Jango Britt: A Project log

Jet Pack arrived this morning, I'm so excited! Its already painted and weathered, so once I get the clips attached for my harness, I'll post some pics
 
Looking good! Im looking forward to seeing the finished costume. Cant wait until My Boba armor arrives so I can get started on it. Also looking for JP,boots, gauntlets, ect....
 
Well its finally time I finished this, before the London ComiCon, so here's the last couple days' work:

With the help of Ma Fett, we dyed the jumpsuit and hoses (graciously sent by zxwing). looks a little purple-er in person, but I think its pretty close

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The biggest issue I've had has been the Gauntlets. They were a lot of work, but once I got into it, I had a lot of fun making them. Got a set of RotJ gauntlets from Ruffkintoy, sliced off the keypad holder and filled the gap with sintra and milliput. I had to scratch build the flamethrower, as the RotJ one was way too long for Jango, turns out mine is a little too short, but I don't mind. Well, since my gauntlets have such nice shiny buttons on them, I just had to use them, so the helmet was completely re-wired, and with the help of some spare cable, I have my batteries, and switches, and controls in the gauntlets.

The Atari switch has 2 sets of poles, so that turns my mic on/off, as well as the red LED next to it. The two toggle switches control my two fans, with a battery for each in each arm. the two momentary push switches on the flamethrower are wired up to my shoulder, but currently aren't attached to anything. It was a PITA to put on through the jumpsuit, the 4-pole stereo jacks I was using kept coming out, so with the canibalism of an old bag, I attached some clips to hold it firmly in place.
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Finally, the Resin Parts were screwed, and glued, then filled and sanded to look b-e-a-utiful. They primed(again) and sprayed silver. I'll go over some of the bits with rub-n-buff-n-buff-n-buff to make it a bit shinier.
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BTW, I think the hoses took too much purple, and not enough blue... is it passable?

Special thanks to all the guys I met at Pittsburgh ComiCon, for giving me the motivation to finish.

-Adam
 
Looks good so far bro, can't wait to see it soon.

The jumpsuit color looks promising. I would put those hoses in a navy blue bath for about ten minutes. I used R&B on the connectors to get them to look like aluminum. I'm going to do some surgery on my crappy gauntlets to get my switches to work like yours. I need it for my range finder remote.

Keep at it, almost there(y)
 
I finished R&Bing the armour pieces (except for collar and back) and added the straps to keep them on. Also built new fins for my jet pack rocket, and tested out the harness. Its going to be tricky attaching everything through the vest, but should be ok with someone helping me get dressed

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It turns out that my JD Knee armour pieces are too small for my knees. they hurt like hell, which makes wearing them for long periods a definate negative. Does anyone know the best way to stretch fiberglass...step for step (I don't want to screw it up) Or... does anyone know of someone who makes knee armour that's wider than JD's? Also, my straps are held on by poppers, and hot-glued. They seem to keep coming off, though I suspect this is from the strain of them being too small for me. Anyone have any better suggestions than hot-glue for keeping them attached?

Cheers,

Adam
 
OK, so I fixxed the knees, and they fit a bit more comfortably now. I also got my chest pieces attached to the vest... though I think they're a bit too high. They're 1 cm from neck line, and each other, but still a large gap at bottom, go figure. Also, I'm hunting for some heavy duty snaps to attach my spats to the boots, and some more heavy duty velcro to attach the shoulder bells. I found a pair of old black British Army Northern Ireland gloves in my closet which will make do until I can find some way to make them purpler. Oh, and for those of you worrying, I finally put the pinstripes on my helmet

Right now, I'm working on cutting holes in the jumpsuit to slide the leg armour straps through... would you suggest reinforcing these by stitching around the holes like a button hole?

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any willing participants to help me put the jet pack on at 4 AM this morning, so this is what I managed to do on my own... thoughts, comments are more than welcome.

Cheers,

Adam

P.S. Anyone selling a Rowing Maching in the UK? I need to get rid of the Jango Fatt!

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If that's your V1, then it's a heck of a lot better than mine was. Looking good.(y) Are the knees still uncomfortable?

Cruzer
 
Basically, I put 5 cuts in the top side of the knee part, then gently wedged bits of sintra into the gaps. It made the diameter of the curve about 1 cm wider, but its still a bit tight. I ended up drilling holes in the fiberglass and screwing the snaps in, and also epoxied. Then filled the holes to cover the screws. On the flat side, I had to make a bulge on the outside with milliput, then sand and paint.

Its still a bit too big, and will probably begin to hurt after a few hours, but at least I can walk in them. No Pain, No Gain, right? I'll be looking for something bigger to fit my knees, its certainly easier than loosing weight. lol. Does anyone know of any knees that are wider than the JD fiberglass knees?

Thanks for all the kind comments, I've had enough experience with building model aircraft to be a stickler for detail, so I wanted to make my V1 my Vn . the 3500 4000 and 12000 grit sanding cloths I had lying around also made the rub n buffing a bit less painful

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NOITAIDAR said:
Does anyone know of any knees that are wider than the JD fiberglass knees?

One option (If you dare! :lol: )...

Cut the knee armor in half. Split them distance you need to make them comfortable and then fiberglass them in the back, bondo the front and then you'll have the knees the width you need them.
 
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone. Here are my final pictures

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A few issues I've noticed, which will need to be cleared up... eventually

  1. Gauntlet jacks keep coming un-plugged, causing me to loose fans... will replace with 9-pin screw-connectors
  2. Double Sleeve is too long, needs trimming
  3. Neck seal keeps coming unfastened, need to replace with a hook of some sorts
  4. Need to somehow reinforce the holes I cut for my elastic straps
  5. Velcro on collar plate keeps unsticking. perhaps replace with heavy duty snaps
  6. Velcro on gauntlets keeps ripping open when I try to bend inwards too far... no idea what to do about that
  7. Gloves are too hard to put on, and too hot. Perhaps I should cut out the inner liner
  8. Affix various darts... once they arrive

Anyone see anything else that needs to be done?
 
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