Making the slots in the chest armor

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Booky

New Hunter

• Nov 4, 2010

• #1

I've recently just started on my Boba Fett project, beginning with the armor plates, and wondered how to add the slots in the chest armor for the led display, before I begin on the paint job. I'm not quite sure how to do this properly, and I'm kind of scared I'll damage it. (I accidentally made a crack in my Stormtrooper helmet before while assembling it, thankfully that was underneath the ear-pieces and thus fixable.)
Anyone have any methods and/or tips?
The plates are just the plastic(sintra) kind, not resin.

 

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72555

Jr Hunter

• Nov 4, 2010

• #2

dude jusat cut them out with an knife of some kind just be very carefull while cutting,then sand thethe edges a bit to get the shape just right and thats it but be really carefull while cutting

 

Lucksy31

Well-Known Hunter

Preferred Vendor

• Nov 4, 2010

• #3

do a search for TDH Member, SUPERJEDI. He is the master, and has done a tutorial on this. He actually assembles and painted my armor.

 

Fett 4 Real

Sr Hunter

• Nov 4, 2010

• #4

Use a dremel tool a knife is kinda sketchy...use some painters tape where u want it mark the hole on the painters then cut the hole out with the dremel

 

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Booky

New Hunter

• Nov 4, 2010

• #5

A dremel tool sounds good, seems more reliable then trying to do it with a box-cutter knife. Thanks for the idea, gonna see if I can get my hands on one of those.

I'll look in the tutorials. I haven't worked much with 'hard-part' costumes at all, so I'm pretty new to this.

Thanks guys.

 

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JB Horns

New Hunter

• Nov 4, 2010

• #6

I cut Sintra with an X-acto all the time. Don't try to cut through all in one slice. It takes me 5 or 6 slices to get through 3mm Sintra. Use a straight edge to keep your line straight and use a brand new blade. If you have a dremel, that's probably work better, I don't, so I use a knife.