SE Fett build in Finland! Now finished and approved!!

Looking good!!!

Looks like you're on track. The armor and paint job look good especially for a first time with the airbrush.

Your armour looks great! What colour humbrol green did you use on the armour? I have done lots of searches on paint types that are available to me in NZ to find the right shade.

Nice so far dude!!

Thanks guys! I have been eying the armour for days, and there are days when I am not happy at it, at all, and then times when I am very happy... I guess I am I'm worst critic...

Fettwho, the armour is painted with several layers of paint, put on top of one another. The green shade is done Humbrol 78 (3:4), Humbrol 76 (1:4) mixture painted on mustard brown. The armour was given several buffs with 0000 grade steel wool, between the coats, and the green was darkened with humbrol black (33 if I recall correctly). Then, it was given another light coat of the green mixture, and steel wool, and black...

I intentionally overdid the black paint layers that went between the greens, as I could always wipe out the unwanted blacks with the steel wool.

for the final layer of green, I used the humbrol 78 raw, on top of all the layers of paint. It gave the armour some 'warmth'. Then, after another steel wool, a black ws added. My airbrush was a bit clogged at that time, I feel that I need to redo the final misting..

If you have Facebook account, here is a link to my build blog there, I will update that, and this thread when I get to it, but of the most of my work is there.

See here; Facebook

Thanks!

As promised, here are some pictures of this build. These are from my facebook account.



The shoulder bells after Bobamaker decals. Looks very nice, is am really happy with these. The paintjob come together very naturally... With RafaleFett's stencils, who could go wrong...



The Gauntlets just before the deep red paint. These were, originally RKD gauntlets, but I have put serious work on them. The lower halfs are completely made from scratch, and are fiberglass and bondo.

The majority of the greeblies on these are from Bobamaker. I contacted him on this regard, and he was corteous enough to make me cast of the mising parts, even though they were not separate from other moulds. He did exellent job, sanded the parts smooth, I only needed to paint and glue them in place. The darts on the right gaunt are Mojo Fett's. Excellent!



Seen here after initial layer of deep red. I was really happy that I got the colour right on the first time. I'll go and dig up the paints so I can give you the numbers.



My shin tools. These are mostly found item parts, from Mojo Fett. He also supplied the alum rods for the anti security blade.

The Jetpack adjustment tool is from Bobamaker. I did a little modification to it, and added a 10mm hex bolt socket to the end. This is because I need to dismantle my Jetpack for storage and transit, and the parts are held together with 10mm hex bolts. I need a tool to make the adjustment to them, and this came to me quite naturally..

No need to haul tools to get the jetpack together, and everyone seems to get a kick out of the fact that my 'Jetpack Adjustment Tool' is actually used for that purpose too..!



Here it is. My Jetpack. I ordered this from BobbyFett UK, fully painted. I had no access to paint booth, and as I had no real experience with airbrush, this was a reasonable deal. And, although it took more time than I was promised, I could not be any happier with this. Really, nice work! Worth every penny and niclel...

This weights around three kilograms. Should be breeze to wear this, as my Ghostbusters Proton pack weights 15 kilos (you can just see it on the pic, top right corner. I can post better images if you wish).



I had a plywood container for CDs laying about, and I thought that is was just about the size of the jetpack. And, I was correct. When the rocket and nozzles are removed (using the jetlack adjustment tool....), they fit inside VERY nicely. And, the Blaster rest there nicely too.



Two of my three Boba Fett blasters. On top, my scratch built version done few years ago, with only the references found on this forum. This one is not for general use, and for a really good reason. This, is a working firearm, containing one 375 magnum airsoft revolver. I never allow anyone handle it, without supervision and care.

Below, the Sidewinder blaster I got from my purchase from Stockholm last december. It was delivered to me in this condition, I needed not do anything to it. The previous owner did a stellar job on it. The only thing was that the weapon is in two pieces. The glue holding the handle and stock togehter came loose. But, as I need to break it in half for storage and transit, it was no problem. I have added few super strong magnets in the join, and one bolt that is hidden inside my hand. It gives me the opportunity to dismantle this and put it together with ease...

The third one is the Hasbro toy. Don't ask me why I bought it, I just had to...

your storage/transportation case is amazing. also love your jetpack adjustment tool. you should post some pictures of this as i am sure many would be interest! amazing work sir....tip my hat to you

Following the progress with interest bro, keep the pictures coming! Armor damage details are magnificent; good references, proper materials and careful work pay off. Good luck with finishing the project!

