Project: Female Tusekn Raider

Paint is dried and now working on the neck bit.

For the small squares I am using 2 by 2.5 inch cardboard pieces and glueing them to wire to give it a bit of bend. For the studs I went out and got gold studs at the hardware store and will be painting them along with the rest of the neck piece. However, I didn't quite buy enough so my friend made a clay mold for me of one of the studs and we will be making any missing studs out of a wax from this mold. He is a genius and saved me from going crazy on this one.



After placing the studs on with a hot glue gun and painting over everything I attached a thick rope with beads (made out of 2 inch duct tape). This is for the detailing right next to the bone detailing as you can see below.

For the bones I went out and got Fimo (sculpting clay) and they were placed around a coffee mug and left to dry out to get the curve. However what I didn't know about the fimo was that it was glow in the dark, I thought it was just very white when I bought it. My firend and i went to go turn off the lights in the studio and were shocked to find my mask glowing.

Project: Female Tusken Raider

Painting is done and it looks awesome!
It really looks like metal!!!
After letting the brown paint dry and went in a basically just finger painted on the metal paints to give it a hammered look. Was very messy....and so much fun!!!
I wish I had some photos to post but my camera died on me!!! : (

Project: Tusken Raider

I'm in sussex at an art studio that my firend has let me use!! I am so incredibly thankful that they are letting me use their place, my flat is WAY too small to compelete this project!!
So excited to see how this all turns out!

First I added all the metal and cording detailing along the top of the mask and then primed it to get an nice smooth finish.
Once that drys I'll begin to paint it with dark brown acyrilic paint and then detail it with some copper and gold to give it a metal finish.

Project: Female Tusken Raider

The skirt and shawl are completely done now just need to finish the helmet!
The skirt is a bit rugged, however I kind of like that about it. The character would have had it that way seeing as she is trekking through the desert. So I left it with some holes and frays.

Project: Female Tusken Raider

Have completed the structuring of the mask and covered it in plaster to get a nice hard shape was originally going to use fiberglass but was convienced not as apparently it's 'too dangerous'.....i thought it would have been a fun new experience.....
While the platser was drying I headed off into school to get to work on draping the skirt and bandage shawl.

The skirt went very quickly. The shawl however not so much. I completely forgot that the dress for does not have shoulders and would be the garment completely wrong shape for an actual person. Just have to wing that part (fingers crossed). Here is a photo, it's not rotated for some reason and the computer is being diffuclt...sorry!

Project: Female Tusken Raider

To begin with the costume I started with the helmet, as it is the most difficult to complete. I went out and bought a skaters helmet and am going to start structuring it with card stock and sytrofoam to get the shape of the mask/helmet.
I'll post some pictures when I get through the process.

Dissertation: Costume

Ok so the creation of the costume has started! I purchased all of my fabrics today and I washed and dyed them to match that of the female tusken raider. So far so good! However, I am having some problems getting into my schools sewing labs which could be pretty bad if I don't get in there soon.

I am still trying to figure out the mask. I was looking at the website instructables.com (which i am in love with) and found this tutorial

http://www.instructables.com/id/S74RFWLFT7PS981/

Which could be the best way to get the rounded shape (using a helmet) and would cut my time in half.

or this one

http://www.instructables.com/id/Iron-Man-Helmet/

which, i think, would take much longer. The clay would take a day to dry on its own.

So much work to be done and so little time!!!!!!!