...And More Costumes
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matrilEpisode II was definitely the most challenging for sheer volume of costumes. And without the giant headdresses that Amidala wears, I had to work harder make each of Padmé's outfits recognizable. It was so much fun.
I couldn't hope to get the leathery look of the pilot uniform, but at least the colors of the layered shirts match up pretty well.
I was able to reuse one of Amidala's headdresses for Cordé's disguise. Then I got to smear red makeup around my mouth for her death scene. I filmed a lot of death scenes in this movie...
So many components to this one. I used a square of sparkly blue felt for the bodice, with the purple dress from my Amidala Halloween costume as the outer robe. I fashioned a belt into the choker necklace, and used cardboard and gold duct tape for the headpieces. Whew!
Lots of different colors to layer for Bail's look, plus a tiny little chain. And don't I look smashing with a goatee?
Representative Binks! Now he gets a maroon under-robe, a brown tshirt for the tunic, and beaded necklaces for a little extra dazzle.
I simply had to include Dormé in this scene even though she has no lines, because her expressive reactions to Anakin's awkwardness are great. A purple pillowcase worked well for her costume.
And that pillowcase continued to be very useful in Zam's costume, as well as a purple button-up shirt and cap and a metal colander. Teehee.
The dress didn't turn out great here, but I sure worked hard on those weird headpieces!
Dormé again, with a gray t-shirt and black button-up. I had a lot of fun messing around with the hair.
More of that gold duct tape for the headdress, a brown shirt for the hood, and a flower-patterned dress that's not too different in shading from the actual thing. I lucked out with that.
Not so lucky finding the right look for the gauzy veil, so I had to make do with so crinkly yellow stuff. Oh well.
I was much more pleased with Anakin's look in that scene, as I had a pillowcase that almost perfectly matched his tunic. It was a rare chance to do something with his character other than leather and Jedi robes.
I could have arranged the yellow dress to look more like Padmé's "sneeze and the whole thing falls off" look, but when the shot is mostly from the torso up, it makes me look a little too close to nude. Yikes. Instead, I focused on making the neckpiece from cardboard and doing up my hair with blue bands made of pipe cleaners.
Lots of yellow crinkly stuff, and paper for the headband. This is one of the most popular outfits for cosplay, but it's beyond my skill. Mine is excessively simple.
Again, I opted out of the bare shoulders look. I used a old dress of my daughter's, wearing the skirt upside-down and using its belt for the choker. From the waist down it was pretty bizarre, but everything in sight of the camera was great. Silver duct tape for the headpiece!
I had another dress that matched the nightgown pretty well, so I just added a blue cardigan and used my hair to cover the fact that it doesn't have the fancy stripe of the real thing. ;)
A sheet for the Tatooine robe....
...and another sheet for the dress underneath, plus duct tape for the headpieces.
I'm very pleased with this one. T-shirt pinned up in place for the underdress, a button-up shirt for the outer part, with braided yarn safety-pinned for the edging.
I did this costume some years ago for Halloween, but I had to find new components all these years later. Luckily, I had a long-sleeve white t-shirt and a white blanket, and silver duct tape for the arm bands. The real trick was getting her hair right. I never did, but oh well.
I made a chain of duct tape for Dooku's cape and decided to slather on white makeup for the beard instead of using my own hair as I did for Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.
There was a bit more variation for the Jedi costumes in this episode, and boy did I have fun with it.
For Jocasta Nu, that's a t-shirt, and button-up and a pair of pants slung on top of it! Plus sticks in the hair, and an affronted expression.
I put a brown tshirt over a coat hanger on my head. I love this one.
Brown tshirt, blue shirt rolled up and pinned to a cap on my head, and lots and lots of blue makeup.
More makeup, a white shirt for the headtails, and never showing the top of the head because I couldn't figure out how the make the pointed horns.