Cheers,
-Frenzy

What an awesome build! Everything looks perfect, even the jetpack adjustment tool (although it's not screen accurate), especially because it's a functional tool for your jetpack. Keep up the great work!
And thanks for the nice compliments!

Cool, cheers for sharing the colours It's looking great so far, awesome tool!

I love that the jetpack adjustment tool is actually a jetpack adjustment tool. Great build.

Thank you guys for the complements! Those are really needed, for this is my first Fett build, and I m a bit hesitant on several things being correct.

I know that my modification to the Jetpack Adjustment Tool is not screen accurate, but there was a need for it, and the modification cannot be seen by the public, so I went for it.

As for how it works, and why I needed it, here you go;



The BobbyFett UK jetpack came with appropriate wing nuts and locking washers, as one could imagine.



Unfortunately, there is so little room inside tha pack to get the wing nuts for the Nozzles thight, and as the pack is made from fiberglass, there is the random sharp strand here and there, waiting to bite my hand.

And, as I need to pull the pack apart for storage and transport, this needed to be done.



After replacing the tip of the Bobamaker Tool with the 10mm socket head, I replaced the wing nuts with similar sized regular nuts.



I just pop the nut and washer in..



And thighten the Nozzle on without tearing my hand.

Now, this is a chore that is needed EVERY time I am trooping, twice, once on, and once off... This tool is not making this thing go any faster, just a bit easier. I guess I am the last one to suit up, but never worry, I like to help others get dressed up before I do anyway...

And this is to make sure that the jetpack is not damaged while in the storage box...

With not movie accurate I was reffering to the whole tool, not just the modification. Here is an image I already posted in another thread:



The fake tools were fabricated for the SW Visual Dictionary and/or for the Don Post Boba Fett Statue (?) and these are not movie accurate tools.

I love the idea of a costumer walking around a comic con with a real 357. That's probably quite irresponsible of me.

Ah, Ok. Thank you for the information, I did not know about those...

It shows that I've been away for some time... I made my shin tools according to instructions found here, and the fouth tool was from Bobamaker. I know it is from the Visual Dictionary, and I assumed that is has been accepted as adequate substitute.

What is the current consensus on the 501st. at the moment regarding these tools? Are mine acceptable?

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Originally Posted by intwenothor

I love the idea of a costumer walking around a comic con with a real 357. That's probably quite irresponsible of me.

With real 357, illegal and irresponsible, for sure, and dangerous. In my blaster there is Airsoft 357 inside, and even that is too dangerous to carry around. In fact, it is illegal to carry even that here in Finland. Airsoft weapons that is.

A small update, nothing major.

I got the shoe spikes done. I initially went for the Mojo-Fett aluminum ones, but he had difficulties in material, and I felt I needed these done fast.

On a local hardware store, I found 10mm aluminum rod, and some flat aluminum bar for less than 10 euro's, and set to work. I cut out sections of the rod, stuck them to a drill, and with this poor man's lathe, I sharpened the ends with a file.

I then bent the aluminum bar to shape, drilled holes on the spikes and the bar. The spikes were then tapped with threading tool, and they are held on to the bar with small M4 screws.

Then, all that was done was to drill a small guide hole to the sole of the shoe, and screw the spikes on.



Still a bit of weathering to be done on the spikes, but otherwise these are done.

And oh, the weathering on the shoes is not by me. Another thing done by the previous owner. The shoes are MOW shoes, perfect for me.

Great idea with the storage case for the jetpack and blaster.

Originally Posted by sleepalot

Great idea with the storage case for the jetpack and blaster.

Thank you.

Since there has been interest on the one third of the storage and transport crate, here is more;




There actually is three separate crates, all of which can be bolted together with the same bolts that hold the jetpack parts in place. More use for the Jetpack Adjustment Tool...

On the bottom two, one holds the Blaster and the Jetpack, while the other holds most of the rest of the costume.



The top one, however, holds the Gauntlets (with hoses), Helmet and the Shin Tools.

I am still thinking of maybe trying to get the knees in the top one too, if I cannot fit them to the cases below.

The top box needs a lot of padding, and for that I scored some padding that is usually used on sound insulation, and weapon cases. I got nearly a square meter of the material, enough to make sure that these items will not be damaged, for less than 4 Euro's. That is little over 5 dollars.

