My Tusken Respirator

[prisoner1138]

As I start my journey to becoming a Tusken, I thought I'd show my respirator build. I'm enamored with props and scratch building, so this was a perfect start for me.

[prisoner1138]

To start off, here's the raw materials:

Found some Flare Nuts at Home Depot in the plumbing area.

Michaels had the leather wrap.

Walmart had the tomato paste can,

and a couple of perfectly-sized lids from these travel cocoa butter bottles,

and, to create the tapered area to the can, Walmart also produced these suction hooks.

Just take the suction cup and hook off.

After that, all I needed was paint and a 1/4" metal bar from Home Depot.

[prisoner1138]

Emptied out the can with holes in both ends. Assembled the parts and laid down the base metallic paint. It was most likely something from the Rustoleum family.

 

[prisoner1138]

Started up some details paint work with some decent acrylics. Umbers, browns, and blacks got the effect I was going for.

 

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Wrapped the leather and added some paint weathering.

 

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The middle bump is one of the leather trimmed pieces, and I made sure the top wrap flap is visible. Added the metal bar, a few more spots of weathering and Voila!

 

I can't wait to get started on the next part of this costume!

[RoCKo]

That's gorgeous! 

I really dig the idea with the tomato can plus these suction hooks! Ingenious!

And the weathering is stunning! 

[Arcturus1020]

Can I just say that I love those suction cups...brilliant!

[prisoner1138]

Thanks. The suction hook covers were a real find and fit perfectly.

[navarre1095]

On 3/29/2018 at 5:17 PM, RoCKo said:

That's gorgeous! 

I really dig the idea with the tomato can plus these suction hooks! Ingenious!

And the weathering is stunning! 

What he said. 

[Dennis_Hanisch]

Wow 

[Plastic Fury]

Nice job, good looking respirator.