slimguy379
Jr Hunter
well since i read how to build armor out of trash cans. i figured that, that would make a great material to make a scratch build out of. i used
- a circular trash can ($8 at walmart)
- a hard plastic bowl ($1 dollar store)
- visor (harbor freight $5)
- and a ton of epoxy, liquid nails, and bondo lol
i filled the bowl surface with bondo and sanded it. i used templates and cut the trash can and then from there, glued the pieces in. Now i know this isn't anything close to a replica, but considering that its really sturdy i feel a sense of achievement. i feel as though it resembles the ESB look which i prefer. though the colors are rotj lol. i did this for a costume for the new movie coming out FanBoys. and i have to make a darth vader suit for a friend so i really didn't have alot of time to do it. but considering it took me about a week a total of 9 hours to do including paint i feel it came out very well. Now before you all post comments, i STILL need to do this
-finish paint i need to paint thesides of the helmets, and add some silver.
- glue the visor in a lil better
-re attach the range finder (broke off while tring to bring it to school)
- and it seems to have to be buldged out a bit its a lil flat in the front , idk:confused it weird
-also i need to cut the slots in the back of the helmet (sorry for my lack of vocabulary)
- fix the dent it looks as though someone took a .50 cal to it instead of a laser
but now since the whole costume is almost complete i want everything to go on a pvc maniquin to go in my room next to mame machine. well i guess thats enough writting for right now. heres the long awaited photos:
inside it is as ghetto as it getts but it works
- a circular trash can ($8 at walmart)
- a hard plastic bowl ($1 dollar store)
- visor (harbor freight $5)
- and a ton of epoxy, liquid nails, and bondo lol
i filled the bowl surface with bondo and sanded it. i used templates and cut the trash can and then from there, glued the pieces in. Now i know this isn't anything close to a replica, but considering that its really sturdy i feel a sense of achievement. i feel as though it resembles the ESB look which i prefer. though the colors are rotj lol. i did this for a costume for the new movie coming out FanBoys. and i have to make a darth vader suit for a friend so i really didn't have alot of time to do it. but considering it took me about a week a total of 9 hours to do including paint i feel it came out very well. Now before you all post comments, i STILL need to do this
-finish paint i need to paint thesides of the helmets, and add some silver.
- glue the visor in a lil better
-re attach the range finder (broke off while tring to bring it to school)
- and it seems to have to be buldged out a bit its a lil flat in the front , idk:confused it weird
-also i need to cut the slots in the back of the helmet (sorry for my lack of vocabulary)
- fix the dent it looks as though someone took a .50 cal to it instead of a laser
but now since the whole costume is almost complete i want everything to go on a pvc maniquin to go in my room next to mame machine. well i guess thats enough writting for right now. heres the long awaited photos: