Amount of silk?

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Ok reading Scott's Nihilus guide he used about 20 yards of fabric. I am considering getting about 25-30 yards, seeing as I am a larger guy, 6ft 5" and about 300lbs. Anyone else able to share how much fabric they used

[C.Skiles]

Ok reading Scott's Nihilus guide he used about 20 yards of fabric. I am considering getting about 25-30 yards, seeing as I am a larger guy, 6ft 5" and about 300lbs. Anyone else able to share how much fabric they used

 

I'm 6' 2" about 200lbs. I bought 20 yards and used about 17ish of it. My costume was made following Scott's guide also

[Nefthys]

I am a tiny Sith Lord at only 5'9" and 180 lbs and I used about 16 yards of fabric for mine. The key to a good looking Nihilus is having lots of billowing fabric. The more billowy, the better!

 

Cheers,

Nef

[DisposablHero]

Yeah what Nef said. The more the better. I'm 5'11" and unfortunately a little bit on the wrong side of 200lbs. I also used Scott and Pam's guide as my build and I'm quite certain I used the full 20 yards...there was very, very little left over.

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fabric is ordered, went with 25 to be on the safe side

[DisposablHero]

Cool! It's a very odd fabric...at least to me.

 

Word of warning: DO NOT machine wash the fabric. My wife got some plaster of paris on a couple pieces of my costume and decided to throw them in the washing machine without checking with me first. Now 2 pieces of my costume are faded/patchy. Luckily they are both underneath pieces (the inner skirt and the under cape) so it's not noticeable usually. Still need to redye them and hope it fixes it.

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I thought you should always prewash fabric before you do any patters/sewing?

[DisposablHero]

I wouldn't worry too much about that. I don't think it will shrink at all. It is silk. It is washable, you just have to hand wash it and air dry I believe. If you are intent on washing make sure you find out exactly what the washing instructions are. I have not washed mine yet as it hasn't gotten dirty...or to be more precise it hasn't gotten dirty somewhere it shouldn't.

 

Quick tip: In case anyone here doesn't know this I'll give a way to keep your kit "fresh" if it's not washable. If you do have parts of your costume that are not washable (washing would damage, or remove weathering or whatever the reason) all you have to do to get rid of the stink of sweat from trooping is put the costume piece in a ziplock bag or whatever you have on hand and put it in the freezer. Leave it in overnight (what I do). The cold kills the bacteria which are the source of the smell and you're good to go. The bag is to stop the smell being transferred to anything else in your freezer that's why I'd recommend ziplock since it seals.

 

Hope this helps,

 

-Jason