Jango72s progress thread.

[Jango72]

I figured that it was about time that I started one of these threads for my own progress, so here goes...

On Friday, stellardude and Vaderfanforever1922 came over to my place for a prop session. We chatted alot, but some how still got some work done.

At the end of the day, stellardude asked me to suit up in my "in progress" suit so he could snap a few pictures. Here's a couple of the pictures he took.

I know that in this first picture my holsters and girthbelt are too high, I didn't pay all that much attention when I threw on my gear.






Since those pictures were taken, I finished off my gauntlets ( save for re applying the paint ), so here's a pic of them.



Lots still to do so, I'm off to work some more on my jet pack. Additional progress pictures will be added as I go, seeing as my finish deadline is the 26th of April.

[Scoutleader]

Nice look.....
Which jet pack style are you going with?

[runJEDIrun]

AWESOME!

[Jango72]

LOPERO, I'm going with the classic style ( Kamino ) jet pack. I'm not really partial to the stubby.

Thanks for the feedback guys, I still have a lot of work to do before my April 27th troop. I'd better get back to work now... I'll try to remember to post more pictures as I go.

[98mustang]

hey how did you make your helmet is there any plans if so could i get them from you?

[Jango72]

If you go into the helmet section, open up your search function and type in "Wizardofflight helmet template". I simply used the Boba template and modified it to be more Jango accurate.

hey how did you make your helmet is there any plans if so could i get them from you?

[Jango72]

Okay... a few more things to post up on my progress.

1. jet pack is ready for paint.


2. chest armor is ready for rub-n-buff. ( now primered, but not in picture )


3. cod piece is ready for rub-n-buff. ( also primered now, but not in picture )



I'm doing my best to finish off the rest of the armor, so I'd best get going.

[chansplace]

looking super there, '72.
question about the backpack - is that a scratch build from WOF templates??

[runJEDIrun]

That pack came out GREAT! WOW! amazing work!

[jose]

SWEET! real nice REAL NICE JET PACK

[Jango72]

looking super there, '72.
question about the backpack - is that a scratch build from WOF templates??

Yup, it sure is.

It's all primered up grey now, but I'll have to wait until the morning to finish painting it up as I've lost my daylight.

I've got my armor all rub-n-buffed now though.

[Jango72]

While I'm taking a short break from my build, I thought that I'd throw up this little teaser.



More to come...

[wanta be jango]

hi

any one know where to find rub and buff in canada?

[Jango72]

Sent ya a PM.

[MandalorianWarrior87]

Armour's looking good Jango72!

[Jango72]

I've still got a ton of work to do to finalize and tweek/repair my costume, but it didn't stop me from trooping yesterday with my local squad, the Canadian Garrison Capitol City Squad.

We were out trooping a 3km walk for Multiple Sclerosis, and it was an awesome day!! I've included a group shot below.

[JDFett]

looking good man!

[Jango72]

Well, yesterday was my second troop with the Capital City Squad. We were at three different locations around Ottawa for "Free Comic Book Day".

I'm happy to report that I got my jet pack all weathered and clear coated in time.





Here's a few of the many pictures that were taken yesterday. I can safely state that I've got quite a bit of tweeking and adjusting to do, and I feel that my shin armor will need to be re-made. Any ways, on to the pictures...





The two younglings in this next pic are mine.



The only thing that was missing was my ammo belt and pouches as they got stuck at customs. I should get them some time this week, so I'll have them in plenty of time for my next troop.

[runJEDIrun]

good lord that jet pack turned out awesome! congrats!

[Jango72]

Thought that I'd take a quick second or two to post up a list of my parts and makers, seeing as that seems to be the growing trend.

Jumpsuit - bought from JROCK, source unknown
Vest - custom made by co-worker
Boots - Journeys GBX, picked up for me by satxer ( thanks again man )
Girthbelt - JDFett, made in collaboration with Cruzer
Holster rig - Cruzer
Ammo belt - SEEKER
Blasters - resin kit bought second hand from a TDH member ( required major tear-down and work to get to current state )
All armor parts - Jango72
Jet pack - Jango72
Gauntlets - Jango72 ( switches, toggles, lights, flame thrower nozzles and left wrist rocket from Cruzer )
Knee dart launchers - Asok
Gloves - Walmart specials ( made by HotPaws )
Helmet - Jango72 ( all armor, jet pack, gauntlets and helmet were made using WoF Boba templates. I altered/adjusted them during construction to be more Jango accurate. )

I've still got a few repairs and tweeks to complete after my last troop, so I'll do my best to post up new pictures once they're completed.

[Jabo]

Nice work,looks good !

[Satxer]

Looks good to me!

[Jango72]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I'll be getting my wife to pin the legs and butt on the suit a little, to get rid of some of the excess baggyness.

Aside from that... I've got to re-do some of my leg straps ( lesson learned while actually trooping ), then throw together a back plate and I'll be ready to take my submittance photos.

[Jango72]

Well, I sent off my photos for approval yesterday. I've still got the baggy issue with my jumpsuit, but I figure that I can work with it until I can get one properly tailored for me.

