Scratchbuilt Jango

Wow, thats a unique set of work you've got going on there. Kudos to your patience and the ability to construct slowly. It would seem patience is a virtue in this sector of the world!

Okay... Unfortunately I didn't get as much done this afternoon as I would have liked but I more or less finished the moding to the gauntlets until the bondo stage, and traced all the templates for the knees onto the sintra and cut about half of them out. No progress pics now but I promise I'll have them up within the next few days...

Ok... Over the weekend I have finished cutting out all the knee pieces and yesterday afternoon I started to file and sand down the edges of the armour plates, completeing the boot and thigh armour. I have also cut out and modified all the pattern pieces for the flightsuit, pinned them to the material I have got and cut it all out. After school today I will start sewing them all together... I also started moding the helmet, by grinding of the cheek detail and the earcap, ready to have the proper jango earcap installed when I get it.T
his is the helmet as it is now, without the cheek detail or earcap

And all the knee pieces lain out.

I have also noticed that the pieces I cut out to laminate together for the dart blocks on the knees are too narrow so I'll have to recut them larger.

what is the flight suit made out of, and where did you get the sintra

Hi the flightsuit is cotton drill... Which I have bleached to make lighter, however it still needs to be made abit lighter but I am going to do that as well as give it a lilac wash after it is all sewn up so that I have less material to try and manage. As for the sintra I got it from a sign shop... No local sign shops have it for me so while I was away on holiday I got it and cut it to fit in the boot of our car to bring back... It is also known as Commercial PVC Foamboard or Foamex. (Foamex and sintra are brand names)

Hope this helps

looks great so far keep it up how much did the sintra cost?

The sintra was NZ$110 for a 2.44m x 1.22m 6mm thick sheet. Unfortunately 6mm was all they had in stock, as I would have prefered 3 or 4mm thick as it would be a little bit easier to work with, though 6mm is still easy, it just requires a bit more effort to cut

Ok I now have the edges of all the pieces of fabric for the flightsuit over locked to prevent fraying and so it sits better and have started getting ready to sew it, with most of the pieces pinned in place ready to start sewing tomorrow.

Ok so last night I got a large part of the sewing on the flight suit done. As of the moment it still needs a zip up the front, to be taken in down the sides as it is too baggy and loose, the short and long sleeves need to be attached and the collar is still needed. Also everything needs to be hemmed, I should be able to finish it this weekend all going well Oh and once I have dyed it to the right colour I need to do some top stitching down the front of the arms with a matching thread like Jango has as seen here; http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/galle...2_itemId=13196
Also this weekend I hope to get some fibre glass resin, and all the other safety gear, respirator, gloves ect... and make a start on the gauntlets, but they still need a bit more reinforcement first.

Anyways this is the flightsuit as it currently stands

Ok so unfortunately a friend rang me up this morning requesting my help asap for a photo shot for her school photography assignment as the model she had arranged had had to pull out at the last minute, as fun as this was it completely destroyed all my plans for the day of working on my armour, so here I am after just having got home telling you that I accomplished nothing today I will however have some time tomorrow afternoon after work in the morning to make some headway on it Hopefully i wont have any more distractions to deal with aside from homework
Anyway, I will have more progress pics tomorrow evening all going to plan... Until then... Stay cool

well, here's the real question. is she hot? cuz spending a day with a hot girl is an acceptable excuse for not working on a costume. lol XP

Originally Posted by saint_nasty

well, here's the real question. is she hot? cuz spending a day with a hot girl is an acceptable excuse for not working on a costume. lol XP

Lol yea kinda but we are just good friends and she is in a relationship anyway...
Ok so now I'm almost finished the flight suit... Just the collar and hems on the arms and legs to go... Hopefully I will get these finished tomorrow after school... Today I attached the arms and zip so a major step forward I'm now off to get the gauntlets ready for glassing, just attaching all the bits together etc and adding supports where needed, etc... We have had bad weather here this week end, but hopefully it will be better next weekend so fingers crossed, I will be able to start glassing them then... anyway heres a couple of pics of me in the near finished flight suit... to keep you going until then...

