Other Bounty Hunter ConvergenceProps: SW 1313 Boba Fett

Ok,
So this is more or less where my build stands while I'm waiting for the final parts to come in.

I started work on the belts. From the concept photos there looks to be 3 in total. The Ammo Belt, Some mystery black belt underneath that, and what I think was the artists interpretation of the Girth belt. So far I have the ammo belt started, I made 5 pouches in total, even though only 3-4 can be seen in the photos, but they are all removable so I can drop some any time. I havent done any sewing on the pouches as I don't think I see any in the concept photos, but I do see some on the belt itself and the items that go on the left side which I have yet to make.
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What looks to be a red "sash", if you will, is what I feel is the artists interpretation of the girth belt he likely saw while looking at ref photos of Fett for inspiration. So I decided to go with one of the Mohair girth belts from Horseloverz. I dyed it with the latex stain method, (Spice) and It came out great for a Jedi belt, but I kind of want it to look a little "Newer" if that makes any sense, so I grabbed some "Fruit Punch" colored stain today to try out on it in an attempt to put more red in the belt.
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Fingerless gloves. Got them on ebay from a company called Kursheuel. Still have to weather the hell out of them, but they should do just fine.
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Here's where the gauntlets stand atm. The tops are more or less done. Just have to build the bottom shells and then I can start work on the flame thrower units. The rockets are about 80% done and were made out of bronze and ABS plastic. When the shells are complete, I plan to make fiberglass copys so they are more solid.
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FettSeven Jetpack also came in. I'm really torn on what paintjob to go with on this thing. I could do Jango, Rotj, ESB or even a custom job, but I just cant make up my mind. The Jango/ROTJ paintjobs do kind of go better with what armor colors are on the suit, but I personally have never been a fan of the ROTJ pack, and yet and undamaged Jango pack wouldn't fit with the rest of the heavily weathered armor. lol. Any votes for the paintob?
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OK so here's everything together pretty much. The helmet on the mannequin is a MR and is a stand in for the time being till it's replacement comes in. I've decided to go with one of animefans lovely dentless Boba helmets instead of the equally lovely BKBT. The reason for the change in helmet was because the more I looked at the ref photos, even though the helmet's painted in the same colors as Jango's helmet, the overall shape of certain things, the visor opening being the most prominent of them, look much more like a Boba Helmet than the jango helmet IMO.

I also started working on the chest armor by making a prototype out of 3mm craft foam. I'm really interested to hear people's opinions on this belly piece. This is actually the third version of this piece I've made, and while I'm pretty happy with its overall shape I'm not sure if the overall size of the piece is too big or small, or perfect as is. Its tough for me to tell as I have yet to make the collar section.
I also started work on the bandoleer, and have taken photos with and without it to try and give something in the photos to compare the belly piece with size wise.
With the bandoleer
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Without the bandoleer
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Looking great so far, really glad I found this thread :)

As for as the jetpack colors I would personally do it in Jango's scheme but weather it more in line with the 1313 concept art like the helm. I would also do the rocket in ROTJ colors weathered but not as much. Looking forward to seeing more of this build.
 
So I've been doing a lot of thinking on this jet pack paint job, and I'm starting to lean towards a totally custom paint job. I'm thinking a mostly blue pack (think ESB but blue) with lvl 1313 painted on one of the tank walls would be pretty cool looking. I may still go with a less damaged ROTJ paint job like the one seen in the archive though. We'll see what happens.
 
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So Animefan's awesome helmet came in. This thing it truly beautiful and I couldn't be happier; Ryan makes an amazing product. Got it all trimmed and the visor rough fit. Now I'm attempting to fill in the Borden connector hole. To do this I drilled out the Borden hole and made a silicon sheet to press up against the outside of the helmet and make a nice flush seal against the hole. Then dusted with aluminum powder I got from Ryan, and back filled with epoxy resin mixed with more powder. Should be dry by tomorrow morning, fingers crossed.

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I also got the belly armor mostly done, it's leather stretched over a Sintra core and then hand sewn. It still need to make the straps, and of course everything still needs to be weathered, but I'll do that once construction is done. LMK what ya think about it's shape and size. I know its a little hard to tell without the collar section, but it's just a little larger than the V3 armor belly plate.
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Actually, because it was such a thick layered application, Its already dry. WooHoo!!! It came out (cursword thats not allowed here) Awesome!!! Just some minor sanding and it almost blends in perfectly.

Also, in case you're curious, I used West Systems epoxy resin for this. Awesome stuff!

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Started work on the paint job. Seeing as every concept art looks vastly different I picked two photos that, to me, looked most alike and used them as reference. But there is still a lot of imagination in what I did end up masking off. This first layer is Floquil Reefer Grey. I'll remask off what I want to keep and then the blues will be going on next.
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All I can say is wow. That's looking amazing.
so, is his armor (in the "standalone" ref pic) just belly armor and a bare vest...? Looks really cool, but I can't figure out what all he's got going on with his getup. Also, doesn't the stock for his slung rifle (the REALLY long one) look strikingly similar to his EE-3 (I could see why he'd saw it down!!)?
 
So this happened today.

I ended up using the conventional Jango paints (ocean blue and royal blue) because I couldn't come up with a mix I liked more. Just need to do the ears, a little clean-up, fine tuning and a black-wash to better blend the two blues and I think she'll be where I want her.

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All I can say is wow. That's looking amazing.
so, is his armor (in the "standalone" ref pic) just belly armor and a bare vest...? Looks really cool, but I can't figure out what all he's got going on with his getup. Also, doesn't the stock for his slung rifle (the REALLY long one) look strikingly similar to his EE-3 (I could see why he'd saw it down!!)?

Yeah, it looks to be just a backplate, collar, belly and whatever connects the belly to the collar. I really love it cause its such a unique take on the character early in his bounty hunting carrier.
And you're right on the EE-3, it looks very much like the ROTJ version. I actually think there's two rifles back there (kinda like the Mythos Fett) and they just didn't have the 2nd stock sticking out for whatever reason. You can actually see the EE-3 in the photo where he's walking away from Slave 1 and the barrel tip is sticking out just a little bit.
 
And we're DONE!

I finished the ears up, and went back over the Ocean blue with Tamiya "Smoke" to darken it up a bit, then went over the whole thing with 0000 steel wool wot give it a more worn look.

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What about a really weathered Jango pack? Which would explain why it gets repainted green...? Just an idea.

also, I just wondered if you'd noticed the leather strap that connects the belly armor to his "shoulder pads" that his shoulder armor is attached to? Looking excellent so far, I love this concept and am deeply disappointed that the game was cancelled!
 
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