Most women who watch The Mandalorian and cosplay would chose to make a Cara Dune costume, and while that also might be me (I’ll come back to that later), I love love love Peli Motto even more. This spicy space mechanic, played by Amy Sedaris if you squint, repairs ships at the spaceport of Mos Eisley on the planet Tatooine, and showed up for the first time in chapter 5 of season 1. By the time she showed up again in chapter 9 and 10 of season 2, I was ordering orange coveralls on Amazon, completely consumed by making her costume. This post focuses on the finishing touches (accessories, wig, greeblies). Here’s how I made and/or sourced them…
[The teal shirt (or dicky, aka false shirtfront) underneath is posted here: Peli Motto: The Teal Dicky and the coveralls are posted here: Peli Motto: The Coveralls]
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Currently there are no official 501st/Rebel Legion (organizations dedicated to the construction and wearing of screen-accurate Star Wars replica costumes) standards for this costume, so I’m going on screenshots and my skill level alone. But for me, this costume isn’t intended to be 501st/RL approvable, just a fun “close enough” costume intended for costume conventions and May the Fourth parties, in hopes that my friends that are in these organizations won’t be embarrased to be seen with me. The silly wig and my terrible dancing will be a different story though…lol!
The teal undershirt/dicky and rust coveralls pictured above were fairly easy to make and modify (just cutting, sewing, and weathering), so do have a look and those posts if you’re building your own and you somehow found this post first. This post covers everything else.
Updated 2/1/21: I ended up joining Rebel Legion and submitted this costume, and I’m proud to report it has been the first Peli Motto approved in the Legion! Thank the Force! Looking forward to Kessel Base troops in the Houston area when it is safe to gather in person again.
Image: Disney/Star Wars 
sorry about my face
Let’s start with the easiest accessories: the wig and the child. Gen Xers recall Ripley’s curly hair from Aliens, and historical costumers recognize Peli’s wild hair as the “boogie babe” wig. Being in both categories myself, I easily nailed down sourcing this wig on Amazon, refreshingly cheap as it is! It’s a long mullet wig, so cutting length from the back is necessary. And I would recommend cutting the hair while wearing it, and then sit on the couch and cackle at how ridiculous it looks…because that’s exactly what I did. I always recommend wearing a wig grip headband, especially for cheap ill-fitted wigs. Amazon also has several Grogu options, but my favorite is pictured above and linked below. And I have on order a canvas messenger bag in which to transport my little green dude, phone, snacks, and a bottle of wine while at conventions.
Wig: Smiffys womens Boogie Babe Wig, Brown
Messenger bag: Sweetbriar Classic Messenger Bag – Vintage Canvas Shoulder Bag for All-Purpose Use
A little more complicated are the boot covers, which I loosely identified as snake gaiters. I just couldn’t get a good look at them onscreen, but the picture above shoes them from a side view, and they are stupid bulky. Because I didn’t want to pay $60 for dumb boot covers that have little impact on the whole costume or character, I ended up making my own with canvas, velcro, and elastic using the dimensions in the Amazon screenshots above. I dyed them, painted them with floral spray paint, and made those tiered pieces over the laces. And in retrospect, I should’ve just bought the gaiters. I don’t love mine, and I probably spent more time on them than necessary.
What I should’ve bought: Crackshot Men’s Snake Bite Proof Guardz Gaiters, Khaki Tan, Large
The gloves were fairly simple. I purchased half-finger tactical gloves in olive drab, removed the strapping that went around the wrists, and added more velcro to the back of the hand for a tighter fit. Then I sprayed the olive parts with brown and black floral paint, brush painted the plastic knuckles with acryllic orange, and then lightly sprayed the knuckles with burgundy automotive paint and black rustoleum textured paint, followed by a coat of clear gloss spray as a top coat. They’re not exact, but they’re close!
Floral paint: Design Master Colortool Spray Paint, 12-Ounce, October Brown and Design Master 725 Garden, Flat Black
Auto paint: Dupli-Color EHVP11000 Burgundy High Performance Vinyl and Fabric Spray
Textured paint: Rust-Oleum 7220830 Textured Spray Paint, 12 oz, Black
Sealant: Rust-Oleum Clear Shellac Spray
And finally, the greebles (greeblies?)…whatever they’re called, they include the comm badge, shoulder patches, and lower right sleeve thingie. I wasn’t sure how I was going to make the comm badge, so I was hunting Etsy for a 3D print of something similar, and came across a vendor that pointed out it was the same badge Leia wore on Endor. He printed the badge, and the triangle shoulder patch in 2 sizes, and even painted them silver for me. What a life saver! I chose the 2.5″ wide triangle for my tiny arm and set the 3″ triangle aside in case I break the first one (I do tend to run into walls and trip over flat flooring). I painted the red and blue buttons and charcoal screen on the comm badge, and darkened the inside triangle, and sprayed a clear top coat on both. From there I digitized the circle patch and lower right sleeve whatsit, and cut 2mm craft foam on my Cricut. If you’re making this costume as well, you’re welcome to use my digitized images above. I cut the circles at 2.5″ wide and the lower sleeve piece at 5.5″x1.25″. After a couple layers of Plasti Dip, I sprayed the foam with bronze (lower sleeve thing) and silver (circle) paints, then with a little coating of textured black, followed by a clear top coat. The sleeve pieces are permanantly attached with E6000 adhesive and the comm badge is attached with velcro.
MakingStuff4Fun (Mos Eisley Surplus & Mercantile) on Etsy: Star Wars 3D prints
Paints: Rust-Oleum 249131 11 oz Universal All Surface Spray Paint, Oil Rubbed Bronze Metallic
comm badge 
triangle patch 
circle patch 
lower right sleeve whateverthisthingis
Up next are photos of the entire costume on me. They turned out great!
“Yeah, no droids. I heard ya. You don’t have to say it twice.” – Peli Motto
from The Mandalorian
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Thanks for posting this. I’ve been working on a Peli Motto action figure and it’s been tough to find decent still photos. This has helped immensely. Also, really nice job.
Thanks Larry, glad this helped!!