slave1pilot's ROTJ Boba progress thread

I found this on another forum
I thought I'd resurrect it here where it's safe from being deleted due to time constraints:lol
I felt that some newer people might benefit from it

THis is where I was on Feb 26 2007

here's my Boba as it is progressing
I have all the parts I need to complete it (minus chest lights)
MS2 Helmet
Pavespawn ammo belt
Stateline Tack Girth (dyed by me)
Real Army Shelterhalf cape
RealGloves gloves
SFP Jumpsuit modified by crazy4bobafett
crazy4bobafett vest/neckseal , spats, pouches
BM armour
MLC2 Jet Pack
Caboots boots
Ruffkintoy gauntlets (Now Fettpride recasts) sorry Bros.
Aluminum beacon, stabilizer,studs,darts,toe spikes, & knee darts by various peeps
Shintools made from real Paterson parts by myself
here's the soft parts with the MS2 helmet
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1...t005ds4.th.jpg
Here's some of the armour parts that are "done" or almostI have to wait until Friday to buy a new airbrush compressor to continue on with the painting
ALMOST FORGOT> THESE ARE LEE'S COLORS

here's some other pieces
The keypad is metal & made by a friend of mine.
infortunately, the Aurebesh is backwards, but that just makes it cooler
The Knee darts weren't on there when I first posted, but I included a pic of them as they are now

they are caboots with Russrepp spikes, the backing plates for the toe spikes were remade by me to better fit my wee feet :cry

I sprayed the red part of the JP
I strayed from Lee's colors on this because I don't think the "Boxcar Red" is correct
I think it's a little too brown, I asked Lee & he assured me that the Boxcar is the correct color
I decided to use the "Wisconsin Central Maroon" (same as the gauntlet color) instead
LMK what you guys think on this subject
(The last pic is the AOSW real deal)

here's the Jet Pack, all finished except the stabilzer & Beacon
This post was on March 4 07 (2 weeks after the first post)

oh yeah, I also finished with the armour today (all except the left chest which I can't paint until I cut the slots for the chest lights that i don't have yet)
Posted on March 4th 2007 originally

I haven't posted here in a few days
made a little progress
here ya go
all paint is layered, no topical scratches here
I realize that the RF itself isn't correct
I have an ROTJ from Bobamaker that will be installed before SDCC
This is from March 15th

Here's the armor as of the 15th of March as well

and now we jump way ahead to the finished item

this was posted March 26 2007 ( yeah that's right 1 month later!!)
don't tell me it takes years to do a Boba


a little youtube video of the first fitting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSmbzGs7alg

and some blurry pics of the same day


That hot chick taking the pics in the background of this one is crazy4bobafett
She gets the credit for the vest, spats, neckseal, & alterations on the SFP jumpsuit

here's a few more from the same day, except these are clear
once they open in Imageshack, make sure to click on them for full size

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4...0006au4.th.jpg

and no Mando Thong, sorry guys can't do it
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/1...0015am2.th.jpg

That looks good but most of the pictures aren't showing up.

Odd...
All of them seem to work for me
maybe it's cuz i have the other site open

yeah i also couldnt see the pics...

I'll fix 'em tonite after work

Hmmm...
I looked at the posts off & on over the last 24 hrs
sometimes they work sometimes no
anyone else have this?

gotcha
all of the pics have been fixed
here's a few more from recent events
At slavefive's school charity with slavefive

and at the Heart of an Empire Premiere In Newport Beach

And Finally, at CIV with a Smokin' Hot chick showing some love and giving me her cherry ;)

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Originally Posted by slave1pilot

Ruffkintoy gauntlets (Now Fettpride recasts) sorry Bros.

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Huh? Come again? Someone just pointed me to this dated thread ... and to my surprise :? I think a little clarification would be nice on that one?

I would hate to think this is the case. They do look like my gauntlets ... but one thing that did catch my attention, is Postmortem01 (JB) in the background, and I sent hm gauntlets personally. Is there a possibility you may have the gauntlets confused ? Great suit btw !

Thanks

FP

Quote:

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Originally Posted by fettpride

Huh? Come again? Someone just pointed me to this dated thread ... and to my surprise :? I think a little clarification would be nice on that one?

I would hate to think this is the case. They do look like my gauntlets ... but one thing that did catch my attention, is Postmortem01 (JB) in the background, and I sent hm gauntlets personally. Is there a possibility you may have the gauntlets confused ? Great suit btw !

Thanks

FP

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I said they were FettPride recasts because I believe that's what they are. I got them on ebay & don't remember the seller. It was a long time ago
I don't know for sure if they are recasts, But I wanted to give an accurate list of what parts I had used when i put my costume together
Postmortem01 is a friend of mine & yes he does have a set of your gauntlets.
No these are not them.Nor were they recast by him
I showed him the set i had & asked him for help in fixing them.
He said that he thought they were recasts due to their poor quality & to just get some new ones.
He showed me his real ones & they look the same, except mine are made of resin( I think yours were Fiberglass) & are really thin in spots & too thich in others.
I bought a set of Ruffkintoy's gauntlets from Chuck since I had bought sets from him before (painted, assembled, & sold on ebay)
I had every intention of using the Ruffkins, but they seemed oversized & the details a little soft ( that's 1 reason I said "sorry Bros" in my first post, the other is to you & the community for using recasts)
So I went back to the recasts to see how bad they actually were.
They needed a ton of work & the only parts that were salvagable were the top shells & the right bottom shell. The extra parts & greeblies were full of bubbles & warped. So I threw all of them out
The left bottom shell is a Ruffkintoy, as is the missile & top hose connector for the right gauntlet. I think the Dental expander is too.
The Flamethrower is a complete scratchbuild, as is the whipcord attachment. I made these myself ( kinda proud of that actually ;) )
I did the assembly, wiring, & painting too of course.
Quite a long story, but I wanted to ease everyone's minds
And thanks for the compliments & not jumping in & yelling "RECASTER ALERT!!!"

Hey thanks for responding. It's cool man, I know JB wouldn't do anything like that. I genuinely thought maybe you just had the makers confused or something, hence asking for clarification.

You're absolutely right, mine are always FG. Never resin. I'm sorry to here you taken with a sub-par product. it always sucks to unsuspectingly get in on a garbage deal. We've all been there. The only thing you can do at that point, is make the best of a bad situation, as it appears you did.

Again, thanks for clarifying. If you happen to remember the e-bay seller someday, let me know would ya? And as far as your suit goes ... you did do
a terrific job !

:cheers

FP

sweet rotj suit its perfect and yes those do look like fettpride gauntlets???