Discussion on Fett Blasters and trades....Who is still owed what? within the Boba Fett Costume forum, part of the Star Wars Original Trilogy Bounty Hunters category; Coming up on the end of the year and my
Coming up on the end of the year and my work is hopefully going to slow down a tad after the New Year. We will be working the holidays minus Christmas Day. My interest is who is still owed. I will check my PMs in a week or so on Christmas when I am off work. Thanks for being patient. Just PM me if we had a trade in the works.
John
Last edited by postmortem01; 12-21-2005 at 08:26 AM.
Here is a picture of the EE-3 ESB version 2 and the EE-3 ROTJ version 1. The ESB version 2 ready to go aside from me not having any time to make it yet. The ROTJ is just waiting on the scope which will be done by the weekend. I don't have pictures of the guns painted. These are raw rubber parts. They look much better painted....I know.
The ESB version 2 has a couple changes to it. The scope has been remolded for better detail. The scope mounts have been remade and remolded for a better fit and are now separate from the scope. The scope mount bands have been remade and remolded completely. There is now a disc under the V-8 swing arm.
The ROTJ has been molded from a master of the Webley. HandSchaub loaned us the Webley to mold this orignally. The barrel was molded on the gun. It was made by Ken "Elvis Trooper". The nozzle is separate from the barrel and is put on after to hide the pour spout of the part. All fins are molded and cast separately. The scope and risers are almost complete. The stock details are molded and cast separately to ensure good detail. There is some thing on the gun. I have no idea what the hell it is but it is also molded separately. I think that's it.
There are more pictures on the website.
Go here for more pictures...
http://www.sci-fire.com/Boba.htm
Last edited by postmortem01; 12-21-2005 at 08:29 AM.
Wow both looking good! particulary like the ESB model. pm query sent
Excellent work as always postmortem01.
I have been waiting to see your ROTJ version.
Gator
We are still working 7 days a week right now but we look like we might get a couple weeks of a normal schedule at the first of the year. We have literally not had a day off in 4 weeks. We will have Christmas day off and New Year Day and that's it. Ugh. I'm beat.
I am hopefully back on schedule as far as my side Star Wars B.S. props once I get a couple days off.
I'm interested in the ROTJ version!
It looks awesome!!
PM Sent.
Last edited by Ripcode; 12-21-2005 at 01:32 PM.
they look great!!! very interested in the ESB model. pm query sent
SlaveR5
Thanks. Okay. I cleared out my PM box. If I owe you something, Please title it "YOU OWE ME BIG TIME!". That way I can tell who is who. Thanks. LOL
Before I do anything new, I have to take care of my old trades and such.
The ROTJ stock doesn't have the wood look, does it?
I think the ROTJ is painted a kind of mottled grayish-black. The movie blaster was a resin piece o **** as far as I know.
I know the pictures that I have suck. I know I know.
...wow...
...those pics do look like ****...what are you trying to pawn off on us!
...folks you will not be disappointed at all with these...top notch
Later
Lewis
Whoa, are you still producing these? Is the list open for ESB blasters? Those are amazing!
John's work speaks for itself, unequivocally the best artwork of this medium I have ever seen.:thumbup
He's up to his ears in work at the moment, but I know he'll deliever the goods to who he owes because he's a good guy who doesn't go back on his promises.
by the look of those pics, who needs master replicas? great work.
Thanks. I've been working on this for a while now. It's been difficult with work.
Still working on a good way to space and align the fins.
Last edited by postmortem01; 12-25-2005 at 10:08 AM.
Wow! thats just awsome. if i were doing a ROTJ so\uit i would so be getting one of these. but i got my ESB so im all set.
:thumbup HOW MUCH
You haven´t answered my mail yet, so I still don´t know, if I want this or wait for the cheaper COLLECTORS EDITION from MR.
This is soooo awesome
LOL. PM sent. How much are the Fett blasters from MR?
Yikes. This is why these are so expensive.....Just so you all know. For every 5 or so good blasters, there is a bad one that is unusable.
You can see in the picture below that the bottom blaster's stock is buldging at toward the handle. This is a bad one. This blaster will be torn apart and the armatures will be reused. It's a lot of wasted time and materials. Ugh.
