MY ROTJ Fett build WIP

Some Pics of current costumes.

So far i have an Mq1 calculator that i will use to make my own keypad from, an army shelter half for the cape and my helmet from ASOK is in the mail!!! I hope to get my soft parts ordered soon.

Nice, I look forward to watching your progress sarg! Best of luck in obtaining those parts.

I really like your two suits you've shown in those photos. Did you make those yourself? Really nice looking custom makes, really cool!

I did the assembly, paint and fitting from parts i bought from other makers. The Barc is a kit for the hard parts and the soft parts i dyed and sewn myself. The mando is gathered parts, assembled, painted, and modified. Going to be a slow build on this one, should pick up speed next year as my budget and time will be better. Hoping to have it at Dragon Con 2013. The helmet arrived and will be taken to have signed by Jeremy Bulloch at Philly Wizard World this year.

Ordering my Armor parts from RKD tomorrow, hopefully the soft parts in a few weeks.

You have (will have) excellent parts from great builders/craftsmans and I hope that your paint job will do justice for those parts, especially the helmet and the armor (so far - I think the jetpack will follow). Keep us posted with the preparation and painting stages of each part. You did great acquisitions!

Thank you, I am searching for the templates and the right spray paints. I've got some time before I start laying paint down. Im gonna keep busy with fitment, hardware installation, trimming and sanding prep. I hope in a few months, I'll have gathered more parts and be ready to get this painted and start test fitting.

Just ordered my SalamanderKing RC Remote RangeFinder kit.

Rafal has am excellent thread for the templates, I HIGHLY recommend it! You're off to a great start, looking forward to seeing more of your progress

I just downloaded everything ROTJ and some more from Rafal. Thank you very much for doing the work and posting it for us RafalFett and thank you RKD for the heads up and the kit. I did a little sanding today after i did a bunch of research on the RF remote.

I picked up these plastic hinges with my Braided hose. Anyone have experience with it? I was thinking lightweight and would bond well to my plastic gauntlets with Plastic Welder. They were cheap and I figured what the heck.

Looking forward to this build. Try to update as frequently and thoroughly as you can. Good luck!

So far I am just sanding, trimming, and test fitting. I have been doing a bunch of research on the little details and who has what that i still have to order.

Just got my RF kit in from SalamanderKing. Gonna start mocking it up monday. I think I will get a battery and start on the RF top.
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What color is the inside light of the ROTJ RF topper supposed to be?

According to the Supertrooper helmet parts sheet (located in the Gallery/Boba Fett/Supertrooper) there were 2 red (for the top) and 3 white (for the inside) lamps/LEDs, but there's no clear proof of the functional 3 white LEDs.

Thanks Raf. Thats for the Supertrooper concept for ESB correct? I looked it over. I see in some members builds a trend towards green lights or green wire for the 3 lines inside the clear part. Im good on the red outside LED's. I have a kit from SalamanderKing and i just wanted to check if i was missing something. The LED's in my kit are white.

Glad I found this thread so I can see your progress and I am looking forward to seeing some of it on Saturday.
Cheers!

In some of the exibit images you can clearly see 3 green wire-like parallel lines going partially under/through the bottom of the perspex block.

OK Raf, so some people just cheat and use the 3 lines scored into the part and illuminate it with green LED's. I think I will find some green wire and lay it in the grooves. Thank you Raf.
Not much progress yet Vultana, just acquiring parts and planning the build.

Thank you Raf for shedding more light on the range finder
exploring inside rangefinder possible found part alert

The weather is improving and I finally have some time to start working on this. I am going to start some painting and i am trying to decide on spray paint or Airbrush. I am a complete noob with airbrushing, I have a gravity fed Badger and compressor available to me. I see mention of paints for airbrushing and for spray paints. my question is with the airbrush, do i need to mix colors to get the desired look or is there a list on here of what I will need for ROTJ and just layer and be good with some weathering? Of course, my own research for these answers has already begun.

I have found quite a bit of info for the Acrylic paints. I will be buying a few and learning to use my airbrush as soon as I can. In the meantime, i am trying to scale up the templates from Raf to see if i can trace my damage. If that doesnt work, i will just freehand it. I managed to get this done today. I will be putting my knees and gauntlets together as soon as I get a full day off. I'd like to fiberglass the inside of my gauntlets for strength and add the piano hinge then paint.

Looking good man!

I have added new stencils (using my own templates as a base) to my ROTJ armor stencil thread which is closer in form to the original armor (and RKD's too), so if you have the old ones, just download the new ones, which are located at the beginning of the first post. Can't wait to see the painted armor!