Tusken Shaman build thread/work in progress

[Shaman]

12 hours ago, PunkRocketScience said:

Yeah...  About time to give him another nudge...  Hate to be a pest with how things are going in the world these days...

Yea... I'm currently still making it from foam because it's pretty lightweight and modeling some small things, but I'm not sure yet to what to make the spikes at the back of helmet, maybe eva foam coated in plastidip or something would give the right look

[Shaman]

Updates!

There's been some progress on the helmet. My friend has been working on getting the shape and everything right, and I have been modeling some parts like the eye cylinders and the mouth bit. 

As an update post: here's how the helmet is coming together. The parts are placed here in a bit of a mock-up and nothing is completely secured as of yet. Also, the brown leather straps for around the mouth is just some scrap leather we had lying around and not the final stuff.

 

Edited March 4, 2021 by Shaman

[Shaman]

Hi again all! 

It seems like all the most recent thread posts have been deleted so I can't check stuff back anymore. Either way, I'm in need of feedback again

The images aren't loading correctly though, so I'll have to figure out how to get them inserted... either way, if you could post a reply so that I'm sure messages are being posted again I'd very much appreciate it ^^

[Nezhdanov]

Hi there! Good to see you’re back! I had missed seeing what you were building [emoji4]

Unfortunately there was a technical issue with the website and about a years worth of info went.

I think I’ve still got some of your images on my phone and from memory you were at the pouches material stage before the technical issues with the site.

Hopefully you will be able to catch me up on where you are at now and continue from there [emoji106]


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[Shaman]

Yeah last few months have been pretty busy for me, but I've been making some progress ^^

I've made a sash, pouches and shoulder cloth thingy from test fabric to see how it'd fit together. Here are some pictures of them. The shoulder thing was accidentally mirrored (hence the exposed seam on my shoulders) and about 2 cm too long.

The sash is basically one wide piece of cloth with two thinner strips in the center. In the pics of m wearing jt, those strips are visible, but not here below. The idea is to have loops behind the pouches and attach them to the upper of the two straps. As for attachment options, I'm thinking about either having velcro strips on the backside of the straps and on the wide band, so the strap secures the pouches in place, or have a sturdy canvas belt in the upper strap that supports the weight of the pouches. So that's something I'd like to hear your opinion on ^^

[Nezhdanov]

Looking good! I did this crude side by side to try to judge the size of the pouches as at first I thought they may be too large. After doing the side by side I think they are a good size.

I take it the length of the robe will be adjusted at a later stage so that you will be able to see the boots.

I like the shape you’ve made for the neck cowl and that will be good with a bit of thickness in the proper fabric colour!



I am wondering if the waist sash might be a little wide? It might be that it is currently a block of pale colour and when the proper colour might not seem as wide?

I think Velcro will wear over time. You can sew on Velcro strips but the attachment becomes less secure through use. I’ve got bits of Velcro on my snow trooper and they are not very good at keeping bits in place like they used too. It might be better to go for your other option.



Looking good though [emoji4]


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[M.J.]

Good to see you again.

Heads up on the Shoulder thing, the reason it looks odd shape on the character is the way the artist has made it look to sit on his shoulders, indented with movement of the body. Don't make it an odd shape, create the brown layer as normal, same goes for the scarf.

[Shaman]

Thanks for the comments!

The length of the robe will indeed be adjusted once I have the boots ready. For now it's way too long haha.

The sash will indeed be a bit less wide. I made a calculation error when drawing the borders, so it has ~2 cm added in width because I added the seam border twice ^^; As for the pouches, I think they are correct in size too and will use the patterns for the actual pouches. I forgot what the correct fake leather was which I was going to use that we discussed though... I am doubting whether it was royal almond or royal taupe.

As for the shoulder thing, it's turned inside out because I accidentally mirrored it, so the longer bit on the front was on my left instead of the right, hence why there's a weird thing at the seam on the shoulder thing. It wll also be made from the same dark red linnen fabric as the red strip on the cape (and the red detailing on the robe that will be done after it gets cut to length).

 

As of now, the things I still need to get done are:

1. Finish sash + pouches

2. Wrap sleeves + make gloves and wristbands 

3. Make shoes + finish detailing on lower robe

4. Make helmet

5. Make gaffi stick

The helmet seems like the most daunting task to me as of now, especially with the skull on top of it

[Nezhdanov]

I think the head will be a big task but I remember you had a bit of a start with that by trying things out so it’s not starting from scratch.

As with all costumes, if you think of the costume in its entirety then it can seem a bit impossible but when you do it but by bit it is manageable. Same with the head really and the costume has come a long way [emoji4]

I do remember we picked a colour for the pouches but can’t remember which? I think there was a brown and a red/brown I think we thought were good but can’t remember which final one was picked?


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[Shaman]

I found the pic of the samples again. I think we went with the middle one here, which was taupe I believe. The 3 samples I had of this type were almod, taupe and espresso, so I think the middle one is Taupe, going by name/shade.

I also recently saw a great idea on Facebook concerning the helmet. Someone mounted the "faceplate" of the tusken helmet on a climbing/bicycle helmet. For me that would also provide a nice base for the skull to be mounted onto I think. Still, first to finish the sash, pouches and shoulder thing~

 

[Nezhdanov]

Yeah I think the middle one seems a good choice.

