phillbarron
Active Member
Evening all. I thought I'd have a go at ANH Han for a local con. With my post-pandemic budget being a little on the low side this is the cheapest I can make it whilst still looking vaguely acceptable.
Luckily I've already got the holster and a Denix/DEC DL-44 so that's the bulk of the cost of our the way.
I guess the next most expensive bit would be the boots and I can't afford anything close to leather at the moment.
At £15 these, on the other hand might just do the trick:
For the shirt I went with this one from miccostumes.com
Which at £11 seemed a risk worth taking. It's a little larger than I'd like, but at least large is easier to alter than too small.
For the trousers I found a pair of dark blue, stretch skinny jeans on eBay for £5. After a lot of failed attempts at embroidering bloodstripes (my sewing machine just won't produce a wide enough stitch!) I opted for ironing on strips of grosgrain ribbon the sides.
I also added a pin tuck to the front and a pretend riding seam to the rear. The riding seam is basically a pin tuck inside the trousers.
The vest I made from scratch using some black cotton twill and some swearing. Mostly swearing as working on black fabric in a darkened room without a dummy is largely beyond my capabilities.
The geometry of the pockets was particularly confusing:
But I got there in the end. Mostly. Total cost of the material and the lining was about £20.
The last two bits were this belt from eBay for £11:
I had to add the middle row of holes and trim the edges to fit the jeans belt loops.
And these gloves for £9:
Which I painted to look more like this:
And then weathered with brown and black shoe polish. If I had more time I'd alter the size of the hole and replace the press stud with velcro ... but I haven't, so I haven't.
And that's it so far. For a total cost of £69 (ignoring the cost of the holster and blaster!) it looks like this:
Which I know isn't super screen accurate, but keeps both me and my bank manager happy.
All that's left to do is tailor the sleeves to make them less like a Jedi robe!
Luckily I've already got the holster and a Denix/DEC DL-44 so that's the bulk of the cost of our the way.
I guess the next most expensive bit would be the boots and I can't afford anything close to leather at the moment.
At £15 these, on the other hand might just do the trick:
For the shirt I went with this one from miccostumes.com
Which at £11 seemed a risk worth taking. It's a little larger than I'd like, but at least large is easier to alter than too small.
For the trousers I found a pair of dark blue, stretch skinny jeans on eBay for £5. After a lot of failed attempts at embroidering bloodstripes (my sewing machine just won't produce a wide enough stitch!) I opted for ironing on strips of grosgrain ribbon the sides.
I also added a pin tuck to the front and a pretend riding seam to the rear. The riding seam is basically a pin tuck inside the trousers.
The vest I made from scratch using some black cotton twill and some swearing. Mostly swearing as working on black fabric in a darkened room without a dummy is largely beyond my capabilities.
The geometry of the pockets was particularly confusing:
But I got there in the end. Mostly. Total cost of the material and the lining was about £20.
The last two bits were this belt from eBay for £11:
I had to add the middle row of holes and trim the edges to fit the jeans belt loops.
And these gloves for £9:
Which I painted to look more like this:
And then weathered with brown and black shoe polish. If I had more time I'd alter the size of the hole and replace the press stud with velcro ... but I haven't, so I haven't.
And that's it so far. For a total cost of £69 (ignoring the cost of the holster and blaster!) it looks like this:
Which I know isn't super screen accurate, but keeps both me and my bank manager happy.
All that's left to do is tailor the sleeves to make them less like a Jedi robe!
