My Halloween costume (Completed!)
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| A few
pictures of my scratch built mask. I constructed this for about $13.
The dirty rags are actually to old pairs of pants I was going to
throw away. The eye pieces were made from some aluminum tubing left from saber making. The nose or teeth (whichever you want to call it) was made from a piece of scrap wood. |
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| The snout
was wrapped in a cheap leather belt I bought at Dollar General. The horns and tusks are from some scrap material. You can tell by the shape of the snout, that the mask is not dead on accurate. I plan to work on it more after Halloween. |
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| The
framework inside the mask is made from styrene. Actually, it was an $8
"For Sale" sign. I used some vinyl to fill in some of the voids
between the strips of styrene. A hot glue gun was used to apply the rags unto the frame. The leather on the snout had to put on with a leather glue. Hot glue would not keep it attached. The mask is very light and breathes good. |
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| The
breather was constructed from a PVC connector pipe, 6 washers, 2 brass
nipples, 1/4" aluminum rod, and some scrap leather I purchased on EBay.
I still have to weather this piece. |
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| I made the
bandoliers by hand from a sack of scrap leather purchased on EBay. The
pieces were not long enough to make the belt pieces solid, so I used some
vinyl and leather glue to attach the pieces together to make them long
enough. Pop rivets were used to hold the belt straps together. |
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| Here is a
close up of one of the pouches I made for the bandolier. I got a
pattern from DH2, and scaled it to fit my belt. The shapes were then
cut from this pattern, soaked in water, wrapped around a box, and placed in
my dryer so they would hold their shape. After drying they were attached via pop rivets to the belt and real snaps were added to the front so the flap can be opened and closed. |
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| Here is a picture of them weathered. I used a black shoe polish applicator to age them and sanded the chrome off of the snaps. |
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| Here is
the finished pic of my gafi stick. It was made from wooden dowel, a wooden
rounded staircase knob, a plastic funnel, aluminum tubing, aluminum flat
bar, and a piece of scrap wood on the end of the funnel. I cut grooves in the staircase knob with a dremel. I also used the dremel to cut the fins. |
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| Here is my
completed outfit. I think I got the robes good and dirty enough.
My dye job didn't turn out quite like I wanted it to because the robes have
a pinkish tint to them. The dark patches are actually dyed in. I poured a dark brown dye in as the fabric was agitating and serendipitously it made those spots. |
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| The bottom
of the tunic was sprayed with rust colored primer and black spray paint.
It matched my boots pretty well. I also have to give my Mother-in-law a big round of applause for helping me complete this thing. She was such a big help on getting the robe sewn in time. Thanks Brenda! I actually won a local costume contest with it! Woohoo! |
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| Will looks
so cute trying to wear this thing. He can only see out of one eye at a
time.
He is so funny when he puts it on, raises his arms in the air and does the Tusken yell.
LOL |
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