Now, the regular price for the padding here is about 43 euro's for one full square meter of the said padding... About one sheet of paper's size was taken from the full square meter, and the price dropped to one tenth....

Be sure that I will post more of this when I get it finished. The whole crate is desinged so that each of the three boxes can be, if needed, taken apart and stored / transported separate. Or, if need be bolted together and trollied around with the strollie.

And, as the strollie in case is from local ferry that travels between Sweden and Finland, these are abdundant everywhere. They are sold for the sole purpose of hauling the beverages you buy at tax free price, from the ferry to your home. They are rugged, for they need ot be strong enough to haul six cases of beer, and cheap.

Nearly everyone has one that is not needed.

That's brilliant! Love the transport system you've got there.

great work there Chibi, like the transport cabinet too.

Something to show you all...

I had the opportunity to get some works done on my Fett with a local Garrison members. Without them, I would be worlds behind..

I am still holding back on the helmet, I know that is needs to be done, but I am continously rising the bar and never seem to get myself going on it. Welshwarrior is doing the splendid Youtube video tutorials, I really am getting short on excuses..
mine is the Bobamaker Deluxe that I bought last december.



I was short of ankle spats, and the armour bits needed correcting, and as they called me yesterday, I packed everything in such a haste, that the gauntlets were forgotten on my workbench... I did have the blaster with me, but for these pictures we decided not to include it so the pics show the armour bits better..

As these pics were taken, the ankle spats were being made. As I got them in my hand, I did have one, just one complaint. They were too clean.... Those, and the belt pouches will be airbrushed lightly to weather them, or, I can just as well take them outside, and have fun with them on the ground..

The armour is RKD vac form, and the painting is my first time, ever, for the use of airbrush...

The Cod / Kidney armour is my own handywork, and the oldest pieces on this costume. I did them over five, maybe six years ago... Nice finish on them, not a speck of rust for all that time... Surprisingly light, I hardly notice them when they are on...

They are made from sheet metal... You got it, metal... Initially I went for full metal Fett, and while I still harbour those nefarious thoughts, and have the metal chest armour pieces... This will allow me to troop with the Garrison, until the metal works can begin..



The jetpack had the thrusters, but as some work on the placing of the armour were done while I was in the costume, and of course, the bolts for the thrusters were in my home... Decided not to keep them in fear of them dropping...

Had I gotten my transport crate finished, this would not be the case...

The jetpack is RS Propstudio's work, both paint and everything. I had no access to paint booth and went for the finished one. Never sorry for that desicion...



You will notice that the rubber bands are missing from the Kod/Kidney, and the knees. That is why the legs on the flightsuit are so low. It is amazing what simple rubber band does to keep up the appearance. I have the rubberbands, just need to do work on them... The knees are held on with industrial strength Velcro, and should be no trouble...



The Woodman Wookie braids need to be stitched into the flak vest, easy job.

The lighting does havoc on the shoulders and knees. The fluoroscent light makes them a lit lighter in colour. Will have to do some test photoes in natural light to see if they need more work.

Now, as you can see, there is LOST of little bits needed to be done, but as of now, I have EVERY piece for this costume, save for the ammo belt. I should have that in hand by the end of this month, and if all goes well, there will be first troop pics with this Fett...

Would love to get work on them, but I did have a strange feeling as we took these pictures, and sure enough, I have fever of over 38 degrees on Celcius...
Need to rest, but I think SOME work could be done...

If there is anything that needs to be corrected, just shoot and I'll dodge. I am going for this summer for this to be finished, and early fall for the very last..

Might bring a tear or two, if I get this accepted.. Been a VERY long road to get this far, and I hope the road goes on.

Thanks, Ville

Hey Ville.. love the work buddy...!
One day I'll piece mine together... lol

Thanks Gav!

Little work done...

I took advantage on the fact that my mother is at cottage for a while, and took everything to her place, and laid the parts to the ground, just to see if I am missing any work.



I stitched the wookie braids in place, they will be permanently attached to the vest, but can be removed if necessary.



I took some foam to fill in the side pockets and flightsuit pockets, I also sewed some elastic band to the flightsuit legs, so that they will be secure in the shoes.

Same elastic band is for the knees, but I have not yet glued it on to the knees.



I weathered the Ankle Spats and Side Pouches by just rubbing them on wet ground until they were dirty enough. I then stitched the Spats to the shoes so they will not move around.

