Off World Jawa ( Mandalorian) Build thread

[M.J.]

Greetings members,

This is a build thread for  the "Off World Jawa" from the Mandalorian. 

The colour of the robes and undergarment  are       GREY   this has been 100% confirmed.

 

I will be creating  their original pattern and the fabric they used in the show which is Burlap/Hessian, this will also include the undergarment .

Starting with the undergarment "Tunic". 

I didn't dye this fabric found some suitable grey in the fabric store.

The tunic is to give comfort  against the main robe and to add thickness.

ANH gave me  inspiration  from a behind the scene photo of their Tunic, so I based my pattern from that, you can also make one for the movie jawa as well.

I started off by getting a rough idea of the size, it will need to be much smaller than the robe as to fit nicely under it, so I took a large T-shirt I like to wear to get me started. 

Sketching an outline out for the main body, though I had help from an old pattern with the arms, with some modification, also use your own clothing to help out with the sizing and measurements.

If you've ever followed my "how to build a Jawa" I used the same steps here. The shoulders I did have to sew together.

Make sure  width along the bottom is wide enough for you to move around in, always start of larger than you expect, so have the room to make it smaller.

 

Pin and sew shoulders first, then do the same to the arms.

I just folded over the back and zig Zagged the front, very easy 

Just zig Zag the bottom don't hem it, its to look a little frayed.

 

 

NOTE: Try and Centre the fabric, fold it over so both sides match, when cutting.

Don't for get to keep some fabric to cover your foot wear.

 

The sleeves and hem of the tunic are noted in the show.

Edited May 26, 2020 by M.J.

[M.J.]

Robe:

Please take note: again the robe is grey,  not Brown. I do have photos of a brown robe a mistake I made though it will help with the pattern

 

Fabric: We know for certain  it's a Hessian/ Burlap  that was used, there are different grades please make sure it's not a thin craft one a 17-18oz is recommended 

Burlap is only 30-36inches wide the pattern and design may not accommodate anyone over 5 foot, I haven’t tested the burlap and it’s shrinkage so I can’t  confirm how far it can stretch out. You can measure yourself, length of arm to across front of body, is the width you will need, bare in mind it will shrink twice at least, washing and dying.

Hessian you can purchase on line, it is supplied in Australia, and is 72inches wide, this will cover the largest jawa, 

Pre-wash is a must and make sure to seal the edges, this stuff does fray.

We also know 100% the material was grey, dyed using a mixture of that colour only.

The dye process:  So I experimented dyeing the fabric first with Silver Grey  washed and  dried, I  found it was too light then used a gun metal dye washed then dried,  this process made the fabric shrink again. 

The finished material dyed was shown to our contact and was confirmed correct colour.

 I dyed  5 meters, I was able to fit in both sides it being  72inches wide for me (4'11). If any taller I would use double that amount of material, which would mean double the amount of Dye, shown here.

 

This photo shows the width of fabric and its only just been dyed with the Silver grey, also note its been folded over you will have to do this when cutting out the pattern. 

I also finished off with spraying the robe with a mission brown, we do know the robes were airbrushed with a brown overtone.

 

Photo later showing I hand painted more weathering on the lower part of the robe of a light brown seen on the jawas.

Pattern

Note: my other build threads will also give ideas and help.

Again using the fold over  technic I did in the other thread, draw an out line (take a look at the measurements from my other thread or use your old jawa if you have one), making 2 half's.  Remembering it is flap over robe so you will need measure one side with more fabric.

Sorry this is the brown the  first  robe I made , I did start creating a build thread with this one, wrong colour same pattern.

Notice the sleeves are quite wide, I did trim them down quite a bit in the end

The brown you can see the white chalk, with the over lap I didn't need as much, I'm small, though always make sure you have enough better to be too big then too small and have to start again.

The back seam sewn with sides

 

This photo is joining the two half's together, with the opening down the front off side, I have given myself plenty of fabric to use to fold over the flaps and hem them

Note Sleeves are now a better width

 

 

Your going to have fit this to your body before folding over the edges in the front flaps, the front over lap is right over left and sits just off to the side, past the neck.

