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Step
7
Take
the cloth strips again and wrap around the wrist up to the
elbow and glue them with super glue.
Step 8
Take the gas
mask and cut off the elastic bands as well as the curved parts of
the mask on top and bottom. You want the mask to be snug to his face.
Step 9
Paint the lens
with the red stain glass paint and let dry. Remove the silver respirator
attachment from the mask. Glue the mask to the face.
Step 10
Take the dremel
and drill four holes atop the figures head. Square the holes equally
apart.
Step 11
Take four of
the Dr Grip pen refills and carefully remove the pen from the plastic
ink well.
Step 12
Take the four
pen heads and insert them into the four holes on the figures head.
Glue them in place.
Step 13
Take the Crayola
Clay out and get a picture of a Tusken. Seperate yourself four portions
of clay. Sculpt the dark center of the respirator first then apply
the strips around the outside and finally use clay to make the small
silver piece. Sculpt this right on the face and let dry.
Step 14
Paint the Tusken
Respirator. Dark Brown Center and a lighter brown for the outside
and mask. Silver for the small piece.
Step 15
Cut Two 1/4 inch
long pieces of tubing from the 5/16 tubing. Using the Dremel Cut an
35 degree angle off on both pieces so they can fit snug to the eye
pieces. you may have to do this a several times to get the angle just
right. Glue the two Tubing pieces to the left and right eye lens.
You will notice that part of the lens and mask still show. This is
okay we will fix it later.
Step 16
Take the final
two Dr Grip pens and remove the pieces like you did above.
Step 17
Take these pen
heads and glue them so that the pen pint is towards the figures head
and the small end that was inside the ink well is outward facing you.
Glue one on the left and right of the respirator just below the eye
lens. Paint the outside of the tubing aka lens silver Let Dry. Now
go Back and paint with a dry brush a little iron oxide paint on the
glasses and the small silver piece of the respirator and the two pen
heads.
Step 18
Take the tan
cloth strips glue and wrap them around the figures head. Next take
the brown dirt paint and dirty up the tan cloth on the head, feet
and arms.
Step 19
Put the Aqua
tunic on the figure. Take the scissors and cut off the tunic above
the knees. Now, go around the figure and cut small tears in the tunic
and start small rips around the bottom. The Tusken Look.
Step 20
Make three belts
with the buckles.
Step 21
Take the large
picture frame hook and bend it so that it makes a "U" to hold the
water canteen. Take the brown suede and cut a strip long enough to
go around the canteen while it is in the "U" and glue the strip. Glue
canteen holder to right side of belt. Place this belt on the figures
waist.
Step 22
Take the brown
suede and measure out seven 1 1/4 inch by 2 inch rectangles. With
the long side vertical cut 1/4 of an inch into both sides about 5/16
of the way up the material.Space up 1/4 inch and Repeat the same cut
another 5/16 up and repeat on all seven pieces.
Step 23
Glue the tabs
together. the 1/4 inch section between the two 5/16 is the bottom
of the pouch so fold the two 1/4 tabs in and glue the back 5/16 and
then the front over the back. Now you should have plenty of material
to fold over for a flap. Cut excess off of flap in the form of a "T".
Take a small bead and glue it in the center of the pouch flap. Paint
bead gold. Glue all seven pouches to belt. Two in the front and five
in back.
Step 24
Take the small
picture frame hook and bend the back so it can slide on belt and hold
lightsaber hilt. Glue it in place.
Step 25
Take the brown
paint and lightly paint the belt and pouches to give it a weathered
look.
Step 26
Take one of the
remaining belts and put over the right shoudler. Buckle under left
arm.
Step 27
Take the brown
suede. Fold the suede over on itself. Cut out 10 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch
squares and glue the folded sections together. Place beads in the
center of all ten and paint gold. Glue these five to each belt.
Step 28
Place the left
shoulder belt on so that the middle pouch is directly over the middle
pouch of the right shoulder belt.
Step 29
Take the two
red electrical connectors and place a small amoout of elmers is one
end. Let dry.
Step 30
Paint each connector
silver.
Step 31
Take the two
connectors and glue them above the first pouch on the right shoulder
belt side by side.
Step 32
Now take the
aluminum wire and cut two sections long enough to go from the top
of each connector aka moisture collectors to the back of the Figures
neck. Glue the wires to the connectors.
Step 33
Take the balsa
rod and cut off a 7 inch section.
Step 34
Look at a picture
of Sharads Gaffi and draw a 1 inch piece on the balsa wood for the
back of his gaffi. Cut the piece out and glue to rod.
Step 35
Take the dremel
and round the front to a point going no further than 1 inch and 1/2
. Cut out foour "axe heads" for the front of the gaffi.Glue them in
place.
Step 36
Paint front and
back silver and middle a dark gray.
Step 37
Cut a two and
a 1/4 inch piece of the 1/4 tubing. Use the dremel to cut a 45 degree
angle on one end.
Step 38
Cut Three 1/4
inch sections of tubing from the 5/16 tubing. Glue two on the flat
end with a 1/8 inch gap between them.
Step 39
Cut a 1 inch
section of the 5/16 tube and glue it 2/16 from the two 1/4 sections.
Take the last 1/4 inch section of 5/16 and glue it just under the
the bottom line of the 45 degree angle.
Step 40
Glue a single
bead on the right side of the 1/4 inch tubing above the inch long
section of 5/16.
Step 41
Paint the tube
silver and the center of the bead red. Paint a thin coat of elmers
over it to protect it.
Step 42
On the bottom
of the hilt drop elmers in and let dry then paint silver.
Step 43
Attach O ring
at bottom.
Step 44
Place Red lightsaber
into hilt and put it in figures hand. Place Gaffi in other hand.
Step 45
Now you have
the Best Tusken Jedi ever to display...Sharad Hett. OPTIONAL you can
make a holster and blaster for him.
Tip provided by:
david.carnish@rmh.edu
David Carnish
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