Costuming, Travel

[dancerjodi]

Brian has been working on a Female Tusken Raider costume for me http://www.tk7602.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=119&pos=376 . Since we saw it at the MOS, and given that Brian's got an old sandy costume himself, we both thought it would only be natural for me to have one too. He bought a mask kit from someone and the thing's all painted, and he's been working on weathering it. We'll be working to get the fabric bits together over the next few weeks, and Ashton is making the purse. Luckily, we have leftovers in the attic from Brian's costume that should serve for part of the female stuff, so it shouldn't cost too much $ to complete.

The goal is to bring both Tusken costumes to Disney for our trip http://www.starwars.com/community/event/disney/news20060411.html over Memorial Day weekend. Given their size, it will be easy enough to pack them with our regular clothes for the weekend - and this means that we can walk in the parade with the FL Garrison folks http://www.fl501st.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=54. This also means we'll get some free passes to the park(s), and will potentially be able to see the 'underground city' that park employees move around in, unbeknownst to patrons. We learned we'll most likely be sharing our hotel room with another NEG couple (Tiamatlady, the one that you know from the South Shore). They were planning on going anyway and we'll have the space, so it will be nice splitting the room cost and having very experienced Disney guides along on the trip. We've been told that the 501st and Rebel Legion are the only costumed people that aren't Disney employees that have been welcome to do these kinds of things.

Whoot! Between this, the pink Eevee dress, Sheltay Retrac and a retro/casual dress I've been meaning to make I have a lot of sewing ahead of me. I also need to get a red wig for my Mara costume, and pick up a colored blade for my saber (I'd prefer purple, but there have been discussions about how she should really be seen with red when she's a baddie).

I need to stop working on my house and trooping if I'm going to get any of it done by Dragoncon! :)

Comments

[rantarn.livejournal.com]

I hope this isn't too dumb a question, but is there a difference between what female and male Tusken Raiders wear? They always looked pretty much the same to me. :)

Tuskens

[dancer.livejournal.com]

The male and female costumes are completely different (there's even a baby costume). Here's a Tusken family:
http://homepage.mac.com/halfmoth/PhotoAlbum3.html

Re: Tuskens

[rantarn.livejournal.com]

The male and female costumes are completely different

Wow, I can see that now. Thanks for the clarification.