CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Rey was a human female scavenger who discovered her latent Force-sensitivity while on a quest to find the legendary Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and bring a new hope to a galaxy on the brink of war.
Source Wookieepedia
REQUIRED ITEMS
[box] 1. Vest: The vest should be a coating weight grey wool (ideally a large scale herringbone) with the following details:● Curved padded shoulder detail with five ridges
● Two curved seams in the back, topstitched on both sides
● Closed blanket stitch edge finishing
● The vest should hit at the upper hip with a peplum from the waist seam
● The collar should have two seams, one on each side, with topstitching on both sides of the seam. The collar is an extension of the other vest pieces, not attached separately
● No front princess seams
● No visibly hemmed edges
● Lining of a stiff, solid colored fabric (optional but recommended)[/box] [box] 2. Shirt: The shirt should be made from a natural cream colored fabric with a wrap detail in front:
● The wrap detail should be left over right
● Fabric should be thick enough/layered such that there’s no visible wrap line under the top layer
● The shirt should be longer than the vest and come over the hips[/box] [box] 3. Pants: The pants should be made from brown twill, cotton, denim, or like fabric:
● The pants are closely fitted and the full length comes to just below the knee
● The knee pads have five ridges and are hexagonal in shape
● The pants should have a side slit at the outside of the knee that goes about half way up the knee pad
● Weathering of the knee pads (optional but recommended)
Colors: brown/grey/olive/taupe range[/box] [box] 4. Arms: The lower arm gauntlets should be made from the same wool as the vest, and the upper wrap should be in a stretch fabric of a similar shade of grey:
● The gauntlets should go from just below the elbow to the knuckles of the fingers and be fairly closely fitted
● The padded section should have seven ridges and be flat by the wrist, but rounded going over the elbow
● The wool by the fingers should have a scalloped edge
● The upper arm wraps should go below the elbow so as to not show extra skin, and reach to the upper arm
● The wraps should be made of a textured, natural fabric that complements your vest. Stretch fabric recommended for mobility
● The end of the wrap should be tucked in to keep the wraps secure [/box] [box] 5. Hair: Hair should be done in Rey’s typical threeknob hairstyle, brown in colour. The knobs should be three small, mostly neat loops starting high on the back of the head and evenly spaced to the bottom:
● Optional: dark brown strips of wool tied around the base of each knob[/box] [box] 6. Boots: Boots Dark brown with a gray undertone and made of a cotton/wool weave:
● Medium to light brown sole (slightly lighter than the main boot)
● The boot ends just above the ankle
● The heel of the shoe is leather, leather like or cork but is the same brown tone as the fabric of the shoe
● There are brown leather or leatherlike straps (two on each side) and a strip of leather or leatherlike the same as the heel that goes up the back of the boot
● The boot is laced in the back by threading the dark leather or twine lacing through the straps and across the strip in the back of the boot. Ends of the laces are then tucked in so as not to be seen[/box] [box] 7. Belt: The belt is a dark brown leather or thick leather like material that can hold the weight of the holster without sagging:
● It should be made from one piece that splits on the side into the two belts
● The top belt is a little thinner in width than the bottom belt by no more than ½” (1.27cm)
● The belt should have a twine detail on the front that wraps all the way around a few times, and then a few times only around the lower belt. There is also a twine wrap around only the upper belt in the back
● The top belt should fit snugly around the waist and the bottom belt hangs at the hip on the right
● The belts have a D-ring on the right side (used to take belt on and off) The d ring should sit to the side and slightly behind the front hip bone. D-ring is secured on one end (the one for the front) by an X stitch, the other end loops through the D-ring and then weaves in and out of the belt in two places that are slit (2 slits per place) in the back to secure the end
● All currently approved Rey Scavenger from Jakku Belts are permitted[/box] [box]OPTIONAL ITEMS
1. Staff: The staff should be proportional to the costumer’s height. It should be about 6-8” (15.24 cm to 20.32cm) above the head of the costumer when held straight up. Staff has a dark brown or black strap attached with rusted buckles. Staff is extremely detailed and will be compared to the photo references to determine closeness in detailing for approval. Staff is weathered.
2. Crossbody satchel: The satchel is an olive green weathered canvas with a matching weathered shoulder strap. It should be worn crossbody.
3. Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber
4. NN14 blaster
5. Holster: The holster should match the belt in color and material:
● The holster hangs from the lower rung of the belt
● The holster fits the NN14 blaster
● At the bottom of the holster is a thin leather strip that holds it fitted around the leg
6. Shirt: The shirt may have a collar[/box]
COSTUME RESOURCES
Standard written by Author: Jedi-DWH (Lisa Curtis Saunders)
Standard reviewed by the Costume Standards Committee 17 May 2017
PLEASE NOTE: The costume standards are a guide, yet are not an all inclusive outline of required elements. The judges will be looking for quality of workmanship, accurate execution and use of materials in addition to these general standards check lists. If you have a question about fabrics, colours, and parts choices for your build please contact the Detachment Officer for your category about parts/materials you are considering before you start your build, or post a ‘Work in Progress’ (WIP) thread on the forum. (LCJ listing here)