The trick to working with foam is to finish it properly or paint will melt it. I machined my own knobs and Ion knob but many people use stacked washers for the Ion knob. I made the gun hook from a piece of 1/8" thick aluminum sheet but a lot of people use a Dixie cup dispenser hook. I used another plastic folder (blue) to make the powecell lense. The powercell is made from 1/8" thick board and is held in place with screws, making it easy to remove for battery access. The lenses were made from translucent plastic folders. I ended up using flashlight refelectors with red LED's in them for the cylotron lights. The cyclotron is made from MDF rings and 1/8" thick board. The spacer is made from blue foam as are the gearboxes, Ion arm and bumper- this speeds things up dramatically and really cuts down the weight of the pack. The motherboard is made from 1/8" thick board and is bolted to the ALICE pack frame.
This is a BIG project so I'll basically outline what I did to make it go a lot faster. They absolutely cannot believe they were homemade. People go absolutely flippin' nuts when they see the whole getup. But come Halloween it is oh sooo worth it. All the labels on the packs and goggles are accurate and were printed on my computer. I turned the aluminum and glass lenses on a lathe. I made the goggles from hardboard, Bondo and thin plywood. The "no ghost" patches were bought online.
#Ghost buster costumes diy movie#
Even our coveralls were from the original movie supplier. Most of the small parts on the pack are movie accurate and were located at a local electronics surplus store. pack frames are the same as the movie and were purchased from an Army surplus store. The packs and trap are pretty movie accurate- they were made from plans that were drawn up from one of the original movie "hero" packs on display at Planet Hollywood.
The trap weighs around six or seven pounds and the packs weigh about twenty- five pounds. I made two lighting circuits for each pack using a simple homemade 555 timer circuit, a few LEDs and 9v batteries. The guns come off the packs and the packs light up, as does the trap. I also made a ghost trap and pedal- it clips onto the belt just like in the movie. :D I made two complete packs, suits, belts and goggles in just over two weeks working mostly nights and weekends. We tried to get his roommate into it too so we could have a third Ghostbuster but he didn't think we'd be able to do it. I thought this would be a great idea for Halloween (I love Halloween!) so in my usual over the top fashion I went, well - over the top.
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