Captain Phasma - Episode VII

[Mitcheg1]

Can't tell, but does Phasma's cape have a hood? Early concept art showed one, and I keep seeing features that suggest a hood.

 

[SL13377]

No hood buts its got these two cool pockets! both different sized and then the cape has a weeeiiird shape. Ill draw you guys out a design since i saw it in person. going to take 5-6 yards of material i think

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

There's this shot, blown up from the Korean teaser...

--Jonah

 

[Mitcheg1]

Hard to tell from that pic. Makes the back of the helmet look smooth. Not sure where the detail lines from the front of the helmet stop.

 

[Wolfsburg]

That helmet is an interesting shape. She almost looks like a chrome Vader from behind. Probably not an accident...

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

Yeah, the only really clear line is the one around the bottom edge. But from the gallery SL13377 posted, it looks like th elines that go up from the brow go straight over the top and down the back, staying parallel, and most likely end at that bigger groove.

--Jonah

 

[cbrant]

That gallery is awesome. I imagine there's a couple other threads where people point out the obvious, but I'm going to do the same.

The right rib portion of the chest armor is super bubbled. How was the chrome done? Any definitive answers?

Also, does anyone else get a major Grievous vibe from the cape? How 'bout those pockets thin and deep enough for a lightsaber, like Grievous?

Super cool!

 

[Halliwax]

awesome, thanks for sharing this gallery, phasma is one of my new favorites

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There's this shot, blown up from the Korean teaser...

http://s24.postimg.org/6wtgvufid/image.jpg

--Jonah

this photo shows the lines pretty good too

http://i.imgur.com/5H6IsYK.jpg

 

[DlarianFerrel]

The pockets could be ammo pouches. Just as a thought. I know Sand Troopers sometimes have the really big ammo pouches on their armor, so maybe hers was there for ease of access? Just a thought. And am I the only one who thinks that looks like tin foil or the foil from gum wrappers at the side of the shin armor?

 

[Halliwax]

i can't stop looking at these pictures, i love this costume

 

[DizzyStrmtroopr]

looks like simple foil tape for a/c or heaters to just cover the gap. itd be interesting to see if it made it in the movie, considering in anh the gaffer tape was visible

 

[Halliwax]

looks like simple foil tape for a/c or heaters to just cover the gap. itd be interesting to see if it made it in the movie, considering in anh the gaffer tape was visible

hard to tell if the foil is in this picture

 

[Cyclone1]

Love this! Thank you for sharing it

 

[Elegant Force]

I know I'm a little late on this but I just wanted to say that I love all of the info! Thanks so much for sharing! I was so happy to see the materials list and D23 photos.

I'm going to start a Phasma build soon, and step one for me (being primarily a seamstress) is the cape (also cause I hope to finish the cape for the premiere and just wear it). Has anyone figured out any more detail as to what the coating is on the canvas?

Assuming no one has any ideas yet, I will probably just buy a bunch of potential coatings and start going nuts on all the canvas samples I sent for to test and see what combination of fabric and coating will get me closest.

I haven't seen any pre-coated stuff that looks close, with the exception of some oilskins (which I also got samples of). If anyone has seen anything that works/has any insight, I'd love to hear it.

EDIT: Because I realized I should at least put forward a theory. To me, it resembles old school military oilcloth/oilskin fabrics. Although that might be a personal bias, as someone who has done historical and steampunk costuming. So, my instinct is to treat a base cotton canvas with flax seed/linseed oil (but maybe more like how linen is normally treated by soaking it, although I'm worried about wringing out the canvas since it's so much thicker and more rigid than linen) and then coat it in wax/some other, more modern coating that will give it more of a sheen (because it's shinier than oilskin).