ESB to ROTJ conversion...

many of you might say that I have fallen to the darkside... I'm changing my ESB Fett to a ROTJ one... .....

the reason is the amount of reference material available for the ROTJ suit, I mean I can paint a little, so I want my suit to look as good as I possibly can... (as for the ESB or ROTJ debate... I tend to look at Boba as Boba... not a character divided into 2 versions simply because his gear is composed a little different... I mean we don't look at Vader in about 4 different ways right?)

anyways, I started my project with the jet pack, wich I didn't just want to repaint but to edit a little aswell, since it was going to be repainted anyways, I could just aswell sand an do some mods to it...

As I was ready for painting I noticed that although I had some pretty darn good reference pics (thnx Braks), my jet pack kit (a recast of a Bradley Fett one ... shame on me, but hwen I bought it, I didn't know it was a recast... still feel a little bad about it...sorry MB...but to get back to the point...) my jet pack kit is probably one of the most light weight, but also most inaccurate kits available, its a way to much strechted vetrtically in comparison to the real deal or an MLC... but it was alot more affordable for a 17 year old

also, its ABS vac formed, so it isnt curved right in more rectangular forms, all edges are round like...

for starters, I wanted to redo the missile attachment point so it looks accurate when I;m not wearin the rocket (mostly for future planned fan films) and the grid on the bottom of the jet pack.

I havent made a new grid yet but I'll get around to that soon enough, just a piece of plexi-glas with the right amount of stripes dremmeled out and painted in the right colour that gets layed in the bottom of the pack so it is removeable...who knows what that opening might be useful for during fan films or whatever...

I also still need to attach the screw like thingy on the right white stripe, and the little push button greeblie on the bottom...

lookin at it now, I think it came out allright... and it's not just some custom weathering... although it doesn't really show I looked at pics because the model is so different from the original... $$$MLC$$$ where are you...

editing plans...

sanding, sawing and dremmeling...

a new look...

a little sanding and first paint coat...

basic colours, with the blue sprayed on and the rest hand painted...
(looks like a plastic toy...)

and after black wash, weathering, black mist, white wash, aluminium wash, and more weathering... this is what it looks like when finished...

Lookin Nice! Soon the Journey to the right Fett will be complete

LOL, yeah well... I have to admit, painting this jet pack was alot more trying then my previous paint job in ESB style...ofcourse I had custom weathering...


thnx Cal

Looks Great.

Originally Posted by R_boba_fett

and after black wash, weathering, black mist, white wash, aluminium wash, and more weathering... this is what it looks like when finished...

Will you explain your tecnique with some more details? I love how your weathering came out, and will need some tips when its time to paint my JP.

Thanks,
Gator

after "pre-processing it" (sanding or primer or whatever is required) give the pack the main basic colours,

then you rub some black wash on it at the right spots,

then paint all the silver scratches on,

do some black misting on it with a black spray can,

then wash the parts with the colour you put on them first if they came out a bit to dark after misting,

then redo some parts of the now "dulled by black misting" silver spots, and you get a nice looking weatehring scheme.

Also.. on the thrusters I just rubbed some black wash very crued (so you could basically still see brush stripes everywhere, looked really ugly)

then I grabbed my silver paint (aluminium actually) and washed that all over teh thruster balls.

then did some black misting on them (like on the rest of the pack) and then redid the black decals with some black paint, and put new silver scratches on them.

because of the alu-wash, it now kinda has that white ...painted metal look to them... maybe I will wash them with some gold paint aswell in the future, because on reference pics you can clearly see they also have a brown, rusty touch on em a bit...

hope that helps, its quite easy to do actually... I'm not keen on the "mustard method", as I want control with a brush...

This is really hard for me to see!!! As obi wan might say, "You were my brother!!!!" And now you've fallen into evil!!! Just kiddin bro Hey, that paint job looks fantastic there!!! Very, very nice. And it didn't take you very long either!!!! Way to go!!. Now sand it all off & go back to green
Damian

Originally Posted by Jango's kid

This is really hard for me to see!!! As obi wan might say, "You were my brother!!!!" And now you've fallen into evil!!! Just kiddin bro Hey, that paint job looks fantastic there!!! Very, very nice. And it didn't take you very long either!!!! Way to go!!. Now sand it all off & go back to green
Damian

LOL, "sand it all off"

thnx for the compliment JK!!! means alot to me!!!

