My favorite Star Wars character ever is Padme Amidala.
She is so cool.
...And I love her outfits...
As I often tell people; when I watch a movie, half of the time I pay attention to what is going on and the other half I focus on the costumes. I guess that explains why I can watch Star Wars over and over and over again and it never gets old.
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| Here is Padme in her Travel Costume from Star Wars: Episode 2, Attack of the Clones. |
I LOVE this costume! It is so pretty. And the Headdress is awesome!
I decided to try making a replica, and I love how it turned out!
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| Front of the headdress |
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| A close-up of the side |
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| Back of the headdress |
I made the base using my usual method: A plastic bag and duct tape. I put a plastic bag over my styrofoam head and duct taped over it until it was fairly solid. Next I cut out the back and front into the correct shape. The large fan-like part is craft foam. Have I mentioned how much I love that stuff?! I also used craft foam on the sides, as you can see in picture 2. The only part that was not so enjoyable was when I had to paper mache over everything. That can be SO time consuming!
The raised design was done with hot glue. And yes, that WAS extremely difficult. You have absolutely no idea how many times I burned my fingertips! ;)
The paint I used is Folk Art Gold Enamel paint. I love the way it looks! And I tried really hard to weather the headdress, so that it would be darker like the original, but it didn't work out very well. I am going to have to get some new shoe polish.
This was SO much fun to make!
I would love it if you leave a comment letting me know what you think!
Have a fabulous week!
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