Heavy1973

Hi I would like to regain access as both a 501st member and a detachment member + costume mentor status. http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=15534

I think, that you´ve done a great job - the veil can be a real pain, but I´m sure, that you´ll get it right

I got it custom made

Very nice progress Is the dress gathered at the shoulders to create the pleated look too ? it´s a bit hard to see in your pic. - it´s pleated really nicely from the belt down.

Congrats !

Very nice progress and good to see, that you´re almost done

Very nice - looks great

Hi Erin Good to see you in here too... The gem on my head piece is a normal plastic gem - but you can use, what ever you want, as long as it looks right - and my head piece was also done with a wet form. Looking forward to see more of your build. Cheers

Very nice work - your templates looks great

Super - just take your time and don´t rush it I draw the pattern on the backside of the golden fabric, used a very sharp knife to cut it out and then I glued it onto the dress sleves and the veil. As you can see on my profil pic, it get´s a nice shine and clean/even pattern. I couldn´t get the golden paint to work for me - don´t know, what I did wrong, so it was actually my mum´s idea to use the golden fabric instead - and it worked perfectly, though it took some time to draw and cut. But it is also easy to replace, if/when it get´s to "used" or get damaged.

Hi welcome back Nice to see, that you haven´t given up on this - it looks good. Perhaps you could take some more pics ? It´s hard to see the details on the one, that you´ve put up. I used a golden fabric for the pattern on the veil and sleeves ( I did the other version of her ) and glued it on. Much easier and it gives it a more even look all around. Keep it up

You look awesome - big congrats on the approval

Hi Good to hear, that you haven´t given up on this. I found a note about the sleeves ribs in another build - it should be about 1 inch apart all the way around. Do put your pics in photobucket or something similar for you WIP and put the link in here - we always enjoy seeing pics

Congrats ! It´s a beautiful costume

Great work - well, one Sith is all it takes, right

Depending on your garrison rules, most sabers can do as long as it´s with a red blade and not Vaders or other well-known hilts... I got mine custome made for my Visas Mare / Darth Traya - and my friend bought his from a store for the NIhilus...

Great to hear about your update and that you haven´t left the project Nice progress with the pin wheels

Yes one of those patterns can work too ... Just remember, have fun and do ask away, we all have ...

My mum have made a lot of dresses and skirts in her time, so she helped me out with the patterns... The skirt is easy and you don´t need a pattern for it - you "just" take a lot of fabric and make a circle with many wrinkles on it and sew it together, remember the split in the front. You basicly only need a pattern for a tunic with long sleeves - this way you can use it for both the inner and outer tunic. I put the quiltet sleeves on to the inner tunic - it works fine. Also I put the outer skirt onto the innertunic also There is going to be used a lot of fabric for this one, but you usually can get a good offer in a fabric store, since you are going to need the same fabric for all of the parts except for the piece under the mask... The obi is simply a long piece of fabric with velcro in the back - I made it double and ironed it well to get it to stay in place. The hood and cape - take the mask and the triangular support (if not attached to the mask) on - then you must meassure yourself from the upper of the mask, over your head and to the floor - do remember not to wear boots at this point. Depending on your shoulders width, you´ll need a piece of fabric in those two meassurements hight x width. Then you attach the fabric to the mask and draps it over you shoulders - remember you need enough fabric to make a frame around your head and for the single knot in front at the upper sternum. It´s the best I can guide you with... I hope, that it can help you... you must measure yourself from the top of your head and down to earth you must measure yourself from the top of your head and down to earth you must measure yourself from the top of your head and down to earth

As my fellow member of NG also points out - it´s not that hard to make by yourself... most I know make their own costumes, so it´s hard for me to give advices on, where to buy a premade one, haven´t seen anyone else then WA... I made a Nihilus COFT for a fellow member of NG and it took me and my mum only 1 week - I´m not that good with a sewing machine either, but one learns With good patterns, you can´t go wrong... I would print out the CRL from in here, take it with me to a fabric store and get some help there - perhaps they also have someone, who could sew it ?? I can´t remember, how much the price were to make this, but it wasn´t as pricy as WA.

Hi and welcome Well it´s hard to see all the details on the pics, and it looks to have potentiale- but you´ll still have to make mods on it... + get the right belt, gloves and boots.. I think it´s a very high price to pay for something, that still needs a lot of work...

I don´t have sound in my lightsaber, was my choice when I got it custom made by Hamptons - it takes to much on the batteries and as Rejean writes, pics don´t have sounds either I actually gets pretty annoyed if someone next to me keeps turning their lightsaber with sound on and off... The kids that I´ve let hold my saber, doesn´t care - they´re just like - wow a lightsaber !

That´s a very nice costume - it looks great !

Beautiful work

Nice progress - really looking forward to seeing this getting all together