I  just used the machine to sew the edges, though make sure its folded twice for a neat finish and the length of stitch is long.

 

This is also a good reason for the tunic, the robe is only pinned at the top, with wind, movement and sitting will show what ever is under the robe with the sides open up.

Photos of a better pattern coming 

Sleeve width 8 inches

across the back arm pit to arm pit 25inches 

these are for the smaller jawa add for a larger 

 

The end of sleeves are done the same way as the monks cloth, even no strings, they are also not as wide 

 

 

Edited June 9, 2020 by M.J.

[M.J.]

Cont: Robe

You may notice the over lap just sits  past the neck 

The hem down the front is around an inch doubled.

I'd sewn 2 clips to hold the robe closed both are hidden and on on each side.

Note robe here showing is the wrong colour.

I also placed some fabric around the back of the neck, this stuff is quite itchy so making sure it wont become uncomfortable while wearing.

Edited May 17, 2020 by M.J.

[M.J.]

Hood

This pattern is just a guide line, it took me couple of designs before I ended up with this one.

The hoods are clearly smaller than the ANH ones.

The hood in the photo is of the brown light weight hessian, this is sitting on top of the grey fabric 18oz, again its a fold over on the top the whole piece is one full length no adding of the ties.

Cutting the shape, make sure you cut a good 2 inches around so you can fold and sew the rims

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So it should look like this laid flat out, overlock the all the edgers.. or Zigzag to stop any more fraying 

Add the black lining before you sew the edge together, and hem the around the front, I hand sewn the rims.

 

Once sewn both sides together, you can use the sewing machine to hem the bottom and ties. I also hand sewn the 

other edge of the black lining as to hide the sew seam in the front.

Hessian is very easy to hand sew, if you use a thread the same shade you can't go wrong.

I folded the sides into each other on the ties and sewn straight down.

These are the measurements your hood should end up to be, so as you fold and sew measure as you go 

Across the top, that is folded the measurement is 14 inches, as it curves down the base its around 15.5

Down the side is 17 inches

Edited May 26, 2020 by M.J.

[M.J.]

We are getting to the tail end of this build, I will open it up once all the information is in for questions 

Weathering 

I mentioned earlier I used a Brown spray can, I gave the robe and hood a light spray all over then gave a more concentrated spray lower part of the robe, I did this outside.

 

 

When spraying start of light, remember you can always add, though being paint cannot takeaway.

Step back on the first layer from a distance and have a good look. This took half a can.

 

 

I decided to use water base art paints for the dirt on the bottom of the robe, again no black all browns.

I mixed a light brown, after the first layer I waited till it dried before I tackled it again, fabrics do react differently to certain paints, this one once dried became darker and less noticeable so redid the robe with a litter shade, don't get to picky on the shape or style remember its to resemble running through mud and its dried. You may find you will have to go back a few times to get the right shade.

[M.J.]

My Video showing the parts of the Off World jawa

 

[M.J.]

Placing here for updates 

[M.J.]

Another for updates. Sorry I did mean to unlock for questions but forgot 

[Jawadabbadoo]

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Edited June 13, 2022 by LynnMcD

[KILLSWITCH_AX7]

On 1/25/2020 at 4:34 AM, M.J. said:

Robe:

Please take note: again the robe is grey,  not Brown. I do have photos of a brown robe a mistake I made though it will help with the pattern

 

Fabric: We know for certain  it's a Hessian/ Burlap  that was used, there are different grades please make sure it's not a thin craft one a 17-18oz is recommended 

Burlap is only 30-36inches wide the pattern and design may not accommodate anyone over 5 foot, I haven’t tested the burlap and it’s shrinkage so I can’t  confirm how far it can stretch out. You can measure yourself, length of arm to across front of body, is the width you will need, bare in mind it will shrink twice at least, washing and dying.

Hessian you can purchase on line, it is supplied in Australia, and is 72inches wide, this will cover the largest jawa, 

Pre-wash is a must and make sure to seal the edges, this stuff does fray.

We also know 100% the material was grey, dyed using a mixture of that colour only.

The dye process:  So I experimented dyeing the fabric first with Silver Grey  washed and  dried, I  found it was too light then used a gun metal dye washed then dried,  this process made the fabric shrink again. 

