![]() I painted the Hero Panels all silver, while the other four were black with a silver front panel. Again though, this panel in the movie bounced from one side to the other depending on the scene. It's the one with the handles on the side. The only one I really tried to make look like the movie was the "Hero Panel". I also only created 6 of them, as opposed to the 8 in the movies, but with my HIC being shorter, I thought I could get away with it. The one in the photo is not one of the ones I used, and the dimensions are a bit off. Originally made from the dash panels of a 1978 Volvo, I figured the tissue boxes would be cheaper and easier to come by. I found the easiest thing to make these from was empty tissue boxes. Once cut, glued, and painted, only Han would know for sure! As for the shoes, I couldn't find any that I wanted to cut the ends off of until I found some that had been purchased years earlier for a Wizard of Oz group costume that never happened. At this point I also used painters tape to make a border around the edges to keep a distinction between the messy frozen part of Han, and the smooth edges. I recommend using LOTS of hot glue on these, as everyone I encountered wanted to high-5 them. I bent some coat hanger wire to make the fingers bend the way I liked, then stuffed and hot glued those in place. ![]() A pair of rubber glove from the dollar store made the hands. ![]() I stuffed those with pillow stuffing as it's lightweight and fairly cheap. After a trip to the thrift shop for clothes (which I bought in grey, in case paint didn't stick as well as I hoped it would), I cut them in half, folded the edges around themselves, and hot glued them to the box, first the shirt, then the pants. Since I really only had one shot at this, I just used a scrap piece of cardboard to make approximate measurements on, adjusted them as needed, then used that as a stencil on the box. Next was figuring out where to put the hole for my face.
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