SE Fett and Costume Contest (pic intensive)

I just hope seeing out of the green visor won't be too hard in a club. It'll be like wearing sunglasses at night.

Depends on the visor, but generally the green visor is very good to see through, so don´t worry.

Ever tried to look through the black Vader-Eyes when standing inside of a smoke-fogged pub? :lol:

That´s worse. haha

the green visors are good to see through ... even when it´s a bit darker.

Good work on your costume! Great.

cheers,
Manuel
 
Thanks, Manuel! I appreciate it.

The main thing that I should worry about, not seeing out of the visor, but instead, some drunk moron messing with me while I'm at the club/bar. Need to make sure my gf is watching my back. I've never worn the helmet out in public yet, so I think hearing and speaking might be an issue too. Don't have a voice amp yet.

And now that I think about it more, I may even leave off the hoses and greeblies off the gauntlets for now too.
 
So I figured out the attachment method on the gauntlets, and I reinforced them with fiberglass. The stuff was messy and smelt bad but it was pretty fun to work with.
Again, the lighting is bad, pics taken with my phone. Ignore the hinges and bolts for now, going to work on making that less visible later.

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Tonight I plan to attach the RF stalk to the helmet, and some of the greeblies on the gauntlets, and go shopping at Lowes for some hoses.

Maybe if there is enough time I can start to dent the armor... Also need to trim the back plate some. It's so big on me, makes me look like a Ninja Turtle!
 
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A little bit more for today.

I was not happy with the progress i was making with the gauntlets (practically nothing today) and the RF. So I shifted my focus to the rest of the armor.

I attached the RF stalk, and had to carve a small hole out of the back of the RF ear, haven't stuck that on yet. Gonna still try to use earth magnets, but need a countersink bit first.

I trimmed the back armor a bunch so it isn't as big anymore. Didn't bother to take pics; it looks basically the same, just with a bit taken off the edges to make it fit me better.

I dented the armor using a lighter and a Sharpie. Then put a coat of primer on all the pieces except the left chest. Going to wait until I get my Fettronics light display and trim the slots.

Anyway, heres some pics, not much to really show tho. Forgot to take pictures of the helmet, but just imagine a shoddy looking ESB with no visor and an ugly bolt to hold the stalk on.


ShoulderBells.jpg


LeftChest.jpg

The bottom left of the chest piece isn't bent, thats just my shadow.
CodCollar.jpg

Can't really see the collar dent, but it's there.
AbPlate.jpg

Thinking the ab dent needs to be a little bigger, but with weathered and layered paint, it will look more pronounced. And the little dent by the tri-holes is not supposed to be there. Came like that; could use bondo or body filler to fix it, I guess, but I'm too rushed right now to really care. Did I miss a dent on the bottom edge of the ab? My memory may just be bad right now cuz I'm tired.

For tomorrow I want to get the vest attachment done on the armor and then maybe put a coat of paint on the armor, get some greeblies put on the gauntlets, like the left gaunt hose connector, then maybe go shopping for some elastic straps for the knees and the thong, as well as pick up some foam padding for the inside of the the gauntlets and helmet.
Horrible run on sentence, ;alskdjf;laskdjf.

Comments are always welcome!:)
 
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excellent, PETE!! great work, and i wonder who helped ya out with the fiberglassing!!? :lol: awesome work! keep it up, and you'll get that 1st prize....(y)
 
Thanks Darrell, and mrbungle!
I also want to try to attach the flamethrower unit to the left gaunt, as well as the missile. See if time permits tonight...
 
Yeah thanks, I am making better progress, the more I work on it the better I feel about it.
I'm feeling good about working on it tonight.
I think I may get food poisoning to buy myself some more time:lol:
 
Pretty mad about my lack of progress last night. Just one frustration after another.
Spent way too much time looking for stuff while out shopping and only had about 3 hours to work once I got home. It was about 11:30 when I called it quits cuz my parents as well as the neighbors started to yell when they heard all the drilling and cutting.
Didn't even touch my gauntlets last night, so nothing new on those.
Tried to use Goop to stick in the visor; that was a mistake, should have just tried the bolt in method. Gonna have to go back to Lowes to get the right kind of t-bolts for that.
Put a coat of aluminum on the armor. Nothing special.
Got some foam (which took me forever to find, 2 out of three craft stores didn't have what I needed) to pad the gauntlets and helmet. Hope to do that tonight, after I bolt in the visor. Hope to put the flamethrower on tonight too.
The only good thing that i did, was to install earth magnets on the helmet and the RF ear.

earmagnets.jpg

armorsilver.jpg


Messed up visor, yay:
visor.jpg

visorgoop.jpg


And my messy and cramped workstation:
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Starting to get really pessimistic about the costume contest. The advert for the Grave Digger's Ball doesn't actually specify that the grand prize is $1500, rather it just states that $1500 will be awarded. So that could mean that yeah 1st place gets alot, but the left over will go to the runner ups. Guess I was excited and just assumed possibly the wrong thing. But I'm not sure yet, will just have to wait and see.
 
keep it up, PETE!! you can do this, brother! looking good so far, and ya, i would do the t-bolt thing for the visor...(y);) that way it can be removed if you need to take it out...just give a shout when/if you get to that wall with the gauntlets!! :)
 
Your suit is looking really good!! Keep it up. On that contest though....judging from experience here, Its tough to say on that. Definately keep your hopes up, but as you mentioed earlier, the judges may very well pick the scanties clothed girl there. I have gone to a number of different contests over the years thinking I would have it sewed up. A few times I did win, but twice i got beat by chicks in swimsuits, and one time i got bead by a guy with a plunger on his head and a sign that "condom man"!!!!! Again, not trying to dash your hopes, just don't be to too bummed if you don't win. The main thing is that you have fun, and that you enjoy your suit!!! Even if you don't win this particular one, there will undobtedly be others that you will win!!!!! I'm pulling for you on this one though!!! ;)
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Thanks, Darrell & Jango's Kid! :)

I'm definitely not counting all my chickens before they hatch, but am still keeping my hopes up at least a little bit.
At least I should have a lot of photo ops and turn some heads.:D

This weekend I may lose some time to work on it all, since I will be out of town. Won't be able to paint, glue, or cut anything.

But I can take the armor and vest and helmet with me and work on vest attachment, and padding the gauntlets and helmet.
Before that tho, I need to make sure I get the visor in tonight, and the flamethrower unit and hose connectors installed.
 
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