Made by Darren


The Costume

It's a McCall's pattern but I don't know which one,it's got a bunch of Star Wars Wanna-be characters. I THINK it's pattern #8427 or something like that.

First off I'd like to give a big thanks to Los and everyone who's helped me with this whole costume! Now, I'll give some detail about the costume. Materials ( You can use whatever you want! Be creative!!). I went out and bought simplicity pattern (#8427) and I gave it to a friend, from there on I bought all the materials needed. I used a type of felt material. It may not sound as good as you think, but really it's excellent fabric for a robe. The next thing I bought was a kind of "cow hide cloth" material. I used it for the pants, any colors would be great. The basic coloring for the whole costume would be like a "Earth Tone" or "Various Browns". Then after searching around, I bought a "bed sheet" type material for the tunic. I used it for the sash and the vest. I bought a sweat-shirt that was made from wool,but looks exactly like the shirt "Obi-Wan Kenobi" wears in "Episode 1". Most important thing to do is make sure you find a good person to sew. The boots I used were Steel Toed water-boots that you can pick up over at Wal-Mart for around $15.00. They work great! The belt was just a plain leather belt that I made some adjustments to. I made a comlink and food capsules. I'll get some pics for those. That's really all needed except for the saber. I hope this gives some people ideas on what to do for a Jedi costume. Have fun and enjoy! MTFBWY, Darren.


THE SABER


Saber Tutorial Basically what materials I need, were a Uncle, who knows how to machine my saber, a cousin who knows how to sew pretty good, and LOTS AND LOTS OF HELPAND IDEAS! What I did was, I took my lightsaber draw-up to my uncle, who owns a machining business. I gave my uncle the plans, which were my own ideas and imagination is very critical in this process. He took a look at them and told me that he could do it in around a week. About a month and a half later he gives me a call and tells me that I can come and pick it up on my way home. He told me that the materials that were needed to make it. The saber can be dismanteled. There is an aluminun rod,holding the pieces together. The gold colored parts are called aluminized brass. He cut into the top part of the saber to be almost what "Luke's ROTJ" saber would be. Then he took a solid aluminum pipe and cut a piece about 3-4 inches long, and diamond plated it. The next thing is a grip, off of a dirt bike or BMX grip. The last piece but not least,would be the "Vader" saber, bottom grip. Really that's all that I can say about it except for blades. I'm going to be making them out of PVC piping and coloring them various different colors. After that, I'm going to slip a wooden dowel in between the PVC and use an end plug to act as supporter to help not make the saber blade fly out. Put a PVC cap on the other end and Magic,You've got yourself a fighting (Show or Play) Lightsaber! Enjoy and have fun!

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