Budget Boba Build

I'm new to this world of building and collecting props and such. I've been lurking in TDH for a month or so, doing research for a restricted budget Boba build. I really want to do Boba for Halloween this year.. We also have a little girl that turns one in a few days so Boba has to be done with limited funds allocated to costuming. This isn't meant to be the most accurate Boba and it will be retired to a mannequin after October 31st, so I'm not overly concerned with accuracy as long as it looks done well.

TDH has been a great resource in my research and building so far and I wasnted to share this project with you guys and gals. I may not be a member that is around much so I wanted to post a thread to thank all of you for your help on this project and for building such a helpful and friendly place for everyone that loves The Fett. I'm just getting started and I plan to be done in a couple of weeks. I'll update this thread with my progress until I'm finished.

Thanks again.

So far I have the helmet and gauntlets nearly finished.

Hobby Lobby had a sale on matt board. One matt board cost me $4.00 and I made it into the helmet using the WOF templates.











For the gauntlets I bought three large for sale signs. $6.00.











So, this is where I am now. I'll be picking up my sintra at FedEx kinkos today and start heat gunning some armor.

Looking good my friend. I love to watch scratch builds.
Looks like you did an excelent job on the finish for the helmet.

looks great so far, very clean build

What did you cover the helmet with?

yeah i'd like to know that one also. What did you use on the helmet looks really good.

I used lightweight spackle filler for the majority of the dome to even it out and on the mandibles. Before I sprayed primer on it, I covered the entire helmet with a very thin, light coat of bondo brand glazing and spot putty. I used a new flexible putty spreader to get an even coat. Then I sanded it lightly with some 320 grit auto sandpaper. I had the bondo laying around so it was an easy cheap solution to get a smooth finish.

Very nice work. That helmet looks great, and the gaunts are shaping up nicely. You gotta love the Wizard's templates. Ever wonder what life on the Dent was like before they popped up?

wow that looks great!!!

WOW indeed! Very nice work! Keep us posted please!

That looks great.

I'm having so many issues on a Jodo I'm building, and it's with those gaunts, how did you make yours adhere so cleanly? Are those the paper-thin for-sale signs too, cause that's what I'm using and it's agreeing with me like a rabid weasel...

But everything looks fan-effing-tastic, I'm definitely jealous. You're making it look so easy I think something must be wrong with me or something lol.

dude, you got some mad skills.

Thanks for the info, might start getting mine together soon. From what I've always heard, they're some plumbing attachment for hoses or something. Stormtrooperguy made some a while back (but those he used to make casts), but he used things that looked pretty good, shoot him a PM, he might be able to find out exactly what he put in to spit fire.

Real life sure has a way of getting in the way of projects like these. I have the Jet pack in primer, finally. I made the pack from matt bard, two can sized handi wipe dispensers from Walgreens, two cone home sent things, some cone shaped bottles, and some hobby wood from hobby lobby in various shapes. I used the WOF templates for most of the pack. The finished pack is very far from perfect but it will do for Halloween nicely.

Project cost:
Glue $11.00
Matt board $6.00
Primer $10.00
Spot Putty $9.00
Wood: $9.00
Bottles: $4.00
Jet pack total: $49.00
Project total so far: $72.00

This is turning out great, for such little cash i am amazed, keep it up :thumbup

Nice Budget Pack man, keep it up, can't wait to see it painted!

I made the spats, pouches, cape, and flack vest / neck seal.

Neck seal attaches in front and vest in back with velcro.

It cost 25 dollars in various materials and thread.

The pup tent ran me 16 dollars on ebay.

Cost is now at $240.00

Just started painting the cardboard bucket. I'm just going to do the weathering by hand using the ESB templates. I'll start weathering tomorrow. Nice to have something other than primer on something. I have to have this whole costume finished in 8 days.

8 days....your one crazy dude!

Good luck fella, its looking great so far

Steve

Awsome build! I love the way your jetpack came out!... and helmet... and gaunts...

..really..amazing ...great job with the gauntlets--love it!

dude are you even going to work you have to be staying up all night! everything looks fantastic!

Sweet brother! I thought I was moving fast, you must tell me what secret drug you are taking that allows you not to sleep at night. With your mad skills we could take over the world on Boba at a time!!!!

its looking really good, especially for budget

I've almost finished the gauntlets. I made the gauntlet rocket out of some dowels. The tip of the rocket was made by widdling the basic shape then belt sanding it smooth. I almost tore my thumb off doing this, so I wouldn't recommend this method. The fin things on the rocket are just scrap pieces of plastic cut and glued on. I tried to drill holes in the tip but abandoned it because it started looking awful. Since time is running out I decided to just paint some "holes" in it. Yea, I know that's lame, but this is just for a Halloween party and eventually man cave decor, so I'm not worried about it.

Larger pics here







My gauntlet has no keypad because I can't find anything to use for the keys. If I figure anything out before Friday I'll put a keypad on it.














Paint, dowels, more red filler cost me about $20 so we are now at $260.00

Got an idea for the keypad. If you've got a leather punch thing, use that and the for-sale sign, scratch-make a keypad, I've thought about it for Kast. All you have to do is then make the circles ovals, unless you have an oval hole punch handy.

Great job! You've got some mad skillz

Here are my $16 fett boots.

Boot are really hard to find right now, so I had no choice but to make them.

