My Lifesize Luke X-Wing Pilot - 1st Attempt

Today I worked on the belt pouches. Going to do these quick and economical. They'll be non-functioning with the hopes of buying a real leather setup down the road.

I'm making these out of foam board, 3 layers, so if I decide to wear this it will be nice and light.

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I wrapped the foam board in the material I had, cut off the excess, and made a cover flap with a non-working snap.

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I'm going to make a buckle out of styrene and then add a leg strap and a little weathering.
 
Did a little work today on the blaster. I drilled holes in the muzzle and removed the front cover so it was open. I also did the base coat of flat black. I'll paint the handle, weather, and then call it done.

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I just about finished up the holster and belt, just need to weather it some. I added the thigh strap and then some snap greeblies to the left side pouch and belt. The buckle is a piece of styrene I cut and sprayed with a brushed satin nickel. The lightsaber hook is a cheap key chain holder I got from Wal-Mart.

All in all this entire belt cost me about $15.00, lots of trial and error, and quite a few hours of work. But until I can afford a nice leather setup, this will do and I'm happy with how it turned out.

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This is shaping up to be one of my favorite builds, right up there with Boba Fett. I really love how this is turning out.

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I was able to work on the blaster some, did a little bit of weathering.

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Then I put the first coat on the handle.

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A few more coats on the handle and some minor touch-ups.

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Just need to weather the belt, pouches, and holster a little. Still waiting for the final piece, the chest box.
 
Well, it only took 3+ months but my chest box and helmet kit (which is for sale) finally arrived. Going to work on this tomorrow. I also went to Lowe's and bought some misc. pieces and the hose.

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I wasn't really satisfied with the chest box switches that came with the kit so I decided to try and make my own. The ones that came with the kit needed to have the air bubbles filled and some smoothing and filling, I just didn't feel like doing that.

So I bought 3 of these rocker style light switches. The cheapest ones I found were about $2.00 each.

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I used my mini cut-off saw I got from Harbor Freight. It's pretty small (notice the pen sitting next to it). If you have a one of these stores in your area, I suggest picking one of these up, they're great for small projects.

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I had to cut off just under a 1/4" of an inch from each switch.

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Although they aren't as thick as they should be, I'm fine with these. They came in a gloss white, so I only had to paint one. They are much smoother and more uniform than the ones that came in the kit.
 
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Here's what I did for the hose system. I attached the grommet to the flight suit then added a piece of threaded PVC pipe to the end of the hose. This expanded the edges which makes it fit nice and snug into the grommet.

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I had some minor issues with the chest box, mostly with spacing, but I can live with this. I used a hole punch and some painters tape for the small details on the switches. I also took a few liberties and added LEDs.

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Finished chest box and hose system.

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I put a switch on the bottom of the chest box which activates all the lights including the ones on the com pad.

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With that, I can call this one 99% done. Boba Fett was the first life sized Star Wars project I ever completed, and it's may favorite, but this build is a very close second. I really love how this turned out.

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Here's a quick video of the lights (sorry, it's not in focus).

X-Wing Pilot Lights Demo - YouTube
 
Wow. I just looked at this for the first time and it seemed like it was complete in a few seconds. Impressive work for all scratch build.
 
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