Chewbacca

Well whilst i wait for the funds to become available for my Fett upgrades, i thought i'd make a start on a costume that has been on the back burner for a couple of years. I have made the under suit from a mesh fabric and the hair is synth kanekalon. The plasters stilts give me a height of 7'5", so hopefully i won't look like Lumpy

still a long way to go though

Your huge!!! I really want to see the progress of this as I am wee in stature...5'7 and want to wear the tall people costumes

WOW!! looking great so far!!! I love Chewbacca. Great costume, but very hot.

Genius work! Can't wait to see more of the process on this.

WOW! I would think that those pants will get heavy once all that hair are on them.
But... this will be interesting to watch, very fun!

Awesome.

Can't wait to see the final work!

You might want to consider boiling that hair to get the kinks out before lacing it in or you might look like Chewbacca is a member of "Destiny's Child".

Made the female mould of the mask. I need to get the dragonskin outer mask done first before the fibreglass under skull (more waiting).

Ya know, the scary thing is that that negative mold looks 3d! Its going to look great from what I am seeing so far. Great job.

wow nice job....... looks super cool.... sdfkljghlsdkfj ghsdklfjgh

Very cool. At some point I want to do a Wookie but thats a looooong way off. Great start!

Looking good mate!!...Here are a few pics of my Chewie





peteme.bmp

Nice work! It'll be nice to see how this comes together.

Are you as tall as Mayhew with or without stilts, Bountyone? Great pic either way!

bountyone - that chewy looks awesome. If mine could turn out half as good, i'll be really pleased

well I hope no one on here is 7'2".... i believe that is mayhew's height.

I feel bad for him.

I hit my head everywhere just at 6'5"!

stilts are a great idea though

what is your natural height?

No, I'm only 6'4. I recently sold that Chewie costume, I have a guy making me a new one with Kenetic jaw and underskull. Should look 10 times better than my old suit.

and the trousers finished

Looking awesome Jon! Great work. You planning on making you arms longer?

Golly, you look like you could crush Vader, looking really good, mate.

G-Fett

The arms wont be that much longer Rob (just look longer due to the hair)

wow thats a lot of hair!! good work

Wow*!





* there aren't any other words to descibe what I see.

Nice job !!

One question.. how much does the hair cost? and how do you get the right color?


Thanks


Regards

Alfredo

Looking good. Have you come across Mark from MA, USA in your wookiee travels? He's our local Chewie and is one of the best I've seen so far...

Kenekalon hair is dirt cheap. You can make the whole suit for under $100.

Originally Posted by Studio Fett

Golly, you look like you could crush Vader, looking really good, mate.

G-Fett

Crush Vader? Ha, no way.

Because if Vader saw him coming he'd be running away too fast

Looking good so far

Originally Posted by stormtrooperguy

Looking good. Have you come across Mark from MA, USA in your wookiee travels? He's our local Chewie and is one of the best I've seen so far...

That chewie is great. Do you have a contact addy for him? I'd love to bonce some ideas off him

The hair is Kanekalon and sells for approx £4 a bag. The trousers took about 15 bags of brown #27 and about 3 bags of both dark brown #4 and grey #44.

Good Costume. I'm only 5' 2' maybe I should start making a tall person costume then I won't feel so short.

I love the work on your Chewie, here's a shot of me and Chewie ( a long time ago in a galaxy far far away... ) at Disney Land...
A little blury since it's a pic of a pic (scanner died)
He's a little for Chewie, probable his little brother since I'm only 5'11".

Originally Posted by adonian

I love the work on your Chewie, here's a shot of me and Chewie ( a long time ago in a galaxy far far away... ) at Disney Land...
A little blury since it's a pic of a pic (scanner died)
He's a little for Chewie, probable his little brother since I'm only 5'11".

yet again you guys amaze me. I really just hope mine works out as well. I have a lot live up to, next to your excellent costumes

looking great. when it's all said and done, i would recommend weathering down the hair.

chewy always was a walking carpet, not really fluffy

Wow that really looks like you are off to a great start. I bet that isn't hot at all . I know our local chewie prefers the winter events.

Great job. I to am in the process of making a Chewbacca. I have been buying the supplies that I need and then I will get started. I will post pics also. I got a big box of Kanekalon hair in the mail the other day. My stilts should be here anyday and I just found a supplier for the mesh. I will order that on Friday. I can post the places that I am getting my supplies from if that's ok. I don't know if that's aloud, so I figuared I would ask first.

I cant wait to see this finished, I may give it a try putting on my list, #5 after kids fett wife fett, my Revan my R2, and now a Wookie, man this is addictive.

Looks great so far.

Looking real good Jon!

Great work.... what is the material you are using for the hair?

hey jon, i missed this thread completely, i new you were doing the wookie ...but didnt know you were this far into it! Hopefully i will be able to make it to a club night one time soon and see it in the flesh,this is very cool mate and also quite scary looking

Steve

Very Very cool!....There are allot of costumes that I would attempt but I dont think I ever would have the guts to try to do Chewy justice....yours however looks great...

Very cool Jon!!

Your Chewie's taking shape very nicely! what's it like walking in those stilts?

Jeremy

Thanks for all the kind comments guys. Guess i'd better get my butt in gear and finish it lol (i'm just too lazy haha)

Gonk - walking in the stilt is fine, in fact i use them around the house to clean high places

Originally Posted by Ronin677

Gonk - walking in the stilt is fine, in fact i use them around the house to clean high places

Good to know, thanks. Using them around house would be a good way to get used to the stilts. Looking forward to seeing more progress with your suit!

Hey Jon, how much did you get the stilts for? PM me if you prefer

Steve

Anything new Ronin?
Looks like you'll spend about $500+ on hair alone (300+ Pounds UK)?

I've seen the painters stilts for like $80.

I really like how the hair falls perfectly in place unlike the 'Supreme Collectable' Chewbacca costumes which go for like $350.

Anyway, nice work, keep us updated cause I gotta make one too (see my above post of pic with me and 'wookie' it was a special moment )

Love to know how you're getting on Jon, looking to go the Chewie or Tarfful route soon!

Any updates on the chewster buddy ??

Steve

looking sweet I wish there was a resource site for this costume

we were hoping for an update, got any news Ronin?

Any updates?

Originally Posted by Huntman

looking sweet I wish there was a resource site for this costume

Great info here http://rebellegion.com/chewie/

Hey Ronin,

check this site, it´s an really awesome Chewbacca near to my hometown:

http://www.wookiee.de/englisch.html

Good luck for your project, it´ll become a really nice Chewie !