Lookin' good! Can't wait to see it finished!

Originally Posted by wookieecrisp

Lookin' good! Can't wait to see it finished!

You and me both...

Okay... So I finally got some more time to work on this build this afternoon so I finished sanding and smoothing the edges of all the main body plates. Next step is to start shaping them which will be exciting!

Sorry for the long wait since the last update, but i have been busy with school exams and revision etc. However, now that exams are over, I have finally gotten a bit of time to work on this. I have shaped all of the plates now, apart the boots and back. For the boot armour I will wait until I find suitable boots and the back until I can get someone else to help me shape it to my back. Currently I am sanding down the edges of the plates as being 6mm thick they are too thick for Jango's plates. I have started shaping the knees, but still have a bit to do on them before I can start assembling them. I will hopefully post pics later tonight, or failing that tomorrow afternoon. But this project is deffinately still a go!

Ok as promised piccies of progress so far...


Also I forgot to mention before that I have finished pep-ing the gauntlets and they are ready to be fireglassed which I will start in a weeks time during the school holidays. I am currently waiting on the correct cartridges for my breathing mask for working with fibreglass and then I will be set to go. T'is certainly getting exciting seeing it all come together!

Until next time Ciao!

P.S The other night I had a brainwave and for the holsters and ammo pouches I will be ripping up an old leather jacket that no longer fits me and was beginning to fall apart and using the leather from that as it should be about the right colour for it!

That jumpsuit needs some purple.

Yes it does. I am holding off on that for the moment as I have been really busy lately but should get it purple-ified over the upcoming school holidays... YAY! 3 days to go

SCHOOL! know what you mean vod! it really gets in the way of all worthwhile plans for the day

Ive got a question for you (you may have answered this earlier on in this thread but i didnt seem to find it) Did you make that jumpsuit or buy it? because if you made it.... HOW?!?! It looks amazing

This whole projects really coming along Good luck vod

Thanks vod. Yea school can be incredibly frustrating at times. Yes I did make that flight suit, thanks for the complement. I used the Kwiksew pattern 3389 with a few modifications like removing the pockets and taking it in at the sides a little. Changing the position of the seem on the sides of the arms was a little more tricky though. At the moment I am just waiting to dye it before I finish the sems so that i can get the right colour thread to match the final colouring of it.

That jumpsuit looks amazing! I might have to look into doing one of my own instead of buying one. Can't wait to see it finished!

Thanks! I'm really happy with it too! Just a little nervous that i will muck it up when i am making it purple

Didn't get much done today, did a bit of homework instead to keep the parents happy. I did however bike into town, in the pouring rain to pick up the cartridges for my mask which have finally arrived I also dremelled out the rectangle detail on the chest diamond and attempted to do the two rectanges on the left chest piece, but it didn't work so well as I ended up going too deep. Tomorrow I will fill it with, er... filler, to make a second attempt. Can anyone give me suggestions as to how would be the best way?
Found the camera cable so as promised, I have progress pics

This kinda shows the new thickness of the plates at the edge... hey have gone from 6mm down to about 2ish. I had a picture of the before to show you a comparison, but it was deleted off of the camera by someone else.


This is the boots I will be using until I can find a better pair, with the now shaped boot armour sitting on them.

Thats all for now but I should be able to do my first coat of resin/bondo tomorrow so I will have a better update then.

Got quite abit done today, well for me atleast

I put the first coat of fibreglass resin on the gauntlets, and I am pretty happy with how they came out, for my first time fibreglassing ever


Also got a coat of primer on some of the armour pieces


As well I put some filler onto the dome and have started shaping it to be smooth, and regular, not bumpy like it used to be. Ignore the pen marks on it, they are to tell me where I need to put more filler on when I do more tomorrow



And i put some fibre filler, onto the inside of the helmet around the back to reinforce it where it was thin and breaking


And here is a pic of the shins with the detail strip glued onto them


Thats all for today, wont get as much done tomorrow as I have work all morning, but should hopefully get another coat of resin on, and more filler on the helmet. Also I would like to start assembling the knees, and wetsanding those pieces that have been primed ready for the next coat of primer.

