Recent content by Mando soldier

Any updates to post here on alternative boots? I have been searching high and low for the ones listed here and have come up empty handed. Any information would be much appreciated.

Did my first test run last night in the suit and things turned out a little better than I had thought. Things are not 100 percent where I would like them but the light is at the end of the tunnel. Things I will be fixing:-New girth belt-Different rocket top (one is in the works, the fins are...

I wouldn't say talent as much as patience. I would be lying if I didn't say I was standing a little on the shoulders of others before me to get this done. A lot of trial and error has been a big part of this haha. But thank you for the compliment.

I would say more of a combination of the 2. I am going to try and make a different rocket top, but for the time being it is all that I had and I thought eh what the heck. I don't believe that rocket top is going to be 501st approvable, so if anyone knows where I can aquire a more accurate rocket...

Finally finished out the knees, for the weathering I used chalk pastels and then a grey/dirt wash in some of the crevices. A word of advice to those who have not done a lot of weathering, I HIGHLY recommend using a "wash" in hard to reach areas like corners (and in this case, the knee darts) to...

So its been a while since I have updated anything, and with a comic convention coming up in about 6 weeks, I have a deadline I am going to shoot for. This is what I have so far. (Keep in mind this is on a 6' mannequin and I am only 5'8" but other than that the body type fits me well). The...

Welcome to the club mate, I shouldnt speak to much since my build is not 100% complete (kind of stopped because the ole garage is a little bit cold without heat haha), but in my opinion of the best builds on here is Scar's build. I believe his represents the comic the best. Since there is not a...

I know an update has been a while back, but I thought I would show what I have been working on during all of this time, so enjoy :) For the light I used one of those bike lights that TK409 suggests on his website, I think it works quite well for 5 dollars. The only thing thats...

So, the soft parts came out to be a little large on me, so they are being taken back to the drawing board for alterations. In the mean time I have been slowly picking away at the left gauntlet since I recieved some pieces from Scar (thanks Rich!) so with ought further adue, the end result of the...

Small update on the jetpack, Finally got through with the weathering and adding the extra "markings" (most of it taken from Boba's ROTJ pack, but with a little twist) so in case people forgot, this is the before picture. and then the after I also made my own stabilizer out of some...

Jetpack update: Started with a fiberglass pack from fetseven, and from what I can tell the details are spot on and the proportions are correct. I decided to use the paint scheme adopted by JodoKast3 as my reference (I just loved the color combo). Although I will admit I took a little...

Well, to all who have been following my thread there has been a bit of delay while I wait on my jetpack to arrive in the mail. So to keep everyone entertained I have transformed my broken Marmit Boba Fett 12" figure and turned him into what my Jodo Kast should look like. Jetpack should be in and...

I was able to get some work on the boots done yesterday and decided I would post some pictures, So I started with the basic MOW (not sure what year they are) boot, and then pick up some cheap acrylic paint and go to town. I went with Apple Barrel brand "pewter grey" for the light grey and a...

So a small update here, I finally have the right gauntlet finished so I thought I would throw up some pics. So here is basically what I started with. And in order to get this, I took a piece of leftover abs plastic, heated it with a heat gun, and then curled it around a metal rod...

All right everyone, time for an update. So my attempt at making a resin copy of one of my knee dart accessories was a flop and turned out terrible so I just scrapped the whole attempt at casting a resin copy and just ordered some more knee darts to complete the knees. SSSOOO instead I...