My Chewbacca Costume

[TMP]

That is truly an great costume! Fantastic. I love it.

 

[THEMAN]

F'ing Awesome!!

 

[jadedskies]

Now that is beautiful! Make one want to reach out and pet Chewie.
It looks so soft.

Gorgeous Wookie! Great job

Jen

 

[RoCKo]

WOW, that´s awesome! thumbsup

i think chewie is one of the hardest costumes if you want him to look accurate! YOU nailed it! great work!
can you tell how much time and/or money you put into this suit???

 

[Friskythehutt]

WOW, that´s awesome! thumbsup

i think chewie is one of the hardest costumes if you want him to look accurate! YOU nailed it! great work!
can you tell how much time and/or money you put into this suit???

Well, there is about 80 hours of work in just the suit. I would say there is about $1,500 in the costume. Like I said before I made the suit back in 2004.

The first mask made in mid 2004
Half-Head mask

Same Mask but with real human hair

The 2nd make made in early 2005
Full head mask, with moving mouth and real hair.

This last photo just makes me look like another wookiee :sleep

 

[bagpus3]

What a great looking costume, that last pic set's it off too a T:thumbsup

"Gggggggaaaaaaaahhhhhhhrrrrrrrr"

that's Wookiee speak for "great" I guess! Wookiee speak kindly provided by yahoo answers

 

[Bountyhunter Niko]

Fantastic. Well done. One of the few rebels worth doing and you did it well.

 

[jme3]

Great work there! :thumbsup

 

[Arwyniel]

The human hair made a world of difference! Amazing work!!!

 

[Darth 123]

very nice looking Chewie!!!:thumbsup

 

[chefhawk]

amazing work there sir,in fact its one of the best ive seen...ever.

I know why soo many dont finish a chewie as they are soo damn hard to do and get the "look" right.



welll done



cheers

 

[XXXCRIMSON]

WOW! :confused Looks great bro. It's a shame you don't live here in Jacksonville, we could keep you REALLY busy with events in a costume like that. Of course with a costume of that caliber, you will be "event busy" anywhere you are. Great job!


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[Soundwave]

Brilliant work, it's amazing to see the differences as the costume progressed!

 

[Onigiri]

Awesome costume but a word of advice...avoid the backwoods of Georgia or you could end up in a freezer on YOUTUBE....

 

[Billhag]

This last photo just makes me look like another wookiee :sleep

It looks like a family reunion!!
Fantastic work, probably the best I've ever seen
Well done Sir!!

 

[Azure]

WOW...Nice to see it's being used again. It's too good to just be sitting in a box .

:thumbsup

 

[Peacefrog35]

That is breathtaking. I have wanted a Chewie for a long time. I dream about owning an accurate chewie mask.

 

[Vegas Vader 2]

i am even more impressed to know you made the suit from scratch!! well done!! looks dead on!!thumbsupthumbsup

 

[Monkeys With Guns]

Looks like you stepped off the screen ! Well done !

 

[BleuKnight]

I just got my costume, and I'm still working on the height. I have platforms that are about the height of yours, but I'm 5'11" and only added 8 feet with the shoes, and maybe one or two more inches with the mask. My mask does not have a movable jaw though.

I'm glad to be in such good company. I have a bowcaster on order. I even changed the bag on my bandolier, as I used kept the strap, but the new bag is a much softer leather. I do have one advantage, and that is my eyes are naturally blue, and so were Peter Mayhews.

I was standing around for about two hours before we began marching in the Holiday Balloon parade. I kept the mask on for the entire length of the parade, which was over an hour and a half. Luckily the weather was cool because we were right off the water.

Here's a link to the video of the parade:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpKEQ4dvQXY

And photos that were taken that morning:

http://s541.photobucket.com/albums/gg391/vampiricusX/Holiday Bowl Parade 2008/