Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Original Screen-Used Battlestar Galactica Tunic

A friend of mine graciously let me borrow an original screen-used Battlestar Galactica uniform tunic from his personal collection.

*Please note: the collar and trim are NOT original to the uniform. The original collar and trim were removed for use in the TV show "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century". I've miss-placed the information regarding whom did the restoration, but I will post that when I have it.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves:










































Battlestar Galactica Uniform Fabric Study

A friend of mine graciously let me borrow an original screen-used Battlestar Galactica uniform tunic from his personal collection. Here, I am comparing fabric I purchased to re-create the Battlestar Galactica uniforms with the original fabric.

*Please note: the collar and trim are NOT original to the uniform. The original collar and trim were removed for use in the TV show "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century". I've miss-placed the information regarding whom did the restoration, but I will post that when I have it.


On to the pictures:


Lining fabric with flash


Lining fabric without flash.


My tunic fabric with original tunic. Flash on.



My fabric, original tunic, no flash.



Tunic fabric (mine on left, original on right) closeup with flash.



Tunic fabric with flash (Mine/Original).


Tunic fabric without flash (Mine/Original).


Jacket fabric closeup, with flash (Mine/Original).



Jacket fabric, no flash (Original on top/Mine on bottom).



Jacket fabric with flash (Original top/Mine bottom).



My tunic and jacket fabric, with flash.


Original tunic and jacket fabric, no flash.



Original tunic and jacket fabric, with flash.



My tunic & jacket fabric next to the original tunic and jacket fabric with flash.



My tunic and jacket fabric next to original tunic and jacket fabric, no flash.


Thursday, June 18, 2009

Beru Lars & Baby Luke

In 2004/2005 while I was expecting our first child, a son, we were also preparing to attend Star Wars Celebration: III when our son would be about 2 months old. I thought it would be cute to create Owen Lars & Beru Whitesun Episode 2: Attack of the Clones costumes (the young Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru) and a little Luke costume for our son.

Now, in 2009 I am expecting our third child, also a son, and preparing to attend a Rebel Legion/501st charity event. I thought it would be fitting to create Owen & Beru Lars costumes from Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith since we will be bringing our baby with us to the event.

All that was needed to change my Episode 2 costume into an Episode 3 costume was a different jacket. I finished the jacket today, so my Beru Lars costume is ready to go. I had also previously finished a blanket which will be our son's first Star Wars "costume".

Here are images of the costumes as seen in the movie:





Here are my versions:





Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Blue Sentate Guard Fabric Studies

I have been struggling to find a blue velvet that satisfies my "mind's eye" for the Blue Senate Guard costume for my husband. As a result, I have collected a few swatches and thought it might be good to do a fabric study with all of them in one image under the same lighting. I chose to lay the swatches on top of my "Dressing A Galaxy" book on the pages that feature the Blue Guards, as a reference since I figure if people obsess about this costume like I do they will have this book as well and can use it as a color guide because all computer screen displays are slightly different.


(Click on an image to see it larger)

  • The top left swatch (the largest one) is from an eBay vendor. It is the closest I've seen to the actual color of the robes which is a more dusty blue than royal blue. However, most people think of this costume as royal blue because that's how it most often photographs.
  • The bottom left is from JoAnn's in a royal blue, but I think it is too dark.
  • The top right is from SyFabrics in Royal Blue triple plush velvet.
  • The bottom right is the Navy blue triple plush velvet from SyFabrics which is definitely too dark.

I think I might go with the Royal Blue from SyFabrics, even though it seems a bit too purple, just because it's fairly inexpensive, and readily available -which means that more people can purchase it and we can all match and look uniform. Sy also carries a lining fabric and poly/cotton fabric in Royal Blue that can be used to line the robe and create the inner garment, respectively.


Here are the swatches without flash.


Swatches with flash, different angle.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Star Wars: A New Hope Captain Antilles

My latest commission finished was for a Captain Antilles-style Rebel Commander as seen in Star Wars: A New Hope (Episode 4). I created the jacket and pants and modified the shirt. The shirt originated as two dark brown shirts, but I cut up the second shirt to create the bib-front style that the Rebel Commanders wore in the movie. The jacket and pants are 100% from scratch.

Few who have seen the movie could forget this poor man, even if they didn't know his name was Captain Antilles. (The costume as seen in the movie.)


One of the screen-used Rebel Commander jackets in an auction photo. It was from this photo I realized that the pockets were gusseted.


Here are pictures of my version, finished: