Wow! What a fantastic character. This has to be the costume I am most proud of. We were working to a tight deadline on the costume but everything turned out just the way we’d hoped. It is a massive costume and very impressive. The costume is made up of an built up muscle top, under tunic, waistcoat, shoulder and arm armour , arm vambraces, trousers, belt, sash and boot covers.
The top is made from black neoprene bulked out on the arms to fit the armour and give the impression of strong intimidating character. It has long sleeves and a breathable fabric body to keep the wearer cool. The top was then distressed and broken down.
The under tunic is the same as the one Darth Maul wears. It is made from linen, has the striped stitched collar detail and the slits at the sides. This has also been distressed.
The waistcoat vest is made from real suede and leather, It has a charcoal/green appearance and is made from an extremely battered hide. Each panel has been painstakingly patterned, cut and edged and then built up onto the vest. The whole waistcoat has then been bound. It is fully lined and fastens at the front with hook and bars. The waistcoat has the slashed stripes to the suede on each chest section and a small mandarin collar. A lot of bleaching, distressing and scrubbing created the weathered look, it also brought out the hint of red in the leather/suede.
The shoulder and arm armour is made from real leather, dyed, weathered and finished. I had great fun walking the leather across a bed of rubble and nails to form the deep scratches and scars in the hide. The pieces of leather have then be layered and riveted to one another and simply velcro to the costume and hold there position perfectly. The arm armour is riveted to the padded top. All the leather work has scoring detail around the edges.
The arm vambraces are made from real leather, moulded, dyed, weathered and finished. They have been patterned to bell at the wrist and they fasten with corset busks and straps of leather around the wrist.
The cummerbund is made up of strips of suede bound in leather and sewn to a backing strip. The cummerbund fastens at the back and has a wrap over cover which copies the striping to hide the join. This is made from beautiful soft clothing leather so it is comfortable to wear.
The belt is made from leather, dyed, weathered and finished. It has a display buckle at the front made from aluminium which has been polished and then weathered down. The belt also carries the saber hook. Behind the belt lies a real suede cummerbund which carries the snake tongue edged sash. The sash is made from the same linen as the under tunic and has the characters symbol bleached into it. It has then been distressed.
The boot covers are layered leather, dyed and finished and velcro’d to the boot. There are then straps which wrap around the boot.
A truly awesome costume. Having only animated reference for this costume a lot of it is our interpretation, how we think it would look had it been used in the film. We hope you like it.
