Spock's Pickled Brain

Awhile ago I decided to make a not-so-generic Jedi, and to try to meet the challenges in the Rebel Legion Jedi costume standards .  Once I decided on the tabard fabric, I experimented with drawing out the outfit. Minimum Requirements 1. Outer tunic To make the outer tunic, I bought a Simplicity 5840 from eBay. First item I'd bought from eBay, definitely found out that a "complete" set means that it was missing half of the patterns. Still, it had the outer tunic pattern. So I bought some silky gauze fabric in cream, a rayon fabric from Joann Fabrics. Easy enough to work with, though it doesn't breathe very well and it crinkles like heck. It's also really big with odd stitching. But it was first project from a pattern, so I'm inordinately proud of it. I would probably use an osnaburg fabric to make another one, and use the medium size for a second one though. 2. Tabards For my first set of tabards, I went with a blue endless-knot patter...

Ever want to fight in the ranks of Star Wars cannon fodder? But fight for the good guys this time? No? OK that's fine but here's an Alliance trooper anyway. This costume build is aimed at creating non-standard Alliance trooper in the Original Trilogy/Rogue One era. It is definitely not screen-accurate/Rebel Legion level but I like to think it could pass as a background extra somewhere in those films. The idea was to create a sniper in the Pathfinders. Pathfinders, one of the special forces units in the Alliance tasked with commando-style missions, credited with being the strike teams on Scarif (Rogue One), Endor (Return of the Jedi), and various missions in Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Reference 1. Goggles A pair of motorcycle goggles picked up from a thrift store. These have amber lenses to help enhance contrast in low-light conditions. 2. Army cap An olive green army cap , bought online for about $12. It has an adjustable back. 3. Jacket I found this jacket in a thrift store for...