Rey Alternate Outfit? (possible spoilers)

[Redwillow]

Suitable option for vest fabric? http://prairiewoolens.com/Wool_Fabric/black-gray-woolens/ww-steel-wool
Still on the pricy side for me right now, so I'm continuing my research. But man, this is a tough one.

So I went with this fabric and here are some of the pics. I don't have the vest 100% complete yet. I still need to get the shoulder pads on and do some hand stitching on it, but it's mostly together. I ordered 2 yards and it comes about 58" off the bolt. I can't see a scenario where the 2 yards would not be enough to do it all... even for a full figured lady. I have about 50% extra left over. Might have to go back and add some interfacing behind the collar because it's already starting to get a little floppy and it looks fairly stiff in the film.

Princess seams were a pain. I could not get them stitched in without looking bunchy, so I came up with the idea to lightly spray the wool in those areas with water, then iron them to try to shrink up the wool and tighten things up......luckily that worked. Part of the hand stitching I do will be to add the black thread over those seams just like Rey's has. They are sort of hard to see in the herringbone pattern.

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Currently link for it is:
http://prairiewoolens.com/ww-steel-wool?search=steel wool
...but for some reason it's not showing yardage available now..... maybe out of stock?

I also have the bag done. I may go back and trim the canvas backing on the strap a little more, it seems slightly too wide. And I might do a little more color weathering to the enfield sling part. I'll post up when I have the write-up done for it. There are very few shots of the lower buckle, but looking closely, I think it is possible there is something on the strap between it and the bag. It could be some kind of a small quick release buckle or just extra strapping. Can't really tell. For now, I left the black metal tab on the strap I used, but stitched it so I can just cut it off later if I don't want it.





We've also learned that with the wool gauntlets, you will want something under it to stop the wool scratching on your arms. As of now we are going with compression sleeves, then the amazon grey wraps for the upper arms, then the gauntlets over those and it seems to work ok. I used the same pattern with the seam offset for both, but flipped one over to make them mirror images of each other.

 

[Brinstar]

Excellent, Redwillow! I love the bag strap.

I used the Steel Wool fabric as well. It's also available from http://woolsocksandhollyhocks.com/wool_grays.htm, but I *think* Rebecca Erb's Wool Studio may be the manufacturer (not 100% sure). I actually overdyed mine with a little bit of Cushing grey wool dye to tone down the white in the fabric, but the dyeing process felted and thickened it a little too much for my taste and I ended up lining with a much lighter solid-color grey wool. If I had it to do over again, I'd either not put it through the dye process or just go with Dorr Mill's #414 grey herringbone, which I ordered samples of as well. Dorr Mill's version is lighter in weight, but is nearly identical to Steel Wool in herringbone pattern width and color (though the white in the pattern does stand out more due to its thinner weight).

Couple of photos of the back of my vest from Fan Expo Dallas (still gotta get started on a proper bag!).

 

[Killrapture]

I finally finished my version of this with the help of my family, a 3d printer, and a very awesome seamstress. Here are some pics from Wizard World Philly

I actually found the bag while at the Con, and the boots are Toms Wrap boots that I used for my Korra cosplay. Sadly the fabric I used was sold out, and I found the pants at target, What do yal think? did I do alright? I'll post more close ups for the vest, gauntlets, and pants.

 

[Julietrose]

Grrrr I am seriously about to give up on making mine. I seriously cannot find the fabric that I need in Canada. And it totally does not help that I also have no clue how to sew. Can someone help!

 

[Redwillow]

Have you checked to see if that praire woolen place will ship to you?

....Do you have a pattern done yet to work from?

 

[Brinstar]

Julietrose, I'm not sure if this will help, but this wool shop http://www.encompassingdesigns.com/natural--colours.html is Canada-based, and carries a grey herringbone. Dorr Mill also has a couple of different grey herringbone fabrics, and I believe they ship to Canada. This is a seriously frustrating fabric to match -- I think I spent two months ordering samples!

