SE Fett and Costume Contest (pic intensive)

Haha!!!!! thanks man, it's looking better and better everyday. I shake with excitement when I think about taking home that big bounty:D when it's all said and done.
 
almost there....AAlmost Theere...stay on target, staaaay on target!! :lol:


looking totally awesome brother!! love the boots, i need to put my spikes on as well...armor looks great, everything!! (y)
 
I was looking at your parts list and I see that you have the ammo belt from CostumeBase. While it is a fine product for the price, when it comes out of the box the pouches are WAAAAY to shiny for my taste. You'll want to use some steel wool or sandpaper to take that shine off. It looks a lot better that way (IMO).

Good luck!
 
I was looking at your parts list and I see that you have the ammo belt from CostumeBase. While it is a fine product for the price, when it comes out of the box the pouches are WAAAAY to shiny for my taste. You'll want to use some steel wool or sandpaper to take that shine off. It looks a lot better that way (IMO).

Good luck!


Thanks man, I already did! I noticed too that it was way too shiny and too new and clean looking. Some wire wool did the trick, and it is a decent temp until I can upgrade to a Taco later on down the road.
 
oh...and don't forget to add your grommets to the back.

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Argh, yesterday kinda sucked. Spent too much time dawdling and had to rush to get everything I wanted done, before going to bed. Although I completed what I had set for myself to do, I was up way too late doing it.
Also it was really windy yesterday, and got orange and green paint all over the driveway:lol: My dad won't be happy about that, but I did lay down plenty of newspaper! Just didn't expect the mist to be carried so far. Oh well, on to some pics.

Heres the gauntlets, can't wait to take the masking off, and then do the bottom halves.
rightgauntburgundy.jpg

leftgauntburgundy.jpg


Here's the knees before the brighter yellowish orange.
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Here is the armor before I put the green on,
armorpregreen.jpg

And after, (I can't wait to take the masking off and put the decal on and install the lightboard!)
armorgreen.jpg

The shoulders are back there, but don't look all that great, once I put the decal on and take off the masking it will look better.

Also j-b welded the bolts in the helmet. Let's hope I lined the bolts up to the holes in the visor this time!
Forgot to get elastic for the knees.

Tonight: take off masking on all the aforementioned stuff, paint cod, kidney and back, and install darts and straps to the knees.
Paint lower half of gauntlets. Bolt in visor.
Tomorrow: possible test fitting of everything???:D
 
great job brother!! you are going to be done in no time...!! need pics of the stuff all done and in use!! keep it up brother!! (y)
 
Thanks D-Man! It's all coming together nicely, almost done!!!
Tomorrow is the last day I have to work on it, So I hope to also install the lights in the RF cap and attach it to the stalk.
Super stoked to have this done! (for now...)
 
So last night was really fun. Taking off the masking on all the armor made all the effort worth it. And the visor is in, and VERY COMFORTABLE foam padding on the inside of the lid.
Here's some pics.

Knees. All that is left is to attach the darts and straps.
finishedknees.jpg


Shoulders. Pretty happy with how they turned out. The orange/yellow doesn't look like the right shade though.
finishedshoulders.jpg


The armor with decal and dull coat. The masking fluid was giving my problems again, so a lot of it does not look accurate:facepalm Still need to put in chest lights.
finishedarmoor.jpg


And test fitting my (almost) finished helmet. All thats left is to attach the RF.
helmettest.jpg



The gauntlets will be finished tonight, just need to peel off the masking and attach the missile.
All that is really left to do is to put straps on the knees and install the darts, finish the range finder and attach it, figure out the cape attachment, and uhhh..... oh yeah! A TEST FITTING!:)

Still waiting on my blaster from Hotshot. It won't be a make or beak sort of thing in regards to the contest if I don't have it, but it could give me a little bit of an extra edge.















I slept with my bucket on the pillow next to me, to truly break it in.
 
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Peter, I can't wait to see it all together. You have really done a great job, especially considering the "speed costuming" LOL

I will stay tuned
 
especially considering the "speed costuming" LOL

haha thanks! But more like "ON SPEED costuming".:lol:

I hate having to rush like this, but it really is turning out a little better than I expected. If I had no deadline and could take my sweet time, maybe it'd be better. But I can always fix everything on the Ver.2!
 
awesome Petey!! the armor looks great to me!! i am no rotj expert, but looks awesome!! nice pic with the lid, and nice to hear you have a girlfriend on the side to sleep with...;)
 
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