Bounty1138
Active Hunter
Hello fellow Fett fans
Many years ago, I created my first Boba Fett costume. It was super basic and homemade, but I had a ton of fun. It served me well throughout the theatrical releases of the Special Editions and the premier of all three prequels.
Here are a couple of photos from the Revenge of the Sith midnight premier at West Edmonton Mall.
![old boba-2.jpg old boba-2.jpg](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42474-397a2445bd3bd0b83553093c13b401ba.jpg)
![old boba-1.jpg old boba-1.jpg](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42475-17a24ca0974a45a9cdbf4c588c24c163.jpg)
The first pic is Rick from the original Degrassi Junior High. He wanted to sit on my lap for a photo.
My build included an unaltered Don Post 95 helmet and some paint on corrugated plastic and a few basic accessories.
I’d occasional bring it out on halloween and other events requiring a costume, and never thought much about upgrading it until about a year ago.
I decided that anything I did to the DP helmet would be an improvement, so I started searching around the net on how to improve it and found this site.
I originally intended to repaint the helmet, add a visor, paint the blaster and then see what I could do to the costume to improve it with minimal expense and a little ingenuity. I did some research and using tutorials that I found here and I started working on the helmet, but the plan soon changed.
It evolved into deciding to buy a real flightsuit. It would be the one “key’ piece to my costume to bring it all together.
Then I started to get wise, if I was buying a flight suit, I might as well buy the flack vest and neck seal at the same time to save shipping charges.
With some homemade armour, my new costume would be a massive upgrade on what I started with, but that's as far as I was going to take it.
It was at this point that I decided to go ESB for variety of reasons, but a big factor was that I liked the movie better than ROTJ. The was also less Sarlaccness in ESB.
My thread on my DP95 to ESB conversion can be found at http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/...ainting-something-wasnt-wall-pic-heavy-49182/
To make a longer story shorter, here's a pic of my completed lid.
![Helmet -1.jpg Helmet -1.jpg](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42473-276b9efc179daad2c664940e5f19d619.jpg)
I was feeling pretty good about my painting skills at this point. I was slowly working away on the helmet and it was going better than expected. It was starting to look good and I was ready to tackle more.
I saw the tutorial for trash can armour, but had some issues finding the right cans for the job. After some fruitless searching, I decided to up the ante and purchase a set of armour, but I’d paint it myself.
After that, one thing lead to another. I bought a part here and a part there.
This is now what I have:
Helmet; Fettpride CC premium helmet by Animefan
Self contained lights for RF topper: Jc27
Visor: Tvisor.com
Amour: Bobamaker
Jumpsuit: Man of War Studios (MoW)
Flack vest and neck seal: Arkady
Cape: TK-409
Chest display: TK-409
Gloves: MoW
Gauntlets: a member here
Gauntlet flamethrower: Redkraytdragon
Real metal dental files: BojaGun
Gauntlet hose: Home Depot
Girth Belt: MoW
Ammo belt: MoW
Horsehair wookie braids: Woodman
EE-3 - MLS
Boots: MoW
Knee armour and launchers: Bobamaker
Toe Spikes: JodoKast89 (Machinecraft)
Painted Shin tools: Darth Voorhees
Painted Jetpack: Fett Seven
Jetpack hooks and clips: Full Metal Fett
Jetpack harness: toolguy301
Jetpack beacon and light kit: JodoKast89 (Machinecraft)
Replica US Divers Belt: Full Metal Fett
Holster: Stormrider
Painted Sidearm: Fett Seven
Aker voice amp: Amazon
+ all the little ongoing upgrades and tweaks that make this hobby fun.
![photo 1.JPG photo 1.JPG](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42476-3b6fe7ad9abbda4a3e3c40a3c625650d.jpg)
I didn’t realize how much I had bought from MoW until I made this list. I can’t say enough good things about Christian, his products and his customer service. Especially at first, when I was just getting into building a better Boba and I was wary of sending random people paypal for products, he was always very professional and I felt comfortable making the transactions. The comments on this board and his ebay feedback helped too. Reputation was also part of the reason I went with Bobamaker for the armour and he was also great to deal with. I ordered it around April 2013 and got it in about September or so.
I bought Bobamaker V3 armour, but couldn't afford to order the knee armour at the time.
Here is the unpainted armour. I love it. It's nice and light, but strong. I like how it shows up primed and ready to go.
![photo-4.JPG photo-4.JPG](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42477-e55c23f194d7ec2a76a1f9f3e664de23.jpg)
I'm hoping to update this thread a few times this week to catch up to where I am with my ESB Boba.
Feel free to ask questions and I know I'll be asking a few along the way too. I'm about a year in so far and I want a (relatively) complete Fett for Celebration. Any and all feedback along the way is appreciated.
