I added electrical tape to hold things together (which I left on the staff - I don't recommend you do this), but it still didn't want to hold together. The large wheel turned out to be the most difficult piece to keep attached, and despite ample amount of superglue and hot glue, I had a difficult time keeping things together. You can also use circles cut out of wood or wooden pieces from a hobby store to do the same thing. I completed this top section by adding round plastic wheels of different sizes to the top and bottom of the third Danco handle. (Alternatively, you could drill through the next section with a 1/2" bit to keep the conduit in one piece to increase stability.) Next, I cut a 4" piece of conduit and attached it to the connector piece with hot glue. Now, you can glue the outer piece of the connector to the bottom of the sink handle for both the top and bottom of the staff. Now, that you've got your stuff, let's build this thing! Step 2: Working on the End Pieces (This build uses some materials recommended in a post I came across on the RPF.) I think that's a great idea, and I will probably add that to the staff I built for my wife. I've also had someone comment that they used a dowel rod inside of the plastic conduit to make the staff more rigid. Some fabric scraps for the middle section.A piece of canvas that's 4" x 45" or a 45" strap.Some scraps of leather or vinyl for the places where the strap attached to the staff.Small scraps of about 2/16" wood or PVC board for some small details.25" or so thick cord for the ends of the handles. Some fairly thick coated wire for the details on the handles.Danco Vice Grip Acrylic Handles (3 handles - 2 sets of 2 at $10.90 each).Southwire 1/2" Liquidtite Connector (2 of these at $2.06 each).1/2" conduit in a 10' length (1 of these for $2.30) I used plastic conduit, but I wish I had used metal.
1-Spray 2" Showerhead in White (2 of these at $1.97 each).The strap uses some cotton twill with bronze clips connected to a little bit of leather scrap with bronze snaps.Here's a fairly comprehensive list of everything you'll need to build this staff, most of which you can pick up at Home Depot:
It consists of 3D printed pieces slipped onto a wooden dowel rod, wrapped in black paracord and tea dyed muslin scraps. This version stays up better but I don’t like the visible stitching… Staff Then those strips were sewn to each other. Version two is made with individual strips of tea dyed leftovers from the shirt which were sewn to a center seam. But those things wouldn’t stay up and they’d spread apart at the elbow.
At first, I used tea dyed muslin strips about 3in wide wrapped around my arm and tied a the wrist and bicep. These were the most difficult thing to get right. If you want the real deal – Rey’s boots in the movie are made by PoZu. After wearing it to the Con I decided to add velcro to keep the top from flapping open. It’s made from cotton duck, nylon “belting”, and some rectangle rings. The bag was self drafted based on images of Rey’s bag. Too bad that pattern was released after I made most of my costume. I basically reversed engineered the thing based on photos but this McCall’s pattern does the same thing. This isn’t actually the way the wrist band is supposed to wrap around my arm but I must have cut it too small to fit with the arm wraps underneath. I didn’t have a leather piece long enough to make the wrist band so I had to stitch leather scraps together in sections.
I used strips of leather scraps from a “scrap bag” (also from Tandy) to hide where the belt ends meet. The belt is a long, plain belt base from Tandy Leather wrapped twice and tied on one side. The texture of the fabric naturally makes it look gathered at the waist and the belt holds it in place. I bought like, 7 yards of it in beige, split it lengthwise down the middle, and gathered it at the shoulders. If you’ve ever been to Joann Fabrics you’ve probably seen this textured cotton gauze. I lengthened the leg pieces on a generic, elastic-waist PJ shorts pattern and added cuffs on the legs. Rey’s pants in the movie are made from raw silk. I bound the neckline with the same cotton rib knit as the shirt and tea dyed the whole thing with some English breakfast. I started by adapting the bodice pieces of a t-shirt pattern and extended the shoulder line to create simple “cap” sleeves.