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 (and a link to a site/profile of yours if you want to be linked)! Thank you!
ANA
Picture taken by me from Celebration III! When I saw Ana in her YJK TK costume I got stupidly excited when I spotted her -- she looked great!
BETH
Picture taken by me at Celebration III! This is Beth and 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
HEXTERAH
Woo! This outfit has been my dorky dream costume since forever and I finally got around to making it for Dragon*Con 2007. I worn it a few times after that (D*C '09, Balticon '10, etc., hehe) and changed some things on it since then. These photos are all pictures taken of the almost completely remade YJK armor that I finished for Dragon*Con 2012! I remade the armor, shorts, belt/cord and necklace, used/modified a new stick and made some shinguards. I also got braid help from Bria! The last four photos are after a couple more fixes and a photoshoot in the woods!
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!
Legacy of the Force costumage at Dragon*Con 2006 (the first two 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
I figured Jedi robes for Tenel Ka wouldn't be the norm so I took bits and pieces from here and there to made the basic robes and then designed the tabbard with a matching reptile patterned fabric. I also made some scaled handguards and a little beaded/feathered clip that went in one of my braids but these photos were taken at night at Katsucon 2017 so you can't really see all the details. Planning to get more photos with Nate when he has his Jacen's robes done!
I first wore this at Celebration III (2005) because I wanted to make some sort of Queen Mother outfit. My friend Linh (<3!) went as a Hapan handmaiden! I wore it again to Dragon*Con that year after fiddling with a new necklace and cloak with Sarah as Tahiri and Ed as Zekk (the second photo)! And then at Dragon*Con 2011, I pulled the costume back out, made a new shoulder piece and wore it to an Expanded Universe shoot that Monday with a bunch of amazing Expanded Universe costumers!
More Legacy of the Force costumage originally 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. I added a capelet I made to resemble the Hapes Consortium symbol and wore this again to Dragon*Con 2012! (With Jess as momma Teneniel Djo! :3)
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 three photos of the five above (the first 3 are Balticon and the last 3 are D*C) were taken by Christa!
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 especially, hehe.
I have always always always loved Todd's Expanded Universe fanart - especially his art of Tenel Ka! I asked him if I could make a costume inspired by this piece and he said go for it! I finished it for D*C 2011 and posted it here thanking him over and over for being such an awesome artist and all around cool person. :D I had a lot of fun making and wearing this costume! Thank you, Todd!
I was going to make a costume from the image on the back cover of Fate of the Jedi: Conviction but I ran out of time before Dragon*Con 2011, so I made another original Queen Mother dress instead! I always loved Paua beads and pendants and thought they would be good for a Queen Mother outfit so I used them on the necklace I made for this outfit. The snakeskin texture of the belt matches a texture on the boots (wanted to keep the snake bits in while still being regal ;D) and I sort of based the headpiece off of the back cover of Conviction.
JEDISEEKER1
JediSeeker1 wore this lovely Legacy of the Force: Tempest 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
JENNIFER
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. ♥ All the scales were cut, glued and painted individually on all the shoulder armor and the shorts! Make sure you visit her cosplay.com profile here!
MANDY
This beautiful costume is by the beautiful Mandy and was worn at San Diego Comic-Con in 2016! This Tenel Ka outfit of hers fit really well when she visited the Bioware booth too! ;D
MONIQUE
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
NATALIE
I absolutely adore everything about this costume/photo from Natalie! This is her Tenel Ka costume from Halloween 1997 when she was in grade school and just look at it~ The scales, the hair, the grin! For real, this just fills me with glee. The Young Jedi Knights books and TK have inspired for years!
UNKNOWN
Picture taken by SithVixen and it's 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