Slave Leia

Slave Leia costume <3

Posted by Costuming Crusader

About

I made this costume for Comic-con 2009.
I had to fight my boyfriend to let me out in it but he let me yay.
it was allot of work and detail. more coming soon
for all the metal parts of her costume like the skirt please use the link given for full info on that part.

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You Will Need (16 things)

  • 1 Poster Board
  • 3 Craft Foam
  • Ball Point Ink Pen(s)
  • 1 Fabric 3d Paint
  • White School Glue
  • Fabric Glue
  • 1 yd Cheesecloth
  • Future No Wax Acrylic Floor Polish
  • Black String
  • Acrylic Paint
  • Rub N Buff
  • Gold Chain Purse Handle(s)
  • Dog Collar
  • 2 yd Gold Trim
  • No Sew Glue
  • Brown Or Skin Tone Bra With Removable Straps

Steps (11 steps, 480 minutes)

  1. 1

    using the tutorial given.
    cut out the foam and lightly outline your design that you will be going over with fabric paint latter on.

  2. 2

    Read This Before you work on the heat shaping of your skirt!
    Make sure you are happy with the shape before you work any more on it. as you can see my back part is a bit too flat and it looks funny and bugs the hell out of me. also the hip parts will melt and fall apart fast under heat. it took me 5 times to get two hip rings i liked.

  3. 3

    still using tutorial.
    after using heat to shape your parts use the glue and cheesecloth on the back.

  4. 4

    still using tutorial.
    after going over your outlines with fabric paint it should look something like this. this part can take allot of time to make it look just right. take a brake when you can shaky hands suck for this.

  5. 5

    still using tutorial.
    after painting the in side or your parts and coating things and letting things dry. you will use rub'n'buff. rub'n'buff is messy (look at my fingers)

  6. 6

    Finish using tutorial. after all your skirt parts are done you will set them aside in a safe fur free place. take the fabric you picked out for your skirt and cut it to the length you want (make sure your happy with how much it will be covering). take your skin tone elastic and wrap it around your hips two times give a little extra and cut. wrap elastic around you twice and pin where comfy then sew. you will need it around you twice so you can attach both sides of your hip rings to the elastic. then sew the fabric around the elastic and try on. then hem bottom parts. after that you want to sew your parts to the skirt. this was kinda hard because the cheesecloth was stiff but i go it on. you might want to try hot glue. same with your hip rings sew the top side to the top band of elastic and bottom to the bottom.

  7. 7

    Now on to the bra. You will need a brown or skin tone bra (I had a skin tone and after adding the gold trim some glue stained and I just painted it brown worked out well).
    Take your gold trim and lightly add a few coats of a bronze Acrylic Paint and let dry.

  8. 8

    use the no sew glue to attach the trim.
    then paint brown.

  9. 9

    after you paint your bra brown add the black string to the bra strap.

  10. 10

    after the bra is done take some rub n buff and make your dog collar gold and then seal with Future No Wax Acrylic Floor Polish.

  11. 11

    ALL done just get some boots and a snake arm band.