 

[Mithril Designs]

made a little more progress on the buckle and upper ring piece.

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Don't know if it was discussed before, but it appears to have a fabric section at the bottom that I'm going to do in mesh. Problem is the mesh I have is black, but I think it is more of a dark tan color….not really sure how to change the color of it. I think it's nylon, so dyeing won't work. Spray paint is the best I've come up with so far.

This looks fantastic! Not sure if I missed a previous post about this, but where did you find the ring? It looks perfect! Did you make it?

 

[Redwillow]

Thank you! It's just a D ring i found on amazon, then i put silver rub n buff on it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00W935T9I/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Mithril Designs]

Good find! Thanks for the link.

 

[SlamSlayer]

Does anyone have a definitive answer on the color of her pants here? I see a lot of people using brown but that doesn't seem right.

 

[Redwillow]

I dont think brown is it, i think it's more of an oliveish dark khaki type color, i posted a pic awhile back and if you compare the pants to the brown holster you can see they are not the same.

 

[kelliwise]

The pants look to be a brownish gray taupe color here:

http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/EP7_IA_101070_R.jpg

 

[Brinstar]

Thanks for posting that, Kelliwise! I can finally redo my pants. I've never seen the hi-res version of that pic, and it's nice to see a detailed image of the knee pads (are the knee pads a different fabric type from the pants, I wonder, or the same?). I agree on the grey taupe color. It's interesting that in all of the artwork of this costume that I'm aware of, plus the action figure, the vest and pants match in color.

This was posted over at Rebel Legion, though I can't remember if it has been posted here or not. The pants definitely appear to be a grey color in this one (and seem very close in color to the vest).

 

[Rebelmando]

Kellwise, that is awesome!! I had not noticed the "knee pads" before. It honestly almost looks like the same fabric and color in that area. I think a back layer of felt and sew the design would match it well. Then pucker and see piping if you will for the seam around the thigh. What do us think? Haven't started the pants for my daughter yet.


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[spectreseven]

Does she have a patch on the back of her right leg? It seems pretty apparent when she's walking next to the wall but it's difficult to see in other photos.

 

[miezl]

Hi all, first time poster here.
This thread has been incredibly helpful, so first of I would like to thank all of you for that.
I have been working on putting together a pattern for the vest for the past few weeks, but as that seems to be done soon, I decided to start working on the pants and backpack too. So, after a lot of searching the world wide web I found this buckle, similar to the roll pin buckle as stated before, and thought it was a pretty good match. I couldn't really find it for sale anywhere though, all I found out was that it's some sort of slide bar buckle. Maybe some of you might be able to identify it properly as I have absolutely no knowledge in that area.



Also managed to get a slightly clearer image of the top buckle, which I just thought I'd share.

 

[Rebelmando]

Does she have a patch on the back of her right leg? It seems pretty apparent when she's walking next to the wall but it's difficult to see in other photos.

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You could be right, but I think it is a lighting and shadow issue. Like you said it's hard to see in other photos and if I'm seeing what I think you are seeing, you see similar in the vest and higher on the pants. Plus it isn't visible on the left leg which is more shadowed being next to the wall. But, I could be wrong.


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[amomerath]

Looks like her shirt has stitching along the edge as well!

 

[Redwillow]

So after a lengthy search, we came up with some pants from Ross. They are twill and sort of a faded OD green color, but in some light they look grayish or even brown. They have rips at the knees but Im thinking since the pads will go there it wont be an issue. Here they are next to the vest.

 

[Redwillow]

Does she have a patch on the back of her right leg? It seems pretty apparent when she's walking next to the wall but it's difficult to see in other photos.

Looks like it in your pic, but I don't think it's a patch. I think the entire lower part from the top of the kneepad down is sewn on as a separate piece. You can see the seam there on both legs.


.... it's on the kelliwise pic above too.