The Shoe Spikes were dirtied with wood stain, I do not know if this is perfect, but we will see after it has dried..

No picture of it, but I did manage to fit every single item on this costume to my Storage / Transport container! No worries on how the items are moved for a troop, and everything is secure in place...

I'll post pics of it when I get all pieces done.

Just now I need to figure out how to secure the gauntlets on my forearms. As it is, there is few super strong magnets on them, but when I twist my arm, the left gauntlet pops open. Need to figure out how to stop that from happening..

Thanks!

Getting ready for troopings!

My transport crate has been completed, save from some attractive paintjob.



Here are the two bottom crates, bolted together. They can be separated if need be, but when together, they work VERY nicely...



Upon opening the top crate, the blaster is revealed. It needs to be 'broken' for transit, and I am working on a secure means of attaching it together for troopings.



Under the blaster, the Jetpack is housed. It too, needs to be 'broken' for transit.



In the bottom crate, nearly all of the Boba suit pieces are stored. It is funny how you can fit nearly everything inside the back armour...



The top container looks a bit weird, but there are reasons for the odd placement. One can see it better as the pieces are in. The padding was drying and therefore the items could not be inside the container as of yet... I will post pics when they are in...



The top container is attached to the bottom ones with wing nuts. They were originally the same sized bolts that are in the Jetpack, but as the opening of them with the Jetpack Adjustment Tool is a bit slow, I opted for this approach.



Here are the things that are waiting for the glue to dry... Well, the blaster is not, that is my scratch built one from few years back. It will not be included with the rest of the suit, I just threw everything in the same place.

On the side, leaning to the crates, is the beer trolley that is used to haul this crate around. They are abdundant here, as folks travel between Helsinki/Turku and Stockholm/Tallin often, and bring home several cases of beer.... It is sturdy and cheap..

Sorry, no pictures of the complete suit, that will be remedied in the upcoming weekend.

Hopefully I can get this approved soon.

Thanks!

I think you might want to get the Flight suit and vest taken in a bit they look a bit to large for you.

Originally Posted by Fett 4 Real

I think you might want to get the Flight suit and vest taken in a bit they look a bit to large for you.

Heh, you are not the first to say that...

The flighsuit seems to be a tad too large, but that is becauses the elastic bands are missing from the Kindey/Cod piece and the Knees on those photos. Once those are in place, the flightsuit fits nicely. The Flak Vest, however seems to have a bit too much on it. It was ordered from Bobamakler, as was the Flightsuit, but I guess I have lost some weight after ordering them... Oh well, nothing a safety pin or reallinged velcro cannot remedy...

Great build! , very enjoyed people's work in here lol.

Been a while from the last update, some work has been done on my costume, and I have, actually trooped in it, with a borrowed helmet.

Although I intially had my costume with me for test fitting and such, I was asked to replace a trooper who was sick, and when opportunity knocks, who am I to deny it...

Had a blast trooping on a kid's fare, got even a hug from a young girl, just as I got outside... And, on the ourside, the sun was blazing, and the temperature hit nearly +30 on the centigrade... Yes, VERY hot.... I could have boiled an egg on my helmet...

Still, with the sole missing piece on my costume is the helmet, which I DO have, but have not dared to start painting, there is a big troop coming around in two weeks....

I finally received a airbrush box from the seller in Germany (they had inventory problems, and the package was labeled wrong, and the coriouer
could not deliver it tom me, and the said box was whipped back to Germany, at least once, before I could interviene and get the shipping details correct...).

With the box, Welshwarrior's tutorials, paints, I was out of excuses, and set to work....

As the Sembalot event is closing in, just about two weeks, little less, I have been franticly working on my Fett helmet for the last two weeks in order to get my costume approved in time.

Here is my helmet as of yesterday morning. I have done some additional paintjobs, but more or less, it is the same.



I have used the Welshwarrior's youtube tutorials with Humbrol colours on this, and while it was surprisingly easy job, I am not totally happy with this as of now, but let us see what it looks like when completely finished

The pic is taken with flash, about one meter away, that is why the red jumps up. I do mean to tone it down, just as soon as the details are paited topically on.

After all details, weathering and such, I will bag this up one more time and let loose with the airbrush, hopefully in Friday morning.

After that, the pics for approval will be taken...

Cheers, Ville

Hello everyone!

With few year's intentions to join the 501st. Legion, I finally made it.

