http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/ Wookiee Costuming Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:42:34 GMT Richard http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/661 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/661 Thanks for the reply! I was able to find one on Ebay thanks to a friend that had built one previously! ... simply. ... inches wide , ... smooth ... screws on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:14:59 GMT ZAWGPRIME@... http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/660 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/660 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 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:40:39 GMT Richard http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/659 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/659 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 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:45:49 GMT o2bjedi http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/658 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/658 ... use?? ... curious to learn about spacing, and knot technique for attaching the hair to the mesh. ... on ... The ... I just ordered my mesh from them. I got Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:55:41 GMT sardognsca@... http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/657 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/657 Oh, and, I really do appreciate everyones help with this. I'm hoping that I'm not taking the forum to off topic.. Paul. Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:49:32 GMT sardognsca@... http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/656 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/656 Scott; I was looking at their website. Is there a specific mesh that you use?? Are there any pictures of "in progress" making of the fur? I'm curious to Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:27:05 GMT Matt Pfingsten http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/655 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/655 There is supposed to be a shampoo for kanekalon hair extensions, but I have never used it. According to peter mayhew, rthe original trilogy suits were washed Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:04:58 GMT o2bjedi http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/654 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/654 ... with the packages of hair? Ie does it look "real" or does it look like artificial hair? ... that I don't want the suit to end up looking like a bleached Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:51:08 GMT sardognsca@... http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/653 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/653 Ok.. Two more questions.. Are the suits washable? The other is with the colour... Is there much colour variation with the packages of hair? Ie does it look Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:40:43 GMT Matt Pfingsten http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/652 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/652 The shoulders are trimmed or rather shorter lengths of hair are used. When you are done you wear the suit while someone else brushes it out. Then you tweak it Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:30:05 GMT sardognsca@... http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/651 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/651 Thanks for the info! I'm going to try and contact Texas Beauty Supply in the coming weeks. I was pretty amazed at the suits as well. I'm still trying to Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:10:08 GMT gotwookiee@... http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/650 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/650 The original trilogy Chewie suits as well as many fan suits are hand tied hair into a net suit. This technique is explained on the Chewie Costuming Resources Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:31:12 GMT o2bjedi http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/649 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/649 The costumes look awesome! I don't see why you couldn't use Kanekalon hair. The Kanekalon that I got from www.texasbeautysupply.com is about 24" long. There Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:00:50 GMT sardognsca http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/648 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/648 Hey Guys; First off, I've monitored this list for some time... Reading most of the posts that come through. I suppose I would be a decent Wookie... With a Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:45:30 GMT Jay http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/647 http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/wookiee/message/647 Hey Matt, You said you removed the straps. I was wondering how that works, because my stilts are the Skywalkers by Marshalltown. However, when I put them on