Anakin ROTS Outer Tunic Fabric

Psab Keel () · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 635 Medals: None

So while I was browsing fabric sources online I tend to frequent I came across this heavy cotton gauze that is (to my eye) an almost identical match to Anakin's Outer Tunic fabric from ROTS.

https://www.fabric.com/buy/0452915/heavy-cotton-gauze-white

They have a lot in stock and it looks to me like it has the same crinkled/ almost waffle texture to Anakin's Tunic set.

I thought this might be helpful for anyone looking for accurate fabric.

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Cobalt-60 () · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:31 pm Post subject:

this is anakin's tunic fabric (I took these photos myself).

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the words 'tunic fabric' and 'gauze' don't belong in the same sentence. LOL Razz

Matt2 () · Joined: 15 Oct 2013 Posts: 104 Medals: None

That's a really nice looking fabric right there.

Matt2 () · Joined: 15 Oct 2013 Posts: 104 Medals: None

I managed to order the sample of this fabric. Yes indeed the fabric is very close but not exact like Nathan yes. Yes it has the honeycomb crinkle waffle weave to it, but it doesn't go zig-saggy wave like screen used fabric.

Quality of fabric is like weight of a t-shirt fabric, but not napkin thin. Very good weight to it.

Any new Anakin costumer, I'd say go for this fabric. It's one of the closest fabric I've seen.

You can see the actual fabric in this picture is zig zag

Lora Skywalker () · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 7:12 pm Post subject:

Nice weave. Smile

Looks like a good choice for Anakin.
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Matt2 () · Joined: 15 Oct 2013 Posts: 104 Medals: None

This fabric is by far the closest fabric I've seen. Clothears fabric is close but not as close as this one.

Man I'm so rusty with this costuming, since I've stopped getting costumes since 2009. So approximately how many yards of fabric is needed in order to make the whole tunic set? Including outer tunic, bias sash and cloth tabards.

Psab Keel () · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 635 Medals: None

I'd say about 16-18. It depends on how much the fabric will shrink during the dying, washing and drying process.
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Matt2 () · Joined: 15 Oct 2013 Posts: 104 Medals: None

Really? I guess you can always use spare fabric just encase you make mistakes. If I remember correctly, I believe I used 8-10 yards of cotton knit gauze fabric with diagonal bias sash. If I also recall that it takes 5 yards minimum to make the outer tunic shirt itself.

Matt2 () · Joined: 15 Oct 2013 Posts: 104 Medals: None

Really? I guess you can always use spare fabric just encase you make mistakes. If I remember correctly, I believe I used 8-10 yards of cotton knit gauze fabric with diagonal bias sash. If I also recall that it takes 5 yards minimum to make the outer tunic shirt itself.

Psab Keel () · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 635 Medals: None

Well it also depends on the size of your pattern too. The pattern I have (the one I used to make the Obi-Wan Tunic set I sold you) used 16 yards not including the lining.
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Matt2 () · Joined: 15 Oct 2013 Posts: 104 Medals: None

I guess it depends on how much the fabric shrinks. But this anakin fabric doesn't seem to shrink much, the texture just rises up and becomes more defined as you boil it. The fabric weave isn't open as wide as typical crinkle cotton gauze or the dharma natural woven fabric. This Anakin fabric doesn't really stretch as much, so it should be much easier to work with than crinkle cotton. I would have to lay the patterns to determine if the amount of fabric i've ordered is enough.

Psab Keel () · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 635 Medals: None

Yeah the dharma material shrinks a considerable amount!
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Psab Keel () · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 635 Medals: None

This material is beautiful. Having it in hand to examine it, it's as close a match as I've seen to the real costume fabric.

The Clothears costume material is the right color and while I know that the real stuff had to be quite thin to account for all of the layers, it just looks like standard cotton gauze to me. Perhaps it looks the part when washed and made into the final garment, but at $45 a yard it seems really expensive.

Please don't take that as a knock against their work though. They do GORGEOUS pieces!

I think when dyed the right color, this fabric.com gauze will be a damn near perfect match to the screen used stuff.
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Psab Keel () · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 635 Medals: None

Here is a link to some really close INNER TUNIC fabric that can be dyed the correct color.

Seeing how the original material is no longer in production, this would be a very economical, yet very close substitute for anyone looking to make an Anakin Ep. III Inner Tunic. It has a nearly identical texture.

https://www.fabric.com/buy/0448106/laguna-crepe-cotton-natural
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