bzb's ESB Build

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bzb

Jr Hunter
No clue how long this will take me, as I swore no more costumes (for me) after Vader. I'm exceptionally fortunate to get to use another Garrison member's fantastic ESB Fett, and I'll upgrade parts of his, while building my own. Annnnd, he stole it back from me... so I'm getting it done now ;)

Soft Parts
Flight Suit, Neck Seal, Pouches - Arkady (complete)
Gloves - Mike M (complete)
Pack harness - homemade (complete)
Cape - homemade (complete)
Girth Belt - Amazon, painted with Ruddy Brown Primer (complete)
Ammo belt - MOW (complete)
Braids - Woody Horsehair (complete)
Boots - MOW (complete)

Helmet
Animefan bucket (complete)
Visor - t-visors (received - replaced)
Visor - replacement welding face shield Amazon (complete)
Hollow stalk (complete)
Borden - 3D printed (complete)

Armor
Cod, ABS - RKD (complete)
Shoulders, ABS - RKD (complete)
Kidney, ABS - RKD (complete)
Back, ABS - RKD (complete)
Gauntlets, ABS - RKD (complete)
Knees, ABS - RKD (complete)
Chest Plates, Collar, ABS - RKD (complete)

Greeblies and Bits
Shin Tools - made from 5mm ABS and found parts (complete)
Collar studs - made from keyboard keys and nylon screws (complete)
US Diver Buckle (replica) - Geoff (complete)
Jetpack hardware - Geoff (complete)
Gauntlet greeblies - RKD (complete)
Flamethrower - 3D Printed (complete)
Alum toe spikes (complete)
Alum knee darts (complete)

Electronics
Chest display panel - Fettronics (complete)

Jetpack
DVH (ordered)
Beacon greeblie - Machinecraft replicas
Beacon light kit - jc27

Blasters
EE3 - Stormrider (complete)
Pulce - Rubber, unknown maker (complete)
Resin holster (complete)
Sidearm holster, rubber - Stormrider (complete)
 
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Gloves - fit great, love em. Gotta weather them, but will probably wait until I get the flight suit to try to match up the technique.

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Started making shin tools using WOF's templates: http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f20/shin-tool-templates-blueprints-wof-13696/. Have some leftover 5mm ABS from an abandoned R2 build, so I used that largely.

For the survival knife, I used a dremel to cut the holes. The cap is held on with CA glue. Gave it all a rough sanding, then shot it with some self etching primer. Two coats of gold Valspar paint, then weathered with acrylics: Pure Gold, Latte, Brown, Black and Pure Silver.

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Cape time. Went to Joanne and found duck cloth on sale. Grabbed one yard of "medium taupe" and a half yard of "sepia" and matched it up with some photos, it looks pretty good.

Went off RafalFett's dimensions and sewed it with heavy duty thread using a few different stitches.

This stuff started out really, really stiff and heavy. To weather it, I used scissors to cut approximate holes according to the pattern, then I took an orbital sander with a 80grit disc on it to give the frayed look. I then went over the entire cape with the 80 grit to make it look older. Additionally, this sanding made the cape much softer and hangs much better now. Afterward, washed it cold water with vinegar and dried it on high heat with a couple tennis balls for about 30 minutes.

It's pretty soft now, and the sanding has definitely made it look "worn" - a small application of black wash and tossed it into the washer/dryer one more time, and I think it's ready to go.

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Thanks Matt! I'm quite pleased with how the cape turned out.

This past weekend, I purchased parts from an in-progress ROTJ Fett from a prospective member. He's raising funds for an adoption and will hopefully be joining the Georgia Garrison with a different costume soon!

He has quite the assortment of parts, some of them really good (animefan bucket, RKD's armor, Arkady's flight suit) and some are just not quite right for my ESB build... so I'll be parting those out shortly.

First thing's first... sanding, sanding, and more... sanding.
 
Going through my parts, I need a couple greeblies for the gauntlets. Does anyone make just the whipcord housing for the right gauntlet? I couldn't find a 3D print.
 
RKD is supplying the final greeblies that I need for the remainder of the armor (which is good since they're his gaunlets, too!)

Worked on the knees this week. Progress! Can't wait to peel off the masking fluid. This was done with Rustoleum silver paint & primer in one on first layer, dried for two days. Then used masking fluid for silver damage. Yellow striping paint was first layer, then used the Valspar orange mist (heavy on right, lighter on left). Final coat was misting of gray primer. Each coat got a rubdown with #0000 steel wool to knock down the sheen and smooth it out.

Will follow this up with blackwash and final flat poly coat.

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Finished all the yellow/orange parts up... and took a sander to them all. I went by the CRL images on 501st, and after some discussion and review of images, I'm a little confused why those are up as the CRL images. They look quite different from the screen caps from ESB in the Gallery.

Got a lesson on weathering from BobaFiend and they looked awesome... just not the accuracy that I want :)
 
Finished up the left shoulder plate using Rafal's decal template and tracing paper. Painted the skull by hand (Chevy Red Orange on top of Ivory), then hit it with steel wool to dull the glossy coat. Here it is after being weathered with black, gray, white, and brown acrylics.

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Thanks! Definitely a fun build, very different from a clean TK and shiny Vader :)

I ignored the advice about gloves when weathering... and now I look like I got that stone people disease from Game of Thrones. :facepalm Wear gloves.
 
Looking awesome dude :)

I remember not wearing gloves for one of the layers when airbrushing and my hands stayed green for a few days. People must've thought I was turning into the Hulk :lol:
 
Yeah, so... used a little too much foam on the knees :D

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Thankfully this stuff cuts and sands really easily, haha! Hoping this helps stabilize the aluminum knee darts (and gives it something to glue to).
 
Thanks, I'm trying to get it as accurate as I can on my own. I'm not the greatest at this kind of stuff, but I'm hoping I can do this right. I'm lucky to have some help from some really big Fett nerds :)

Got RKD's plates today... wow. They're thick and detailed - they're gonna look GREAT.
 
Progress. The collar is done with Rustoleum Spruce Green. The right plate is Spruce Green with Navy Blue misted at same time. I feel like I may have gone a little too dark on it, but I haven't sanded it yet. Yellow laid for the other two plates and they'll get a coat of Spruce Green this evening, or maybe wait until later in the week when it warms up.

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