Vult's Jango Build

Feel free to throw any questions that you might have my way.....I am an OM over on the Mercs with both my custom and my Jango.

In case you are wondering.....I sport a full Cruzer kit with LSFU soft parts and an Asok helmet. Seeker JP harness, BFUK Kamino pack and Arena pack, TL00be girth, Cruzer holsters, and Seeker ammo belt. All of the paint and fitting was done by me.

Glad to have you here on TDH

Thanks Mullreel!
I'm very excited to have this as a winter project. This weekend I won an auction for a mint set of Master Replicas Jango Blasters, I purchased the MOW Jetpack kit, and my boots came in- they are awesome! Looks like they will require very little modification and are super comfortable. Nothing like having a brand new set of boots to work with.

This is the 3rd costume I am working on in the last 2 months and it gets expensive to do it right, so I told the wife I would trade stuff around in my other hobbys to pay for this one. I have a lot of guitars and as I sell one, I will buy more gear for this. I sold one this weekend and it payed for the jetpack & the blasters, I have 4 or 5 more to go which should cover the majority of this build. I plan to do all Cruzer armor and gauntlets, but I really want to at least try and make my own holster. I also have an ESB Han Solo that I would like to build a quality holster for.

May I ask what you paid for the MR Westars and what auction was it, ebay?

Welcome to TDH, sounds like your off to a good start!

Yes, I got them on ebay for $726 + shipping.
Thanks!

Can't wait to see this come together Vult!!!

Thanks bro! I can't wait to see your Open Seasons 3 Jango either! Hey, did supa get a hold of you to make him a cod yet?

If you need a girth, I am going to be ordering more bolo for the next iteration

Yes! I was going to PM you for exactly that.

I just got a bunch more stuff for my costume this morning thanks to Rex (Bountys Hunted).

In other news, I need to hurry up and post some more guitar stuff on ebay to earn money to spend on this. I've already dropped $1.5 k on this Jango in the last week and haven't even started working on anything yet, lol! Gotta love this hobby!

Originally Posted by Vultana

Thanks bro! I can't wait to see your Open Seasons 3 Jango either! Hey, did supa get a hold of you to make him a cod yet?

Funny, I got an email from him literally 2 minutes after reading this post...!!! So yeah, thanks bro!

Second item arrived today and they are freaking awesome!

Ok, now I am excited- I sold 2 more guitars this weekend and was able to get my order in to buy the holster rig and replace all my armor with Cruzer CC, plus I have my order in for the SEEKER Jetpack. My MOW Jetpack is suppose to ship Thursday. I will have about 9 weeks to take my time working on the Jetpack and have been wanting to learn air brushing. I already had the compressor, so I bought what looks like a decent air brush gun from Hobby Town.

Does anyone have any advice on what paint I should use or learning to airbrush?

Which jetpack did you go with? Kamino or Arena?

I have a color list for each in the jet pack thread I did a few months back. I also put some links in the thread to other info I found and used.
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f28/j...etpacks-45079/

Originally Posted by Vultana

Kamino- I want my Jango to be the one that gaveKenobi a run for his money, not lost his to Mace

Thanks Mullreel, I will check your links!

One correction....Jango Fett BEAT Obi Wan Kenobi on Kamino, and then again in space. It wasn't just a run for his money......I know he didn't kill him but he beat him both times.

wow... remembering my exciteing experience on my 2nd jango build. its awesome to see the result of the work and when all things come together....

keept it up!!! ^^

I updated the first post. I expect a lot more traction in the next few weeks. Some notable updates:

- Purchased and received a nice pair of Crow62 repro boots off someone in the Cargo hold
- Flight suit arrived so I should be able to start work on dying it to my desired Kamino "blurple".
- Cruzer armor has shipped, should be here by Monday.
- Cruzer BKBT helmet should ship in the next week.
- SEEKER harness sounds like its getting close so I can work on the Jetpack
- I received by Darkside aluminum Jetpack parts including white-lighted beacon.
- Based off Cruzers recommendation, I ordered 30 meters of 7mm bolo cord to build my own girthbelt.

I just need it to warm up a little here so I can get back out in the garage.

Nice I am working to buy one!!!!!!!!!!!

Working to buy which?

