[Dwayne Smith]

The Tusken costume:
-Mask Kit Godzilla
-Fabrics .Walmart Monks cloth and duck cloth
-bandolier belts- on line buy (leather reproduction ).
Ima USA.com
– breather DIY
-gaffi stick DIY
-boots (rain boots ) Walmart
Gloves (garden gloves) Home Depot

Building supplies : glue, fabric dye, thread, etc all uptained at Walmart or Home Depot.

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I started first with the mask. I chose the kit by Godzilla. It has all metal parts, pre cut real leather, and a rubber mask large enough to fit most big heads. The step by step instructions that came with kit were pretty easy to follow. However the duck cloth is pre dyed. Since your head wraps have to match your arm and leg wraps. I’d pre dye and weather enough duck cloth for the mask head and leg wraps before getting started so everything matches.

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I used E-6000 glue and clamps to secure the metal parts and leather pieces to the mask. I found E-6000 would work for the duck cloth wraps as well however hot glue applied with a glue gun worked much faster.

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With the mask completed I moved on to the outer robe. I’m doing the Bantha Rider version so I need only to do an inner robe. Standard male Tusken would need inner and outer robes. A tutorial for both robes can be found here:

http://www.studiocreations.com/howto/tuskenraider/main.html

I bought the monks cloth fabric and Rit dye’s at Walmart. Lighter tan for the base and varied shades of darker brown for the weathering and stains.

I’m not great at sewing which worked out well because I don’t need perfectly strait seams. The edges are destressed and tattered so it is necessary to sew a basting stitch about an inch above each edge to keep the loose ends of cloth from completely unraveling.

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I dyed the duck cloth and ripped the material into various strips 1” to 2.5” wide. Ripping it worked better then cutting it because you get that frade end look which adds to it looking distressed. I used the same strips on the mask, arm wraps, neck wrap, and boots. Again hot glue worked well for attaching the strips. I found the more irregular I wrapped the cloth the better it looked.

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The Gaffi stick, there are several tutorials out their for making gaffi sticks. I chose to keep mine light weight and detachable so I can break it down and fit it into my gear box. So I used 1.25” PVC for the main shaft and 3/4” for tail piece. The head is a 4” furniture leg and a tip I made using Smooth on kit and a mould I vacuumed formed.

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Here is the gaffi stick unassailabled for transport. Using 1” pvc I was able to I’m able to insert the end pieces inside the larger center staff piece. I glued magnets to the ends but fould wrapping a piece of gaff tape around the 1” shafts makes for enough friction to keep the head and tail piece in place.

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