Metal Bucket

Here it is I posted before and got a lot of feedback on building a boba bucket and thanx to all, now I am building a new one. The previous one has been put on hold for this one.I have finally bought a new welder after years of needing a new one and this is my first project with it. Hope you like it I know it is rough but that is what the grinder is for. I will keep posting with my progress as I go.

Next I will be making the ears and fibreglassing over the remaining holes in the top of the helmet. In the last pics you can see that I have ground down some of the welds and started piecing the helmet together. I got all the dimentions from Sarge's mystery helmet so I am trying to make my own mystery bucket. Thanks for all.

You using a MIG welder? Got gas hooked up to it? What gauge steel you using?

This should be interesting, keep us posted...no attempt at a bad pun

-=QuinN!

I bet that thing is heavy! Cant wait to see it done.

I AM KING FETT!!! ALL HAIL ME!!!

J/K!

This looks like a really cool idea. Will you be using this for a display only piece?

Originally Posted by shortimer52

I bet that thing is heavy!

Ya took the words right outta my mouth. Nonetheless, it's a great idea.

I bet it is pretty darn light... depending on the welds of course. Although cast alluminum, my helmet weighs in at 5 lbs. which is actually quite comfortable...

Iam using 18 gauge steel and I am welding with a gassless arc/mig welder. It is starting to get a little heavy but I'm used to heavy with a my paintball gear. No I won't be using this for paintball...just for show I think. And thanx for that King Fett thing that was funny.

Nice job. I love these metal helmets.

Here is the left ear. Next I will do the right ear

Ok here is the right ear with the left.

This thing is going to look pretty nifty when it is a finished display piece

-=QuinN!

i just finished welding the corners of all the ear pieces. whew.now to put them together and do a mock up to see how its looks. but that will have to wait till tomorrow. night all

Ok here is a general mock up of what it could look like with the ears on. I know they aren't in the right place but they will be fixed into the metal. enjoy

****... THATS awsome, I WANT ONE

Last night I finished putting on the fibreglass on the top to seal the holes. Now it is dried and here are the pics of the finished fibreglass portion.

Ok everybody here is the moment of triumph. I have just finished welding the ears onto the sides and finished grinding down the edges and corners. You can start to see how it will look once complete. It is now in the primer stage and will receive a few coats of body filler to smooth it out, then it will be ready to paint. So far this has taken me 5 days to get to the body filler part. I hope this is worth the time and effort and money.

Here is the first stage of the body filler. This part will take a while so it might be a while before I post any more pics past the filler stage. Ttyl

Thats awesome, how heavy is that sucker?

wow, good progress there bro!

So far this bucket weighs 4 pounds and I am getting on with the sanding of the filler. Here you can see that it is primered again after sanding the first layer off, so the metal that's exposed won't rust. You can also see that I've started to form the ears properly, still a lot more work to do on those though.

dang that looks sweet. I've been tryingto convince one of my welding friends to help me make something like that.

The dome is certainly getting there. Stick with it

I think I am going to build a couple more of these, so far it's been a lot of fun and I have a few different ideas about paint shemes and designs I want to try, maybe sell a few, I don't know. But it has been FUN.

that is coming out amazingly! i wouldn't have expected anything so precise from welded steel. impressive.

ALMOST DONE FABRICATING!!! Here are some updates I just fineshed welding the ears on after removing them and rebuilding them. I didn't like the way they looked so I redid them. I have now set of my smoke detecter twice in the making of this bucket. The last time being when I cut out the visor section. Now I need a little filler around the ears and clean up the whole thing and PAINT it.

some more pics

Here are some slow exposure pics with no flash I think the bucket looks beautiful. Somebody HELP ME decide what colour to paint it. Should I do the traditional Boba Fett or should I do it all Black like I was going to do in another thread. I don't know anymore.

That's really an amazing piece of work! Go ESB paintjob for sure!

WOAH!!! dude that is f***ing amazing!!!!!

Here is the finished bucket up to the primer stage ready to paint. I will be doing esb colours but need to research proper colour charts first. Hope you all like it. I haven't been working on this so much lately because Im making paintball marker shrouds. So if anyone wants an opsgear like kit for their tippmanns, I can build them for you, all metal.

And my fave view from the front.

that is too cool

Not like I am complaining because it is beautiful work but what about the key slots in the rear?

That would go really well with the 16 gauge steel armor I have. I might have to buy one from you some day or maybe trade for a full set of armor.

Here is a little update of my metal bucket, I have started another metal bucket, The first one will be going to my wife, I will be making a custom suit for her and mine will be a esb boba/custom suit.

Awesome work! Despite the stuff you've added onto the skullcap, I hope that the weathering will show the original metal!

A little update of my 2nd bucket.

PM sent... I need a metal helm, either steel or aluminum...

This is just to cool!
How much will it weigh?

Ohh Myyyyy Goddddd! Very talented!

SWEEET!!!

Another update here is my finished esb boba, as you will notice I have changed a little bit as I am doing part boba and part custom

Now that's one sweet helmet.

How much would you charge for one? Shipping costs would be nil in my case, as I live in town.

Very cool and creative.