In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make a DIY Magneto costume. This Magneto costume is based on the one Michael Fassbender wore in X-men First Class.

MATERIALS USED:
2 Black shirts (1 turtleneck, one performance wear)
Half yard of stretchy yellow fabric
5 feet of thick parachute strapping and 2 large parachute buckles
Chrome silver paint
4 overall buckles
1 long separating zipper
2 large buttons
Glossy black paint
Black pants
2 short zippers (more if your pants don’t already have zippers)
Glue that will bond metal (Power-tac)

This DIY Magneto costume is fairly easy to make, especially if you start with second hand clothing. The shirts and pants I found for a few bucks each in the local second hand shop, so it keeps the costume costs down too (and it’s more eco-friendly 🌎). The rest of the supplies can be found in most sewing shops. I found mine in my local JoAnn’s.

This tutorial is just for the costume part itself, but a helmet tutorial will follow in a couple weeks, along with a McKellen Magneto tutorial a few weeks later (so multiple Magnetos are covered 😉)

Special thanks to Brett Linehan for being the musical Magneto in the ending skit and thumbnail photos. If you want to hear the rest of Brett’s song that he plays in the ending skit of this video, check it out on his Youtube or his Spotify.

And if you’re wondering, the Fassbender helmet was made to fit my brother’s head, and didn’t fit Brett that well, which is why he is wearing the McKellen helmet with the Fassbender costume in this video 😉

Video tutorial by Amber Reifsteck, The Woodland Elf
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