I bought some flat sole No Boundaries slipons from Walmart. Then used masking tape to make a pattern based on them, then cut it out in some leftover canvas I had from making the pouches.











I cut the pattern out in canvas and sewed the pieces together, then I used shoe goo to glue the new slip I made onto the store bought shoe.





Then I painted them gray with flexible fabric paint.



Lastly I added the details.




I'll make the spikes tomorrow. The slip on shoes cost me $10 and the paint $6 so, that puts us at $276

In retrospect, I could have just painted some Chuck Taylors and then added the black stripe down the front. They run about $40 and I wasn't willing to sacrifice mine for the project. This was a cost effective solution.

WOW! Great boots!

wow those are great really

I got the cardboard bucket nearly finished.










The paint for the helmet, armor, and jetpack, ran me $35 plus the welding shield another $16.00 Which brings us to $327

mann dude that look great very nice work bro

this has turned out real nice! And there was me thinking my boba build was cheap :thumbup

This is an awsome first Fett suit you should be very proud dude.

Steve

Thanks guys. I really appreciate your support. It kept me going when I got frustrated and wanted to scrap the whole thing.

Amazing. It's really cool to see the entire process and the fact you did it in such a short window is such a huge accomplishment. Looks great!

Awesome work..in that amount of time & cash,unbeliveble!! :thumbup

Originally Posted by fetts.Sobriquet

I got the cardboard bucket nearly finished.










The paint for the helmet, armor, and jetpack, ran me $35 plus the welding shield another $16.00 Which brings us to $327

Great helmet... realy....

this is really an amazing build. I can't believe the detail you picked up using for sale signs. Where did you find the gauntlet templates? i looked in the gallery and didnt see them.

Thanks! Gauntlet templates: http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f25/all-boba-fett-armor-stencils-templates-23196/

wonderful! thank you

that helmet rocks! great work!

What is WOF?

WOF - That would be me. "Wizardofflight" Check out the Galleries for the template files.

This is really looking great!

Alan

ohhh thx!

dont forget the budget chest lights tk409 did a great thread on one for about $8

its towards the bottom. http://www.tk409.com/fett.html

Great first suit!!

Now weather it up and enjoy all the pic requests you'll be getting on Halloween!!!

You're MacGyver!

Originally Posted by Slave I

You're MacGyver!

Best compliment ever. Thanks!

Thanks so much for all you do WOF. Your templates are great. Thanks everyone for all your help. TDH is a great place it has to be one of the most helpful costuming sites around.

Originally Posted by Slave I

You're MacGyver!

Haha no kidding!

yea gret boots

I took your advise and made the cheap chest display.
Those bell lights are 9 dollars now.

In regular light it looks much better. You don't see the LEDs that bookend the bottom display. I've also gotten the suit very dirty. Still no shoe spikes but I'll put some on there and get some better gloves before this suit is retired to a mannequin.



You can see my jetpack harness in this pic. Oops!


Ok, so I'm done with this Fett and I'm on to the next.

You are amazingly creative and inspiring. I am down to the wire trying to finish my son's (9y/o) custom Mando costume for Halloween. Whew!!!
I have modified his helmet (almost done)--used plastic face shield from work (doctor's office) and vinyl tinting, faux leather for vest; used something very cheap $2--a packet of eyelets (like small grommets) to basically hold vest together by threading through suede strings...anyway, you get the picture.
It's a challenge to stay within budget; I know I've gone over mine a bit. We are forced to be resourceful and creative on a budget, and that's a good thing! Maybe we're preventing Alheizmers or something, HA
Keep up the creativity. Good luck on your future ventures.

~~~~~ Have a Happy Halloween~~~~~

fantastic job on the cheap. and better yet it doesnt look cheap.

I know this post is well after the thread has ended, but I'm new to TDH and am perusing all of the threads while researching scratch-builds. This build is truly both inspiring and and amazing. It gives a talentless hack like me the hope of, "it's possible." Thank you for your very detailed progress pics. I very much hope you are subscribing to this thread and actually receive this post. I would love to see what bIGGER and BETTER things you went on to build.

Originally Posted by OBrotherRacing

I know this post is well after the thread has ended, but I'm new to TDH and am perusing all of the threads while researching scratch-builds. This build is truly both inspiring and and amazing. It gives a talentless hack like me the hope of, "it's possible." Thank you for your very detailed progress pics. I very much hope you are subscribing to this thread and actually receive this post. I would love to see what bIGGER and BETTER things you went on to build.

Thanks, I really appreciate it! TDH is a great place with a bunch of great people that are always willing to help. I had no idea what I was doing and the kind people of TDH helped me every step of the way. I wish more boards were like TDH.

Originally Posted by OBrotherRacing

I know this post is well after the thread has ended, but I'm new to TDH and am perusing all of the threads while researching scratch-builds. This build is truly both inspiring and and amazing. It gives a talentless hack like me the hope of, "it's possible." Thank you for your very detailed progress pics. I very much hope you are subscribing to this thread and actually receive this post. I would love to see what bIGGER and BETTER things you went on to build.

I agree completely! Great scratch-build, man!

I also figured that I'd chime in. This suit looks amazing, especially considering the price. It definitely motivates me to keep working on my fett. Also, how hard/easy was it to shape the clamshells on the gauntlets?

your a genius. wish i had your talent.

Holy smokes! That is awesome , what a great job. man I wish I had that kind of patience. And here I am spending all this money and mind will probably look just as good as your when I'm done. Again great job man!