Chewbacca

That's looking really great ! In all of the Chewie suits I've seen, the two big areas where the costume loses it's authenticity are the face/hair and poofy body hair. Most of the faces I've seen look like a generic ape-man or sasquatch, they don't ever seem to capture Chewie ( plus, you need bright blue eyes ! ). The other, like I said, is that the body hair always seems freshly brushed and not the close hanging almost "greasy" look from the films. The leg hair you have put on looks really good, It's got the color ans length, but not all frizzed out, it holds tight to the leg.

Oh yeah, a lot of Chewies seem to have rock star hair a la Sammy Hagar. I like the slicked back ANH hair personally !

Awesome work Dougie !


Hey I just noticed, 300th post !
 
Cheers Timmer, Chewie is a difficult one to pull off convincingly.

I have spent the last month sculpting the face, constantly going back and forth making adjustments, really itching to get working on the hair.
I'm going to try my utmost to do a good job or die trying!!
 
i was thinking about it to day, did chewie ever get to fly the ship, or was he just the co piolet even to the biggest back stabber in the galaxy? totally not on topic sorry....
 
Cheers Timmer, Chewie is a difficult one to pull off convincingly.

I have spent the last month sculpting the face, constantly going back and forth making adjustments, really itching to get working on the hair.
I'm going to try my utmost to do a good job or die trying!!

Judging by the (fantastic, amazing, brilliant) quality of your work, I have but one thing to say.

Do or do not. There is no try.
 
He did get to fly during the Death Star escape. Oh yeah, and the escape from Mos Eisly Spaceport, "Chewie, get us outta here !! " ( Han was just boarding, so the big guy must have been piloting ) Seems like Chewie was actually the go-to guy for getting everyone out of trouble : )
 
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Some more progress.

Had the mesh shirt stitched by a tailor and got him to add a few buttons to help it slip on easier.

Got some latch hooking done, approx 4 hours work.
Hope to have the latch hooking complete in 2 weeks.
Have acquired a bandolier from Mel Mattson, going to replace the boxes with ROTS ones.

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A closeup of the latch hooking process!

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Still messing about with the sculpt, I think I'm nearly there with proportions just need to smooth it out and refine the lips a bit more, can't wait to mould and cast it. Mouth is not downturned as much now
Got some platsil gel 10 for the outer mask, one of the best silicones available.

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I can't wait to see this thing done!!! I LOVE watching your builds! You have some serious talent, and this is looking to be one of my favorite Dougie costumes.
 
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