My Gaunlets, Work in Progress !!

I recendly got my kit from Chuck ( Ruffkin ). I am very pleased with the quality of his work.

Here are the parts as they came out of the box.



Today I started to build them up. Right now I have cleaned up all the parts and started to assemble what I can.



I am still waiting to get a set of machined darts, the right kind of hose connectors and UHF connectors to replace the flamethrower nozzles.

Looking nice! I have an ESB set, I was going to paint my parts and pieces before I attach them.

I accidentily hit the "report adult content" button. hah. Sorry!

They look great so far.
Ruffkin does might fine work.

I love my ESB gauntlets, and nice job on painting the rocket! Kind of odd that it's a rocket, but it fires lasers... eh?

UPDATE :

Everything primed with colored primer. This is NOT the final color.
UHF connectors attached to the flamethrower nozzle part.
The hose connector parts are on the way already.

Now, let the painting/weathering begin !! :grin:

nice to see another set.. I have yet to start on mine

UPDATE :

First painiting progress. Unfortunatly i ran out of color, so the flamethrower housing is still just primed. Already added a black wash to the halves and attached industrial velcro to hold them together.
Continue tommorrow, with weathering

How hard are they to put together? I'm going to be doing a custom.

on a scale from 1 - 10 with 10 being the hardest POS ever made, it's maybe a 5... that's including assembly, painting, weathering... it was a blast to put together.

Do I just have big wrists or is the left gauntlet tight there. It's almost is too small for me?!?

UPDATE:

Finished the left hand "Flamethrower" gauntlet today.

Outstanding - looks great!!

Deffinatly lookin good Scooby. Love the tarnished metal look of the flamethrowers. Nice weathering and wash.

super job!!!! cant wait to see the other one, but you are one the right track with the weathering etc.

looking very nice

Nice work! keep it up!

UPDATE :

The almost finished right hand gauntlet. The hose connectors should arrive any day now, as well as the machined mini darts.

UPDATE :

Unfortunatly I recieved another little setback today. Originaly I planned to have the mini darts, that go on the right hand gauntlet, professionaly machined.

I drew up a detailed plan and brought it to a local machinist. Today he called me and wanted to know, if I am still interrested in them since they would cost around 80.- !!!

That´s way to much for these 4 small pieces so I canceled the order.

So I tried something else today. I found a old knitting needle at my mom´s place, cut it into smaller pieces. Than I fixed them onto my dremel and and did the carving myself.
Heres the results, granted they are not 100% exact the same, but they are still better than I expected.

I will attach them to the gauntlet later.

Originally Posted by Real Scooby

Unfortunatly I recieved another little setback today. Originaly I planned to have the mini darts, that go on the right hand gauntlet, professionaly machined.

I drew up a detailed plan and brought it to a local machinist. Today he called me and wanted to know, if I am still interrested in them since they would cost around 80.- !!!

Did you see this thread? Darts from RussRep for $33 shipped:

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f25/boba-jango-gaunlet-darts-sign-up-11312/

Lookin good Scooby! Are your scratches applied topically? It looks that way. Can't wait to see em finished!

Very nice...
I can only hope my turn out so nice.
I am in the process of making gauntlets myself - but I am still in the cutting and sanding stage...

They turned out really nice scoob. Good job man.

Woot! Awesome job RS!

real Scooby - great lookings gauntlets mate.

PS love the shelf full of figures in the background

This a great thread...nice job RS.

well done!!

Well done, you get a handful of Scooby Snacks for those!

Thanks everyone !!!!

I am already curious how the helmet will turn out. Just have to wait for a few extra bucks before I get BM´s bucket.

Today I recieved the AWESOME mini darts from RussRep. I already installed them.


Now my gauntlets are 100% finished. ( The color is a little to bright in this shot )

Going Wayyyy back to your first post, second pic, can you (Or Ruffkin) answer me a question... Do the kits come with the small switches, LED's etc? Or is it just a basic kit? Looking at getting a set soon and would like to know what extra I need (I (Thinks I) know - now - I need the machined darts).

Thanks

Originally Posted by Caomhanach

Going Wayyyy back to your first post, second pic, can you (Or Ruffkin) answer me a question... Do the kits come with the small switches, LED's etc? Or is it just a basic kit? Looking at getting a set soon and would like to know what extra I need (I (Thinks I) know - now - I need the machined darts).

Thanks

No, but you can get them at any electronics store like Radio Shack

Extra parts you´ll need when getting Ruff´s kit:

Switches
Buttons
LED
Hose Connector parts
Hoses
A Wood Dowel ( for the lowest hose connector )
Mini Darts ( not sure, but I think I read somewhere that Ruff also offers them )

Thanks for the info...