chefhawk
Sr Member
Ive been obsessing about building a chewbacca costume. I currently troop as a vader, but after wearing a mates chewbacca, ultimatly wanted my own to wear/troop with.
As I've said before, I was born with one hand and its never stopped me doing stuf...ever.
Ultimately i wanted to reproduce the most screen accurate representation of the character I love.
The build started with my son and I doing a face cast...which was a bit of a cockup, so i bought some more alginate and re did the process.
The next stage was to sculpt using chavaunt clay over the cast of my face. Ive never sculpted before. This took about two/three weeks to a stage that i was pleased with.
Then after a lot of casting and injecting silicone and hair laying up/punching hair.
Here is a test of the mouth mech..
I've made the "feet" and i'm about 60 percent through the suit build which is latchhooking like a possessed Gollum!
The mask is made from fiberglass, metal, wire, silicone,resin, hair and paint.
The mouth opens and wire pulls the lips up. Ive also installed a fan.
After four/five months solid work I hope i did the character Justice.
cheers
As I've said before, I was born with one hand and its never stopped me doing stuf...ever.
Ultimately i wanted to reproduce the most screen accurate representation of the character I love.
The build started with my son and I doing a face cast...which was a bit of a cockup, so i bought some more alginate and re did the process.
The next stage was to sculpt using chavaunt clay over the cast of my face. Ive never sculpted before. This took about two/three weeks to a stage that i was pleased with.
Then after a lot of casting and injecting silicone and hair laying up/punching hair.
Here is a test of the mouth mech..
I've made the "feet" and i'm about 60 percent through the suit build which is latchhooking like a possessed Gollum!
The mask is made from fiberglass, metal, wire, silicone,resin, hair and paint.
The mouth opens and wire pulls the lips up. Ive also installed a fan.
After four/five months solid work I hope i did the character Justice.
cheers
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