Tauntaun costume

[Scott Holden] went all out this year and built an amazing Tauntaun costume. The Tauntaun from Star Wars was massive, standing 8 feet tall, and usually carrying a rider. [Scott] wanted to make it the correct size, and ultimately pulled it off. He had to build custom stilts to get the leg angle correct as drywall stilts were too straight. The rest is mainly pvc and fur. We think he did a fantastic job on this. The effect is quite nice, and we can imagine that in person it is even better.

Take note at the bottom of page 3. Apparently, he got pinned in the costume in his workshop and almost had to spend the night on the floor in the costume. That’s pretty wild, at least he was warm.

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tagged: costume, halloween, tauntaun

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it doesn’t make tauntaun noises! :(

Posted at 10:56 am on Nov 16th, 2009 by nave.notnilc

The way it is filmed is strange…

Posted at 11:16 am on Nov 16th, 2009 by chicosoft

It’s clearly an homage to bunny the tap dancing transvestite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1230Xpkm-_0

Shouldn’t he be wearing a helmet while wearing stilts…? XD Now I dun it

Posted at 11:24 am on Nov 16th, 2009 by Skitchin

Nice job but does it stink when you cut it open? (Well mabye after wearing it all day in the summer. :)

Posted at 11:25 am on Nov 16th, 2009 by HIrudinea

Anybody else think about Robot Chicken after seeing this?

Posted at 12:49 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by Risu

“drywall stilts were to strait.”

Wow.

I don’t normally harp on editing, but wow, just wow.

-Taylor

Posted at 1:18 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by taylor

Or, just wear the similarly-styled sleeping bag:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/

Yes, I said sleeping bag.

(Nice work, tho – I’ll start on my wampa outfit.)

Posted at 1:22 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by jpl

Oh wow, that is awesome. Two thumbs up.

Posted at 1:40 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by Benny M

This guy has to get all the chicks! Has to….

Posted at 1:49 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by Modembug

now cut it open with the light saber and get inside to keep warm. jk

Posted at 2:52 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by toogood

PURE AWESOMENESS !

Posted at 3:50 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by bill hates

He should flesh out the flanks where the legs muscles are suppose to be with some (not-too) flexible foam.

Posted at 4:37 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by Whatnot

Oh is that what you did with YOUR costume?
It’s awesome.

Posted at 7:30 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by Shinken1

@ Skitchin
That was tasteless. Thanks :-(

Posted at 10:24 pm on Nov 16th, 2009 by dan

Er, SHE-MALES folder on the taskbar??

Posted at 4:57 am on Nov 17th, 2009 by Anthony

Meanwhile, in Japan, the same kind of costume is made using mechatronics/exosqueleton : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO4LYs_cXbc

Posted at 5:16 am on Nov 17th, 2009 by Iv

It’s quite interesting in an extremely “nerd-with-too-much-time-and-money-on-hand” kind of way :P

But to /really/ waste time/money, it definitely needs:

1) Those sounds Evan mentioned
2) Those foam-padded legs Whatnot mentioned
3) Animatronic head (eyes, nostrils, neck, and all)
4) Animatronic (or at least not “hanging limply”) front legs (arms?)

Posted at 1:24 pm on Nov 17th, 2009 by Amos

That’s pretty cool. Would love to wear something like that to a costume party.

Posted at 4:32 am on Nov 19th, 2009 by Team PUSH N900

My buddy told me to look this up… Totally worth it. This is pretty awesome costume. Thanks for posting.

Posted at 8:58 am on Nov 19th, 2009 by new orleans bankruptcy attorney

Some of the creatures costumes in the movie Labyrinth were made in a similar fashion :) Well done!

Posted at 8:21 pm on Nov 21st, 2009 by Tomasz

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