cavx
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I have been a member of the 501st since 2013. Every year in May, we hold Stormtrooper Weekend at Dreamworld.
It is a great weekend and we raise more money for charity at this event than we probably raise at all the others combined .
My boys are both members of the Galactic Academy. Over the past few years, there has been what I can only call snobbery where some of these kids were turning up in costumes as expensive as those worn by the adults in 501st. Now there is nothing wrong with making your costume look as close to screen accurate as possible but when it makes other kids in the GA not want to troop because they feel underdressed, it kind of takes the fun out of the day for them and us as their patents.
So I decided to go a bit out and do these Jawas pretty much based on the CRL for the 501st approved Jawa but was mindful of the budget. I think both came in at about $200. Being GA, there is no approval process and when the boys grow too big, I will mannequin one as I have always wanted a 1:1 Jawa.
So here is my twin Jawa build.
Not sure what the cloth is, it is dark brown and today sprayed different coloured fabric paints to give the cloaks and hoods are more lived in dirty look.
The boots are just covered in strips of cloak cloth.
The standard patterns you find online were used. The pouches for the bandileer were made from vegan leather and pop rivited together. They were weathered today as well.
So a final test wear tonight helped work out what order they need to put on to costume up. Tomorrow is their first troop as Jawas.
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It is a great weekend and we raise more money for charity at this event than we probably raise at all the others combined .
My boys are both members of the Galactic Academy. Over the past few years, there has been what I can only call snobbery where some of these kids were turning up in costumes as expensive as those worn by the adults in 501st. Now there is nothing wrong with making your costume look as close to screen accurate as possible but when it makes other kids in the GA not want to troop because they feel underdressed, it kind of takes the fun out of the day for them and us as their patents.
So I decided to go a bit out and do these Jawas pretty much based on the CRL for the 501st approved Jawa but was mindful of the budget. I think both came in at about $200. Being GA, there is no approval process and when the boys grow too big, I will mannequin one as I have always wanted a 1:1 Jawa.
So here is my twin Jawa build.
Not sure what the cloth is, it is dark brown and today sprayed different coloured fabric paints to give the cloaks and hoods are more lived in dirty look.
The boots are just covered in strips of cloak cloth.
The standard patterns you find online were used. The pouches for the bandileer were made from vegan leather and pop rivited together. They were weathered today as well.
So a final test wear tonight helped work out what order they need to put on to costume up. Tomorrow is their first troop as Jawas.
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