Fuel/Air Lines to Gauntlet's.

S

Scar

Jr Hunter

• Apr 8, 2012

• #1

Hi folks

I'm currently putting together a Jodo Kast.

While putting together the gauntlet's hoses it occured to me that he probably would have had some kind of fuel feed leading to the Flamer unit.

I've used Coloured Water to indicate this & think it looks okay.

Question is: what are your views for the other hoses: Air, Fuel, Power supply ?

Imagine it's been discussed before on here, but I couldn't find it & would love to hear your views.


Thanks

 

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Darth Voorhees

Well-Known Hunter

Preferred Vendor

• Apr 8, 2012

• #2

Ya know, honestly...i never thought about it lol. I did however think, on the ESB fett, theres no hose going to the gauntlet that has the flame unit...where is it getting its fuel from? lol

The other gauntlet has 1 hose. If i think about it now...maybe for compressed air for the darts?

Very interesting topic. Id be curious as well to see what people think.

 

Fettistics

Hunter

• Apr 8, 2012

• #3

I don't believe it was functional otherwise he boba probably would have used it in ROTJ

 

Darth Voorhees

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• Apr 8, 2012

• #4

Well i dont think he meant REALLY FUNCTIONAL, i know i didnt,...i meant in theory. Obviously it was "SUPPOSED" to do "SOMETHING" I dont really think any of the do-dads on fetts suit actually worked lol.

Which reminds me...i have this co-worker, thats a big Star Wars fan, and sometimes i babble to him about costume stuff, and i sometimes forget, hes not really all there. He's on meds of some sort and cant really think normally. He's 34 lives with his mom and has only had this one job...in a basement cutting muslin to sell to art students.....but anyway...i told him i got an MQ-1 calculator to use the keypad for the gauntlet and he said something along the lines of "ooooh thats cool, then you dont have to use the switches to do things, you can just push the buttons!" Thats when i remembered he wasnt all there lol....anyway...sorry for the derailment...carry on lol..

 

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Terrantula

Active Hunter

• Apr 8, 2012

• #5

Speaking of gauntlet hoses, what do most people purchase for their costumes? I have been looking around, but haven't had much luck finding any for sale anywhere. Are people buying these from pet stores like for aquariums or is it something different?

Thanks in advance,
Terrantula

 

Darth Voorhees

Well-Known Hunter

Preferred Vendor

• Apr 8, 2012

• #6

home depot. Plumbing dept its reinforced tubing(with the criss cross threads in it. I just eyeballed the thickness and got about 2ft worth

 

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dlzx9r

Active Hunter

• Apr 8, 2012

• #7

The movie one looks to be 3/8 coke machine lines . I picked some up on a remodel for a fast food place.

 

Terrantula

Active Hunter

• Apr 8, 2012

• #8

Excellent!!

Thanks guys. Now I have somewhere to at least hunt some down
Terrantula

 

Fett 4 Real

Sr Hunter

• Apr 8, 2012

• #9

fyi the supertrooper did indeed have a working flame thrower

 

Darth Voorhees

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• Apr 8, 2012

• #10

Fett 4 Real said:

fyi the supertrooper did indeed have a working flame thrower

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Yes, but i was speaking of the movie suits...i dont think they did.

 

S

Scar

Jr Hunter

• Apr 9, 2012

• #11

The Braided Hose are roughly £1/metre here in the UK.

Yes - I meant hypothetically on the working's of them. Has anyone actually done it or seen them with anything 'fuel like' in on a 501st cleared suit?

As suggested above I imagine it would have been compressed Air for the Dart's.

 

Fett 4 Real

Sr Hunter

• Apr 9, 2012

• #12

against the rules to speak of trying to do it, but no i havent seen anyone with working stuff that would be pretty stupid I think asking to get hurt

 

Fettistics

Hunter

• Apr 9, 2012

• #13

No I meant for canon purpose only maybe the flame thrower wasn't functional so there was no need for boba to use an extra line from the pack to the gauntlet if it was functional he probably would have torched skywalker and solo alive and wouldn't have had his sarlaac mishap lol I didn't seriously think they had a working flamethrower on set lmao

 

S

Scar

Jr Hunter

• Apr 9, 2012

• #14

No, I don't mean has anyone put real fuel in the hoses.

I meant in a costuming capacity - has anyone bothered putting coloured water (etc) in their Fuel lines for effect?

 

Fett 4 Real

Sr Hunter

• Apr 9, 2012

• #15

theres not much of a seal to go with so no just some dirty looking paint...gives it some color

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Apr 10, 2012

• #16

On the Supertrooper right gauntlet the hose had electrical purposes:



This way it activated a torch and the jetpack thrusters. Altough on the right gauntlet there was a laser gun too (this was converted to the whipcord on the ROTJ suit) I think its functionality whould be animated (the same way they animated the left gauntlet shot in ROTJ) in case this suit managed to be on the movie(s).

The left gauntlet had two hoses and these served only the flametrower; one hose was for the fuel and the other was for the flamethrower lighter switch:



All hoses were attached to the jetpack.

 

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