I'm still waiting on a few more bits, like my beacon and stabilizer, but I figured that I had enough to submit... in truth, I just was way too excited and really wanted to start the process to get my BH number. ( my fellow squad mates told me to submit without the back plate too, as the majority of people out there wouldn't even notice it missing. )

[MandalorianWarrior87]

Hope you get your BH number, Looks good!

[Cruzer]

This is the first time I've seen it all done. Great job! And that JP is amazing!

[Jango72]

And the scary part is... I'm currently re-vamping the costume.

I've already altered my helmet to make it more screen accurate, increased the size of my shoulder armor as it was 15% too small and I'm currently working on installing all the electronics in my helmet ( fans and remote RF servo ).

I've now got the material to make my back plate and some new shin armor, and I've got a contact for a local leatherwiz to make me a proper leather vest!! Now all I need is the aluminum beacon and stabilisor and I'll be one happy bounty hunter!

[KaliFett]

Nice work!!

[Tracyn Ordo]

Just out of interest, what modifications did you make to the boba fett helmet, during construction and again recently to make it more screen accurate?
Thanks in advance

Tracyn

[Jango72]

Between Boba and Jango, the main differences in the helmet is the shape of the dome. Jangos has a more rounded shape when viewed from the front, and it sits 5mm lower ( the dome isn't as tall as Bobas ).

The mandibles will need some slight tweeking where they meet with the cheeks and the visor is slightly more "squinty" and extends a bit further towards the ears. Aside from those alterations during contruction, I didn't do much else until I altered the bottom to re-shape the helmet.

[Tracyn Ordo]

Vor'e ner vod thanks for that!
It's looking good, as you say I didn't even notice the back plate was missing until you pointed it out...
Keep up the good work!

Tracyn

[Fettenstein01]

Jango72,

For over a year now I've had sheets of Sintra sitting around waiting to be made into armor. I'm assuming you used WOF's templates.

How did you go about building the cod piece? What did you use as a form once the plastic was hot? Which area of the cod's main piece did you bend first - - The waist line or the lower portion that angles in between the legs?

Any insights regarding "forming and shaping" armor would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Keep up the great work!

[Jango72]

Jango72,

For over a year now I've had sheets of Sintra sitting around waiting to be made into armor. I'm assuming you used WOF's templates.

How did you go about building the cod piece? What did you use as a form once the plastic was hot? Which area of the cod's main piece did you bend first - - The waist line or the lower portion that angles in between the legs?

Any insights regarding "forming and shaping" armor would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Keep up the great work!

Yes, I did indeed use the WoF templates!

For the cod piece, it's really a lot easier than it might seem. First you'll cut and attach the two front layers of the cod piece, to give it that nice 3D shape to the front. Then, while you still have the two front parts clamped together, you'll dip the outside ends into a pot of boiling water ( just enough to heat the ends where you intend to curve them ). Allow the plastic/sintra to heat enough so that you can shape it easily. Gently curve the one side, then plunge it into your sink that you've filled with cold tap water ( this will cool and set the plastic/sintra into the new shape ). Then repeat for the other side.

You may need to repeat the heating/shaping process a few times until you get the desired curve. Just remember to take your time, and don't rush it or you could ruin the piece and have to cut a new one.

For the front curve ( the part that curves under the unmentionables ), I first made a cardboard template with a cereal box... you know, the really thin card from your Corn Pops box. Hold it around the bottom of the cod, and lightly sketch the basic shape on one side of the cod from the tip back to where it will meet back with the main body. Once you've got a basic sketch, fold the card in half and cut out the curve ( like you would a valentines heart ) to give you a symmetrical curve.

Now you can double check this template on your cod once again, and making sure that you've the desired angle, draw where you'll trim the top edge to keep it flush with the front/top edge.

You can now transfer your template to a thinner piece of plastic/sintra, and cut it out. Gently curve it into place, and glue. After the glue has set, I used some knead-a-tite putty ( plumbers putty basically ) to reinforce the seam on the backside. Hot glue might do just as well.

Hope this helps.

[Fettenstein01]

Those are easy-to-follow instructions. Thanks for the advice.

[Jango72]

Here's a more updated picture of my costume, just for you Cruzer.

It was taken just this past weekend at a toycon in Montreal.




Some of my most recent additions include a set of right gauntlet darts from Russrep and a beautiful beacon and stabilizer set from Serenity. Thanks again guys, those parts are absolutely gorgeous!! :thumbup

[Cruzer]

It's without a doubt one of the best mostly scratch built Jangos I've ever seen. Your gauntlets and jp are amazing!

[Jango72]

Thanks for the kudos Cruzer, means the world to me.

Especially considering that you're one of our resident Jango experts. :thumbup

I've still got stuff to tweek here and there, and I've yet to make my back plate. Still working on the template... it's so difficult to mark lines on a template when you're wearing it on your back.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I've taken my first steps into working with fiberglass. I made my new boot armor from fiberglass, and I think that they turned out rather well for my first time.