Aayla Secura

[JediFran]

Thanks for all the comments

an update:

I have filled in the print around the top and following the suggestion from a friend I filled my airbrush with a mix of diluted fabric paint and also darkened the whole top overall and it looks a heck of a lot more accurate!! Wish I'd thought of that myself The dye didnt work but this did a treat!

the colour will dry in the same tone as the print next to it, it just looks much darker when wet.

and then the overall darkened top

I think it looks loads better and I'm really pleased with it You can also see where I filled in some more print at the side on the overall darker top and on the inside of the top you can still see the original lighter colour for comparison

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[.:MirrorminD:.]

Looks great

 

[TridCloudwalker]

the lightsaber is borrowed from a friend for now, I have no idea what the make is it's solid aluminium through and through.

Ah, too bad you weren't here for my saber run a while ago. Would have been perfect. The costume looks AMAZING!

 

[JediFran]

Have taken a pic for better colours:

and I am remaking the earbuds as they are a tad small:

the blue one is obviously the old one for comparison am sculpting the buds out of lightweight modelling mass. They will shrink by 8% as they dry but the size looks a lot more accurate now.

Um... yeah, I think that's it

My costume is still a tad on the dark side, but I used alot of reference in comic books for colour too and from my favourite action figure of Aayla:

 

[MooCriket]

Fantastic job! You really did and great job and pull off the look of this character very well:cool

 

[STARTREKTOS]

How long did it take from start to finish? (If you are done everything that you are going to tweak) It is amazing.

 

[JediFran]

How long did it take from start to finish? (If you are done everything that you are going to tweak) It is amazing.

Well, depends how you look at it Cause I'm a poor student its taken me a while to acquire all the things I need, I would say I have been buying here and there for about 1 1/2 months. I actually made the whole costume in one weekend that is sewing etc but thats because I had been thinking about how to do it for a long time already

Am just waiting for the ear buds to dry, so I suppose with that included it would be an extra week. Not too long

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[Bryanakin]

I like how you were able to find the saber hilt.

 

[bambistark]

I was thinking of ordering some Lekku from Pam. I'm just curious as to how flexible the lekku are. Do they have a small amount of movement or are they pretty solid?

 

[SithLord]

You make a beautiful Aayla.....and very nice attention to detail...what kind of saber is that? Did she have that particular one in AOTC or ROTS?

 

[TridCloudwalker]

You make a beautiful Aayla.....and very nice attention to detail...what kind of saber is that? Did she have that particular one in AOTC or ROTS?

It flip flops:

But it's usually the one on top usually associated with Ki-Adi Mundi. It's always the one she uses in the Clone Wars series.

 

[JediFran]

I was thinking of ordering some Lekku from Pam. I'm just curious as to how flexible the lekku are. Do they have a small amount of movement or are they pretty solid?

Hiya,

the lekku are made of latex and filled with a soft leightweight foam. There are not rockhard but have a nice soft, skin like feel to them. However they are not bendy etc so wouldn't suit those twi'lek characters where the lekku drape around the shoulders etc. I believe Pam is working on new lekku though as she is doing a Darth Talon check out her website! It's a wealth of information!!
Just google Pams twi lek creations

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[FANGS]

It's almost a little creepy how they move. Pam did such a wonderful job on them. She actually uses three different kinds of foam to make it feel the way it does, but yes....totally agree.....they want to be the shape they are and wouldn't do anything else. They just have a sort of natural "bouce" to them that makes them more life like.

 

[stormtrooperguy]

Our local Aayla has Pam's lekku, and they are really really nice. Well worth the $$.

The only thing I've seen more organic looking is dragon skin, but making something that big out of the silicone stuff would cost a fortune and be near unpaintable by mere mortals!

 

[JediFran]

Just a quick piccie from the event I attended at the weekend Me with our resident Obi-wan lookalike

better lighting here and have also got new boots! Am in need of a saber with a blade though.

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[Qui-Gonzalez]

Now that is the business! The browns look much better in natural lighting. Good job on this costume!

 

[Sacryed]

Great job on the costume. Your skin tone looks so even and clean!