[ADVANCED] - Cara Dune

[Amelia (Emily Haas)]

Standard Name: Cara Dune – Season One
Primary Detachment: Docking Bay 94
Submission Date: (Date standard is submitted to the LMO team)
Existing Standard URL: n/a

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Character Description
Carasynthia "Cara" Dune was a human female Alderaanian who served as a shock trooper in the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the New Republic during the Galactic Civil War. A seasoned warrior, she was an intimidating brawler and a crack shot. By 9 ABY, Dune had put her days of military discipline behind her to operate as a mercenary.

(Source: Wookieepedia - https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Carasynthia_Dune)

Required Items

Upper Body Armor
Item Image: https://i.imgur.com/rjNQ8Bc.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission.

Required Details
- The upper body armor should be made from a black stretch material with the following details:
- Front should have Princess seams from waist to shoulder, topstitched on both sides.
- Back should have a center seam and 2 princess seams from waist to shoulder, all topstitched on both sides.
- Front and back panels should have a raised hexagonal pattern
---Optional: this pattern should be achieved via a method such as silicone printing, puffpaint, etc. in the screen accurate design
- Underarm panels should be made of black neoprene or scuba material with raised black dash pattern. These panels should be attached to the front and back panels with a thick black leather-like piping, top stitching only on the underarm-side of these seams.
- The top should end a couple inches above the wearer’s natural waist with a 1” to 1.5” waistband of black leather-like material.
- The top should close via a centered lapped zipper under the wearer’s right arm.
- The front of the top should feature three equally-spaced rows of ½” black webbing that extends between the two underarm panels. Centered on these webbing pieces are metal-like bars that alternate raised silver & dark teal pieces.
- The armholes and neckline should be trimmed in the same thick black leather-like piping as the underarm panels.

Armor: All armor pieces should be painted in accurate black & dark teal, moderately-to-heavily weathered, and match reference imagery in proportions, markings, and design. Must include the following pieces:
- The shoulder bells should attach along the princess seams on the front & back, and be secured with a thin elastic cord under the wearer’s arms.
- Back plate should be centered vertically between waistband and collar and stretch horizontally to meet the underarm panel seams on both sides.
- Front plate should be centered just below neckline and stretch nearly to each shoulder bell, though these pieces should not touch.

Collar
- Collar should attach around the neckline of the top and scoop in towards the wearer’s neck; height should be nearly the full height of the wearer’s neck.
- Collar should be stiff material, such as foam, covered in a dark gray leather-like material and be bordered in the same thick black leather-like piping as the top’s neckline.
** The center back of the collar should have a vertical seam with topstitching on either side. There should be a dark teal stripe painted over this seam and extending to approx. 1/8” past the topstitching lines [unsure how to word this one] **

Additional Images
Back of top: https://i.imgur.com/jD9Cvux.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission
Back of collar: https://i.imgur.com/30L3C6f.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Undershirt
Item Image: https://i.imgur.com/rjNQ8Bc.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Required Details
- Black fitted jersey tshirt.
- The sleeves should feature 5 total piped channels around the arm:
--- Sleeve attaches to the shirt at 1 piped channel.
--- The sleeve ends in a piped channel at the wearer’s mid-to-upper bicep.
--- The 3 remaining piped ridges are spread equally between the 2 seams/channels.

Trousers:
Item Image: https://i.imgur.com/qvkMfen.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Required Details
- Pants are a teal (blue-green) stretch material, with no visible pockets.
- The pants should close by center fly (preferred), but if closing elsewhere (i.e. side zip), there should be no visible closure.
- Pants have outer leg panels featuring the raised hexagonal pattern from the top. Textured panels should be attached to the front and back panels with a thick black leather-like piping, top stitching only on the textured/outer-leg-side of these seams.
- Optional, but preferred: These panels should be in a similar teal to the pants
- Optional: This pattern should be achieved via a method such as silicone printing, puffpaint, etc. in the screen accurate design
Pants have a black waistband of the raised hexagonal pattern from the top. The waistband should extend to a couple inches below the wearer’s natural waist (similar to a mid-rise pant)
- Optional: This pattern should be achieved via a method such as silicone printing, puffpaint, etc. in the screen accurate design

Armor: All armor pieces should be painted in accurate black & dark teal, moderately-to-heavily weathered, and match reference imagery in proportions, markings, and design. Must include the following pieces:
- Right kneepad: rounded kneepad armor with accurate raised center blocks; attaches via a black leather-like strap around back of the wearer’s right knee with invisible closure such as velcro.
- Thigh piece: rectangular left armor should be formed to wrap around the outside of the wearer’s left thigh. Piece should be centered vertically between the bottom of the wearer’s buttock and top of their knee.