I began the work on RotJ SE Boba Fett early on, as there was no Fetts in Finland at the time. And, who am I to blame for choosing this character anyway... It was my intention early on, to get in with Fett, and with nothing else.

I actually began the build over 6 years ago, but had to put it aside, for I was making three Ghostbusters outfits at the same time, and one project had to go... Year and a half ago, I made contact with the local Garrison, and with their contacts and aid, got the project rolling again.

Funny as it is, just as I got the order for soft parts from Bobamaker, I was informed that one retiring builder is selling his wares in Stockholm, and as the Scifi-Expo was looming in, and there were Ghostbusters mr Staypuft animator Billy Bryant there, all things just falled in to place. I got most of the other items for my Fett from Stockholm, save for the jetpack. And, the deal was all too sweat.. I picked up the gear as I attended the Expo, and saved huge amount in shipping..

At the same time, on the UK front, RS Propstudios were making their Jetpacks with full paint job, and as I did not have space to paint the jetpack at the time, I went for this deal, and for the money, I could not be happier.

Late in the spring, I suffered a work related injury, and as I could do little else, I began to paint the armour parts, leaving the helmet fot later date.

I had a deadline for my fett, and that was for Sembalot event in this fall, just two weeks ago... Needless to say, I needed to finnish of my costume, and get approved...

I ordered an airbrush cabinet so I could paint at home, and with Welshwarrior's tutorials I finished off my helmet in two weeks, from prep work to finishing touches... Needless to say, that I did little else during that time... As soon as one layer of paint was dry, steel wool and another layer...

By the way, save for the jetpack, I did all the paint work myself, using airbrush. And, it was the very first time I had EVER used airbrush before...

A week before Sembalot event, I finished my work, now it was time to send pictures for approval. In our local Garrison we have very talented photographer, who agreed to take my approval pics for me.

Thank you, Johnnie Saares, VERY much on these.

Here are the approval pictures I sent to out GML;











With them, I was approved, and received the word of it in Friday, at 23.30. My first troop was to be at Saturday 12.00... Talk about close call... The flightsuit could add more weathering, Bobamaker's weathering has been washed away during the build... Need to do that before next troop, no one wants a clean Boba around..

And some action photos taken at the same time. Johnnie's garage makes a great place for photoshoots..















All photos are copyright by Johnnie Saares Photography, used here with his permission.

In the last year, I have been active with our local Garrison, and I do owe them all big thank you, for their support and help. Without them all, this project would still be in the boxes...

Glad to join in the ranks, see you in the field!

BH-11380 signing out..

Cheers, Ville

Congratulations for the approval! You have an excellent suit and it fits you well. You did a great job!

Congrats! One of the new 5 digit 501st numbers I see. By the time I'm done they'll be up to 6 or 7 digits! LOL! It's all looking good man. I especially like your action shots as well as the neutral yet cool background on your approval shots. Good location for sure!

By the way, are you now officially the first Fett in Finland?

Great work my man!! I'm so happy to have been able to contribute a small part to this beautiful kit. Outstanding and congrats on your approval.

Thanks!

RafalFett, without your stencils, this would not happen, Thank you very much on that regard.

RKD, thanks to you too, working with your armour was easy, and instructive. I felt like a fool after I got the armour painted, for I had been worried about it, and scared shittless about starting to paint it... In the end, it was all too easy...

I now have another two Fett related projects to finnish, my Boba Eeyore, which is missing a helmet paint job, and a Pre Pro Boba Fett, which will be both canon and custom, you shall see what I have in mind...

And no, I am not the first Fett in Finland. There is actually three Boba Fett's here.

One RotJ SE is owned by a local shop that sells gizmoes and what not things that you want on your desktop, but that one is not nearly 501st grade. It lacks many details, but has been used to promote the store, so I count it as the first (though unofficial).

The second is Frenzy's ESB Fett, which is the first officially approved Fett in Finland (Teemu had his Fett approved in the spring).

I am the third, with my RotJ SE. In that regard I am first in Finland, as there is no other complete RotJ SE Fetts here.

The local garrison here has been blessed with new characters this year. We now have two Fett's (where as we previously had none), Battlefield Amidala, Jar Jar Binks, Sandy, Snowtrooper, Dengar, TIE pilot, Starkiller, to name but a few... And five new supports, and few other costumes out from the box and in the works...

Thank you TDH for making this true. I could not be happier.

congratulations! beautiful build