Psicorp7 - New ESB Boba Fett Build - Event Pics 1/8/2015 and Transport System

Nice job plucking away...is that an authentic or replica US Divers Co buckle? It looks legit.

Yep! That is a vintage buckle I lucked into for about $45 in a lot of dive belts on eBay. I sold the rest of the belts to bring the cost of this buckle down!

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It's been a little while, two family vacations and some time off to fix a fellow 501st members Vader helmet. But now...back to work on Fett!!

I found an incandescent prewired bulb at Radio Shack for the light in the right gauntlet.
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I cut a small hole for the bulb and one for the switch on the side. I will finish the rest on the install after paint.
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I also cut the holes for the pins to help hold the flamethower and rocket on the left gauntlet.
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That's all for now!

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Well, since I was waiting for some parts to come in for the gauntlets I thought I would shift my focus to the jetpack for awhile. I started with the thrusters. I cut a small piece of PVC and attached a ceramic magnet to the end using epoxy putty. I then cut the holes in the jetpack body. The PVC was attached to the inside of the body with more epoxy putty.

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The thrusters were shaved down to fit inside the PVC and another ceramic magnet was added to the end of the male end. I then glued the inserts the body of the nozzles. They now fit nice and shug and the magnets hold tight so they should be good for troops and removable for storage and transport.

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I was on a magnet power trip! I screwed a ceramic magnet into the hole for the missle at the top of the jetpack body. I dremeled three small shallow indents of three rare earth magnets and then glued them in place. To make sure then didn't go anywhere I put a layer of epoxy over the top of them. The missle is now nice an snug in there and removeable for storage/transport.

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I also added MORE MAGNETS to the inside of the gauntlets.

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In the midst of the magnet madness two the parts I was waiting for arrived for the right gauntlet. These little guys are spendy!

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To finish out the day I put a layer of aluminum paint on the parts I had already primered and put together some trays of small parts to primer later.

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Psicorp7:

The right gaunt buttons... how much? Where can I purchase and do have a part#?
Thanks SPY007
 
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Psicorp7:

The right gaunt buttons... how much? Where can I purchase and do have a part#?
Thanks SPY007

I bought them from Mouser Electronics (Mouser Electronics - Distributor elektronischer Bauteile). The part number is 506-MPA 106D. They were $12.90 each. I know you can get them cheaper sometimes but I trust mouser and have used them on a number of my projects. Good Luck!

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Boots with no color...:cry

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Boots with color...:D

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I will weather them when I do the whole costume. First will be "clean" fett and then "dirty" fett. I think the effect turns out better and less spotty.

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I've been watching this build very closely, and I like what I see. Keep it coming!! (y)
 
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Haha I like that mentality my man! I just did my first con with mine and it was great to see how to go about different things, what to fix, what to add, etc. Cant wait for more updates!Lookin great!
 
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Well, it has been awhile but the progress continues...

Flamethrower is assembled.

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Paint is drying.

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The backplate has some layered damage. This was my test piece and it seems to have turned out ok.

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I have made some progress on the helmet as well. This is my "practice" helmet and I have learned alot! My skills are getting better and I think by the time I am done with this one I will be ready to paint up a nice ESB cast. But this will do for now.

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More progress on painting the helmet.

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Some of the greeblies attached to the right gauntlet.

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I still need to install the light, switch and battery in this gauntlet.

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I have the left gauntlet assembled and the basic paint layout done. I have a boatload of weathering and blending of the paint to give it that "lived-in" look. It looks a little blocky right now.

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I also added some padding and velcro that matches up to velcro on the sleeves of the jumpsuit to keep the gauntlets from moving around and falling off.

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The helmet had the visor installed and the right ear and rangefinder added. I still need to add more details to the ears and the rangefinder is still missing one small part.

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Man the second costume looked pretty **** good to me. Fit you really well and looked good. The helmet just needed a repaint and a pinch on the mandibles.....
 
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im going for the same goal but rotj
any tips on paints?

The best advice I can give you on paint is to try to get some of the "approved" paints to start with and then don't be afraid to mix and try out your own blends to get the colors you want. Plus, never underestimate the power of a good coat of primer! I may have to repaint my jetpack down the road as my primer was sup-par and the paint just does not have the bond I need. Good Luck!
 
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Well it had been a long time away from this project! With Captain America and Dr. Doom out of the way I thought I would put a little time into Mr. Fett since I want to take this costume out to an event this weekend. But the costume really needs to get dirty...Fast!! I still have a number of things to add or upgrade but I decided that weathering the parts I have right now would be the best way to make it more presentable. So here we go!

Clean.....and then......Dirty! I used a spray bottle filled with cold black coffee wet down the spots I was going to paint. This added a base stain layer and made the room smell awesome! I then brushed on a diluted mix of black and tan acrylic paints. It was only about twenty to twenty five drops per cup of water.

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I brushed and rubbed a watered down black acrylic on the gauntlets.

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The rest of the parts were already layer painted with all the chips and dings but I came back with the airbrush and softened some of the edges and added some light weathering.

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I still need to add the decals to the helmet, weather the belt and boots, and do a ton of paint apps to the jetpack.

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