Darth Traya: the Revenge of the Headpiece

So, here we are, back on one of the many projects I have on my to-do list, and this one nearly done!  Nearly done except for the part that is making me cross-eyed from looking at it.  No joke, you look at it once and think, "Oh!  It needs to turn/clip/curve/something this way!"  Then you do that, and it looks nothing like the laws of physics says it should and you start again.

So, let's go to the tape...er, pictures.  This is the digital rendering of what this headpiece is supposed to look like, wig included.

Here's the work in progress.  My very good friend and current Member of the 501st, Darth Charles, happens to be a rockin' leather worker, so he's been helping me with the form and construction of the leather parts.  Yes, it does look like some sort of evil chicken carcass.

What we're trying to do right now is get the spacing correct on the holes that have to be cut in the top of the headpiece.  View right.

View left.  The pronounced notch at the bottom of the third hole will get rounded off once we start with the smoothing, applying the dye, and such.  This has been slow going, with quite a bit of trial and error.  Hopefully it will be done soon and ready for submission!