... costuming

Costumes. XD Here are some pictures of costumers who have created Tenel Ka outfits! If you have a Tenel Ka costume (or have one up here and you'd like to send more pictures and/or info I don't have), please send it here, with your name and where you wore it! Thanks!
 

YJK ARMOR (Young Jedi Knights series) --

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Picture taken by SithVixen! From the Star Wars costume contest at Dragon*Con 2000! I don't know who is wearing the costume though! :( If it's you, send me an e-mail! Pleeease! <3
 

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Picture taken by Tenna (me XD)! It is of Ana in her YJK TK costume from Celebration III!
 

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Picture taken by Tenna (me)! From Celebration III! This is Beth, she goes by Tahiri_Solo14 on the TFN boards. I saw her at the Celebration at CIII party wearing this costume and I fangirled her instantly! Awesome job, Beth! :D
 

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This is Jennifer, whom I love to death! She wore this to Dragon*Con 2005 and when I saw the pictures I could only sit with my mouth hanging open. <3 All the scales were handsewn on, and painted one by one. Make sure you visit her cosplay.com profile here!
 

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Yay! This outfit has been my dorky dream costume since forever and I finally got around to making it for Dragon*Con 2007. I've worn it a few times after that (D*C '09, Balticon '10, etc., hehe) and have recently changed some things on it, hence the difference in some of the pictures -- I'm still changing things and probably always will be! XD
 

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Monique took home Best Beginner at the 2010 Celebration V Costume Contest for her amazing Young Jedi Knights armor outfit~! Be sure to check out the details on her shoulder armor and the perfect touches on the boots which she did herself~ Gorgeous! :D

 

JEDI STRIKE TEAM (NJO: Star By Star) --

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The first two pictures were taken by Valerie (group shot) and Brandyn (Troy Denning signing) from Celebration III (thanks guys!) from when we tried to get the whole Jedi Strike Team together - see our project site here! The last three pictures are from Dragon*Con 2010 when we got another group together for a round of Strike Teaming!

 

BOOK COVERS (LotF: Tempest/back of FotJ: Conviction) --

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Legacy of the Force costumage at Dragon*Con 2006 (the first three pictures). Since Miss TK got a cover, I figured I could throw something together and so I did. XD The scales didn't cooperate like I wanted the first time, but I fixed them a bit for Anime USA 2007 (fourth picture). The last two are from the latest version of the costume I made for Katsucon 2011 with aluminum scales for sleeves (I also changed/fixed the waistcapes up a bit)! :D
 

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JediSeeker1 wore this lovely costume to Dragon*Con 2009. I was there and I'm really mad I didn't see her in it because I would've freaked out. Especially with that amazing lightsaber that she made herself! <3
 

 

QUEEN GARB/OTHER ARMOR, ETC. (Anything else past Dark Journey) --

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This is me (and Linh <3 as a Hapan handmaiden in one picture, as well as Sarah as Tahiri, Ed as Zekk and Jason as Jacen in the later pictures!) as Queen TK -- an outfit I put together for Celebration III. I wore it again that year (2005) to Dragon*Con after I fiddled around with the cloak and changed the magical gort eggshell necklace.
 

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More Legacy of the Force costumage at Dragon*Con 2007. This costume is from a few lines in Tempest that mention Tenel Ka in a gray Hapan jumpsuit. I figured I could design something off of those lines and this is what happened. And yay for pictures of the messed up arm club with Alema! XD I hope to fix this up a bit and wear it again in the future!
 

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I first wore this random Queen Mother dress I decided to make to BaltiCon 2010 and wore it again to Dragon*Con that year! I made the dress and jacket sleeveless cause it's easier to hide an arm with no fabric on it (;D) and cause of a random passage in the Dark Nest books where Jacen notes TK is wearing a "sleeveless frock"... THAT WAS MY EXCUSE. XD The last two photos of the five above (the first 3 are Balticon and the last 2 are D*C) were taken by Christa!
 

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At Dragon*Con 2010 there was going to be a big EU group so when Nate fiddled with his Caedus jumpsuit to make a beginning-of-LotF Jacen for the group, I fiddled with the idea to make an original sort of Warrior Queen Tenel Ka and it all fell into place when the colors popped into my head. It was a lot of fun to make and I don't know why I had so much fun making the jewelry epsecially, hehe.