#tenel ka djo

Heather as Tenel Ka Djo (original Young Jedi Knights outfit) from the Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights series (feat. Nate in YJK Jacen Solo)

I was going to try to finish some YJK armor for Katsucon 2012 but wanted to go with something a little less complicated since I was running out of time and I already had an asscape I wanted to use in a TK costume. It ended up becoming a side-waist-cape sort of thing, but still YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT ASSCAPE-LIKE THINGS! I got to reuse my scales from my Tempest costume and in a different fashion even, which was cool. They sort of became shoulder armor instead of straight-up sleeves (still as heavy as ever though, hehe). 

YJK costumes also meant I could be pre-Lightsabers Tenel Ka and have both arms present! And pick up random sticks from the beach~

[ Jacen Solo & Tenel Ka Djo project post – sleeping with ghosts] 

In which Jacen tries to start off 2017 being somewhat suave.

Yesterday in a Galaxy Next Door [ modern AU ] – seriously, we thought this would be the hardest AU to fill and it’s proving to be one of the easiest.

[ Jacen Solo & Tenel Ka Djo project post – sleeping with ghosts] 

   "When you’re supposedly the artistic one of the couple and your paper snowflake looks like a droopy ninja star.“
   "Do not worry, Jacen. I will always be fond of you even if your paper snowflakes are slightly inaccurate.”
   "Aw, that’s sweet. Coming from you, I mean.“

Yesterday in a Galaxy Next Door is really turning out to be a fun Alternate Universe, hehehehehehe. 

[ Jacen Solo & Tenel Ka Djo project post – sleeping with ghosts] 

“Some called her Lady Caedus for a time until there were whispers of a new designation, which came only after rumors of traitors in the Hapan Council. Those against her went after the most important things: first, her daughter, then the control of her court and finally the safety of her people. She had been a force to reckon with as Tenel Ka Chume Ta’ Djo, but now with supposed new powers and Darth Caedus – often rumored to be Allana Djo’s father – on her side, her grandmother’s supporters finally began to do what they should have done from the start. Fear the Queen Mother.”

Another AU for the Alternate Universe section of the project, this one is called “The Galaxy Can Burn” and gathers some highlights from some odd timeline where Tenel Ka joins Caedus after something happens to Allana. We know that TK would never go dark/give scrublord Caedus the time of day at this point but it’s always fun coming up with this crazy stuff so why not have a Sith AU? ;)

P.S. Kinda wish we got a photo of Nate’s face after taking the picture in the middle. His mouth and nose were covered with stage blood. I MEAN… HIS FACE WAS COVERED IN THE BLOOD OF HIS ENEMIES…?

P.S.S. The lighting for the photos made it really easy to hide my left arm so I guess we need this light always and forever when cosplaying Jacen and Tenel Ka. :B

Heather as Tenel Ka Djo (original Queen Mother outfit #3 of A BIG NUMBER??? of original outfits) from the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series (feat. Nate in pre-Caedus Jacen & Nic as Ania Solo! <3)

I was aiming to finish a costume of the image of Tenel Ka on the back of the Fate of the Jedi: Conviction novel for Dragon*Con 2011 but ran out of time with all the other stuff we were trying to put together for the con that year, so I thought WHY NOT JUST MAKE ANOTHER ORIGINAL OUTFIT? So I did.

I’m actually going to do the Conviction outfit someday I WILL, I SWEAR.

I had a lot of fun in this at D*C ‘11 during the giant EU photoshoot and wore it again to Katsucon 2014 where we found a Jaina and Jag(!!!!)/made new friends because of the costumes – so thanks, EU! :D

Heather as Tenel Ka Djo (original Queen Mother outfit #4 of A BIG DUMB NUMBER of original outfits) from the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series (feat. Nate as Caedus Jacen & Jesse as Teneniel Djo! <3)

LET’S PLAY A GAME CALLED WHICH ONE OF THESE PHOTOS DOESN’T BELONG

Hint: it’s the third one in the row of three photos SORRY I GAVE IT AWAY.

I originally made and wore this jumpsuit for Dragon*Con 2007. It was the first jumpsuit I ever made, I jacked the zipper up but I was still proud as hell of the thing and pulled it back out for Dragon*Con 2012. As you can see in the single 2007 photo here, I had one of my old lightsabers I made, a different headpiece (I feel like the 2012 one is much more fitting) and didn’t have the capelet thing I made for D*C 2012, which was inspired by the Hapes Consortium symbol that’s also on the patch on the chest of the jumpsuit.

I had a ton of feels in this outfit because it’s a Queen Momma one and Jesse and I were pretty much sobbing the whole SWEU meetup about how Teneniel never got to see her daughter kick ass on the throne, etc. etc.

Also, Caedus feels. Stupid Caedus. >:B

Nate & Heather as Jacen Solo & Tenel Ka Djo from the Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights series

We originally made these a long while ago (Heather’s first version of YJK Tenel Ka was made a bit before her and Nate even met) and have worn and modified them multiple times since. These are two of our favorites characters and we have so much fun in Jacen & Tenel Ka costumes – especially these since the YJK books are close to our hearts.

Nate’s Jacen was originally made worn at Balticon 2010 (the middle photo in the second row is from that con) and then again at both Katsucon&Dragon*Conin2012 (plus a number of out of con shoots and such since then). The version of YJK Tenel Ka seen here was first made and worn at Dragon*Con 2012 (with Jesse & Jean as Teneniel Djo & Ta’a Chume! <3333) and then fixed up (added edging to some of the shoulder armor, remade the scales for parts of the shoulderpiece that were originally made from fabric out of Wonderflex and added lacing to the front of the outer piece of shoulder armor) for an outdoor shoot in 2014, which is where the last photo is from.

This is one of the only Tenel Ka costumes Heather can have her left arm out for and that’s only when she doesn’t have the lightsaber. She’s slipped a couple times in photos with the lightsaber (let’s pretend it’s the first/rushed one, hehehe), but has gotten so used to posing without showing her left arm that she does it in non-Tenel Ka costumes now sometimes as well. XD

We put some new shirts up on our Redbubble shop! (And there’s also one old one listed here cause we added some products/colors for it. ;D)

Feels Are the Language of Friendship (which comes in that font and can be found in a less cursive-y font in the shop as well) was something said to Heather by a friend of hers while talking about some of the characters in the Star Wars: Expanded Universe. Heather instantly fell in love with it and wanted it on a shirt so there you go.

Stay Inside is a shirt inspired by Futaba Sakura from Persona 5. Heather is cosplaying her at MAGLabs at the end of the month and needed a shirt for her costume so she made one on RB. The image is down sort of low on it because, for the costume, the neck of it will need to be cut lower and hemmed so it hangs off the shoulders.

AndYoung Jedi Knight Squad Goals, which, if you read those books when you were younger (or whenever, really!) then you know that feel. ;)

Still chugging along on my “L'Ordre Nouveau Des Jedi” series of Star Wars Legends/Alphonse Mucha crossover pieces that I’m redoing. I’m going to continue to make these comparison posts of my original attempt at the same thing several years ago. It gives me such a huge boost to my confidence to see what’s possible in just a few short years of work.
And I love Tenel Ka.

thedesertspring:

the new jedi order: age-appropriate fancasts

teensith:

when the squad’s training to be jedi