What I would do with the shoe polish you have there is use it a bunch....THEN get some Kiwi shoe wax. Take the wax and do a bunch of coats over the polish and itll look like regualr leather. Thats what I had to do on part of my steering wheel that the leather was coming off on it.

ya, i was doing a bit of that until I got a set of Crow62's repro boots. They are just too awesome.

Looking good so far! Don't forget to take some 0000 steel wool to the CC armor under cool running water to bring out the shine. The cool water keeps the polyester resin from warming up and "gooping" on the surface.

Thanks Cruzer- I plan to do exactly that. I still have a whole box of it from when I did my asok CC helmet.

good start.........just keep posting pics as you move along.

I've been working on the jet pack this week





It's getting there, but still plenty to do.

This baby arrived today:

the classic jet pack took me about 3 times as long to paint as the two arena packs I have done.

I still have a lot of touch-up and need to add details/weathering yet, but the basic colors look right to me. What do you think?

I was thinking since the Jango collar is all black anyway I will probably go back to using the resin one that came with the MOW kit and save this Dark Side metal one for my Boba build.

I would say they look close, I added an orange mist to the yellow sections and a purple mist to the blue sections before I sealed and weathered it.

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f28/j...etpacks-45079/

I thought I listed that in this thread but I don't remember for sure. I would use the basic collar for this pack too, no use in messing up the nice metal one.

You may also see that I did some touch-up paint work on the jet pack. That is about all I can do on it until I get my SEEKER harness and the correct decals from Lucksy31.

Lookin' good, Vult! I was looking for the girth WIP and stumbled across YOUR WIP! Awesome progress...

Are you planning to make the keyslots a little "nicer"?
Also, might be the flash though, the lighter blue looks to light for me. Do you have a pic without flash and outside in daylight?

Hello, Hasenscharte

Yes, I still plan to clean up the key slots with a file. I just wanted to get the majority of it cut out before I got carried away with the painting. As far as the color goes, the lighter blue is the exact same Ocean Blue that everyone has used. It must be the flash.

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Originally Posted by MandoObiJohnD

Lookin' good, Vult! I was looking for the girth WIP and stumbled across YOUR WIP! Awesome progress...

Thanks bro. Did you find it? I can get you a link if you cannot.

Originally Posted by Vultana

Thanks bro. Did you find it? I can get you a link if you cannot.

I have not been able to find that thread, Vult... Thank you in advance if you can get me a link!

Here you go bro:

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f28/j...results-13558/

Here is an update from last nights work:

I moved the helmet forward to the point of adding the pin stripes and start the weathering.



I let all the glue for the girth belt dry over night, so last night I punched the holes, laced it up with a hiking boot lace, and began dying it.





I still have touch-up work to do yet, but I must admit that I am very happy with how it came out. Especially since this is the first time I ever worked with leather, lol.
I found some really cool leather dye in a spray can from a local cobbler. I got 2 shades for my girth belt to give it depth/ wear. I used the darker one to weather up my Cruzer holster rig.

Originally Posted by Vultana

Here is an update from last nights work:

I moved the helmet forward to the point of adding the pin stripes and start the weathering.



I let all the glue for the girth belt dry over night, so last night I punched the holes, laced it up with a hiking boot lace, and began dying it.





I still have touch-up work to do yet, but I must admit that I am very happy with how it came out. Especially since this is the first time I ever worked with leather, lol.
I found some really cool leather dye in a spray can from a local cobbler. I got 2 shades for my girth belt to give it depth/ wear. I used the darker one to weather up my Cruzer holster rig.

NICE work on the girth Vult! That helmet is looking awesome, and your blaster rig is gonna be incredible! This is going to be a great kit! Hey, thanks for that link, too... Much appreciated man..

Thanks Vod!

Good job buddy

I just noticed that I put the right ear cap on too high, lol. Why the heck did they do it like this:

Jango Fett Costume - The Dented Helmet Gallery

Originally Posted by Vultana

I just noticed that I put the right ear cap on too high, lol. Why the heck did they do it like this:

Jango Fett Costume - The Dented Helmet Gallery

I noticed that but didn't have time to comment. The higher style is the Boba Fett style. Jango's sits on the lower ear.

