you out of stone
and then we are going to start sculpting
Once the pulled the molt off
they fill it with gilson cement
to get a model of Jessicas head.
I want to do really small snaps
of your ears
so I have really good information
for sculpting these giant Night Elf ears.
The only two races
that can be Demon Hunters
are Night Elves and Blood Elves.
They both have iconic ears, so getting
the ear shape correct is very important.
Sorry about this wet willy.
The alginate should be done
in about 5 minutes.
We are going to pop it
right off your head.
I am going to take this,
I am going to cast this dome in it.
Once I am done with that,
we are going to be able to sculpt
your Night Elf ears.
So we already started
working on the horns
and I think
you are a pretty good sculptor
Why don’t you go ahead
and sculpt out those ears?
So what we have here
is plaster molds
of your ear sculpts.
Your final ear will be made of full latex.
We will trim them
and they are ready to put on your head.
I need your measurements.
First and foremost we cannot do anything
without those.
Alright.
Cetta is making the corset
out of very soft leather
reinforced with metal bands
because you want the corset
to be both comfortable and functional,
while doing battle.
I am speaking from experience.
So we are boning this corset
so that it holds its own shape.
And then we will sew this lining
onto the rest of the equipment.
While Steven and Cetta are working
on the sculpted pieces and the corset
I will start making the brooch and buckle.
I am going to be cutting
an emerald cabachon
for the center of the necklace piece
that looks like that.
The emerald centerpiece will be cut from
emerald glass, using a diamond saw
and then diamond grinders to shape it up.
Lets see if that fel energy effect.
Gem cutting is actually my first love
so being able to incorporate that
into the Demon Hunter.
It is my passion.
For the buckle, I made a pattern
and then I just transfer the still
onto nickle silver sheet
and cut them out with the beverly shear.
I unyield the sheet of silver
which is softening if I heat it
with a torch and quenching it
in acid or pickle.
Now I am going to refine it
by hammering it smooth over a stake.
I am going to put a final polish.
mirror shine for the buckle.
I finished the brooch and buckle,
they came out really well
and I know the rest of the team
are going to love it too.
Here is your buckle and your brooch
I think these detail elements are really
going to compliment the rest
of the Demon Hunter costume that Steven
and Cetta made.
The Demon Hunter shoulder armor
has to look great.
If I made it our of metal it would be
too heavy and uncomfortable
for Jessica to wear,
so Steve is going to sculpt it
and cast it in resin.
We sculpted it, we did our silicon layer
now our next step
we are going to do a mother mold
We are going to rotocast it
out of a pourable resin.
Three more layers and we are going to have
our very first piece of armor.
So next we are going to paint it black
and then we are going to paint it silver.
We don’t know how to make them float,
so actually we are going to attach a strap
to your arm.
There will be a little ring
inside your costume
that we will be able to strap it right to.
We are going to put some LEDs in
It is going to be awesome.
Even though the aluminum armor I made
is light weight
it is still a little bit too rigid
and uncomfortable
so Will is going to create the arm, knee
and leg armor out of foam.
This is going to be for the knee.
Once these are cut out we are going ahead
and adhere them together
using rubber cement.
So we are going to actually
bevel these edges
and add some high points.
We are going to add
some battle damage to it.
So I am going to add the black and silver,
to really make it pop
I think a lot of people will be surprised
that the armor that they see in movies
is actually not metal, it is made
out of foam, painted to look like metal.
And we are going to do the same process
for your shins
your legs and the other knee.
We have trimmed up your ears.
So we are going to affix it to you
using a common medical adhesive
It is going to look really cool
when we start painting it
and bringing it all together.
So what do you think?
I love them!
Now we are going to start
laying base colors.
Purple everything
Night Elves have
a distinctive purple skin
and it is going to be the final stage
to bring the character to life.
Oh, it is really cold.
Now I am going to add shadow and detail.
Steve, Cetta, Will and I have spent
over 250 hours creating this costume
and our models transformation
to a Demon Hunter
is finally complete.
It has been a lot of fun collaborating
in this really creative team
I think the Demon Hunter costume
turned out great.
I am just surprised
they didn't ask me to model it.
