BKBT CC Boba

Cruzer

Well-Known Hunter
Hi guys. Just wanted to share a little Boba helmet project I've been working on in hopeful anticipation of soon joining the Boba ranks here. Most of the thanks for this feat goes to Devilstar2k2, who is helping me out tremendously and making sure I get pointed in the right direction.

For my suit, I decided to try and convert a BKBT Jango cold casted fiberglass helmet. I know it doesn't meet the standards of screen perfection, but I'm having fun. Plus I want to be able to say I made at least one item of my costume.

For the dent, I first cut a hole in the dome where I thought the dent should be, then sculpted a dent from clay from underneath, molded it in silicone, and casted that area again. The dent was a tad undersized, so I hit it with some files, exacto knives, sandpaper, and emory boards for the final result. It's still not great, but I'm satisfied because this morning as I was doing some final filing on it, my 5 year old daughter came up and asked why I was "making a dent in it".lol As long as she knows what it is, I'm happy.:)

As for the rest of the helmet, I followed AFFOD's lead on trimming a little off the back below the keys and around to the ears. I also opened up the visor area where the eyes are by 1/8", but will probably open it up another 1/8" to 3/16" and round off the edges closest to the visor a tad. I'm also going to try casting a clear Jango rangefinder to convert into an ESB Boba rangefinder.

I'm not sure what to do about the borden connector. So any advice on how to best make one or where I can pick up a replica would be greatly appreciated. Once that's figured out, I'll be shipping it off to Devilstar2k2 for paint (once again, thanks bro (y)).


Any suggestions and constructive criticism is very welcomed. Just please keep in mind I'm not shooting for uber-perfect screen accuracy like so many of you have achieved with your own parts and suits, and in which your end results are amazing. As a Boba noob, I greatly admire all of your guys' dedication to this suit. :)

Cheers,
Cruzer
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Man u know I think it looks dang good...size wise and shape wise it looks just like a Boba Helmet compared to the asok helmet. Think its gonna work out just fine and no need for a base coat of silver
 
That is freaking sweet! have u added the little flared out peice on the lower left back side of the side burns that that sits next to theear peice cant think of a good way to describe it, that would be an esentual part if missing. i guess the part on the right cheek u r refering to the borden conector im sure some one would be more than happy to pass one your way
 
My plesure sir ,Yeah its a simple little wedge im sure that its worth the small efort to acheve greatness
Icant stop looking at the front on pic, this realy looks like boba , compared to some other jango revampt to boba your dome fits the bill perfctly for this conversion and i dont mean to say that it didnt loook like jango to start with coz it did , i am ow struck
 
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My plesure sir ,Yeah its a simple little wedge im sure that its worth the small efort to acheve greatness
Icant stop looking at the front on pic, this realy looks like boba , compared to some other jango revampt to boba your dome fits the bill perfctly for this conversion and i dont mean to say that it didnt loook like jango to start with coz it did , i am ow struck

That is exactly what I was thinking but the BKBT helmet is alot bigger than the asok helmet and FP Jango as well...perfect for this, Makes me want one...=)
 
Dude ive been looking for months to find a borden conector supplier an had to setl on a replica iam going to stook up on them thats an awsome find!
Isnt the BKBT your build ?
(Heres hoping they send to Aus)
Yes they do ive STOCED up ,
 
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Very nice seeing as you have tetached the lower jaw line panels you should make the right mandible were it meets the uper cheek to the lower cheek you should make that part come to a point(Like on the middle pic but on the other side the curved panel should come to a sharp basicly the lwer cheek meets the outer mandible = once a gain i dont think i v described it right but you seem to be going the whole way now so it would be a sham to mis that
 
I'm also going to try casting a clear Jango rangefinder to convert into an ESB Boba rangefinder

Hey, I still have my 'polaroid' window from the MR helmet's RF... I took it off when I converted it to ROTJ. I'll tape it to the inside of your helmet when I send it back to you.

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You wearing this in the parade? If the kid comes early, and we have help, I'm going to try and get Jango up there. If we're on schedule, I'll be at work.
 
You wearing this in the parade? If the kid comes early, and we have help, I'm going to try and get Jango up there. If we're on schedule, I'll be at work.
If my son decides to troop the parade then he'll be wearing it, and I'll get to wear the Tusken. Having you there as Jango would be awesome, but your family definitely takes priority. (y)
 
Borden connector arrived a few days ago. I've never seen one of these things up close, but it looks like it's the right size.(y)

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