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grumpydevil Title: Oregon FanForce Website Designer Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 10/1/05 7:39pm Subject: Shaak Ti Costume - Date Edited: 9/15/08 5:16pm (3 edits total) Edited By: Sister_Sola
	Hi, This is my first time posting, but I've been checking out the threads for a couple of months. This Halloween my family has decided to be a team of Jedi. My son will be Anakin and I will be no one in particular. But here's the tricky part: my wife decided that she wanted to be Shaak Ti. I haven't seen that many Shaak Ti costumes out there (on the internet) and I was thinking that there's probably no better place to ask for opinions on how I should go about this. We've got a difference in opinion on how to acheive both the montrals and the skin-tone. My idea is to take some thin foam and sew it into the appropriate shape for each peice (two for the top "horns" and three of the hanging lekku-like appendages) finding some way to attach all 5 pieces together and then to a "head-sock" that shows the full face. Then I'd end up airbrushing the whole thing in white, black and red (when it's needed). Some minor background on me: besides being an avid Star Wars fan, I also build lots of model kits and I paint a lot with an airbrush. She suggested using paper mache to build the horns. Maybe that would be a better idea for something more like a head dress. Anyway, the Shaak Ti clothing doesn't seem to be too hard to re-create. Some crumpled looking fabric for the skirt and a plain black tank top for the first covered by the standard Jedi robe and belt with a long peice of decorated leather in the front (hanging from behind the belt). I'm going to find an airbrush-able red body paint so it (hopefully) won't look all sticky. Has anyone on the board had good experiences with certain brands? Also, does anyone have a better suggestion for the montrals/lekku? -Kyle S_S edit: just unlocking -----signature----- Kyle's known aliases... 501st Legion: Cloud City Garrison: CC-7738 Jedi Assembly: Western Order: Jedi Knight Kyle Skirata Rebel Legion: Kashyyyk Base: Base Commander
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grumpydevil Title: Oregon FanForce Website Designer Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 10/2/05 9:10am Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	Oh yeah, we also were talking about black contact lenses....anyone ever use these? My wife doesn't wear contacts or glasses and I don't know how contacts will feel.... -Kyle -----signature----- Kyle's known aliases... 501st Legion: Cloud City Garrison: CC-7738 Jedi Assembly: Western Order: Jedi Knight Kyle Skirata Rebel Legion: Kashyyyk Base: Base Commander
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Amanita Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 10/2/05 8:41pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	I think that for the montrals, you will want those fairly rigid- I'm guessing that those would be bone or something like that in a flesh and blood creature. For the Lekku, I suggest doing a search for Twi'lek stuff on the costumes board- you can modify the instructions for Twi'lek lekku to get ones like Shaak Ti's, and attach them to the montrals. The instructions I've seen for making Lekku usually involve fabric covered in latex- you could make the montrals, make the lekku, attach them to the headpiece, and then cover the whole works with a few coats of latex, then airbrush it. I think some of the other members can give you some websites that sell latex mask paint and makeup- I can't recall the names right now. Good luck on this project- I'm admiring my 12" Shaak Ti as I write this, she's gorgeous.
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grumpydevil Title: Oregon FanForce Website Designer Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 10/2/05 9:47pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	Thanks for the tips! I'll go check out the lekku thread. In the meantime, I was sketching up some ideas for the head have pretty much decided to go with paper mache (but I'm going to spend a lot of time getting it layered properly and smoothly). I'll try to scan my sketches. I'd love to have the 12" Shaak Ti figure as a reference, but haven't found her in any stores yet. The RebelScum website has some detailed photos of her, though. I went to a fabric store this weekend and tried to find a match for the scarf(?) that she wears. In the visual disctionary it almost looks like a corrugated octagonal pattern. Does anyone know? -Kyle -----signature----- Kyle's known aliases... 501st Legion: Cloud City Garrison: CC-7738 Jedi Assembly: Western Order: Jedi Knight Kyle Skirata Rebel Legion: Kashyyyk Base: Base Commander
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ms_ventress Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 10/3/05 7:36am Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	i have designed and made a Shaak Ti costume... I made the head piece out of just white fabric, I hand sewed and hand painted it. if you have any other questions ask away... here are the pictures... http://photobucket.com/albums/b364/ms_ventress/Shaak%20Ti%20Costume/ -----signature----- ZIM: Why did you take out the guidance chip? GIR: To make room for the cupcake.
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Amanita Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 10/3/05 3:26pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	Nice work, Ms_Ventress! Not bad at all for stuffed fabric. I might do some things a little differently, making the montrals stiffer, perhaps hollow around the ears for hearing, but that's a pretty nice job there. An exellent idea for those who can't or don't want to work with Latex. When I say hollow around the ears, I mean solid looking on the outside, but with a hollow space around the ears underneath. Otherwise, hearing might be obstructed by all the padding.