I also made my girth belt too wide. The WIP said 7" and it looked good until I put the seeker ammo pouches over the top and then it was really obvious. I went and pulled the CRL from 501st and it said Approximately 5" or 21-22 bolo strands. So last night I carefully cut off 4 strands and brought it close to 5 1/4" to match the CRL and it does look better with only 3-4 strands above and below the ammo pouches.


My LSFU vest seems really long when I put all this on so I'm going to have to (gasp!) cut it down some once I get my harness and tie this all together via the SEEKER method.

I did a little more clean-up and detail work on the Jetpack while I wait for the decals to get here.

My vest is long like that also. It helps it to stay in place under the girth belt. But I still need to cut some holes in it for the jet pack straps in the front. Right now I just roll the vest under a bit so that I can snap the cod to the jet pack harness.

So if I can get a helmet gasket for this I will have everything I need to get level 3 (RF Servo set-up is in the mail). Of course I still have some sewing to do on the flight suit. I sewed in the clips to secure the hoses inside the sleve last night. I need to do button holes for the knees. Any other suit alterations I miss? I have bleached and dyed this thing at least 10 times now and I don't think the fabric is the easiest to work with here. No matter how much care I take to mix the bleach in hot water before adding the suit (completely pre-soaked), the bleaching doesn't lightened it evenly or nearly enough. It leaves me with spots that I have to re-dye purple and denim again. I've done this 3x now so I would love to hear any other suggestions.

Thanks Mullreel. I don't know if I could roll the extra under as it would make me even fatter than I am :P. I will play with it and see what I can do, but I can't see any benefit from having it extend longer than the girth once it is all tied (snapped) together with the cod, holster, girth, JP Harness.

the way that I bleached mine was to use a spray bottle. I made up a mixture of about 10:1 water to bleach. Then I hung the jump suit on the back porch and sprayed it. I let it sit for a few minutes then I washed it with hot water and detergent. I did this a few times to try to reach the color I wanted.

What type of fabric is it? If it has a high polyester count it will be difficult to color.

I did that the first couple tries and it wasn't having much affect on the Blue, so I went to using the entire washing machine full and letting it soak (even over night once). I think it is polyester, I iwll have to check that.
Thanks again.

I would recommend taking some of your brown leather stain and taking your time in applying it with a 1" brush to reach the crevices of your girthbelt, and then immediately wiping off any stain on the surface to keep from staining that area any darker. I would also recommend washing your flightsuit in a hot medium level wash starting with 1/2" cup of bleach, and then drying it completely to see what color you're left with. If that doesn't work, move up to 1 cup. If that doesn't work move up to 1.5 cups, etc. until you get the desired lighter blue that is a good color or that you can restain lightly to get the desired blue. It's what I did on my polyester coveralls and it worked perfectly and gave the cloth a nice soft well washed feel/look.

Thanks for the suggestions Cruzer, I will check them out. I did a fair amount of work this weekend. I started out with weathering my Crow62 Repro boots and putting the snaps on for the boot armor:



I also did a fair amount of sewing on the flight suit. I made all the button holes for the Knee and shin armor and also this elastic band to hold the pants under the boot armor:



I completed the work on the girth belt outer wrap and am very happy with it overall.



I received the RF Servo kit and am lucky to find that I was able to fit all the components in the MOW gauntlets after all. I had concerns over these gauntlets, but I think I ma going to be happy with the end result. The first thing I had to do was remove the "dummy" switches on the flame thrower housing and sand it down:


I then relocated the circuit board into the top of the housing and ran the real switches into the housing:


...and installed them where they belong. A little filler and Rn'B and they will look better than ever and have actual functional switches that will control the RF servo:


I also did a little work on the cod/ holster/ thigh armor, but I didn't take pictures of it beyond this stage so I will have more to update later:

the D ring needs to be moved up to right under the girth, like in this pic.

Jango Fett Costume - The Dented Helmet Gallery

Yep, just waiting on the harness to tie it all together ala Seeker's tips & tricks photostream.

Thanks bro!

MY SEEKER harness came in yesterday and it is amazingly comfortable- nice design and thank you Arturo!