I thought all you have to do is dunk the original in wet silicone,
wait til it hardens (only takes a few minutes)
pull the original out & pour rubber into the hole it leaves behind.
well if you want to get rid of a bad cast let us know
PM Sent ... again!
pm heading your way... i'd like to get one of the rotj ones as soon as you are ready to start production on them
Oh jeez. Here it is. I will take another one in the sunlight so it looks better.
Originally Posted by postmortem01
Can it be purchased with the scope detached so we can choose which way the scope points?
I posted more pictures on the site. They are high resolution.
http://www.sci-fire.com/Boba.htm
I thought the scope was supposed to be backwards. I have pictures from ROTJ that show it backwards.
this is the one from the museum of science exhibit that's in boston now:
Here's a couple pictures that I have. I also see a few screen caps where the scope is the other way. I guess it doesn't really matter.
From the AOSW and MOM exibits, the scopes on those are pointed in the correct direction.
Sheesh! I guess either way would be correct!
I have no idea. The scope can be mounted either way though. To me, it matters not.
I just perused the high resolution pics.
The details on the blaster are fantastic!
The scope looks real!
It is beautiful!
John,
Here's a few pics I took of one "in progress"
You can really so how great the details came out.
side close-up
the other side
that thing is gorgeous... i keep wanting to jump up and down shouting "I want it! I want it!"
I played with a couple of these rifles and MAN are they light weight and FREAKING AWESOME!!!!
I think next time I see them, I am gonna steal one. I'd show my "In Progress" pics I took but they involve rubbing them on parts of my body. Didn't want to make Nathan all grossed out.
PM sent. Are you still selling these?
John,
Technical questions:
Since these are rubber, is something used to reinforce the stock connector?
For painting I'm guessing you use acrylic paints?
I'll reply for John ( since he does not get on very often),
Yes, there are re-inforcements inside.
The blaster is quite rigid.
Hi. Yes. There is a 3/16" thick steel armature that has been waterjet to fit inside the gun during the casting process. This armature is VERY rigid.
This increases the weight a bit but it is necessary to make this rigid and durable. I know that a lot of the resin guns do not do this. They often cast aluminum pieces or such. This armature is cast into the gun and keeps the finished product clean and strong.
For the ESB version, there are sling mounts added to the gun in the appropriate locations. Apparently, the ESB version had a sling. This picture shows the mounts. This was a prototype. Now they are turned the other direction for easier sling attachment and they are made of stainless steel rod.
Just to sum up....
The armatures in this gun are as follows:
3/16" Steel waterjet stock armature
3/8" Aluminum handle armature
1/2" Carbon fiber barrel armature
.08" Stainless steel trigger and trigger guard armature
.08" Stainless steel sling mount armatures (ESB only)
I know the pictures of the greeblies are difficult to see so here are some of the parts that I poured in plastic. They photograph better than black rubber.
SWEEEET!!!
I want one. ;-)
Nice! you guys Rock! awesome Job !
shunned
I think that as soon as I have the trades all in order and as guns are completed, Slavefive will be working with me to get thing going and out in a timely fashion. :P This way, I am not behind and stressed and under the gun all the time.
That's a lot of run-on sentences.......
Sir, you know your props! :thumbup
Er... you guys realize I want one.... Right?
Okay. I'm trying my hardest to get this going just in case of work picking up and going crazy again. Here's where I stand.
BTW.....I need a good fiberglass jet pack....BAD. Is the MLC done yet?
It's an EE-3 factory!
pm sent Postmortem01!
shunned
I'm pretty sure you already have one at your house.
Very nice! I guess I'm gonna have to invest on a ROTJ blaster
Hah. Yeah. I need a jet pack of my own though. There's this freak on the TDH....uh.....Slave1Pilot that is hopefully going to paint it for me. LOL
Yeah, I'll paint it for you.
But I'm not going to give it back for several months just to be spiteful.
:jet pack
i love the ee3 factory photos!
Slavefive and Slave1Pilot came to help me at the shop today. We got a lot done.
Last edited by postmortem01; 01-01-2006 at 10:22 PM.
Any of those coming my way? Hopfully customs doesn't cut it up into tiny pieces to make sure its not a real gun!
I have yours at my house. I hope customs doesn't stop it. Ugh.
[QUOTE=postmortem01]I know the pictures that I have suck. I know I know.
yeah, too bad the gun can't be distributed in picture from the monitor, or lcd screen (in my laptop case).
that would save time, and money
and oh, man these are amazing,
i want one
tuition fees say no
dang
-=QuinN!
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