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.

Do not use the radio shack boxes, they are TOO big. Also use Real leather and

wooden blocks, however; selling them is not a good idea for this what the

wooki group is not about. I have photos of both my bandoliers in the wookie

group photos under QCJO.



Later,

Steve

Thank you Steve. I will take pictures of my progress. I guess I should

stay with the wood blocks then, uh?



Thank you once again,



Rafael









On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:26:36 +0000, jedi@... <jedi@...> wrote:

> Do not use the radio shack boxes, they are TOO big. Also use Real leather

> and

> wooden blocks, however; selling them is not a good idea for this what the

> wooki group is not about. I have photos of both my bandoliers in the wookie

> group photos under QCJO.

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> Later,

> Steve

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I am getting closer and closer to finishing my Chewbacca costume, but

unfortunately unable to find anyone who is making the bandolier. I am

not at all skilled in working with leather, and was wondering if

anyone knew of anyone that was still definitely making them... or if

someone had one for sale?



Thanks.

Thanks for the reply! I was able to find one on Ebay thanks to a

friend that had built one previously!







--- In wookiee@yahoogroups.com, ZAWGPRIME@... wrote:

>

> Hello Richard,

> Although I'm not doing Chewie ,I have a Bandolier that I made very

simply.

> I went to a leather shop and got a strip of leather about four

inches wide  ,

> then I cut a 1 X 4  in two inch and three inch blocks, then sanded

smooth

> then attached from underside of leather with small screws, used

screws on  top

> to simulate the screws on the movie version,After spray painting the

blocks

> with Chrome paint it looks good to ok depending on your sanding and

sealing

> techniques if you work with wood.

> Hope this helps a little.

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If you want to put some extra elbow grease in it and make it look nicer, look

for Sandable Primer.  This is usually twice as thick as normal primer and is

designed to fill gaps.  Prime the block, sand, repeat.  It might take several

layers but eventually the wood grain will disappear.  You could also cover the

block in a thin coating of bondo first then switch to primer.  Lastly, metal

paint (especially silver tones) look best if you use a black primer.



Hope this helps.



--- In wookiee@yahoogroups.com, ZAWGPRIME@... wrote:

>

<snip> then I cut a 1 X 4  in two inch and three inch blocks, then sanded 

smooth

> then attached from underside of leather with small screws, used screws on  top

> to simulate the screws on the movie version,After spray painting the blocks

> with Chrome paint it looks good to ok depending on your sanding and sealing

> techniques if you work with wood.