Boba and Jango Packs

You're my new god

Thanks very much for the kind words, I appreciate it.

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WHOA!!! You are a Madman!!
I can't keep enough cardstalk in house these days!!

You did a stellar job on that bad-boy.

Thanks, they were actually really esy to do. That's thanks to the blueprints. Everything lined up pretty perfectly so it was a really pleasant time.

Awesome work Skip!

Thanks buddy. I spent yesterdy doing the Fett helmet. That's almost done now too so I'll be needing to spend a day unfolding them and getting them ready.

Right on Skip, now I can get going with this as well!! I can't wait till you release these...my scissors are ready!

LOL! I've just replied to you on my other thread.

I'm hoping to get the Jango pack ready by tomorrow.

This is awesome! Thanks for doing them.

You're more than welcome, thanks.

Wow! How did I miss this one? Very nice as always.

Thanks again T-bone. I'm really glad you guys like what I'm doing. I still haven't had time to unfold these and get them ready, but I will soon.

Originally Posted by Skupilkinson

Thanks again T-bone. I'm really glad you guys like what I'm doing. I still haven't had time to unfold these and get them ready, but I will soon.

You know if you need help unfolding I am willing to help you! LOL

LOL! Thanks buddy. I know alot of the guys at the 405th do that, model something then release it for others to unfold. I'm not like that though, I prefer to see it through to the end.

I'm starting to unfold the Areana pack now that the helmet is done. I have a question though. I need a litle help.

How tall/high is the arena pack from thruster nozzle to the tip at the top? I need this for scaling the model so any help here is greatly appreciated!

I really want to get this one done today. I looked at the model again before making a start on unfolding it and came to the conclusion that it was a little too low poly. Low poly is good for this kind of modelling but because this is intended to be a 1/1 scale prop when done, the cylinders and cones needed to be smoother.



That's done now, so if someone would be kind enough to tell me the height of the arena pack, then I can scale it and unfold it today.

Anyone?

Thanks very much for that!!! I'll get on it as soon as my little ones are in bed.

The Jango pack is done and ready! I've only done the A4 version so far but will have a letter size version soon.



Get it here:

Jango Arena JetpackA4.zip

Hope you guys enjoy it, please let me know if you find any problems or if you have questions. You'll need Pepakura Viewer to open the file and to print it. You can find it here: http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/

Great work Skip!

Thanks Mojo! I've just finished the Letter size version too.

Jango Arena Jetpack Letter.zip

Arghh...I thought it was Boba's JP...LOL oh well maybe I can wait a few till his one is released!!

You are the best! Thank you very much SKP If you someday need something LMK!

Thanks for the offer Kaane.

Sorry Wet', I went with the Arena as it hadn't been done yet. The jet pack needs some tweaking like the Arena did. The cones and cylinders need to be smoother, more spherical, then unfolded. Sorry buddy.

Can't wait for both jet packs in letter size! Woohooo! THanks Skup!

Geo

I can't wait to see the Boba pack.
You do an awesome job at 3D modeling.

Yeah, sorry about this one. I've been a tad busy with things. I didn't rate the rocket pack as a priority seeing as WoF had one for ya. I'll get on it soon though.

This is just beautiful. I cant wait to make one

Thanks very much. I'm still needing to finish the Boba pack. Dmn things have been really busy.

[quote=Skupilkinson;370910]I'm still needing to finish the Boba pack. quote]

Bump for the master.......I am just a just a fan boy checking to see if the Boba pack is getting closer .

-Tim-

LOL! Sorry buddy.

Though I am spending this week trying to catch up on completing long overdue projects! Today I'm working on a Hayabusa helmet I started a few months back. I have a list in front of me and the Boba pack IS on it.

You are the man.

Thanks very much bro. A good friend of mine read my earlier post and has even offered to help unfold the Boba pack for me!! This may get done even sooner now!

I just need to check it over before sending it to him. I'll update as soon as I know what's happening.

FettJetA4.zip

FettJetletter.zip



IT'S DONE!!

I couldn't sleep this morning so I put some time into finishing it. Sorry it took so long guys, I know some have been waiting patiently to try it out.

The templates are currently in PDO format, so Pepakura Viewer or Designer is needed to open and print them. I will do the PDFs too soon.

You are a MADMAN!!

Now that was fast. Thanks a ton for doing this.

Fast?! People have been waiting since June!!

I know what you mean ner vod. Thanks buddy.

I've started the arena jet pack using a mix of 1 and 2 ply chipboard. so far I have the main structure and the center warhead done. I did the "frame" of the pack (the non round parts) in the two ply for strength. And the round parts (tubes and cones) in the thinner one ply. Sorry for the lack of pictures just yet, but I am very pleased with the results so far.

