Twi´lek Dancer

Hi All, a short fast bash.

....for a Friend. Get well again, Stryker

Oh. My. God! I love this. Thanks for sharing (and the well-wishes). You rock, Ephi!. I need to do this so badly. You must explain how you did the tentacles (and I'm assuming the color is the oil pastels). Man, I wish I could get the hang of that. I have a Twi'lek HS from the Aurra Sing figure that I was planning to turn into Oola (despite already having slave Leia -- a Hutt can never have enough pretty slave girls).

Impressive... very impressive. I know the secret to painting the body already (thanks again), but the outfit and especially the poseable head-tentacles or whatever you want to call them look like another one of your breakthrough inventions.

Thanks, Stryker and Gubernator. The Lekku ( TM )are made in that way the cosplayer did it i think. I use very fine deer leather that for. Inside there´s a fat soft 3mm wire. So the Lekku are movable. I sew them fill them with absorbent cotton and insert the wire in the middle of each one.The colour for the body is oil pastel again, true. I like to do the bash now, not in some months. The only i had in spare was one of the Teenager Bodys, so i made a very Young Twi´lek   That´s why i made the Lekku short. Think they are longer at adult Twi´lek.... ?

Really cool. Did you have to use some sort of industrial adhesive to get the lekku to stick to the head? Man, I so need to try this. I imagine working with that fishnet material must have been a challenge.

I drill 3mm holes in the Head and use glue on the end of the wire before i insert it inside. I´m not happy with the fishnet. It is to large-meshed. But i want to finish the figure now. You Guys know, if you like to do it perfect, You never finish a bash and it ends inside the big " Never finished Bashes Box " we all have
I use instant glue, if i have to use glue

Aww, she looks great! Excellent job, and very creative solutions as always! And I agree that younger Twi'leks would have shorter lekku, so that's an incredibly thoughtful detail!

Thanks for sharing the pics, your work is always very inspirational. I have many SW aliens planned for a long time now... only hope I can do them justice... : )

Thank You very much, Sky. I prefere this Glue. It worked on the Troll for to add Milliput sculpting clay parts on the rubber body. And i glue the deer leather lekku´s on the plastic head with it
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Thanks, Ephiane, good to know! And generous of you to share.


ETA: Apologies, I had deleted part of my initial comment, as I was very tired and stressed last night and had misunderstood the subject of the conversation. So, sorry for any confusion!

Very Cool project, she looks great!

Thanks, Stryker and Gubernator. The Lekku ( TM )are made in that way the cosplayer did it i think.

Quadruple geek points for knowing what the dangly bits on her head are called


Very cool bash, Eph.

Brilliant build, I love this.

Paul

If you’re not happy with the mesh, you might want to try looking for this type:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Fishnet-Mesh-Spandex-Fabric-60-By-The-Yard-HIGH-END-small-hole-4-way-str/323797740514?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Great build and good tips too! Thanks!

Stryker2011 wrote:If you’re not happy with the mesh, you might want to try looking for this type:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Fishnet-Mesh-Spandex-Fabric-60-By-The-Yard-HIGH-END-small-hole-4-way-str/323797740514?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Well, it worked for the Material Girl, so why not for Oola Jr? I actually didn't think the mesh was too bad, although I can see why Ephiane would prefer a smaller one.

skywalkersaga wrote:Thanks, Ephiane, good to know! And generous of you to share.


ETA: Apologies, I had deleted part of my initial comment, as I was very tired and stressed last night and had misunderstood the subject of the conversation. So, sorry for any confusion!

nothing wrong with it, to ask a friend here what kind of Glue he use, no problem  

BAD WOLF-787 wrote:Very Cool project, she looks great!

Thank You, Wolf

shazzdan wrote:

Thanks, Stryker and Gubernator. The Lekku ( TM )are made in that way the cosplayer did it i think.

Quadruple geek points for knowing what the dangly bits on her head are called

Very cool bash, Eph.

Thank You, Shazz. Here... if You like to learn more about Lekku  

scalawag wrote:Brilliant build, I love this.

Paul

Thank You very much, Paul

Stryker2011 wrote:If you’re not happy with the mesh, you might want to try looking for this type:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Fishnet-Mesh-Spandex-Fabric-60-By-The-Yard-HIGH-END-small-hole-4-way-str/323797740514?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

That´s exactly that size i used. In the pictures You see it on a 1:1 Model...

shovelchop81 wrote:Great build and good tips too! Thanks!

Thank You, Shovelchop

GubernatorFan wrote:

Stryker2011 wrote:If you’re not happy with the mesh, you might want to try looking for this type:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Fishnet-Mesh-Spandex-Fabric-60-By-The-Yard-HIGH-END-small-hole-4-way-str/323797740514?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Well, it worked for the Material Girl, so why not for Oola Jr? I actually didn't think the mesh was too bad, although I can see why Ephiane would prefer a smaller one.

Thanks, Grub. Here You can see she is really a Girl. I made the Body shorter, for another Project, before use her as a Twi´lek.






At last, i think my way to build the Lekku is very complicate. Better way could be to use the rubber of a party ballon that for. Or the best way is to sculpt them, made a casting mold with that and use latex or silicone inside ? You can drill a wire inside silicone too

I think your way of making the lekku is very clever -- it's always interesting to adapt cosplaying techniques to 1/6 scale! But of course, there are many additional ways to try it as well, and those are some good suggestions. Yours turned out great the way it is, though!

I think you're right, Ephi. This is the fishnet that I bought through the link I posted, and I do believe it is the same size as yours -- I wonder if just regular pantyhose material would work for 1/6 fishnet:

Simply, superb! I love your Twi'leks! can mine come and play?

Ephiane wrote:I drill 3mm holes in the Head and use glue on the end of the wire before i insert it inside. I´m not happy with the fishnet. It is to large-meshed. But i want to finish the figure now. You Guys know, if you like to do it perfect, You never finish a bash and it ends inside the big " Never finished Bashes Box " we all have
I use instant glue, if i have to use glue

Good looking figure. I am assuming Star Wars? Return of the Jedi. I can't recall.

On the subject of 'Box' i thought it would be interesting to see photo's featuring a pile of leftovers, unused parts, unused from past projects, including all the extra's from, for example, Hot Toys figures, would be prohibited. Then i got thinking of the idea, coming up with a character built from unused parts to create something bizarre.

Very cool and great job on the Lek'ku and how you put it together too, I once considered making a twi'lek but I couldn't figure out how to make them (I might try between next month and the next 20 years ) I don't know if you could find it over there but a mosquito net for a bed could also work, it's generally a much more thin webbing, finding it in black is probably the hardest part.

I found black mosquito netting on Amazon. There are individual “head” nets that seem to be the cheapest option.

Outstanding work Ephiane.

I remember your fantasy stuff from OSW. good to see you are still creating custom figures.