OK, here we go.

First of all greetings everyone, I am new here, just getting ready
for Ep. III. I plan to go on May the 19th wearing Tattooinne clothes
and a Wookie Bandolier + Bowcaster.



I am a (VERY) beginner in the art and science of costuming and prop-
creating. So, instead of wasting my time and money trying to create
a complex outfit, I started with just one little thing: Chewbacca's
Bandolier.



Several hours (I am counting just to see how "expensive" it is) and
about US$200.00 later in leather, leather tools, rivets and wood, I
am with all the authentic leather pre-cut ready to be stitched
together, but I am not satisfied with the "metal Blocks" I ended up
with. I am using wood properly sanded and spray painted in silver.
Somehow, for my surprize, it looks like wood sprayed with silver
paint!

I already checked with Radio Shack for the project boxes (used in
the original Bandolier) but they currently have them in plastic and
it is not the same, looks worse than my wood blocks.



Any Suggestions?

I also want to know if, after I am done, if I decided to do more
than one, for how much should I sell it? I just would love to have
my props funded by themselves, you know, make 2 so selling one can
pay the cost of the one I keep.

Thank you very much,



R14.



PS: I am familiar with
http://www.rebellegion.com/chewie/chewie.asp , so if you have
another link, post here, otherwise I already got that one.