If its ok with skip I'll take some pictures of my progress to add to his thread here.

Thank you again for sharing your talent.

Absolutely!! Let us see it!!

I'm happy that people are having success with the Arena pack! It bodes well for the rocket pack seeing as both are virtually identical.

Woohoo! Looks awesome as always.

Thank you "T". I'm thinking of trying out a Pepakura Boba blaster??? Not sure how it may come over though. I'll have to look into it.

That would be pretty cool. An ESB should be fairly simple. An ROTJ blaster might come out pretty well too, although, there would be a lot of folding for the barrel.

I was going to do it "greeble-less" so you'd get the basic weapon done. I'll have to start and see how it comes across.

Hmmmm. Maybe just the Webley itself.

Pretty much yeah. Then if the build is successful, people could add the greebles and mods themselves?

Here is it so far I started cleaning up the joints as I was working on the cones. Most of this is the 2 ply chipboard. I attached several of the templates and made long lateral strips of parts. basically the sides that face the backplate are now two pieces (top and bottom) and the main structure is on the front is 2 pieces, top and bottom with the folds scored so the line up nice and crisp. The caps that surround the side tanks are separate pieces as are the rectangularish pieces that join to the main tank. Skip did a fine job separating the pieces so they will print to regular printer paper, but if you are using a large sheet of cardstock, chipboard, matboard, etc, using fewer larger pieces will save a lot of time.

I'm not happy with the side tanks not fitting properly and causing them to oval slightly, but that is my own fault in the execution not the design. I'll fix it though.

From what I can see, you're off to a good start.

One thing I wouldn't have done though. I wouldn't have scored and folded along the fold lines in any of the cylinders. I would have used the fold lines as a guide for lining up the glue tabs, but bent the card around the end caps to give a smoother outer surface.

By folding them like that you'll have to put more work into making them rounded and smooth.

Other than that I think it's looking good buddy. Well done!

Nice Job I'm looking forward to making this.

Question... if I were to make this out of Posterboard (Matboard) how much would I need... I was looking online and found some 32"x40" sheets, how many of those would I use for the jet packs (Jango probably arena style)

Thanks,
Tony

Well, you'd have to work out how many sheets of A4 or Letter size you'd get from one of those large sheets of posterboard. Then take it from there.

how many sheets of letter does this use?

Thanks,
Tony

38 sheets of letter paper.
It comes to somewhere around 25 square feet, you'd need roughly 3 32"x40" sheets.

That's not too bad

Thanks Ruze, I couldn't remember off the top of my head and I'm a little busy here.

Nice work so far!

Looks Great, can't wait to start the Classic pack, already used your jango jet pack with moderate success.

If it's ok with you, I'll post some pics.

Sure thing mate.

Here we go, It is EXTREMELY rough, I rushed it, I had a troop later that day, so It looks like junk.


Also, the cone looked a bit "all-consuming" so I went with some household items, which I am eventually going to replace.

It doesn't look that bad mate. Though rushing will kill any good build. Still, look on the bright side, you can learn from it and start over. Or put some time into fixing it?

Probably just going to start on a new jet pack build, "Classic" is my guess.

Thx 4 the kind words though.

How did you get that middle piece in if its not even atached to any of the paper? Sorry if I get anoying. I'm a man with alot of questions.

What do the letters do?

Wow. I am really stupid. I am very sorry. This happends sometimes when I get lazy and dont really look around.

Im thinking of using this template to build a jetpack for my son's mandalorian costume Im working on (he is almost adult size). So, just a silly question perhaps, what level of thickness card (GSM) should I be printing this on? Also is there any technique for strengthening it once its done, like perhaps fiberglass?

thanks

April

Guys just wondering did Skip ever do the pdf of the boba pack?
If he did can you point me in the right deriction?

Thanks,
Darth

Hey TDH! Ok. Finally I found a place where I can contribute (in some fashion!). As some of you know I am in the process of building a Jango Fett costume for my son. One of the areas that I have been scratching my head on is the Jetpack. I found this thread here and downloaded the Pepakura software that Skupilkinson talks about and WOW. So. I figured I would save each page as its own PDF so then you can scale it to the size you need. So here are both packs (Jango Areana and Boba Jetpack) in Letter not A4. I would still recommend you download the Pepakura software and the files that Skupilkinson developed. This way you know where each piece goes (there are alot). Skupilkinson did a great job and I hope that my contribution will help some one else.

Jango Arena Jetpack PDF's (Letter Size)
JangoArenaJetpackLetterPDF.zip

Boba / Jango Classic Jetpack PDF's (Letter Size)
BFClassicJetpackLetterPDF.zip