Additional Images
Back of pants: https://i.imgur.com/JpikZEY.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission
Waistband: https://i.imgur.com/QsdcBBe.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission
Waistband: https://i.imgur.com/fG2W1Ap.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Belts:
Item Image: https://i.imgur.com/QsdcBBe.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Required Details
- Top belt: Black belt made of thin leather-like material approximately 1.5” in width; bordered in the thick black leather-like piping from top and pants, making the total height of the belt approx. 2”. A row of topstitching the distance of the piping’s width should go around the top and bottom of the belt. The belt closes with a buckle composed of a 2” rectangular buckle blank, heavily distressed and with a silver card device aligned to the wearer’s left edge of the buckle (design consistent with Jyn Erso’s vest greeblie minus the colored rectangle, turned on its side).
- Holster Belt: Teal belt made of thin leather-like material approximately 2.5” in width, and topstitched vertically every ½” around the length of the belt. The belt should have a ½” black leather-like border on the top and bottom of the belt (for a total belt height of 3.5”).
- The belt closes via a hidden closure (like Velcro) on an overlap on the wearer’s left side. The end of the belt should be slightly curved and tapered.
- There should be 4 gray belt boxes with an oval indent and a light teal accent stripe. These boxes should be evenly distributed from the wearer’s center back to the wearer’s left side, just behind the closure/overlap.
- There should be three accurate rectangular greeblies on the belt along the wearer’s front right hip.
- The blaster holster should be triangular in shape, hanging from the widest part of the triangle attached to the wearer’s right hip by hidden attachment behind the holster belt. There is a small triangular notch at the center top of the holster, just below the belt, and decorative topstitching along the holster’s edges. The holster’s blaster pocket should fold over the pistol from front to back, close with a strap, and have an open end cap. The blaster pocket has a second grommet along its edge.

Additional Images
Holster Belt Front view: https://i.imgur.com/GHa2FHq.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission
Holster Back/Detail: https://i.imgur.com/IQbpJfG.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission
Holster Closure/belt boxes: https://i.imgur.com/U1MKV2H.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Boots
Item Image: https://i.imgur.com/Toljiwi.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Required Details
- Black knee-high leather-like boots with a low 1” wedge heel (preferred) or a flat sole. Boots have a rounded toe, jack-boot style seams, and an inner zipper. The top of the boots have five (5) 1” black leather-like straps, with the first around the top of the boot, and evenly distributed halfway down the height of the boot.
- The wearer’s right boot has a ridged(?) black leather-like strip down the outside, going from the top of the boot to the bottom of the fifth strap. Two silver greeblies are secured to this ridged strip with small topstitched straps that align with the third boot strap.
- The wearer’s left boot has a wood-handled and metal knife hilt in a brown leather holster/strap.

Optional:
- Removable/functional knife. See optional items below.

Additional Images
Boots Front view: https://i.imgur.com/FDUXcwT.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission
Knife holster Detail: https://i.imgur.com/bBTOntg.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Gloves/Gauntlets:
Item Image: https://i.imgur.com/qvkMfen.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Required Details
- Gloves are black leather-like gloves with motorcycle-style knuckle guards. The bar of knuckle guards along the top of the hand are a dark teal. The small guards on each finger are black with a mesh in the openings.
- Gauntlets are a teal leather-like material with a fold-down top and a tabbed Velcro closure along the inside of the arm. Both arms have are pieces that are painted teal and moderately-to-heavily weathered.
- The wearer’s left arm has a ridged armor piece with a raised greeblie at the top.
- The wearer’s right arm has an armor piece with additional ridges in a different style from the left.

Additional Images
Tabbed closure & right gauntlet: https://i.imgur.com/BL9EJrc.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission
Left gauntlet Detail: https://i.imgur.com/fG2W1Ap.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Hair/Appearance
Item Image: https://i.ibb.co/Xk69DKv/cara-dune-mandalorian.png
Source: The Mandalorian promotional image

Required Details
- Hair should be done in a “pull-through braid” hairstyle along the wearer’s left side of the head, with a few loose pieces framing the face. The right side of the costumer’s hair should hang straight and fall to about shoulder length. All natural hair colors accepted. Black preferred.
- Tattoos
--- The wearer’s left cheek should feature a small (1/4”-1/2” depending on proportion to the wearer) rebel insignia tattoo in black just below the eye
--- The wearer’s right arm should feature a band of 1.5”-high and 1/2"-wide burnt red rectangles encompassing the center of the wearer’s bicep.
- Strip of blue/teal fabric or ribbon is looped through the left side braid.