yeah well, I started workin on it last... tuesday I think... And I finished yesterday (saturday)

Now...and I mean NOW... I'm gonna do the rocket, just dremmeled a bit of in the garden for my rocket attachment and put some primer on the thing after sanding it... lets hope it works out

since nobody here knows anything about Boba Fett, I thought I'd just post a comparisson pic so you all know what I painted... it's called a jet pack... :jet pack

In order to make the rocket fit nicely, I had to dremmel the launcher pad out, and put some kit in the rocket to keep it from slip slidin' away on the pvc pipe...

now the rocket is sanded, primed and has basic colours on it... I think I'll leave it this way... uhw.. maybe not..

and the pvc pipe goes in...

looks strange... those 2 mixed...

look at that marvelous weathering...

a little black wash on it...
a little gold wash on it...
and weathering it...

then on to some black misting....

then afterwards redo the silver scratches an wash on the red and gold and silver a little to get the colours back again, but now they look like rusted/iron parts.

Not sure how I missed this one. Well, as much as I'm ashamed of you for turning, you did an awesome job! Your weathering is incredibly accurate, you should be proud.

heres the originals, and what I had and have now...

well I made the grid... allthough its not 100% accurate, as there was no room inside the jet pack to get it up a little higher... but I suppose this will do with this pack... I kinda like the electrical wiring I placed in there...

never noticed that before on MoM....

but theyre there...

close-up...

Oh man, turning to ROTJ from ESB.....I dunno man, I think you've gone done & lost it all kidding aside, that is an outstanding paint job there! pat yourself on the back for that one. That pack does rock!

yeah yeah... maybe that ROTJ ESB debate will someday be won by ... well I couldn't care less

I love all suits, none are my special or whatever, I mean they all got something that appeals... or not...

anyways, thnx sithlord

Outstanding job! I love the weathering you did.

That is a great paintjob...well done.

****** what a great pice of work!!!

Superb done paintjob.

It's great to see it all step by step with all that pics, I guess I will lend those and the painting describtions for my jp project (if it ever will reach the stage of painting ).

Well done!

that is one of the reasons why its all posted Wasp!!! If you want any tips or help, just post it here or PM me, I'll be glad to.

thnx for the kind words everyone!!!

The paintjob is lookin' great bud!! I can hardly believe how fast you're cranking it out. You are eating and sleeping aren't you?!?!

Steve

wow. Simply wow. The weathering on that is SPOT on !

I have the same jet pack and I know some of the things you had to do to it to get it to look like that. All I can say is what a great job you have done with it. I did change the exhaust hole like you have and what a pain that was. Your painting is fantastic you have a great eye for color matching.

well not much, but I eat

Im more like Boba Thin...

anyways, thanks for the compliments people!! That means so much to me, especially because look up to your work, so this is really appreciated!!

it looks fine I gues, but it could be better, only the blue was sprayed on, the rest is hand painted, so there are some brush stripes here and tehre, aswell as tiny pits of dirt and stuff... someday Im gonna go Air-brush, I do think doing it all with a hand and a brush gives it a personal look... to me anyway, because im also a painter (just paintworks and drawings)

thnx again people!!

maybe you'd like to see my gaunt conversion aswell... somewhere in the armor section.. I know some of you allready have but thought I'd just say it... ill find the link...

here it is...
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f25/esb-rotj-gauntlet-conversion-8016/

well while were at it...

Ive discovered teh sewing machine... currently working on gloves and a new flak vest, here's the cape I made, it's not the roght material, but it looks ok, it's also very light, so it waves woth the wind elegantly, sorry.. just love the way the soft parts move... call me nuts...

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f20/esb-rotj-cape-conversion-8100/

Wow.
Wow.
ahem. As I'm here in the jet pack forum, I think I'll bookmark this thread.......Nice job man. Beautiful paintwork there.

Josh

whhaaaa thnx man!!!!

ok, I know this is a relativly old thread, but someone asked how my jet pack was attached.

since he has use for this info, I gues several others might aswell

it's nothing new, but here it is...

the picture shows 2 iron hooks on my jet pack (wich is attached to my mannequin with iron wire as it didn't fit my harness system.)
but when I wear it the harness system goes over my jumpsuit and under my vest and backplate, then the hooks "grab" into the "D" rings, and for extra attachment I got a belt around my waste that was attached to the pack.

simpel I gues... but it holds

intresting method.

Look's good....man...........

thank you