Okay, so I have been slack recently, well actually, very slack. I have gotten quite abit done since I last updated. Most of the armour plates have been primed and painted silver, I just need to go around the edges of them all with silver now, then rubb 'n' buff them, them add abit of grime.
The cod piece and backplate have had the first coat of primer now. I had a small set back when shaping the back plate, and the first one snapped, so I had to cut a new one out and shape that. I am fairly happy with how it came out, as though not perfect, it is as good as I will be able to get it due to the sintra not wanting to bent in two ways at the same time

The gauntlets have been fully fibre glassed, and are currently near the end of the bondo stage. I have also nearly finished modding the helmet. I had a few setbacks with re-occuring cracks in the bondo, but that is all sorted now.

The flightsuit has had the collar attached and just needs to be hemmed and have the sleeves top stitched then lavander washed.
The flak vest has had the piping attached, been topstitched, and has been taken in at the back, now it just needs to be hemmed at the bottom, and have the shoulders attached.

I also have hose for the gauntlets, and a temporary girth belt for this geddon.
The ammo belt and pouches is underway now, and coming along nicely.

I will hopefully get pics up within the next few days or so, but just thought that I had better let you all know this is still coming along well, and should be finished in time for Auckgeddon B)

Okay, as promised, I have pictures.

This is the armour plates as they currently stand.


This is me wearing the flightsuit, vest, minus the shoulders and the temporary girth belt. The vest should sit better with the weight of the chest plates on it.


The front of the girth belt


The back of the girth belt


The knees currently. I need to redo the inside bit on the one on the right as it is too far out.


The helmet as it currently is. I still have a few more days work on it yet, but it is getting closer to completion by the day


The gauntlets. Like the helmet they are near completion, with only a few days work left to do on them.


And finally, the hose connectors I will be using on the gauntlets to attach the hoses with.

Thats all for now but I will be going out to the garage again soon to do some more work, though unfortunately due to the rain, I cannot do any spray painting at the moment

More updates in the next few days I promise...

Got quite abit done today. Put the last coat of filler on the helmet and gauntlets this evening, and did a lot of sanding on them all. Got the T visor cut out of the helmet which completely transforms it! Also got the flightsuit hemmed, so now all it needs is some top stitching on the sleeves and it will be ready for purplification
The shoulders have been sewn on to the vest and now all it needs is for the lining to be finished and then for the armor plates to be attached.

The gauntlets will be ready to be assembled tomorrow, and then I will be able to start painting them.

The helmet will also be ready for painting soon just need to get the earcaps which will hopefully be happening soon (hint hint)

Also worked on a neck seal today.

Tomorrow I will hopefully be able to do some painting as that is going to be the thing that prevents me from finishing on time (darn this infernal weather, i thought that summer was meant to be coming )

I will post pics of things tomorrow as I cant be bothered right now.

Robert

Okay.. Now that auckland armageddon, exams and the holiday festivities are over I have decided to put the rest of my school holidays to use, completing some of the upgrades neccesary to my Jango for 501st officialdom. The list of to-do's is as follows;
-Construct jet pack (I have decided on doing the arena or stubby jetpack as it is less common and different to boba's)
-Remake gauntlets (as the old ones I made were far too small and not as accurate as I would have liked)
-Make accurate girth belt
-Reshape plates (when wearing my armour at armageddon i notices that some of the plates need to be reshaped a little bit ti fit more snugly)
-Make holsters (cos lets face it, rubies just doesn't quite cut it )
-Source my own set of westars
-Make accurate knees

I think that is about it really as far as the to-do list goes.

