Tusken Warrior - The Book of Boba Fett

Model DZ-49361, Photo by Leonard Patraw
Description: Tusken Warrior
Prefix: DZ
Detachment: Krayt Clan
Context: The Book Of Boba Fett.

The Tusken warrior was a member of a tribe of Tusken Raiders on the planet Tatooine. When the prisoner Boba Fett attempted to escape the tribe's camp, the warrior defeated him in a duel, after this Fett saved a Tusken child from a sand beast and was made a member of the tribe. The warrior trained him in the use of a gaderffii stick.

This is a visual guide used for 501st costume approval, not a how-to for construction. Construction details are found at the costume's Detachment website. Measurements provided here are are generalized, and not criteria for approval. All 501st costumes are proportionate to the wearer in terms of size, fit, and scale. During evaluation, both text and images (CRL and Reference) must be considered. When in doubt about a feature of a submitted costume, GMLs should post questions in the Legion forum's DL/GML peer review section.

Required Costume Components

The following costume components are present and appear as described below. For 501st membership only the requirements in black need to be met.

• A fully wrapped head of similar design matching the character.
• Natural Colored heavyweight fabric covers the entire head
• Black fabric similar weave covering top of the head draping down past shoulders, ending before the waist, weathered with red brown, ash colour tones.
• One of the black strips is studded and placed at the rear of the helmet.
• Jewelry with one ring on the right side attached to black fabric
• One long earring style piece of jewelry on the left side.
• Head spikes
  • There are 4 head spikes
  • Spikes have a slight taper.
  • Silver in colour.
  • Protrude from the head wraps
• Front mask
• Natural coloured wraps matching the character
• 2 cheek tusks silver in colour
  • Cheek tusks slight taper with a narrower end section, with hole in the end.
• The 2 eye stalks are a dull silver and have no slits.
• One snout (nose) piece.
  • Leather or non leather similar dark brown in colour wrapped around snout.
  • Snout/mouth piece has leather tan in colour strips covering around with 3 metallic studs on each side.
  • The snout piece has a flat bottom, curved top with two vertical slots in the end.
• Screen or tinted lenses are used to conceal the eyes and mouth.
• Finished Mask is weathered as per character.

• Brown thick leather or similar, approximately 2" wide, weathered, ⅛" thick.
• 2 small rectangular leather pieces an inch in size, riveted on front, with weathered brass rivets, positioned 2" apart, one longer rectangular piece next to the pouches.
• Thick stitching on edges of the belt to be seen.
• Belt sits over Obi.

• Two pouches sit on the right side of the belt.
• One brown one black made of leather or similar pouches, approximately 4 ½" long, approximately 3" wide with the flap over the front.
• No studs are to be seen, hidden underneath with an indent.

• Approximately 20" (508mm) long, and approximately 7" (177mm) wide. 20 rows.
• 10 gold African cage style beads across top row.
• Earthtone wooden beads in tan, natural, brown, black and reddish tones.
• Copper coloured beads
  • There are 8 copper colored bead strands 27" (685mm) long.
  • Long reddish beads are about 1 ½" (38mm) long
• 20 Buffalo bone hair pipe beads
• The wooden beads are arranged in a colour pattern)
  • 2 rows of copper beads (top few inches hang to the side.
  • 2 rows of wooden beads including the buffalo bone beads.
  • 2 rows of copper beads.
  • 3 rows of wooden beads and buffalo bone beads.
  • 2 rows of copper beads.
  • 3 rows of wooden beads and the buffalo bone beads.
  • 2 rows of copper beads.
  • 2 rows of wooden beads and the buffalo bone beads.
  • 2 rows of copper beads.
• The top 2" of the first 2 and last 2 copper bead rows hang over the side.
• 1 gold 1 ½" (38mm) long triangular shaped pendant hangs on the right side towards the bottom.
• 2 metallic rectangular pieces, about 1 ½" (38mm) wide and 1" (25mm) high hang from a long leather strip.
• Black chain appears to be woven between beads in about 8 places between rows. Strips of leather hang from top of chain and bottom of apron.
• Beads appear to hang from the obi, the chain strung through a channel at the bottom of the obi with a gap of about 10" (254mm) wide where the beads hang down.
• 8 of the copper bead strands are longer than the rest.
• Note: All beads as described or similar.

• Neck Breather
• Device worn around the neck of a design similar to the BOBF.
• Neck Breather resembles a small cylinder 3" to 4" ( 76mm to 101mm) in length, approximately 2" (50mm) in diameter, with tapered caps on either end connecting to a tube, which runs behind the neck.
• Breather has smooth end caps and flare nuts on each end.
• Cylinder is wrapped in leather or leather like material.
• Neck tube should be approximately ¼" (6mm) in diameter.
• The tube starts to bend towards the back after coming out of the ends.

• A black cotton, one-piece medium weight fabric underdress with long sleeves, a round neckline, ankle length (tunic does not touch the ground).
• There is a slit on the left side from the bottom to the waistline seam.
• Weathering overall, including diagonal lines and spots on the top half of the underdress as shown in photos.

• Heavily weathered strips of black gauze-like fabric wrap around the legs and all over the pants, must not to be loose.

• First tactical pro knuckle gloves, or similar.
• Leather palm and thumb, pointer finger with 4 arrow markings, padding on knuckles, with a rubber around the wrist.

• Shawl has heavily weathered horizontal strips of heavy black fabric.
• 8 strips in the front, 10 around the back.
• A slightly curved rectangle piece of fabric reddish coloured is in the middle, with a ribbed texture from the neckline to the bottom of the shawl.
• Front of shawl sits just below the chest allowing details on the front of the Tunic. The back sits lower around the waist line.
• The shawl is snug on the shoulders.
• Weathering on certain strips as shown on photo.

• Black fabric obi, wider than the belt, with a channel on the bottom for the chain that the beads appear to hang from.

• Heavily weathered strips of black gauze-like fabric wrap around arms, completely covering from wrist to under shoulder shawl.

• Boot has no heel and shape is the same form as an UGG boot or similar.
• Boot sits Lower/midcalf is completely covered in strips of tan/natural coloured cotton fabric weathered.

Optional Accessories

Items below are optional costume accessories. These items are not required for approval, but if present appear as described below. If adding in an accessory after initial approval, the item still needs to be submitted to local GML for approval before use.

• The Warrior staff matches the design shown and proportions as seen on screen. The staff length reaches from the ground to approximately chest height.
• The staff is a rod made of wood or other suitable material made to look like wood.
• The rod has a textured panel near the ‘pineapple’ end. The opposite end near the blades is a panel resembling leather ridged for grip.
• The ‘pineapple’ consists of many rows of raised bumps evenly distributed. There is a protruding spike from the centre of the ‘pineapple’ that has a slight taper.
• Staff has 4 long shallow curved blades that intersect each other at right angles at one end. The blades join the wooden rod by three stepped sections of slightly increasing size that are metal or metal like ending in a raised metal or metal like guard.