Cruzer- that is awesome with the snap like that. I took a little bit of what you added here, mixed it with the elements I loved about Arturo's setup and came up with this:

The weathering process has begun:

I put it all on for the first time tonight and had my daughter snap some shots for me to see what I have left to do on it to get it right. This is what I have noticed so far:

- still need to do some padding/ helmet interior
- my chest plates bunched up a bit on me so I need to move them further out
- I have to cut off the extra nylon strapping from the harness now that I know what I need to use
- my harness straps we're not even in the back so my jet pack was crooked
- knee's could use a little velcro to keep them in place, they slid down a little
- could maybe trim an inch off the back armor, can't tell if it was hitting the girth in back or not

Please let me know if you see anything else- Thanks!

looking good man!

Looks Great!!

Hey thanks guys! I should have the other issues I listed resolved before the weekend and some new pictures up before I submit it to the 501st & a second costume for the Mercs.

you already mentioned most of the critiques I would have thrown out. The only one you didn't say that I would recommend it to move the jet pack higher on the back. Jango's jet packs sit fairly high.

check out this promo pic for how high it sits.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdefcyo0n01qjquiq.jpg

or this screen shot

http://www.starwarshelmets.com/2009/...o-Fett-001.jpg

Awesome job...

Aww thanks guys! It would be **** without all your help Lorenzo- thank you!

I just heard back from the 501st and I have been approved BH-10077! Thank you everyone for your help and especially the artist who made the parts I purchased.

Congrats

awesome and Welcome to the club.

great work bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, this is making me wonder as I asked LSFU in November and heard, that her turn aorund time was over one year!!!

Anyway. Please post some pics of the suit as soon as you have it.

Thanks for posting your progress with your Jango project, it's helpful and a pleasure to read. I'm running a number of parts and about 6 months behind you with mine, lol. I also have MOW ROTJ gauntlets I'll be converting, so those pics and points are particularly helpful, as are snap/armor attachments. On the gauntlets, did you strengthen the inside any (add fiberglass/etc)?

Thanks again,
- Tom

I have on all the ones I built and these did come with it already completed. I woud definitely do it!

Ijust realized that I have not updated my thread at all (slaps hand) in a while. Since I replaced the flightsuit I have been very happy! Love it! I have also had 5 or 6 troops that I have neglected to post pictures of, but here is one from our "May the 4th be with you" troop. Yes, my temporary knee armor slid down off the velcro on that side- but my DarkSide CC's should be replacing these this weekend.

looks great Brother, must be fun out with other fans! sweet

This was Wednesday night this week. What a blast, lol.

Hey, how do you like your Crow62 boots?

Honestly, I like them a lot. Thye look great and are reasonably comfortable on a long troop. I was in kit for ~ 9 hours last Saturday. I must admit they seemed to get scratched up pretty easily last weekend at Philly Comic Con. I don't know if I just had kids stepping on me a lot there or what. I've worn them probably 10 times before that event and not scratched them at all, then all of the sudden I got a bunch in one day...

Kit looks amazing, so jealous you got to go on stage we have too many TK's taking up those spots :P

Thank you Voss and yes, I got lucky that his people agreed to have me and Cpt. Rex

Hi Vultana, is posible that you can scan that Jango magazine and upload here? I want for my jango photo references , well if that is possible, thanks bro.......................... o send it via pm

That is no Jango magazine per se'. Rather, a page out of the Dressing a Galaxy book. There are a few other pictures of Jango, but nothing you don't already have from a 100 different places on the internet. Sorry.

Hi Snowaure,

As I recall, there were two, maybe even three issues of Star Wars Insider that had Jango Fett on the cover (one had him and Zam, I think),but the image quality inside was disappointing (as a reference source). I was looking at buying them on eBay, but a friend had copies at home and after looking at them told me to not even bother.

Vultana, I knew that is not a Jango magazine bro, was a simple words from me, and I ask you with all respect is you can scan that and publish, thats all bro................thanks..


Azrok, thanks for you words bro, I ask because I am a Jango Fett fan in all ways, and that pictures I dont have it in my archives, thanks bro..............................

No worries. If I get them, I will scan and send to you. The cover with Jango and Zam is pretty cool.

Thanks bro................see you ah check later here:

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f28/m...33/#post603185

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f28/m...nezuela-45012/

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