The finished material dyed was shown to our contact and was confirmed correct colour.

 I dyed  5 meters, I was able to fit in both sides it being  72inches wide for me (4'11). If any taller I would use double that amount of material, which would mean double the amount of Dye, shown here.

 

This photo shows the width of fabric and its only just been dyed with the Silver grey, also note its been folded over you will have to do this when cutting out the pattern. 

I also finished off with spraying the robe with a mission brown, we do know the robes were airbrushed with a brown overtone.

 

Photo later showing I hand painted more weathering on the lower part of the robe of a light brown seen on the jawas.

Pattern

Note: my other build threads will also give ideas and help.

Again using the fold over  technic I did in the other thread, draw an out line (take a look at the measurements from my other thread or use your old jawa if you have one), making 2 half's.  Remembering it is flap over robe so you will need measure one side with more fabric.

Sorry this is the brown the  first  robe I made , I did start creating a build thread with this one, wrong colour same pattern.

Notice the sleeves are quite wide, I did trim them down quite a bit in the end

The brown you can see the white chalk, with the over lap I didn't need as much, I'm small, though always make sure you have enough better to be too big then too small and have to start again.

The back seam sewn with sides

 

This photo is joining the two half's together, with the opening down the front off side, I have given myself plenty of fabric to use to fold over the flaps and hem them

Note Sleeves are now a better width

 

 

Your going to have fit this to your body before folding over the edges in the front flaps, the front over lap is right over left and sits just off to the side, past the neck.

I  just used the machine to sew the edges, though make sure its folded twice for a neat finish and the length of stitch is long.

 

This is also a good reason for the tunic, the robe is only pinned at the top, with wind, movement and sitting will show what ever is under the robe with the sides open up.

Photos of a better pattern coming 

Sleeve width 8 inches

across the back arm pit to arm pit 25inches 

these are for the smaller jawa add for a larger 

 

The end of sleeves are done the same way as the monks cloth, even no strings, they are also not as wide 

 

 

With the coat is it in 2 or 4 parts?   I’m just a bit confused of how the sleeves work as one part 

and how far from the ground should the coat be?

[M.J.]

Hi ya Haiden just posted in your thread.

Length, that is a pickler, I have mine just touching the ground, though food for thought if you are going to walk around in the wet or your climate is more on the rain side, make it so it doesnt touch the ground. 

I know its hard to get your head around the two sides.... so think of a piece of fabric, you fold over to double it, then cut out to halfs, but remember on side of the half has to be longer as to flap over at the front, the back you just need to sew up. I hope that helps

[Dewka]

I just read through everyting and I purchased a big slab of fabric to test. The fabric is called charcoal grey but its casting a violet brown color. I will get the dye you have here, and test that so see what color we come out with in theend. 

Im curious about the shrink rate on the Hessian vs what Monk does. Ill find out tonight! 

[M.J.]

Ah shrink rate, about the same really I think, the Hessian does become softer and less peeling after a few washes, and I washed mine alot working out the shades.

wishing you luck 

[Dewka]

Thanks Kelly

WWAAAYYY back in these forums somewhere years ago I posted pics of my shrink tests on monk. Depending on the loom, 10-15% , and depends on direction . 

Ill wash it several times and see what it does, I wanted to last night but that didnt happen. 

[Dewka]

finally back to this topic and that slab of cloth is in the wash. I split in half so I can run sepreate tests on it. Its very stff still so I know i need to do several more washes to break that fiber down. 

[M.J.]

Hi ya David are you cold washing it or hot wash?

I did a cold wash first, then it got two hot wash that was the dye. As you read my first attempt was too light and though dang have to do this again and try get it on point. I was soo lucky I did. I didnt want to jinx it so I did the next lot the same way, turned out the same 

[Dewka]

i washed each time in hot water. I need to run the test, so I need to go back through your topic and see how much dye you used for the amount of fabric you have. 

[M.J.]

The brands are from Australia, and I did use enough for one Jawa, even though I had brought double. I did do the other half a few months later and did it the same and I got the same results. My fingers are crossed for you