Calgary Comicon 2016: Boba Fett ROTJ WIP

pazscall

New Hunter

• Mar 30, 2016

• #1

Hi,

I'm going to attempt to build a Boba Fett ROTJ costume for my 11 Year old Son.
Building it from scratch for the Calgary Comicon.

I Started the project back in January... Finally decided to post the WIP pictures.

Let me know what you think.

Using this guy as a model and the 501 reference.

 

pazscall

New Hunter

• Mar 30, 2016

• #2

Build the Helmet and Gauntlets from Pepakura. Did the Bondo and Sand and Bondo and Sand thing



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Picked up the Rubies Blaster, had to repaint it

Made the Armor out of EVA Foam


Here is where I'm at now.
Armor, Blaster, Gauntlet and Helmet are all painted. I'll be putting on a clear coat this week.


Will be doing knee pads and Flight Vest next.

Stay tuned

 

ROYSTERONE

Hunter

• Mar 31, 2016

• #3

Great work so far

 

Vithar

New Hunter

• Apr 1, 2016

• #4

Hoping I finish off my ROTJ suit 100% by Calgary Comic Expo too!

 

pazscall

New Hunter

• Apr 3, 2016

• #5

Vithar said:

Hoping I finish off my ROTJ suit 100% by Calgary Comic Expo too!

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Good luck! hope to meet you there

 

Stormcrow85

Hunter

• Apr 3, 2016

• #6

Looks great man keep it up.

 

pazscall

New Hunter

• Apr 4, 2016

• #7

Added the Visor to the helmet...
Leason learn: When calculating the size of the helmet I forgot account for the size of the visor and position. Since the Visor is 6mm and it's glued to the back of the opening, I should have added an extra 2 ~ 3cm. Now my sons nose is hitting it.



Neck Seal and Flak Vest are done. Will dye them later



Added the switched, buttons and hose connection to the gauntlets

 

fomare

Jr Hunter

• Apr 4, 2016

• #8

good luck with the project ^^

 

pazscall

New Hunter

• Apr 9, 2016

• #9

Got the knee pads going. Need to hook up the dart launcher and a bit more weathering.

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Vithar

New Hunter

• Apr 10, 2016

• #10

Looking really awesome! Hope to see you guys there too!

 

pazscall

New Hunter

• Apr 12, 2016

• #11

Started on the jetpack


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JSmails

Hunter

• Apr 12, 2016

• #12

Wow. You are WAY better at this stuff than I am.

Great build so far. Keep up the good work!

 

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Badgerdash

Jr Hunter

• Apr 13, 2016

• #13

You're a machine. I'm hoping to have mine done in time for Tokyo Comic-con in December.

 

pazscall

New Hunter

• Apr 13, 2016

• #14

Tanks are in now for the rocket


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pazscall

New Hunter

• Apr 13, 2016

• #15

I have a bad feeling about this...

Picked up some Dickies coveralls. I was hoping to use some dye remover to get it close to white or light blue but this is what it ended up as. :/

I tried Rit dye remover and iDye color remover, should I try bleach?
It's a 63/35 polyester/cotton blend.

I've read that maybe I can use acrylic paint to get it whiter but I'm not to keen to the idea.

Any recommendations? And I don't have much time left


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Gregory

Active Hunter

• Apr 14, 2016

• #16

You can try bleach on the inside of the pant cuff or something, but it may not do what you want. If not, you can try staining lighter with acrylic stain.

 

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MilMonster

New Hunter

• Apr 16, 2016

• #17

Are those knee pieces EVA also? Looking sweet!

 

pazscall

New Hunter

• Apr 16, 2016

• #18

MilMonster said:

Are those knee pieces EVA also? Looking sweet!

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Thanks!

I used Sintra on the main body and I used EVA layered and cut/sanded to make the dart holders.

Will add the dart shooter this weekend

 

pazscall

New Hunter

• Apr 21, 2016

• #19

Missing a few grooves here and there but overall decent. Going to start filling gaps with auto body putty and sealing with mod podge


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AtomWest

Hunter

• Apr 22, 2016

• #20

Looking good, great work.

As for the dickies coveralls.... Yeah they don't bleach very well. I cut a pocket out of my pair and let it soak in just bleach for a couple of hours and it became slighlty slightly lighter. I figure I keep trying and it will reach a close color.