The veil was another old dress of my daughter's, and the dress was a tablecloth. Also, I got to cover my hand in gold duct tape for Anakin's prosthetic hand.
Episode III on Monday!
I couldn't hope to get the leathery look of the pilot uniform, but at least the colors of the layered shirts match up pretty well.
I was able to reuse one of Amidala's headdresses for Cordé's disguise. Then I got to smear red makeup around my mouth for her death scene. I filmed a lot of death scenes in this movie...
So many components to this one. I used a square of sparkly blue felt for the bodice, with the purple dress from my Amidala Halloween costume as the outer robe. I fashioned a belt into the choker necklace, and used cardboard and gold duct tape for the headpieces. Whew!
Lots of different colors to layer for Bail's look, plus a tiny little chain. And don't I look smashing with a goatee?
Representative Binks! Now he gets a maroon under-robe, a brown tshirt for the tunic, and beaded necklaces for a little extra dazzle.
I simply had to include Dormé in this scene even though she has no lines, because her expressive reactions to Anakin's awkwardness are great. A purple pillowcase worked well for her costume.
And that pillowcase continued to be very useful in Zam's costume, as well as a purple button-up shirt and cap and a metal colander. Teehee.
The dress didn't turn out great here, but I sure worked hard on those weird headpieces!
Dormé again, with a gray t-shirt and black button-up. I had a lot of fun messing around with the hair.
More of that gold duct tape for the headdress, a brown shirt for the hood, and a flower-patterned dress that's not too different in shading from the actual thing. I lucked out with that.
Not so lucky finding the right look for the gauzy veil, so I had to make do with so crinkly yellow stuff. Oh well.
I was much more pleased with Anakin's look in that scene, as I had a pillowcase that almost perfectly matched his tunic. It was a rare chance to do something with his character other than leather and Jedi robes.
I could have arranged the yellow dress to look more like Padmé's "sneeze and the whole thing falls off" look, but when the shot is mostly from the torso up, it makes me look a little too close to nude. Yikes. Instead, I focused on making the neckpiece from cardboard and doing up my hair with blue bands made of pipe cleaners.
Lots of yellow crinkly stuff, and paper for the headband. This is one of the most popular outfits for cosplay, but it's beyond my skill. Mine is excessively simple.
Again, I opted out of the bare shoulders look. I used a old dress of my daughter's, wearing the skirt upside-down and using its belt for the choker. From the waist down it was pretty bizarre, but everything in sight of the camera was great. Silver duct tape for the headpiece!
I had another dress that matched the nightgown pretty well, so I just added a blue cardigan and used my hair to cover the fact that it doesn't have the fancy stripe of the real thing. ;)
A sheet for the Tatooine robe....
...and another sheet for the dress underneath, plus duct tape for the headpieces.
I'm very pleased with this one. T-shirt pinned up in place for the underdress, a button-up shirt for the outer part, with braided yarn safety-pinned for the edging.
I did this costume some years ago for Halloween, but I had to find new components all these years later. Luckily, I had a long-sleeve white t-shirt and a white blanket, and silver duct tape for the arm bands. The real trick was getting her hair right. I never did, but oh well.
I made a chain of duct tape for Dooku's cape and decided to slather on white makeup for the beard instead of using my own hair as I did for Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.
There was a bit more variation for the Jedi costumes in this episode, and boy did I have fun with it.
For Jocasta Nu, that's a t-shirt, and button-up and a pair of pants slung on top of it! Plus sticks in the hair, and an affronted expression.
I put a brown tshirt over a coat hanger on my head. I love this one.
Brown tshirt, blue shirt rolled up and pinned to a cap on my head, and lots and lots of blue makeup.
More makeup, a white shirt for the headtails, and never showing the top of the head because I couldn't figure out how the make the pointed horns.
The veil was another old dress of my daughter's, and the dress was a tablecloth. Also, I got to cover my hand in gold duct tape for Anakin's prosthetic hand.
Episode III on Monday!
