Sturmgewehr
New Hunter
Say like between ESB and ROTJ when his outfit and gear changed - possible that he refinished his armor? I mean, he was constantly his weapons, wouldn't it have been prudent to replace or repair the armor?
Anyone build a non-damaged Boba ?
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ConvergenceProp
Active Hunter
I have an extra set of undamaged chest plates that I've been trying to figure out how to mix into my 1313 gear. Trying to figure if I should givem a PrePro paint job, or go yellow with them like under the chipped paint layers.
Fett 4 Real
Sr Hunter
The yellow used on the armor (Zinc Chromate) is AirCraft primer used in the military...Im sure they meant it to be the primer layer...not really Yellow armor at one point...all our AC are that color inside where they dont paint them grey
ConvergenceProp
Active Hunter
That's pretty sweet. Never knew about the AF using yellow as a primer.
Fett 4 Real
Sr Hunter
Peregrinus
Active Hunter
It is also so close as makes no difference to the Floquil "UP Armor Yellow" that was used for the "deepest" layer on the shoulders and knees. So since I'm using stainless steel for my custom Mando (but Protector-inspired), I used zinc chromate aviation primer for the base coat on the yellow pieces (doing my green pieces inspired more by Boba's helmet, with gray metal primer under the green).
Here's UP Armor Yellow next to Zinc Chromate:
And here's what my shoulders looked like primed with it:
...And the same shoulder painted up the rest of the way and weathered:
As for an undamaged set of Boba armor, the earliest image we have of him in full armor from anything resembling a canon source (following the Clone Wars) is two depictions of the same thing -- the holo of him and Sintas and baby Ailyn when he was in his late teens and trying to live a normal life on Concord Dawn as a Journeyman Protector:
(from Outbid But Never Outgunned)
(from Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead)
Already has the crater in the helmet (headcanon notion: he was given it from one of the 209 Protectors that died during the Clone Wars -- from a head shot that broke his neck), already a bit scuffed.
--Jonah
Here's UP Armor Yellow next to Zinc Chromate:
And here's what my shoulders looked like primed with it:
...And the same shoulder painted up the rest of the way and weathered:
As for an undamaged set of Boba armor, the earliest image we have of him in full armor from anything resembling a canon source (following the Clone Wars) is two depictions of the same thing -- the holo of him and Sintas and baby Ailyn when he was in his late teens and trying to live a normal life on Concord Dawn as a Journeyman Protector:
(from Outbid But Never Outgunned)
(from Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead)
Already has the crater in the helmet (headcanon notion: he was given it from one of the 209 Protectors that died during the Clone Wars -- from a head shot that broke his neck), already a bit scuffed.
--Jonah
Fett 4 Real
Sr Hunter
You used REAL Zinc Chromate? Its SUPER bad for you hope you used the proper protection when spraying it...its MSDS (material safety data sheet) says all kinds of stuff.
Fett 4 Real
Sr Hunter
Honestly we still use it...they also use it for loctite on certain things.
Peregrinus
Active Hunter
*chuckle* Oh, I made sure I was well protected, and used it outside on a nice day (no better ventilation) with a large painting dropcloth and took everything in to my local hazmat disposal place to get rid of. Still have the spray can, though, for future use. I still can't help but grin at the very dated label graphics on the can.
--Jonah
--Jonah