Optional
- If armband tattoos are not worn, a black band must be worn to cover the area, as seen in season 1, episodes 7 & 8 (https://www.instagram.com/p/B6moaDNpBOJ/ - Source:)

Additional Images
Cheek Tattoo: https://www.instagram.com/p/B4BzREBJb9a/
Source: Gina Carano's official Instagram
Armband tattoo: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ca1t-p6RS/
Source: Gina Carano's official Instagram

Optional Items
Blaster Pistol
Item Image: https://i.ibb.co/zxHSWLC/BF3970-E1-0-BCD-4838-BD11-499-E35-EF6529.jpg
Source: Image from The Mandalorian

Required Details
- Accurate wooden-handled blaster pistol

Additional Images
Image: https://i.ibb.co/zNdpxGv/75302857-2360970967358837-5891885623265984512-n.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Image: https://i.ibb.co/wQ6Rvn0/The-Mandalorian-Chapter-4-Sanctuary-Equals.jpg
Source: Image from The Mandalorian

Boot Knife
Item Image: [need image]
Source:

Required Details
- Accurate wooden-handled and metal knife, worn tucked into boot holster

Additional Images
Knife Hilt: https://i.imgur.com/bBTOntg.jpg
Source: Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and are used with their written permission

Costume Resources
Reference Photo Gallery - [tbd]
Cara Dune Page – [tbd]

Last Updated 1/11/2020
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Docking Bay Commanding Officer
Blue Ridge Base Membership Officer
Docking Bay 94 Costuming Membership Officer (2018-2019)

[Amelia (Emily Haas)]

Hello all - I took the standard from the Google Document and formatted it for the forums (above). I've turned off editing in the Google Document so that edits are only made one place / we don't lose anything.

For every image we link to, we need to include a source. I suspect the sources for all the linked images are The Mandalorian. Could someone please confirm? I don't believe that we need episode numbers or anything like that.

I'm going to link to this in the Facebook Group, too.
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Docking Bay Commanding Officer
Blue Ridge Base Membership Officer
Docking Bay 94 Costuming Membership Officer (2018-2019)

[RebelScumDani (Danielle Phillips)]

All image sources were the D23 Costume Display, and show screen caps. Photos of the D23 costume were by @starwars_irl on Instagram, and I have their written permission to use.
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Event Coordinator, Blue Ridge Base
Event Coordinator, Carolina Garrison
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[Amelia (Emily Haas)]

Thank you so much! That's exactly the info we needed. I'll update.
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[wabbit89 ()]

[RebelScumDani (Danielle Phillips)]

[RebelScumDani (Danielle Phillips)]

Also, a note from the lead hairstylist on Mando: the fabric in the braid should not be optional. The fabric should match that of the pants.
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Event Coordinator, Blue Ridge Base
Event Coordinator, Carolina Garrison
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"Women Always Figure Out The Truth. Always."

[wabbit89 ()]

[wabbit89 ()]

[Shrey ()]

Is the text about piping for the collar regarding around the border with the shirt? I'm not convinced there's piping elsewhere on the collar. There's that seam on the back of it and it looks more layered on the other edges?
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[kman ()]

This is going to be a heck of a costume to pull off, given the intense amount of detail! Stunning, though.

(commenting to follow)

Btw, Cara's top closes with a side zipper centered under the right arm. (clearly visible at S1E7 at 25:15)
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[RebelScumDani (Danielle Phillips)]

[Amelia (Emily Haas)]

I believe I've made the changes to the draft. I have:

- put in the image source information
- changed the right/left boot information
- moved the hair detail from Optional to Required

Please let me know if I've missed anything.
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Blue Ridge Base Membership Officer
Docking Bay 94 Costuming Membership Officer (2018-2019)

[wabbit89 ()]

Question regarding the boot greeblies attachment on the right boot:

This draft says they should be level with the third strap on the boots. I hadn’t noticed that before I made mine and just put them where they looked right. Mine are just above being level with the third boot strap. I had a moment, then looked at the source. I think they are just above said third strap.

https://www.thedentedhelmet.com/forums/media/the-mandalorian-cara-dune-d23-2019-52-jpg.10714/

Also, unsure on the 1/2” width for the chest straps. Perhaps should read proportional to wearer? Have a slight range? They look bigger than 1/2” to me, but still looking into this.
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[wabbit89 ()]

The strap on the knee pad isn't leather. It's elastic. Holy carp!

https://www.thedentedhelmet.com/forums/media/the-mandalorian-cara-dune-d23-2019-59-jpg.10707/
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It matters which side we choose. Even if there will never be more light than darkness... For every life we touch, it matters. I don't turn toward the light because it means some day I'll win some sort of cosmic game. I turn toward it because it is the light.

Qui-Gon Jinn, Master and Apprentice, Claudia Gray