Laugh it up Fuzzball - Chewbacca Build

Datvincidoe said:

I just started a Chewie costume of my own and i wanted to know to what ratio you mixed the grey and the black for the shoulders?

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I used a 1:1:1 of 44, 4, and 6

I really need to get back to Work on Chewy

Sorry to bother you again, but how long is the hair before you latch hook it. I've been cutting it 15 in but i feel that that is to short.

Sorry for the delay, honestly I cut the hair in half knowing it will get trimmed up once I’m done. I may be wasting hair but it’s been easier for me


Anyways I have finally started work on the head, which scares the crap out of me.

sorry guys it's been a while, I finished up chewy last September, he's been a big hit every where I've worn him. In fact last Halloween (2019) i wore him to work for our company costume contest and by lunch time we had offices from both New York and LA calling the Houston office on video to see me as the news spread from coast to coast...

Punching the hair on the face was the most daunting and i know i when a little heavy, and have already thinned it out a couple of times. my advice would be punch around the eyes and nose before adding the mask to the skull, as those were the most difficult areas to punch.
I'll add just a few more photos of the face in progress below and then some of the shots from the salon where my wife and mother in law spent almost an entire day trimming and styling chewy.

I called my wife with the below picture and said look Chewy has Tina Turner Hair






obligatory Beauty and the beast shot


Still Waiting on Paul Mitchell to call me about being in a promotional ad
my arms and shoulders still hurt just looking at these photos, that's a lot of weight to hold up while they snipped and trimmed


first suit up (minus the feet)



More photos coming in the next post

For Christmas last year Gaby arranged for our wedding photographer to do a series of photos with Chewy...