JediKai
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Post by JediKai on May 13, 2006 1:59:21 GMT -5
I don't have the book afterall. I listened to it as an audio book. Will look it up myself at the store tomorrow.
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Post by JediKai on May 15, 2006 0:02:49 GMT -5
Here's the quote, on page 144 at the beginning of Chap 25 of
The Cestus Deception:
"Obi-Wan's formal robe was much like his everyday dress: flowing from floor to shoulder in a cascade of burnt sienna, but woven of demicot silk".
I've never heard of that kind of silk, so I did a Google search and got this from the Star Wars Encycolopedia on theForce.net:
"Demicot
this was a species of swift-moving insect. The fine webbing exuded by the demicot was collected and woven into a silky fabric."
So, dress robe (and tunics?) is of a finer fabric than everyday, but of the same design. Qui-Gon's tunics for the movie were made of a sort of raw silk. To be fancier than that would be to have a fabric smoother....like a "silky" silk, shiney and smooth. Charmeuse, dupioni, etc.
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Post by Drago Lørdist on May 16, 2006 1:32:08 GMT -5
perhaps it's more as in opposed to the seemingly potato-sack-like material of normal robes it's more elegant. ie: comparing normal bed sheets to a hight thread count egyptian cotton.
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Post by Nova Darklighter on May 17, 2006 22:49:12 GMT -5
Yeah, that was the impression I had from the few references and descriptions in the books. I'm planning on something, but it will be very formal Jedi Healer robes, more for fun then anything else, I've got all this silk sandwashed broadcloth in brown and blues, so, I want to do it for DCon, maybe.
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Post by Schph Gochi on May 31, 2006 6:23:33 GMT -5
rocks back and forth....
no more tunics
no more tunics
no more tunics
no more tunics
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Post by Nova Darklighter on Jun 2, 2006 23:59:49 GMT -5
No Schph, not a tunic, but a longer much more formal robe, think about it, heehee!  ! |
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Post by JediKai on Jun 3, 2006 2:34:07 GMT -5
I'd really like to make tunics in duipioni! Not sure I want to spend that kind of money, though. I'm looking at 20 yards of duipioni for my new Prof. McGonagall robe (OT: the sleeves alone will require more than 10 yards!)
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Post by Schph Gochi on Jun 3, 2006 5:57:10 GMT -5
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Post by Solinbeb Newau on Jun 3, 2006 6:10:35 GMT -5
It's for those jedi with really long arms... |
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Jun 3, 2006 12:26:17 GMT -5
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Post by Nova Darklighter on Jun 6, 2006 23:00:03 GMT -5
Kai, lots of little cartridge pleats? Which robe are you doing this time? Prof. McG has some very cool ones.
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Post by JediKai on Jun 9, 2006 0:45:16 GMT -5
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Post by Nova Darklighter on Jun 9, 2006 23:18:56 GMT -5
Oohhh! I liked that one a lot. Yeah, that sleeve eat's up the fabric. It always cracks me up when I do an 18th cent. and the sleeve ruffle cuffs can take up yards & yards, not to mention the trims!
Really cool stuff, there's a new guy at work and we've worked a barter, he's doing me a custom Lightsabre w/ EL blade and he's getting SCAdian garb to replace some of his that he lost in Katrina. I'm replacing Katrina stuff allover the place, the Napoleon that I'm doing is for a Shakespeare Co. in New Orleans to replace some stuff they lost too.
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Post by JediKai on Jun 10, 2006 2:35:09 GMT -5
Nice barter!
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Post by Theyrenotdolls (Den Dragonson) on Jun 10, 2006 9:48:04 GMT -5
nova, thanks for doing folks down here a favor or two. btw...the tulane shakespeare productions are pretty good. they usually do 3 or 4 shows per summer.
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