Like many ‘Star Wars’ fans, we just can’t get the image of Luke getting tucked away neatly inside the stomach of a TaunTaun by Han Solo in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’. It looked pretty gross and kind of made you think that you can smell it as well. Well, thanks to Erin AKA CruxisAurion, we kind of get a “unofficial” glimpse into what it may look like inside.
It’s a Tauntaun skeleton!
I used an image of a Tauntaun, that I found online, to get the the proportions correct. Then I began designing the creature’s skeleton based on actual animals, and using educated guesses, I imagined what the skeleton of this creature would look like if it were real. After the design was approved by my teacher, I drew the skeleton in pencil VERY TEDIOUSLY, and then went about colouring it.
Yeah, sure… the illustration doesn’t show the guts and the intestines like we want, but this is pretty cool anyhow. I can just imagine Luke stuffed inside that TaunTaun like a chicken in a turducken. Also, wouldn’t be awesome to go to a museum and see a skeleton of a TaunTaun or even a Rancor? It sure beats looking at stuffed elephants and antelopes.
Hit the jump and check out Erin’s cool “TaunTaun” skeleton illustration!
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Halloween has already passed and we are mid way through November, but I could not resist posting about this amazing costume designed and fabricated by Scott Holden. This Tauntaun (from Star Wars Episode IV Empire Strikes Back) costume was three years in the making, and it really paid off. Using a pair of custom built stilts as the legs, Scott created this monster Tauntaun out of PVC pipes, chicken wire, silicon, wood, plaster, foam, and a whole lot of different materials. The best part of this costume is definitely the head. The amazing detail he put into the face and the horns is quite impressive. Too bad the costume doesn’t have a slit in the stomach with guts to climb inside for added effect. Regardless, great job Scott!
It the jump to see the pictures and video of this amazing costume!
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Good gawd I am jealous! When Star Wars artist Chris Trevas and his finacee Julie chose their wedding cake, they didn’t go for the classic 3 tier wedding cake covered in fondant and edible flowers. Instead, they called upon the services of master cake decorator, Courtney Clark of Cake Novueau (pictured above inbetween the Stormtroopers) to create them a one of a kind wedding cake that has been seen before. Courtney was requested to create a Star Wars Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Back dead tauntaun wedding cake, complete with a mini Luke Skywalker in Hoth gear tucked inside the stomach of the tauntaun. If Courtney seems familiar to you, it is because she was featured as contestants on Food Network’s Food Network Challenge and TLC’s Ultimate Cake-Off (which is nothing more than a sad rip-off of Food Network’s programing. Same goes with Cake Boss). I have seen many Star Wars cakes over the last few years and I would have to say this dead tauntaun wedding cakes is the most outrageous and bad ass cake I have ever seen. Great work Courtney and congrats to Chris and Julie!
Hit the jump to see more pictures of this EPIC cake!
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