Brotherly Love for a first time Fett build

TheBloodyHanded

New Hunter

• Jun 18, 2015

• #1

Hi everyone, I would like to introduce myself....Hi, I'm Mike. I have been lurking these hallowed digital walls for the last month or so gaining wisdom and inspiration for my first ever costume build. I figured I could be a closet builder and hide in the depths of space until my brother did something awesome for me.

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I have been building a budget Fett costume for the last month. I told my brother, who happens to build dragsters, what I was up to. He got so excited that he was like" You know, you should really build that helmet out of aluminum." Where I aptly replied, why don't you do it. He took it to heart. This helmet it based off of the Wizard Of Light templates. It is a fabricated aluminum helmet, and I cant wait to do the finishing work!!! It has taken him about a month to build. Best thing of all...He did it for free!!!

So this is props to my little brother. Super talented, and generous.



I plan on this being my build thread, and have a lot of my costume done, and want to show it with more of a progression. I am mainly building with 3mm PVC board. I have the chest armor, cod, gauntlets, and jetpack. built, and will be posting them soon as well. But please, enjoy the helmet.

 

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xanthis02

Jr Hunter

• Jun 18, 2015

• #2

Piece of art you have an awesome brother

 

Boochman

Active Hunter

• Jun 18, 2015

• #3

Dude! That is slick, and can you imagine if you left it with that polished aluminum look? That second picture is wild! High five your brother for us!

 

TheZeroEffect

Active Hunter

• Jun 19, 2015

• #4

looks great! your brother has done an awesome job. you must be very happy and proud

 

TheBloodyHanded

New Hunter

• Jun 19, 2015

• #5

I keep thinking I may need to make a silicon/fiberglass mold of this thing and make another helmet, and this one would sit in a glass case.

 

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DarthOrsan

Hunter

• Jun 19, 2015

• #6

Beautiful!!!

 

Darth Voorhees

Well-Known Hunter

Preferred Vendor

• Jun 19, 2015

• #7

wow...thats awesome. Superclean work too..your bro knows what he's doing! Congrats on owning that piece of art!

 

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PR3D1T

New Hunter

• Jun 19, 2015

• #8

Looking good dude I'm just about to repaint my helmet again from scratch. I need to get a better green going on!

 

paucarmelbea

Hunter

• Jun 19, 2015

• #9

Can I have your brother please...I'll swap...mines quite nice really, you'll like him....honestly

TheBloodyHanded said:

Hi everyone, I would like to introduce myself....Hi, I'm Mike. I have been lurking these hallowed digital walls for the last month or so gaining wisdom and inspiration for my first ever costume build. I figured I could be a closet builder and hide in the depths of space until my brother did something awesome for me.

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I have been building a budget Fett costume for the last month. I told my brother, who happens to build dragsters, what I was up to. He got so excited that he was like" You know, you should really build that helmet out of aluminum." Where I aptly replied, why don't you do it. He took it to heart. This helmet it based off of the Wizard Of Light templates. It is a fabricated aluminum helmet, and I cant wait to do the finishing work!!! It has taken him about a month to build. Best thing of all...He did it for free!!!

So this is props to my little brother. Super talented, and generous.
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I plan on this being my build thread, and have a lot of my costume done, and want to show it with more of a progression. I am mainly building with 3mm PVC board. I have the chest armor, cod, gauntlets, and jetpack. built, and will be posting them soon as well. But please, enjoy the helmet.

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Lazarus

Jr Hunter

• Jun 19, 2015

• #10

Looks like a great job for a scratch build. Really clean and nice detail. I'm looking forward to how you approach the armor.

 

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runFettBoyRun

Jr Hunter

• Jun 19, 2015

• #11

Does your brother need another brother? Fantastic work - looks great!

 

Hunter930

Hunter

• Jun 19, 2015

• #12

Looks gr8

 

Got2bfett

Active Hunter

• Jun 19, 2015

• #13

Phenomenal work, and one amazing bro! You should be proud.

 

sebree

Active Hunter

• Jun 22, 2015

• #14

That is awesome! You know that helmet will last!

Sent from my N800

 

TheBloodyHanded

New Hunter

• Jun 23, 2015

• #15

Since this is a budget build I will be scratch building everything. Even the blaster. I have a lot of this costume almost finished. I wish I would have taken more process photos as I made some of this stuff. Here is my Rocket Pack so far. All I need to address is the side jets and creating a harness to attach it. This was built with 1/8' PVC board, PVC pipe and Bondo. Raided some old paintball stuff as well. The rocket has a couple of "found parts" including a dial from a sewing machine, old tank tread and a plastic cup. Once it is painted I think it will look good. I am a little concerned about the weight, but it's what I have to work with.

 

sebree

Active Hunter

• Jun 24, 2015

• #16

I'm jealous, you got mad skills

Sent from my N800

 

haribon72

Jr Hunter

• Jun 25, 2015

• #17

You definitely got some skills!

 

TheBloodyHanded

New Hunter

• Jun 27, 2015

• #18

So a few weeks into this build I realized that there would be no way for me to create a perfect replica with the resources that I have. So with that in mind I took a bit of license with some parts I did not care for that much on the costume. I am going for the essence of Boba Fett rather than a 501st grade costume. I am taking a lot of inspiration from the Mythos statue. So I will be adding the skirt, and the boot knife. I did change the vest and used a quilted style fabric to mimic the Jango vest. When I started I wanted to do a ROTJ costume but was not as versed in the Fett costume as I am now. My armor damage mimics one of the ESB prototypes. Once I realized this I Threw some caution to the wind. Anyway all that to say, here are some pics of my gauntlets.



They are not done but almost there. I am having trouble finding a way to actually close them. I have tested hinges and am thinking Velcro but haven't decided yet. These are made of the same 1/8'' PVC bord that I used on the backpack. Found some of the switches at radio shack as well as the Led light. I still need to make some kind of laser for the right hand side. I ended up using bic pens for the darts and they don't look to bad if I do say so myself. I didn't like the soft look of the gloves to I went with some black work glove and added some armor to them. I figured Boba would want something hard on his knuckles for busting heads.

 

MasterEdi

Jr Hunter

• Jun 27, 2015

• #19

Dude!... You are kicking this build in the butt!... So Jealous!

 

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Kylecanadian

New Hunter

• Jun 28, 2015

• #20

Impressive, your homemade gauntlets look fantastic!