As for the helmet idea, it could be a way of doing it. The top of the Tusken head is not visible as it is hidden by the skull so that could offer more options how to construct it.

Just be careful of the scale of the head compared to the rest of you. From the source images it appears to be a fairly regular sized Tusken head with skull adornment. If the Tusken head is large to begin with, it could look overly large also having the skull on top.

It will certainly be a striking costume when complete!


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[Shaman]

I think I'll have the red shoulder thing finished soon, once that's done I'll make the sash and pouches

this is a mock-up of the red shoulder thing. It's 2-3 cm longer than it will eventually be, but it is in the correct fabric 

[Nezhdanov]

Good to see some more progress! The mock up looks about right but like you said just a bit long at the front.

Looking forward to seeing more [emoji4]


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[Shaman]

I sewed the edges together and it looks very nice in my opinion now. The cape below was tilted slightly backwards (which I only noticed after the pic was taken), so it doesn't line up perfectly in the image, but it does in real life.

[Nezhdanov]

Yup that’s looking pretty good and the other neck pieces will also help bring this section of the build together!


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[Shaman]

I think I can mark the red cape thingy off my to do list now as well. I'm currently working on the sash (not pictured). I had a few issues with sewing the cape, buut it all seems to have worked out in the end

[Nezhdanov]

I think that’s looking good, we’ll done! As always I’m looking forward to seeing more [emoji4]


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[Shaman]

I made the sash in the right fabric now, as well as one of the two smaller belts with a nylon tactical belt inside for added support for the pouches. I will have to remake them, as I used 2 different materials, namely the brown stretch linnen and beige stretch satin. The satin is very visible, and when the fabric "rolls" a bit, it becomes very visible. In the mock up here I tried hiding the satin as much as I could:

 

I've also been drawing up some ideas on how to put the helmet together. After going to a con last weekend and attending some lectures, I cae up with the following idea:

 

[Nezhdanov]

That’s looking good ! It’s coming to life more with each part added.

I think I can grasp what your going for with the head and seems like it should work

I’ve never used Eva foam so it’ll be interesting how that looks. Probably with the right weathering/colouration the elements like the skull will look realistic.

Keep up the good work [emoji4]


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[Shaman]

A quick belt and sash update. I remade the sash and belts with just the brown fabric. 

the tactical belt buckles with tan nylon bag strips work very well! I'll attach some velcro to the sash and belts to just hold them in place. There will not be any weight on the velcro, so I think that will work well. I'll also use velcro for the closure of the wide sash. Pouches will be attached via loops on their back, and wlll stay in position due to the velcro on other parts of the belt. I think the front pouch will have the buckles inside of it, since they protrude a bit, which won't look as good if it just rests on top of that I think.

[Nezhdanov]

I think that should work well! Good to see you trying different things that will work for you [emoji4]

Velcro can loose it’s grip over time but usually if they are separated and attached over and over.

What might be helpful to keep your pouches the right shape without adding weight (which I did for my ANH Tusken waist pouches) was to cut up some cleaning sponges and fit them inside. I painted the sponges a dark colour so no one would know. You may not need to do that though!

Good progress as usual !


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[Shaman]

Yeah that's a downside of velcro, but for the belts themselves, it's just intended to hold it in place and not opened/reopened often. Only when adjustments should be made or something. 

For the pouches I was actually toying with the idea of using EVA foam in the liner of the pouches. Then they also remain functional. I also intend to hide magnets in them so they have hidden closures. The front pouch has a button, but I think I'll 3d model it so it'll be able to hold a magnet inside.

Speaking of pouches, I was looking at the metallic cylinder thingy. At the top it's flattened at a bit of a angle. I'm not sure if that's intentional or that it's actually straight, but some in-game limitations make it appear like that. It sorta looks like a very simple tusken neck breather thinngy, but flipped 90 degrees and with only one "cable".  In all honesty, it reminds me of one of those hamster drinking bottles haha!

Edited June 18, 2024 by Shaman

[Nezhdanov]

That sounds like a good solution for the pouches and you can still use them which will be a bonus!

I noticed the odd little shape next to the one pouch but I admit I just thought they’d mixed things up with a different type of pouch shape.

There’s no other wires, shapes or gizmos to suggest it’s a power source for something or some mechanical attachment for an unclear purpose?

It’s on both costume design types, with light or brown waist sash but couldn’t spot anything in the concept art to hint at the purpose?

Maybe it’s a shaman specific piece of kit we just are just not meant to understand [emoji4]


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[Shaman]

Yeah a friend of mine shared the idea of using foam to reinforce the pouches a little while ago and it seemed very useful ^^

As for the "shamen bottle thingy", it's present in the concept art as well actually! No explanation from what I can find, but it is present: 

 

Even on what seems like the preliminary concept art there's a "shape" next to a pouch on the left most design:

[Nezhdanov]

I didn’t have those images, I’ve added them to my collection [emoji4]

It looks like the intention was a cylinder, maybe this was their version of the breather?

It could be just artistic ‘sci-fi-ing’ things up to add visual interest which Star Wars is good at!


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