cayman shen
Master Member
OK, you're awesome, I suck. That was really, really cool.
accurate ewok build
- Thread starter naatsirhc
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Mr. No Stripes
Sr Member
very nice! what references are you using?
naatsirhc
Active Member
:$ thanks
Thank you both! The fur was donated by our XO(SCG) I believe a garment district is the kind of place to get this type of fur. I have to find some time to check out what is available in LA, I plan to due this again and better!
suck?:confused Thanks for the compliment, though!
:thumbsup Thanks
I had a hard time finding good shots when doing this build, I have since come across more references. Here is the link to what I was able to find
and used them for this build. Ewoks varied greatly, upclose and background have different eye styles and hands among other differences.
http://s687.photobucket.com/albums/vv240/tkvontrooper/ewok reference pics/
naatsirhc
Active Member
Needed to find a way to make the hands and feet from found objects, so I ended up searching all over for adult size hands that resembled Ewok fingers.
I found some monster hands and cut off the extra fingers and used them as toes, 3rd toe sculpted w/ oven baked clay.
The fingers have been cut down and sewn onto the hand and fur sewn onto the fingers and hand. I then mixed a similiar tone and valued hue to cover the manufactured paint job. Fingernails are painted w/ slight detail and coated w/ fingernail polish.
finished hands
later, feet......
I found some monster hands and cut off the extra fingers and used them as toes, 3rd toe sculpted w/ oven baked clay.
The fingers have been cut down and sewn onto the hand and fur sewn onto the fingers and hand. I then mixed a similiar tone and valued hue to cover the manufactured paint job. Fingernails are painted w/ slight detail and coated w/ fingernail polish.
finished hands
later, feet......
Great job so far!
naatsirhc
Active Member
Thank you, I admire your handy work!:cool
great! Hope she enjoys the finished pics:cool Thank you!
Those are the same monster hands I used on my daughter's Ewok build! Crazy! I just painted the nails black so they didn't look bloody..hahaha
You can sort of see them in this pic:
What can i say, great minds think alike! Those are some big ewoks, nice job:cool What did you use for lenses? I like your fur, as well.
naatsirhc
Active Member
For the feet I purchased some $15 high tops at Ross and applied the toes and fur with shoe goop( purchased at Wal-Mart ). The finger extras were cut and backed with some foam. Tried a lot of different adhesives, shoe goop was the one that really bonded all the materials well. I would call it E-6000 on roids.BTW the fingertips on the hands have small blocks of foam in them to give the correct shape and help with fact that my daughter, who is 5, has really small fingers. I glued around the bottoms of the shoes and left the lace area and opening loose to allow actual lace up.
The pics
fabric rolled back, see laces
Test fitting
Up next, spear and lenses....
The pics
fabric rolled back, see laces
Test fitting
Up next, spear and lenses....
Forestmoonstudio
Sr Member
This is an AWESOME thread. GREAT WORK!
WebChief
Sr Member
Well, I can't take the credit for the hands as my friend Keith (who's son is in the Teebo costume that he built) found them. I worked them up though for my daughter's. For the lenses I just used some sunglasses that I found that she had that didn't fit her anymore. Yeah, the fur was fantastic...super realistic looking in person. We found it on Ebay of all places.
navyfamily4
New Member
Oh my you so rock. so when your kids are not wearing them do you plan on having them greet your guests at the door. I am sure the mail man would do a double take. too awesome.
