New to TDH? Read this about how much you will spend!

you know thinking about it....i should have started with a TK...or just do a custom mando.....a movie fett is a headache and a half, but the headache will never be over until i have a life size boba fett action figure in my house! never give up, and enjoy your ramen noodles!
 
im very new here as well. and am also very glad this was posted. i am scratch building everything that i can fore my first fett, mostly cuz im stubborn. i have all my armor plates cut and formed out of 1/8 sintra, jumpsuit bought online from american workwear needs some pockets added, neck seal, all the paterns i will need, allt the stickers made, girthbelt bought from horse.com on clearance for 6 bucks, all the sintra needed for my gaunts, batting helmet for my bucket, cape, hoses, fabric for vest, velcro, and bondo. (seemed like i was farther befor i wrote this.........) any way the cost i have in so far is about 75 bucks mind you i found a lot of deals and i have put about 9 hours in work but one thing that has not been mentioned on here yet is the time spent researching and finding parts. i have spent probly 3 times the hours on research than i have on actually working on the costume. this an expensive hobby but it is even more time consumeing! but it is very very worth it. i have learned alot of new skills over the years and all were do to very nerdy projects. and once i have a fett under my belt i will be contributeing alot more to this group. on another note..... i just met a guy the other day that paid $1500.00 for a storm trooper suit that looked like he bout it at a Halloween store. i think i could have ripped the helmet with my fingers if i tried.
 


Got a complete ESB Boba Fett for $400 CND
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on a PCV mannequin
just missing the helmet
need your help (Shackman)

thx
Robert
TK6716
 
That looks helpful thanks guys I may see about getting some stuff from you. How much do you guys think it would cost to ship full unpainted armour to New Zealand?
 
Well, some things never change. I still need to graduate from college before I get too far into this. (Truthfully, I may need to consider changing my major...not sure if a career in law enforcement is going to leave me with much spare cash.:cry
 
It does sound scary, but this should be a long-term project. It is not $4000 in one shot. Its little bits here, little bit there, BIG CHUNK here, etc. Hee hee. Gotta love costuming
 
Well, some things never change. I still need to graduate from college before I get too far into this. (Truthfully, I may need to consider changing my major...not sure if a career in law enforcement is going to leave me with much spare cash.:cry


Maybe not at first, but I am a Firefighter so we make about the same (I just have a cooler job;)). It just takes time, and as long as you are not on a dead line you can do it. Don’t set an expectation that you’ll finish by this Halloween like some people do because it will never happen. Give yourself a year or two and buy it as you can. Like as I tell people, the Fett costume community is not going any place. It will be here for years to come with better things then we had a few years ago.
 
Wow, this is a great starter thread. Really nice to have the information culled together all at once like this.
I am not in any hurry, unless my kid decides he ants to be a Mandalorian for Halloween, thought this year he'll be a regular Stormtrooper, so I am fairly safe.
I rarely see kid-sized pieces offered anyway, so it might be all homegrown when he does!

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread.
 
This list was a real eye opener.I had no idea what everything would cost.I was thinking of going the rubies route but now after finding this forum theres no turning back.
 
duno man, it may be drastically less if someone is artistic and makes and paints their own gear.

it really depends on what you are going for. if your goal is to use original found parts, you can't just make them yourself. or if you want parts that are cast from originals vs. scratch built. for example, my suit won't be "complete" until i get a real webley flare gun for my ee3. that will be a couple thousand dollars, unless i get fantastically lucky at a flea market or something. unfortunately the times when i've had the few thousand to spend and the times when one has been available have not lined up so far.

you can scratch build a helmet for a small amount of $$, but if you want something with lineage to a screen used helmet, a scratch build, no matter how good it is, just won't cut it.

i painted all of my own stuff, but even then spent a couple hundred bucks on all the paints / primer / sandpaper / etc... i needed.

you can definitely do it for less than a couple thousand and have a nice looking suit. but there are certain things that just aren't cheap, so it's a question of whether or not you want them.
 
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