I will have some more progress pics up by this evening if all goes well, but just thought that I would let everyone know that this project has not been abandoned like so many before it and that it is in fact still going

Great progress, congratulations
Keep it up!

Awesome job... one of the better scratchbuilt I have seen in a while.

Originally Posted by eagc

Great progress, congratulations
Keep it up!

Originally Posted by TLobe00

Awesome job... one of the better scratchbuilt I have seen in a while.

Thanks guys it's good to have some encouragement

Here are some pics from the one of the two troops I have done so far in my costume both with varying numbers of the local 501st



Anyway now onto the progress pics I promised...







The gauntlets are now ready to be fibreglassed which I will hopefully get done tomorrow or the next day and the next step on the jetpack is the rocket, thrusters and two cones that go on top of the fuel tanks on each side (not sure what the proper term is )
Also I have found a pair of leather gloves that when dyed dark blue should be fairly good for a decent price locally so just need to wait for the store to restock their large size and I can get rid of the polypropelyne ones I have temporarily been using that are 3 sizes too small

Hopefully more progress will be coming soon but my time will be reduced once summer break finished and I have to go back to school at the start of feb, but I should be able to get a decent amount more done before then even though I will be going away for a week.

And finally it looks like I am on track for the completion of this costume (up to the required 501st standards, and my own high standards) before september when I turn 18 and can join the 501st

Robert

*EDIT* P.S Also the new gauntlets will be big enough for me this time so my wrists won't get rubbed raw every time I wear them

Okay, believe it or not this is still happening... Now with my 18th birthday a few weeks back and Auckgeddon '10 just around the corner I've pulled this project out of the closet. At the moment I'm working on a few upgrades for Auckgeddon, and then after geddon and end of year exams (over the summer holidays) hopefully I will finish it off and get it 501st approved.

I've only got a few new progress pic for now, of the gauntlets and jetpack.




That's really all I've had time to do recently, though for Wellygeddon earlier this year I did modify some Rubies westars to use so I'll throw some pics up of them when I get a chance.

Impressive! Nice Work!

Okay firstly here is a comparison pic of the old and new gauntlets.

It doesn't show up the difference in size quite as well as I would like but the new ones (inner pair) are over an inch longer, more accurate and won't chafe my wrists when I'm wearing them.
I have had other things to do these last few days so haven't had as much chance to work on this as I would like but i picked up some more bondo and sand paper, as well as some expanding foam to fill some of the cavities in the jetpack with

More progress tomorrow evening hopefully!

Are yougoing to put rub n buff over the spray paint?

Yes, I will use Rub n Buff. The reason I have sprayed all the plates silver as well is so if I don't quite rub the rub n buff well enough for it to fully adhere in any spots, then if the rub n buff comes off the plate will still be silver underneath, rather than the white of the primer. Does this make sense?

Definantly the way to go.

I tried the rub-n-buff over a silver under-coat, but it didn't turn out as nice as I would've liked. Instead, I used a flat black under-coat, then applied the ru-n-buff over that. I got a much nicer and shinier finish out of the rub-n-buff.

Just some food for thought from a fellow scratch-built Jango.

Looks pretty darn good. Can't wait to see it all done.

Originally Posted by Jango72

I tried the rub-n-buff over a silver under-coat, but it didn't turn out as nice as I would've liked. Instead, I used a flat black under-coat, then applied the ru-n-buff over that. I got a much nicer and shinier finish out of the rub-n-buff.

Just some food for thought from a fellow scratch-built Jango.

Interesting... I'll have to try a comparison on a scrap of plastic first. Thanks for the heads up!

Also, unfortunately I don't have a progress update as I am away on holiday so didn't have much spare time on my last day at home to get anything done. However I did make a template for the visor so when I get back I will be able to cut a solid visor out of a sheet of perspex I have and install that i the helmet.

Yeah if your gonna stick withthe silver under make shore you lightly sand using 800 grit wet and dry paper and and water wilst sanding so that you take the gloss of ,rub n buff wont go on to a shiny surface that well

wow very nice build looks great