Making Alien Stage Till Build Log DIY [Free Pattern for Freddie Guitar]

January 26, 2026

Making Alien Stage Till Build Log DIY [Free Pattern for Freddie Guitar]

Photo by karos_pics

So I wanted to challenge myself to make Alien Stage's Till Rockband version, completely or almost for free using only materials & tools I had at home.

If you want to skip right to the pattern, click to enlarge the images, or right click to download. Use the grid scale method to transfer to your own paper pattern.

If you have any issues downloading the pattern, let me know!

Now as for making the rest of Till, including more details about my breakable guitar!

Easy free details: I picked rockband AU Till because I used to be kinda punk/alt and a lot of my personal clothing/accessories already fit. So my boots, pants, band T-shirt, belt, chains, and pins are already done with no modifications needed. In general, Round 2 Till and several other Till outfits are relatively easy to closet cosplay.

Easy modification: the beanie was cut straight from a very old hoodie and I sewed up 1 side. Honestly, the easiest thing in the world to make, and now I finally have a black beanie that I've always wanted to own. The other important detail is that this beanie will cover up most of my Clear wig, which is white and not gray. Yes, I'm reusing Clear's wig for Till (and future Blade).

Easy stuff from scratch: I turned an old pair of gym shorts into the arm warmers! The black strips & elastic are from a scrap pile of discarded clothes being turned into rags. The buckles are literally some random paper clips I found. I also make this ghost face pin out of paper and mod podging it to cardboard.

Hardest clothing item: the spiked collar. What I would recommend for most people trying to make the collar for free: either glue spikes to a preexisting collar you have (i.e. if you have a dog collar big enough for your neck). Or making a fabric or foam collar from your stash. Or just buy a professionally made one.

Leather materials are harder & more expensive to come by. However, I took a leather & bootblacking workshop series a few years ago, so I still have some of my old leather working tools and even some leather scraps. Not all of it is still with me though, so I had to get a bit creative.

First- if you have a normal strip of leather you can skip this step, but because I had to join 2 scraps to fit my neck, I did have to sew the pieces together.

Next the snaps. We used grommets to make these snaps. I recommend this tutorial on how to install ring snaps in leather the correct way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uslIa0Ddtc

For the spikes, I want the holes made now before I dye the leather, and I used a leather hole puncher.

There's a couple of different ways to dye leather, I used Sharpie because that was the alcohol-based ink I have at home. Ideally, Angelus leather dye would be the best choice, but leather acrylic paint is also an option. To seal the Sharpie, I conditioned it with Lexol, coated it with Angelus acrylic finisher, and buffed it out.

Then I finally screwed in the spikes, and the spiked collar is done!

As for the Freddie guitar- I am no stranger to cardboard props that can disassemble- one day I hope to make my tutorial on how I made my interchangeable cardboard chainsaw, but until then, you get my Till cardboard guitar.

Here is another cosplayer's example and my inspiration!

My plan: I cut 4 cardboard layers- 2 top layers, 2 bottom layers with cuts for foamcore support & the magnet attachments. The handle is also removable and attached via magnets & wire.

- I traced all my pattern pieces and cut them out of cardboard & foamcore board. You might notice that the neck doesn't have a pattern piece- I literally just traced my yardstick on 2 layers of foamcore and 2 layers of cardboard. I ended up going with a 22in neck because that felt proportional to me. (Electric guitar necks tend to be 18in-22in, not including the head.)

- Scored & glued all the layers, primarily using rubber cement, mod podge, and hot glue.

- I used mod podge as primer, then spray painted everything, did some fine tune painting & weathering, and sealed the paint job.

- The eyeball is torn from a googly eye that I painted with glow in the dark nail polish, gel polish, and acrylic paint. It’s sealed with mod podge, resin, and hubrisTM. And attached with hot glue and even more hubris. The video will go more into it, but I had to fix it multiple times.

- The transparent part of the neck is actually plastic packaging and I found that scotch tape and packaging tape was actually more secure than hot glue, super glue, AND resin for connecting the head to the plastic to the neck.

- I attached the magnets, the strings, made the whammy bar, hot glued the shoulder straps, and hot glued the back support strap. The back support strap was technically unnecessary- the magnets was actually strong enough to keep the guitar together, however it's just for extra support in case someone knocks into the guitar prematurely.