Many years ago, I created my first Boba Fett costume. It was super basic and homemade, but I had a ton of fun. It served me well throughout the theatrical releases of the Special Editions and the premier of all three prequels.
Here are a couple of photos from the Revenge of the Sith midnight premier at West Edmonton Mall.
![old boba-2.jpg old boba-2.jpg](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42474-397a2445bd3bd0b83553093c13b401ba.jpg)
![old boba-1.jpg old boba-1.jpg](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42475-17a24ca0974a45a9cdbf4c588c24c163.jpg)
The first pic is Rick from the original Degrassi Junior High. He wanted to sit on my lap for a photo.
My build included an unaltered Don Post 95 helmet and some paint on corrugated plastic and a few basic accessories.
I’d occasional bring it out on halloween and other events requiring a costume, and never thought much about upgrading it until about a year ago.
I decided that anything I did to the DP helmet would be an improvement, so I started searching around the net on how to improve it and found this site.
I originally intended to repaint the helmet, add a visor, paint the blaster and then see what I could do to the costume to improve it with minimal expense and a little ingenuity. I did some research and using tutorials that I found here and I started working on the helmet, but the plan soon changed.
It evolved into deciding to buy a real flightsuit. It would be the one “key’ piece to my costume to bring it all together.
Then I started to get wise, if I was buying a flight suit, I might as well buy the flack vest and neck seal at the same time to save shipping charges.
With some homemade armour, my new costume would be a massive upgrade on what I started with, but that's as far as I was going to take it.
It was at this point that I decided to go ESB for variety of reasons, but a big factor was that I liked the movie better than ROTJ. The was also less Sarlaccness in ESB.
My thread on my DP95 to ESB conversion can be found at http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/...ainting-something-wasnt-wall-pic-heavy-49182/
To make a longer story shorter, here's a pic of my completed lid.
![Helmet -1.jpg Helmet -1.jpg](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42473-276b9efc179daad2c664940e5f19d619.jpg)
I was feeling pretty good about my painting skills at this point. I was slowly working away on the helmet and it was going better than expected. It was starting to look good and I was ready to tackle more.
I saw the tutorial for trash can armour, but had some issues finding the right cans for the job. After some fruitless searching, I decided to up the ante and purchase a set of armour, but I’d paint it myself.
After that, one thing lead to another. I bought a part here and a part there.
This is now what I have:
Helmet; Fettpride CC premium helmet by Animefan
Self contained lights for RF topper: Jc27
Visor: Tvisor.com
Amour: Bobamaker
Jumpsuit: Man of War Studios (MoW)
Flack vest and neck seal: Arkady
Cape: TK-409
Chest display: TK-409
Gloves: MoW
Gauntlets: a member here
Gauntlet flamethrower: Redkraytdragon
Real metal dental files: BojaGun
Gauntlet hose: Home Depot
Girth Belt: MoW
Ammo belt: MoW
Horsehair wookie braids: Woodman
EE-3 - MLS
Boots: MoW
Knee armour and launchers: Bobamaker
Toe Spikes: JodoKast89 (Machinecraft)
Painted Shin tools: Darth Voorhees
Painted Jetpack: Fett Seven
Jetpack hooks and clips: Full Metal Fett
Jetpack harness: toolguy301
Jetpack beacon and light kit: JodoKast89 (Machinecraft)
Replica US Divers Belt: Full Metal Fett
Holster: Stormrider
Painted Sidearm: Fett Seven
Aker voice amp: Amazon
+ all the little ongoing upgrades and tweaks that make this hobby fun.
![photo 1.JPG photo 1.JPG](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42476-3b6fe7ad9abbda4a3e3c40a3c625650d.jpg)
I didn’t realize how much I had bought from MoW until I made this list. I can’t say enough good things about Christian, his products and his customer service. Especially at first, when I was just getting into building a better Boba and I was wary of sending random people paypal for products, he was always very professional and I felt comfortable making the transactions. The comments on this board and his ebay feedback helped too. Reputation was also part of the reason I went with Bobamaker for the armour and he was also great to deal with. I ordered it around April 2013 and got it in about September or so.
I bought Bobamaker V3 armour, but couldn't afford to order the knee armour at the time.
Here is the unpainted armour. I love it. It's nice and light, but strong. I like how it shows up primed and ready to go.
![photo-4.JPG photo-4.JPG](https://thedentedhelmet-f28a.kxcdn.com/forums/data/attachments/42/42477-e55c23f194d7ec2a76a1f9f3e664de23.jpg)
I'm hoping to update this thread a few times this week to catch up to where I am with my ESB Boba.
Feel free to ask questions and I know I'll be asking a few along the way too. I'm about a year in so far and I want a (relatively) complete Fett for Celebration. Any and all feedback along the way is appreciated.
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