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grumpydevil Title: Oregon FanForce Website Designer Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 10/3/05 9:51pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	ms_ventress posted: I made the head piece out of just white fabric, I hand sewed and hand painted it That's a great headpiece! What did you use for the facepaint? Amanita posted: When I say hollow around the ears, I mean solid looking on the outside, but with a hollow space around the ears underneath. Otherwise, hearing might be obstructed by all the padding. Excellent point! After escaping death twice in Episode III, we've got to make sure Shaak Ti stays alert! -----signature----- Kyle's known aliases... 501st Legion: Cloud City Garrison: CC-7738 Jedi Assembly: Western Order: Jedi Knight Kyle Skirata Rebel Legion: Kashyyyk Base: Base Commander
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Amanita Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 10/4/05 12:10pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	Shaak ti survived order 66? Cool:) I didn't see her getting it in the movie along with many of the others, I always wondered what happened to her.
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Jedi-Loreen Title: OCSWS Secretary & Master of the Blades Registered: Dec '02	Date Posted: 10/4/05 1:11pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	!!Possible DVD Spoiler!! I'm afraid she did not survive. You will see her death in one of the deleted scenes on the RoTS DVD. There have been some stills already leaked from that and I've seen them. I believe she dies even before Order 66 is given. She is killed by General Grievous. The only Jedi we will see being killed by him. -----signature----- In order to see the Light, you must sometimes risk the Darkness. "The Force is my Ally" Builder of EL Sabre Blades
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DARTH_SILLYNOUS Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 10/4/05 8:16pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	Jedi-Loreen posted: I believe she dies even before Order 66 is given. She is killed by General Grievous. The only Jedi we will see being killed by him. Thats right! It ties into the Cartoon Network mini-series Clone Wars Volume 2.
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Fox4 Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 10/4/05 8:29pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	Jedi-Loreen posted: !!Possible DVD Spoiler!! I'm afraid she did not survive. You will see her death in one of the deleted scenes on the RoTS DVD. There have been some stills already leaked from that and I've seen them. I believe she dies even before Order 66 is given. She is killed by General Grievous. The only Jedi we will see being killed by him. Thats not the only deleted scene of her dying you know, there was another deleted scene where Vader kills her when he attacks the Temple. -----signature----- ~New President of the Official Boba and Jango Fett Fan Club~ Many Anakin_Sockwalker's died to bring you my profile. By order of Princess Kenobi my soup can label is Entangling Misou Soup.
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VillieGee Registered: Oct '02	Date Posted: 10/4/05 9:00pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	Yeah I heard there was like 3 different versions of that scene at different points in development. -----signature----- Whoopsy doo! http://www.geocities.com/ugnaught7
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grumpydevil Title: Oregon FanForce Website Designer Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 10/4/05 11:25pm Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	Hmmm, not to get too off-topic (I still AM building the costume!), but do the contents and actions that take place in a deleted scene count as "inscribed in stone" cannon? Back on topic, our dog just ate our Skaak Ti figure's head (the 3.75" one) and so now (to look on the bright side) we can get a slightly better look at the costume :P -Kyle -----signature----- Kyle's known aliases... 501st Legion: Cloud City Garrison: CC-7738 Jedi Assembly: Western Order: Jedi Knight Kyle Skirata Rebel Legion: Kashyyyk Base: Base Commander
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DARTH_SILLYNOUS Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 10/5/05 8:14am Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	grumpydevil posted: Back on topic, our dog just ate our Skaak Ti figure's head (the 3.75" one)... When it comes out in the end, it leads to a new pronunciation of the name doesn't it? Sorry, I couldn't resist!
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Amanita Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 10/5/05 11:03am Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	That sucks royally..Shaak Ti's probably my favourite female Jedi. I read something on the Jedi Aayla fan site that Shaak Ti was wounded in a fight with grievous, but I didn't think she died..That's too bad, what a waste. On the topic of costume making, Shaak Ti's outfit's not too hard to reproduce- she's got a long, flowing skirt- similar to those gypsy skirts that seem to be in vogue now, and a scoop-necked, long sleeved shirt. Over top of that, she appears to be wearing a knee-length version of the standard hooded Jedi cloak, and a long, narrow scarf worn kinda like a priest's stole. She's also got that fancy leather apron hanging down her front- you can get a good look at it in the Episode 3 visual dictionary. Aside from the headpiece and the decoration on the apron, it's not a horribly complex costume.
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Jedi-Loreen Title: OCSWS Secretary & Master of the Blades Registered: Dec '02	Date Posted: 10/5/05 11:46am Subject: RE: Shaak Ti Costume
	This is the scene that I was talking about: More stills from deleted scenes here:MilleniumFalcon.com And yes, I had also heard that she was killed in the Temple by Anakin, which is why this scene surprised me. -----signature----- In order to see the Light, you must sometimes risk the Darkness. "The Force is my Ally" Builder of EL Sabre Blades
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