Going chewie and slave leia

[neiloneil]

My girlfriend and i are doing chewbacca and princess leia this year..slave leia to be exact :behave lol.....will be ahwile to get thos pics up but he is my w.i.p. learn alot from this site and a couple of others but of course i didnt find it untill after i started :rolleyes...oh and since im only 5 8 ill be going as tall as possible:love

 

[neiloneil]

here are a couple of pic of feet and stilts

 

[neiloneil]

i first made a dummmy by using an old pair of jeans and shirt and duct taping two layers. Then stuffed with old newspapers....

 

[neiloneil]

then a ton of latch hooking!

 

[neiloneil]

more latch hooking and the mask in progress..i bought the rubies mask and iam modifing it ...cut the teeth out and am adding hair etc. I willl hopfuly make my own at some point

 

[neiloneil]

finished the latch hooking after a few months every nite! lol...first time trying it on with stilts top and bottom together and the bandolier i had made for me

 

[neiloneil]

i bought a sound board chip from replica props with all the wookie sounds already on it and it was pretty sweet however i believe ill be going with this think geek sound shirt from thinkgeek.com I replaced the cheap speaker that comes with it for a 40watt speaker. It comes with a programable sd card for 20 sounds. Ill be hanging it from my neck so itll sit on my chest. I also will have the remote down my right arm to control what sound i want to do...will post pics later to help explain all this

 

[Ardrich Keybus]

Wow, that is going to be awesome!

 

[Dave Ward]

Great job! How much height are those stilts adding?

 

[neiloneil]

24 inchs....the mask will add a few also

 

[neiloneil]

update on feet...made some nails since im ahead on my build...used milk carton and mixed white and clear nail polish...nothing fancy

 

[neiloneil]

here is a shot of the teeth i made...not that great a shot....

 

[neiloneil]

here is a shot of speaker set up as mentioned before...remote with choice of twenty sounds. used the plastic cover that came with shirt and put a hole threw it so it can hang from my neck and sit on my chest

 

[Havok69]

24 inchs....the mask will add a few also

Wow - so how tall are you in the stilts then?

 

[JLeezy23]

Very cool! So with stilts you're 7'8" before the mask? Holy crap that is amazing, outstanding work so far

 

[BoozeBeGood]

Dang man that is awesome!!

 

[neiloneil]

thanks for the nice coments... still a work in progress to be sure. I had no idea how much work was involved lol. Ive seen some great chewies out there and i dont think ill be anywhere near that talented but i hope to pull off something decent. And praying i dont bust my wookie and fall lol. Slave leia pics to come. : >

 

[indydude18]

I love the stilts idea. VERY creative

 

[neiloneil]

couple updates...toes painted and hair added..shot of wookie without stilts lol

 

[neiloneil]

couple more shots