Tusken Raider Breather Tips

The breathing mechanism is quite simple to make. Start off with a can of tomato paste, cut a slit lengthwise along the can and drain the paste. Rinse the can clean.

Note: Do not remove the top or bottom of the can! You'll need it later.

The silver pieces on each end of the breather are simply the caps to paint bottles. A hole was drilled in the center of each cap to allow the brass pieces to go through.

The brass pieces are miscellanous plumbing pieces found at the hardware store. There were two pieces used on each side (four total).

Working with one side only: one piece goes on top of the silver paint cap and another goes through the hole on the other side of the paint cap and screws in to the first brass fitting.

To make the silver harness, run a piece of wire coat hangar through plastic tubing. The coat hangar will allow harness to be custom bent to fit you. After painting the tubing silver, you may want to wrap it in more cloth bandages so the paint won't rub off on your suit.

The final step is to wrap the tomato paste can in brown vinyl.