Scratch built Tusken Raiders for Halloween.

[Eddietheape]

Hello everyone.

Longtime lurker, first time poster and I figured I would dive right in with my most recent build, a pair of Tusken Raiders for me and my fiance.

First things first, the head.
we first scratch made a base using a balloon and paper mache. Then we built up the features with cardboard, then covered the whole thing with another couple of layers of paper mache.

Next the bondeliers...



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[Eddietheape]

We made the belts out of the following:
1/8 inch craft foam
Faux leather vinyl from Joans
Belts from the 99 cent store and a pack of brads from Walmart

Using the leftover vinyl and a couple more belts from the 99 cent store i wrapped the snout and face of the masks...

Next i had to find spmething to use for the "bloodspitters" . I wanted to keep costs down so i originally planned on scratch building those too. But then i came across these at dollar tree.
(not these exact ones but something very similar)

I painted them silver and slapped them on.

For the eyes we covered some 99 cent store shot glasses with paper mache and i dremelled out the slits. And for the horns i used the bottoms of some party horns.

We found a table cloth at the local thrift store that had a good texture as well as good close color so we used that to wrap the masks...

It neede a trim

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[Eddietheape]

For the shoes a wrapped an old pair of shoes in the same cloth that we used for the heads then i dirtied them up a bit...

At this point I felt like we were cutting it close so i didnt get to take many pictures.

But i finally finished tonight right in time for our big halloween party tomorrow night!!

Oh yeah... i made a cycler rifle in about 3 days but didnt the take many build photos .

I will get some better photos tomorrow and i will give some more info on how i went about building it.

Thanks for looking!


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[Kirk0]

Those look fantastic! Good job.

 

[Blaxmyth]

First post? Stunning work! Second post? Still stunning work! :thumbsup

 

[Redwillow]

Wow that is REALLY impressive for something done cheaply and in a short period of time! Great job!

 

[daz]

Very nice work!

 

[kyaldo]

impressive, particularly when considering your limitations.

 

[Sym-Cha]

Excellent work ... I love these projects on a tight budget and still come out this perfect and believeable looking

Chaim

 

[CT7567]

These look great! Reminds me of a costume I made as a kid except these are on a MUCH more accurate scale. Might have to revisit a tusken costume....